The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-10
MARKET FOR SEATTLE
Sweeping Reduction i'm Rates
by Northern Pacific.
EASTERN CITIES SHUT OUT.


The receivers Of the Northern Pacific
rallroad yesterday announced a new
ifeisnf tarin TO take effect today. which.
II maintained. will almost IL not entirely
smut out St Paul and the. other Eastern
cities from the markets OF Eastern Wash
iaSton and Idaho. and will hand over
the trade Of that section TO Seattle and
the other Puget sound cities 10 the exclu-
sion. also. of San Francisco. This change
seems 70 have been made with a view
TO making the ports OF Washington the
supply points for the interior ter
riiory. which Is naturally tribu-
tary, not only as regards home
products. but for all kinds OF COM
modifies brought IN by sea. instead OF as
now having goods shipped from the East
Through 90 the Sound. thence TO be re-
shipped 20 the interior. This system has
handicapped the Seattle merchants with
a double freight for double haul be-
tween the Sound cities and the point of
consumption. and has given St Paul.
Minneapolis and Chicago corresponding
advantage. The receivers now seem to
have adopted an entirely new policy.
namely. that OF encouraging the ship
ment OF products 10 seaport towns by
sea for distribution In the interior by
rail. The provisions OF the new tariff are
summarized Ia the following extract from
letter sent out yesterday 10 shippers by
General Agent Nadeau. OF this city:
Effective tomorrow. April 10, the max
irnum class and commodity rates from
Seattle TO Spokane. Coulee City, Wash.
Mullan. Burke. Coeur d'Alene City.
Genasee, Juiiaet;a, Idaho, and spteEEne-
date points. also TO all points on the
Washington & Columbia River railroad
will he oae-aaR OF class and commodity
rates shown In tariff No. 800. as apply
ing from ST. Paul. Minneapolis and Min
neSota transfers 10 Spokane. Wash, Null
Ian. Idaho. etc
The letter then gives the maximum
class rates which are given in the fol-
lowing table. under the title New
rates The figures represent cents per
loo pounds:
Glass No. /, new rate. i07i9; 2. aTi5 3.
%: 4. 7eia: 5. 20: A. 20: b. 50: C, Is. D.
4aa: T., 81: odd rate, class No. /. i4s; 2.
133: 3. l93. 4. 90: 5. IS.
The rate from the classes. from 10 e
remain the same as before. as they were
already less than half the St Paul rate.
An idea Of the extent OF the reduction
can be formed from the fact that the for
mer class rates from St. Paul to the
points named were only about 30 per cent
higher than those from North Pacific
coast terminals. while the reduction in
commodity rates Is even greater. Not
only does the Northern Pacific thus give
Seattle the advantage over 81. Paul and
Eastern points. but by system OF ar
bitraries IL protects this and other North
Pacific coast terminals from the cosnqeti-
ton of San Francisco. which Is fostered
by the low through rates of the Southern
Pacific and the low steamer rates caused
by the present rate war. The new tariff
contains the following provision:
Maximum rates Hfrum San Francisco
via Tacoma. in connection with the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company. will be
arrived at by adding the following arbi-
traries to the rates from Tacoma subject
to the Western classification:
Glass No. /. cents per 100 pounds. IS:
.. 81; ;. %; 4. %: 5. Is; "A. 90 B. 20: c. Is;
u. 10; r, Is
These arbitraries give Seattle an adj
vantage over San Francisco equal to their
amount.
Mr. Nadeau had received no information
yesterday Of the purpose OF this reduc-
ton, but 1t seems TO be apparent on the
face Of 81.