The morning call., 1892-06-25
A FOB 10 THE FARMER.
ExtOrtiOnate Grain Rates Of the
Southern Pacific.
TWISTS AND TURNS OF THE TARIFF.
Leeds HaAeS Out Very Damaging Case
Against the BOOdlerS Of the Rail-
read Company.
TWISTS AND TURNS OF THE TARIFF

Level valley railroad tracks, no snow to
contend with, no disadvantages of any sort.
and yet the highest grain traffic in ex-
istence.
Those are the traffic conditions which the
Southern Pacific works under.
No class of people in California VIII hail
with greater delight the advent OF com
peting railroad than viii the farmers.
For every way imaginable has the South
ern Pacific shown itself to be Zoe to the
farmer.
Every grain shipper in the Sacramento
and San Joaquin valleys knows how the
railroad monopoly manipulates rates to
squeeze all tnat it possibly can out Of its
patrons pockets. But these facts have
only been in evidence 10 a general way.
Il has remained for Traffic Manager Leeds
to show up the details.
MIR. Leeds has bee work with the
grain trsflics for some ume. He IS nearly
ready TO make sueh presentation Of facts
as win ast0uHd the public, and may even
impress upon the lukewarm Railroad COM
mis- sioncrs the necessity OF revising the
rates.
By Mr. Leeds figures it will be seen that
discrimination runs riot among the grain
rates, and that all kinds Of charges aIe
made for practically the same service.
Mr.. Leeds has taken figures from the
grain tariffs from all points north OF le-
hRChapi to Port Costa. This includes 3l6
stations. most Of them in the san Joaquin
and Sacramento valleys.
BY these figures such diseriminatlYe
rates are shown as the following:
Highest rate per ton Tor lO-miie haul,
81 . while the lowest FOR 40-mlle maui IS
70 cents, and for 90 miles, 81 10
Highest rate for % miles, 81 70 while the
lowest for 30 miles IS IS cents.
Highest rate for 40 miles, 81 50, while the
lowest for so miles is 81 80.
Highest rate for 80 miles, s. TO- while the
lowest for 100 miles is 81 -.
Most remarkable is The highest rate for
100 miles, So while tie highest for 290 miles
IS 81 40.
Here are the figures in full:
10 miles and over miles, points and rates
from 40 cents 10 s - per tOu.
10 miles aud over 10 miles points and
rates from 80 cents 10 > % Der ton
% miles and ever 10 miles, 10 points and
rates from 60 cents to 81 30 per ton.
% miles ana over 20 miles, points aud
rates from 10 cents 10 81 70 yer ton.
80 miles and over % miles, points and
rates from 70 cents 10 g per ton.
40 miles and ever 80 miles, - points and II
rates frOR 70 cents TO 81 % per ton.
90 miles and over 40 miles. II points and
raj from 81 10 10 81 10 per ton.
GO miles and over 90 miles, 20 points and 10
rates from 81 30 o 81 80 PEI ton.
20 miles and over 80 miles. i points and IL
rates from 81 90 10 81 70 per ton.
50 miles and over 40 miles, % points and %
rates f,Om 81 90 20 s. 50 per ton.
80 miles aud over 50 miles, ! 8 points aud II
rates from 81 30 to s. 10 per ton
100 miles aud over 30 miles, . points and
rates from 81 70 10 s. 30 per Ion
10 miles and over 90 miles, IA points and
rates from 81 20 81 70 per ton.
l20 miles and over 10 miles, IL points and
ia Is from s. 80 to 81 20 per ton.
100 miles aud over ] 20 mics, II points aud IL
rates from s. 10 10 So per TON.
40 miles and over 100 miles, Il points and
rates from 81 go TO So 80 Der ton.
$50 miles 8Bd over 40 miles. 8 points and
rates from So 10 to SIS 80 pr ton.
1G0 miles and over $50 miles points and
rates from So 20 10 81 80 Per ton.
10 miles and ever go miles ] 3 points and 10
rates frcm So 30 10 So per ton
$50 miles and over 10 miles, 6 points and
rates from s. 60 10 SIS 70 tef ton.
100 miles and over $50 miles. points ana 4
rates from IS 80 10 So 50 per ton.
200 miles and over ! 80 mics, points aud
rates from So So 10 s. 80 per Ton.
2lO miles and over 200 miles 8 points and .
rates from 3 30 10 - rer on.
22D miles and over 2l0 miles, 3 points and
rate irom 81 0 10 81 10 per ton.
30 niles and over go miles points and
rates from 81 20 81 40 per ton.
24O miles and over 80 miles. POINTS and
rates from 81 20 10 81 40 per ton.
$50 miles and over 30 miles points and
rates from 81 20 10 81 % per ton.
26O miles and over 25O miles. 3 points aud
27O miles aud OYc 2G0 miles points and 2
rates from 81 30 10 81 30 per ton.
$50 miles aud over Z10 miles, , points and .
rates from 81 50 10 81 40 per ton.
290 miles aud over $50 miles, l point and l
rate from "a 10 to 81 40 per ton.
1t VIII be seen that the railroad charges
as high as IS 30 per ton for $50 miles and as
low as 81 81 for $50 miles. And yet the
State law under which our Railroad Com
missioners work, or, rather, make show
Of work. says:
No Discrimination in charges or facilities for
transportation shall be made by any railroad OF
other transportation company between places or
persons.
A charge for hundred-mie haul is
s. r., while for $50 miles rate of 81 90 is
accepted.
Aud so on all down the list.
But the Railroad Commissioners see no
reason why there should be change 10 the
rates
They have the right and it is their duty
under the law 10 revise tie rates upon
their own motion" whenever il Shall seem
necessary 20 do SO.
They do not see tie necessity.
But tie people see 4 necessity for having
a Board OF Railroad Commissioners that
shall act according TO law. Tie people
have paid out nearly quarter Of a million
10 support az institution that has been OF
no service to them whatever
They are very tired Of all this, and before
long something VIII drop, and 1t will drop
very hard.
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BEULAH PARK.