Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-30
INCREASE IN LAKE TONNAGE.
Statement Of East-Bound Shipments for tho
Present Week,
FORTHCOMING RESTORATION 6F RATS.
Many Arc Doubtful as to WhCthCS
They Will BE Kept There
wcst-Eound Situation A.so
Becoming Compluat IL
FORTHCOMING RESTORATION 6F RATES.

CHCACo, May 20.--Tomorrow bcnga hoii
day the statement of east-bound shipments
for the present week was given ont this
evening and shows that the shipment Of deal
freight by the railroads has fallen away To
34,Si0 tons, against 40 col for last week and
5l,35O for the corresponding wook last year
At the same time the lake limos secured
iO,555 tors of freight, or 1911 tons NOR,
than was carried by all the railroads com
bned.
1t is expected that next week will show a
still greater increase in lake tonnage a. it
has been agreed to restore lake and rail
rates June 10 to tho basis of 20 cents first
class from Chicago to New York, and ship.
pcrs will of course rush forward all their
accumulated freight before the higher
rates go into effect. In tho mean.
time railroad officials are not gloatmg
over tho action of the trunk lines
and vessel owners in declining torcstorc lake
and rail rates because they do not believe tho
higher basis will be long retained after il has
been restored. There is a sufficient number
of independent boat lines to lSccp those rates
in the state of dcmoraIHation and there arc
members of the Trunk Line association that
have the moral courage to ignore outside
competition. The Lackawanna, ii is argued
cannot bo depended upon to maintain lake
and rail rates wncn it is continually cutting
and manipulating rates on all rail traffic To
the seabOarG.
trunk line official said recently: "We
cannot deal with the LaCkawanuu AS we
might with some other lines Sam Sloan has
a way OF doing pretty much as hc
pleaseS. He is held i'll the Trunk
Line association by such slender
thread that if we undertook to
demonstrate with hlm for allowing his sub
ordinates to employ Irregular means OF socur-
ing business he is likely to cut loose from tho
association altogether and give us more
trouble than he ever would if let alone. 1t is
true, however, that botn the Lackawanna
and the Lehigh Valley are In the agreement
to restore rates June 10 and if by that time
there should be business enough for all the
lines there is room for hope that the agreed
basis will be maintained
But the wcSt-bound rate situation is also
becoming complicated. Western managers
are working vigorously at the Canadian
Pacific, which they hold responsible for the
all-raiI tariff now in force from New York to
81. Paul, based on SlOi first class The
West Shore people deny that they have
authorized any such tariff and leave it TO
he inferred that the Canadian Pacific is
solely to blame for any reduction below the
Sl.2O basis that may have been made on
through business from the seaboard to the
northwest At the recent meeting in New
YORK the West Shore agreed to abide by any
decision that might be reached on the sub
is reason to believe that it has kept it's prom
Use. The Canadian Pacific report promised
to make such pledge, but the resolution is
not now apparent. Representatives of the
Omaha-St. Paul lnc which are shut out of
through business from New York to north
western points by reason of this unauthor-
lied reduction, have been invited to attend
meeting of the executive committee of the
Trunk Limo association in New \ ork next
Monday.
PASSENGER MEETING CALLED.
Chairman Finley has issued the call FOR the
June meeting of the Western PASSENGER asso-
cation to be held next Tuesday. a rorg thu
subjects to be considered are the dscontn-
uance of the sale of unlimited tickets, crcu.
itous route rates. reciprocal relations with
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
roads, divisions on Puget Sound business by
way of the Missouri river, rates from lower
Missouri river points TO Portland and Pacific
coast points, and uniform contract on mileage
tickets. A separate meeting Of tho north
western lines will consider 500 liue competl-
tion and the equalization of emlgraut rates TO
northWes tern points.