The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-24
.ys.s osY Fer FA1a RATES

c,,ng to Montgomery That
Cotton 70 Come to Savannah
ALA. Sept. 20.-Editor Morn
LIVES what is the matter with the
ing "a Midland railroad that it discrimi-
Aiao'. :, severely against Savannah ana In
na'es ~ Montgomery, Ala, in cotton rates.
favor - 80 the rate from Luverne. Ala.
Herevo.oh has been IS cen:s-the same as
n Sss - Ala, Montgomery only gettlng
from cheaper rate, or ~ cents, W oIIorh;
2-ce 20 having the same raOe as Troy anu anu
Ala, a. Hinder this rate Luverne bad
LuveTne- shipped to Savannah $50
this seaso' cotton and Wolfork,
bales rlv as much. Luverne will
Ala: me- $1,000 and 2O.OO tales, and
get 49, accent rae most OF the cotton
Syould 60 to savannah so,,ohou, or an
Nov. ..h1Ildozed" the Alabama Midland
oIn .'5.d aud it put up its rates now from
iai.i f9 cents on cotton, an advance OF 10
- - Tar hundred, and naturally SHUTS US
off from the Savannah Market anu i'i GO US
20 shin to Montgomery. r Al.
10 up rod A accent rate VIA Troy, Ala.
we , nnr cotton has been compressed and
!nei0 on to Savannah. Now we
sniI = 20 nav local rate Of % cents
nave ,,o,nery. and 40 cents from Mont
to Mu Il' 20 savannah. This change of rates
gomez ca vannah will cut off from her re-
aga from Wolfork and Luverne alone
teI nf, 600 bales of cotton.
so, M Georgia Central connections at Troy
81 the Alabama Midland railroad makes
W. connecting rates from Troy UNIFORM
* cents per hundred. The extra 70 cents
local freight put on the LuVerne COTTON
i-.as ne To market where we are obliged
Isol for less than we could get in Savan-
W. Is this fairl Is it just to SO dlscrlmi-
pA.. aaainst one town in favor of another!
uS'0 "e A LUvERNE MERCHANT.
send you the following from our local
,or the Luverne Enterprise, which
.oirts ont what we complain Of.
RAISE ON RATES OF COTTON.
I'll, learned here that the freight rate on
otton from Luverne TO savannah mas peen
sd from As cents per hundred to 63 cents
.ar hundred This, we understand, was
ore in order that Montgomery might con-
vi tba cotton of this section Instead OF Sa-
nnah Luverne is nearer Savannah
"'ocranhicallv than Montgomery, and only
gostean miles further by rail, and, accord
NV to all the laws of commercial equity
.rd fairness, is entitled to as low
fright rate as Montgomery. To ship
ntton from here to Montgomery and
nance 10 Savannah would increase the dis
rance over the route by Troy nineteen
niles Just such ddoes kicked up. as this
Increase of rates to favor certain towns, is
,rbat gave birth to the railroad commission,
sndtbe partiality of that board in favor of
money centers is wha5 has brought down SO
,nurh "cussingn On their heads. II Mont
comery wants the cotton of this section let
her 90 to work and get up a rate to
New Orleans more favorable to us
than the Savannah route has been. We
cannot see the benefit to he derived by the
Midland and Savannah, florida and West
ern management to dlscrininate in rates
against Luverne in favor of Montgomery.
: as the management of these roads have
been taking tue cotton from our warehouses,
compress it and land it on the steamships
wharf in Savannah. thus making the entire
| haul If the Plants system can do any bet
ter than this after carrying the
cotton to Montgomery we fail to see it.
Here there is no competing line for cot
ton. and the management of the Midland
and Savannah, Florida and Western can
get the entire haul to Savannah by giving
US just and equitable freight tariff. In
Montgomery there are competing lines and
sharp competition, and we do not want to
believe that the management of the Ala
bama Midland is trying to gouge our
people on local rates to aid Montgomery
through rates.
Give Luverne a fair showing, and she
will come up with the cotton every season.
| We are not protectionists and want no under
advantage of any town, but ouly ask to be
. placed on the ground floor with our neigh
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