St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-25
BREAK I'm LUMBER RATES.
Flat Rates to be Quoted from Chi
cage ON st. Paul and MinneaP.
oils BUSINESS.

oils Business.
The rates for the last two days have been
quoted at 35 cents for first class and 10
cents on all low and carload classes from
Chicago to st. Paul and Minneapolis, the
same rates as were put in effect from Chi
cagO to Council Bluffs and Omaha. The
fight between the Western and Northwest
ern roads is growing more desperate, and IL
will now be with no little difficulty that the
fight is not extended to local business. The
rates from Chicago to st. Paul and Mime
apoliS were only special contracts at cut
rates, shippers receiving the difference be-
tween the regular and the cut in drawbacks,
while those between Chicago and Omaha
and Council Bluffs were flat, open and
given to everybody. By the latter means it
has BEEN found impossible to keep up
the rates to interior points at higher
figure than to through points, while on the
former system only through business could
be shipped at the cut rate.
The roads favoring the latter system
as applied to the Omaha and Council Bluffs
business did not feel inclined to apply the
same principle to the St. Paul and Mime
apolis business. The Rock Island did not
think it was right to make any diScrinAna-
ton, and consequently has come to the con-
clusion that the same argument that is
made for quoting fiat or open rates ON
Council Bluffs and Omaha business applies
with equal force to ST. Paul and Mime
apolis traffic, and, therefore, proposes to
commence
QUOTING FLAT
the same rates to St. Paul and Minneapolis
that have heretofore been made on special
otc on
all business to Omaha and Council Bluffs
st. Paul and Minneapolis the situation is a
dangerous one, as this will cause the de-
moralization of rates to interior points, as
the latter will be able to secure the same
low rates as are made ON business to through
points. The lumber rates between
Chicago and Council Bluffs have
also become demOraliZed. The Mil
waukee & St. Paul gave notice
Thursday that the lumber rates would be
reduced yesterday between the two points
to 10 cents per 100 pounds, which is a cut
of ~ cents. This will not interfere with
the maintenance of lumber rates between
Chicago and Kansas City and other South
western Missouri river points, as there is
pool ON the latter, and the Milwaukee &
St. Paul cannot get into that territory with
out paying its connections 1919 cents per
100 pounds, which is more than it's through
rate to Council Bluffs. Yesterday the
Omaha and Milwaukee roads reduced their
rates 2 cents per 100 pounds from ST. Paul,
Minneapolis and Minnesota transfer to
Omaha and Council Bluffs.
THE RATE QUOTED
on the tariff is IA cents per 100 pounds in
carload lots, and the 2 cent reduction now
makes the rate - cents. The tariff from
Saltwater and Lakeland is reduced from 16
to IA cents, and reduction
of cents is made ON shipments
of lumber from all points on the Upper
Mississippi, and points in Wisconsin. The
reduction is made on account OF the low
rates quoted from Chicago to Omaha and
Council Bluffs. which if not met by the
lines from st. Paul and Minneapolis, would
be ruinOuS TO Northwestern lumber dealers,
as they could not compete with the Chicago
dealers on business to Northwestern Ne
braSka points. This reduction has no effect
on the rates to lower Missouri river points,
such as KansasCity, Leavenworth, st. Jo-
seph, Atchison and points west of there on
the Union Pacific railway, to which places
the low rates ruled and ST. Paul and Mime
apOlis lumber dealers were on an equal basis
with Chicago dealers before the high arbi-
tory was charged by the Southwestern
Missouri river lines to the Omaha, shutting
it out from Kansas City. 1t is now
thought to be strong probability that
THE FIGHT ON BUSINESS
by the line from Chicago to Omaha aud
Council Bluffs will extend to Kansas City
and other junction points and the high arbi-
tory which has been in effect for the past
six weeks will be amended The reduction
made from Northwestern points is liable to
be withdrawn, and the former tariff adj
hered to, the time depending on the length
of the Southwestern war, which continues
only from day to day.