New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-18
TO ABOLISH THE PRO RATA SYSTEM
4 NEW COMPLICATION or THE PROBLEM An
MOVING CHICAGO kIIPpKRS.
MOVING CHICAGO SHIPPERS

Chnaro Juns l. (speclah.-Thc Northwestern
si,ustion has been stl further complicated oy
reduction OF tho ST. Paul ard uuiu'h L" % oh'
SrC.York 10 81 Paul. How.lor1 ana Eastern
merchants can ship freight from tho srab"arN I"
81 Paul six cents hundred cheaper than tn" Ch"as'
merchants can ship exactly tho same class OF so"'N
from Chicago -. Paul the local rate from '"'As"
hoI,s GO cents Tho whole trouble arosn from tn"
attempts Of the all rail- lines 10 meet tho rNcS ma"
by tho lake AMI rail lines. The chicago Mh"'"N"
md 81 Paul met tho lAkp raics Wis Grand Haven
The lake lines did not propose TO give any ran Ih'
the advantage Of equal rates. and iWh'"IA'D c"'
ito rate To 20 cents, Ncwlork to 81 raul 'SiH
to the fart that tho Burlington and Northern ha'
Almost no local traffic, II was compelled To meet thN
rate or lose all It's through traffic The foIo"hs nA'
I, u.s again compcilod TO reduce the rate. this Tim"
IN "a cents. within three days u again srht ""'
notice OF reduction. and tho rate went 10 - ee''s
Each time the reduction WAS mad" 10 meet o"N
in lase rates. Tho roads harNy hah u'''
N RI allrc where the: bcin- hurried u" rn"''"
OF the burlington and northern coming IN 'uch 'u"A
succe'Sion. ,..
when tho dust cleared tr'hc the railroad eomp'h'"
w,re confronted with tho fact that tn: "er' all chf-
In their beat friends the Chrac" merchants "o c"H
for carrying freight n 81. Paul Will" They eoarE"
Eastern shippers only 90 cents for III" same serge.
This situation OF affairs OF course, could not las and
for ton days tho ronds hav" been 'tr'hS IN vain l"
| rails. the rates they were quich n lower
Through tho Chicago Freight Bureau. the m>Nhan'>
| have nrartcal" Issued manifesto that under judge
7bayer,s decision suit would b. brought acAlnt tho
| roads for discrimination. nuch SUM """''
| ,rdo,,hted,y end In the roads bring com
| ncrcd to maxi, the through rate ITO
cum Of the local rates in other words, tho rate from
| ChIcsro n ~ Paul would bc mad c1ActY the same
10 Ch.cs-o or New York merchant. whcr' a. present
~. Chicago merr hant (, perfectly willing 10 paw 20
,er cent hcher rate than ChtcacoSt Paul proportion
n, m, through ratio After repeated and futile attempts
m ,ctte tho question with the lake limos tho roads
| now have under consideration the abolition 81 all pro.
| ,m,ng arrangements via Chicago. THIS Will In eject
mako the throu-h rate from tho scsbotrd tn ST. Paul
IN. sum OF tho loo from the scabnarl to Chcsn and
f-pm Chicago 10 ST. Paul. Tho proportion Is bllr At
tho trunk Ines but Is than lihrl- 10 win. The
object is u compel thc trunk lines IN stop helping out
the lake lines B.. operating with them at Buffalo All
rail fire. sht from the sabosr comes b. the Trunk and
Central Tra,Ic ncs Chi a.o. Tn" Vanderbilt lines
tho New.Yorh Central Lnhc shore. Michigan Central
and Nickel plato, the Pennsylvania with II, western
lines the Port Wayne ann yandolIn and tho whole bal
tmoro and Ohio systcm arr virtually Interested IN the
cCn,inuaGce Of prDIeng arrangements by way o! thL
cago II tho through rates bccomo The sum OF the
loo ais and tho trunk lines stu feed the lako limo, at
Buralo almost every pound OF freight 10 ard west oi
| ShIcac 90 and st Paul viii come BY Lake. West bouni
nrc,iops will be confined almost who'll: 10 local points
This Is tho club the Western roads are hodn over mo
trunk lines To morrow the matter VIII DO cun-f'
cred b. the Western roads and according 20 thr present
out ook rating arrangements b" wa. OF Chicago arc
Il,ble 10 be cbo!'shed.