The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23
LAND RATES GO UP
FLOUR RATES TO NEW YORK rs
CENTS AFTER OCTOBER
18TH.
NEW GREAT LAKES ROUTE
MAKES A CUT IN GENERAL
FREIGHTs FROM BUFFALO,
HOWEVER,
III NAY MIX THINGS UP AGAIN,
Ieast Until the Close of the 1890
season for Lake NayfGa-
ton.

The primary object of the cut IN hour
rates to the seaboard, as made by the
500 last week, was to bring the real
situation before the Western Freight
association and to compel an investiga-
ton, if possible. The object was sue
cessfully gained yesterday, for CHAR
man Midgley held a session In the CITY,
which not only resulted in complete
investigation, but a restoration or rates
commencing Oct IL. Upon that day,
under certain conditions, the rates will
be advanced from 221s to 20 cents on
flour and millstuffs from Minneapolis
IN New York, both for domestic and
foreign trade.
The meeting was short one, not oc-
cupying over an hour and half, but
II was prolific of considerable interest
ing discussion. There were present
Second Vice President W. II. Newman
of the Great Northern-Eastern Mime
sofa lines; General Freight Agent j. Z.
Eden. of the Eastern Minnesota; w. L..
Martin, general freight agent or the
500: w, w. Broughton, general freight
agent of the ST. Paul & Duluth; Cen
eraI Manager Burt, and General Frelght
Agent J. G. Clark, of the Omaha; AS
sistant General Freight Agent BROOKS,
of the Great Western; j. II. Hlland ana
D. c. Jones, of the Milwaukee; General
Freight Agent c. L. Wellington, OF the
Wisconsin Central; Chief Clerk Lyman
of the Burlington, and Commissioner
G. G.. Mccain, of the Lake lines.
An effort was made to place the
blame for the cut, the 500 declaring
that it's reduced tariffs were announced
only for it's own protection ana III Or
der to force some settlement. me
charge was made that the kanaWha
Dispatch line made the cut originally,
and was responsible for the trouble,
company was not met with any marked
success. After some discussion the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the rates on flour
and millstuffs be restored to the basis
of % cents east, Minneapolis to New
York, effective Oct. II ensuing, proVlded
the Association of Lake Managers con-
cur therein, and shall IN the meantlme
give satisfactory assurances that there
are no outstanding obligations or other
influences which will interfere with the
strict maintenance with the advanced
basis via their respective routes, on
either domestic or foreign shipments;
that is, traffic to be carried subse-
Quently to the advance, in case 1t Is
so ordered"
This resolution, 1t will be seen, will
not be effective until the lake managers
file q written statement that they have
on hand no contracts with shippers
which bind them to the 221a-cent rate
for a period longer than Oct. l That
the lake lines will agree, 1t is generally
conceded, and it was expected that a
reply would be received from the lake
managers in a day or two.
This will give flour kings fifteen days
in which to take advantage of the re-
duced rates, and they will very likely
do 1t with will, for there is ire
mendous saving in cost of transporta-
ton on 21a cents for every hundred
pounds on from 300 to $50 carloads per
day.
Yesterday morning it was not antic-
ipated that the meeting would be sue
cessful Opposition to the proposed
restoration was expected from many
quarters. but to the surprise Of all, none
was offered.