St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-19
Grand Millinery Opening
To-day at Thompson's, 6S East Third
street, between Cedar and Minnesota.
EXPLAINED BY HILL.
There Is Nothing in the Cry of
Minneapolis About Wheat Dis
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There Is Nothing in the Cry of
Minneapolis About Wheat Dis
elimination.
President j. j. Hill. of the Great
Northern, was kept very busy yester-
day entertaining this large party, hav-
ing taken them all to Minneapolis in
the afternoon. President Hill is man
who never hesitates to express himself
in regard to any question of public in
terest, and he did not yesterday. Dur
ing his trip West, extended as it
has been, he has kept thoroughly posted
on the wheat and transportation ques-
lions, and when he was asked about the
alleged discrimination in wheat rates to
Minneapolis he launched forth i'll an eX-
PLANTATION of the situation, which shows
that not only has he the knowledge, but
that he has also given it much Thought.
THE men who are buying wheat in the
district southwest of Minneapolis" he said,
ARE not making any complains, and yet
this is the district where Minneapolis is at
present under some disadvantage. Those
who are making these complaints" he con-
tlnued, have shown a faculty for the last
two or three years for getting on the wrong
side of all wheat questions and may be trying
to make up their losses out of people not en-
gagged in that sort of business. The relative
rates between Minneapolis and Duluth have
existed since the roads were built. Consider
ing the area tributary to both markets by the
shortest lines, about two-thirds of the wheat
can reach Duluth with the shortest haul and
one third would reach Minneapolis with the
shortest haul. If the grain was carried on
distance tariff, as seems TO be de-
sired by some people at Minneap-
oils, Duluth would be entitled to the
same consideration II, and the result would be
that they would have the advantage of~the
entire Red river valley north OF the Northern
Pacific railway where the largest quantity
and best quality of wheat is produced, and
Minneapolis would then have some real cause
to wear mourning. IL would be impossible
to grind more than quarter of the present
crop. of wheat at Minneapolis, the very large
surplus being exported to supply the short
age in European mardets.
This changed condition is giving Duluth
temporarily an advantage which 1t will retain
until the close of navigation. However. in
view of this change, our company Just be-
fore the commencement of the crop move
ment. asked the other lines In the Southwest
to join i'll reducing the rates where there was
an apparent discrepancy against Minneapo-
lis, and the matter is, l believe, still under
the part of some of the lines TO
make reductions, as they feel it would
affect their Chicago lines SO as to greatly re-
duce their earnings think however. the
whole matter will be adjusted within a few
days. unless the cutlery which has been
raised with so little reason shall have the
effect to prevent it. / do not care to discuss
the matter at great length. but if the man
who is at the bottom of all these complaints
were held up to the public view, there would
be marked shrinkage in his stature
After giving the great Minneapolis
miller, c. A. PillSbury, this deft thrust
in the neighborhood of the fifth rib, the
Great Northern magnate smiled and, in
answer to a question, declared the rail-
way consolidation fake too absurd TO
talk about President Fill declared
himself delighted with his Western
trip, and announced that the work on
the construction of the road through the
coast is being pushed as fast as men
and money will do the undertaking. In
being built, he said
1.-THE greater part of our road is OH grade
of thirty-one feet to the mile, and the great
est grade anywhere from the Mississippi to
the Columbia is in getting out of our yard be-
tween the depot and our shops. This is a
greater grade than we have in crossing the
Rockies. When | was on the Sound they
were all talking about the Panama canal. |
do not believe that this will amount to
ANYTHING. Railroads will be able to carry
cheaper across the continent than they can
by that long water route. We have q grade
that will enable us TO carry forty-fve cars
with each big Mogul engine. This will en-
| able us to run at a minimum cost, and we
win be able to run railroads very soon so
cEeaply that we can carry goods from the
Orient, from Shanghai, for instance, cheaper
than by the SueZ canal, and the British gov
eminent will have to give up its tolls if il
wants to compete with us, and pay its cana!
dividends out OF the pubic treasury"