St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-20

tered into on the ground that the Pacific
Mail could reasonably ask for better terms.
Such opposition as he met with has entirely
disappeared and the company is now pre-
pared to face whatever questions may arise
from the new order of things. 1t is said
that the Pacific Mail is in a stronger inan-
elal position than for years and is other
wise well equipped for such contest as is
threatened. 1t is believed in some quarters,
however. that efforts will be made TO pre-
vent war and that another contract will
sooner or later be made with the steamship
company. in which event officials of the
latter claim that they will require at least
SIX months or years notice from the rail-
road, should the latter again desire to with
draw.
CREATES A FURRY AT CHICAGO.
Special TO the GLOBE.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-The action of the
railroad trunk lines in raising the rates on
dressed beef from so to 90 per eent.Over the
old drates as compared with the rates on live
stock has created quite a flutter among the
dreSSed-beef shippers. They say it simply
amounts 10 the closing out of their business.
The firm TO suffer most in Chicago is that
of Armour Il Co., which has made very
large investments in the dressed beef busi-
ness. Mr.. Z. D. Armour, the head of that
lrm, says the advance will kill the dressed
beef business, which in four years of its ex-
iStence has grown TO great proportions,
three-fouTths of all beef shipped East last
year being in the fOlm of dressed beef. This
raise in freight rates is blow not only at
the shippers but at the consumers. To a
reporter of the GLOBE who asked him il
the new deal would cause him to shut down
/ lfa - .t,..,
dressed beef. Mr.. Armour said:
That is a very serious problem. We could
not live before, but we have submitted the
matter TO arbitration and felt IL our duty tC
live up To il, though we often lost money 10y
doing so. Now the railroads have thrown
all that aside and have lung u new moose
around our necks. What the end Will be
really cannot say. We have decided on moth
ing.
wIrL STAND NEUTRAL.
CHICAGO. Feb. 19.-Messrs Cable o.
the Rock Island road. Potter of the chi
eagO, Burlington IL Quincy and McMulliT
OF the Chicago IL Alton held an infOrma
meeting this afternoon and resolved to keel
the Pacific Coast association intact for IN,
present and occupy a neutral position. eX
acting rates between Chicago and the Mis-
/ souri, river as heretofore.
| FREIGHT RATES SCISSORED.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-To-day the East
/ ern agent of the AtchiSOn, Topeka IL SAINT;
! Fe railroad received orders to cut the freigh
/ tariff rates 10 meet those offered by any o
/ the Western lines. As a result, the freigh
rates were to-day reduced about 80 pc
cent The Sunset route" has also Gu
freight rates, but To what extent is not gen
orally known. The officials of the ''Sunse
route" are now at work upon q new tarii
schedule. which, it is expected, will be com
pleted and put into force on or befOr
Monday next. A meeting of Union Pa
cific, Northern Pacific and Oregon !
/ TranscOntinental companies presidents
being held here to-day to determine wha
action shall be taken by these roads relatiy
TO the Pacific coast passenger and freigt
rates. The Baltimore u Ohio railroad TN
morning was the first and only trunk lin
out of New York which reduced its passer
ger tariff to San Francisco i'll accOrdanC
with the recently adopted cut of the line
west of the Missouri river.