Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-10
THE FREIGHT WAR.

Tie Rates Chicago and st.
Paul Go Down Still Another Peg, and
the same Rates apply at Duluth.
st. Eaui Pioneer Press, 9th: There
was more music IN the freight business
yesterday il the northwest than for
several preceding days. The Milwaukee
& st Paul made q further cut on mer-
cnapdlse rates between st. Paul and Obi.
usgo, applying on both east and west
bound business, frst-class going TO 25
cents. All the other lines immediately
met the new rates, and the Omaha went
one better by applying the st. Paul rate
at Duluth. short time ago. when the
Duluth chamber OF commerce kicked go
hard for reduced rates. the roads agreed
to make the rate, Chicago to Duluth, 1876
per cent OF the Chicago & st. Paul rate.
Fiist-claes being then so cents, Chicago
to st. Paul, rates were made to Duluth
on a basis of 63 cents first.clase. When
the Wisconsin Central cut the
rates Tuesday to SO cents first
class the percentage was still L ain.
tanned, the Ohicaga-St. Paul rate being
80 cents. The Central cut 3ss immedi-
stely met by other lines, ard the Omaha
applied the ST. Paul 30 cent rate to Du
luth. Yesterday when the rates 10 st.
Pnul were again Stacked, the Burlington
applied the same rate to Duluth, the
the haul being made over the st. Paul
d. Duluth which lie. supposed to get an
arbitrarily. The result of this is that in
the hrst four classes the rate from
Chicago to Duluth via. st. Paul is great
er than the rates st. Paul to Duluth.
That the rates have not been cut regard
less OF all consequences is shown by @
comparison of the different reductions
as follows, the old rates beng governed
by the western and the new one by the
official classification:
R s !, .as est ( ! : 3 3 + *
Second Hsoss Su sus: IS Il Il II Il Il
The fifth and sixth Glasses are car
load rates and have been cut very little
while ON fourth class there has not been
SO much lashing. In the fifth and sixth
classes belong such articles as apples;
beans, barreied beef or pork, canned
goods m many other kina of groeers'
articles, many kinds OF drugs and hard
ware, boots and shoes, brick glass and
hides. The result OF the cut between
Chicago and st. Paul brings the through
rates New Yorkto st. Paul down proper.
tionaily, and they are now 95,S2 ga, 5O1ss,
A. ane 3411a cents. The rates on lumber
were out from Oolquet to Sioux City to
IL, cents. ] cent below the rate to Omaha,
having been formerly % cents. All the
!.nes have met the lumber out
to Kansas City, except the
Omaha, and the woods of North.
ern Wisconsin are full of southwestern
lumbermen purchasing supplies to be
shipped at the low rates. Northern
Pacific, Manitoba and Milwaukee & st.
Paul freight representatives held a meet
ing yesterday afternoon and agreed not
to allow the decentralization to extend to
points on their lines IN Minnesota and
Dakota common territory. Some points
were slightly affected, yesterday, how
ever. by the cut to Chicago. The north
ern roads have been quoting through
rates, Chicago. to Fargo and a few other
towns on the basis of $110 first class,
while the sum of the locals was ST. so.
Now the sum of the locals is down to
81 .05, less than the through rate, snd
while the northern roads do not cut the
rates shippers get he benefit OF the cut
between st. Paul and Chicago. With
ell the cutting of rates. very little freight
is being moved.