The state herald., 1897-11-12
FREIGHT RATE WAR.
The Gulf Line VIII Meet tho Cut of the ALL
Rail Lines,

Denver, Nov. 9.-The situate In the
| freight war between the TRANSMITS
souri,, Gulf and Pacific coast lines re-
mains unchanged since Saturday. No
move will be made by any OF the In
terested lines until the schedule OF
rates to he used by the all-rail lines IL
Issued by Secretary Peteet.
| When Secretary Pateet announces
his schedule of rates the Gulf road
will meet 1t by another cut. 1t Is
ready to make the announcement that
| 1t will handle freight between Chicago
and ST. Louis and Colorado common
points on the basis of $1.T5 from New
| York. The Mallory line has made the
statement that it will always maintain
| It's differcntial of 43 cents, no mutter
! how low the all-rail lines may cut.
With the Gulf line and the Mallory
Steamship Company ready to cut rates
until there is nothing left to cut from.
the freight war promises To he very
lively. and according to the statements
of the railroad men it will be carried
on until some line calls quit" or un-
til the lines find bankruptcy staring
them ip the faceAnnd express their u -
| HAgnesS to come to some kind of anl
have to come from those lines other
than the Gulf and Mallory. for they
state they can stand the cuts as long
as any of the all-rail lines can.
General Freight Agent Fred Wilde.
.Ir., of the Gulf line returned yesterday
from Chicago. where he attended the
meeting of the freight agents. c. NJ.
lIicklin of the Mallory line was also
hnt nt,I ~ a
firm throughout the meeting for the
maintenance of the 43-cent differcntial
over the all-rail lines. This dlfferen-
tial was first proposed by the all-rail
lines and accepted by the Gulf aud
steamship companies. and all worked
well until the all-rail lines saw that the
diifcrental was working against them.
that the Gulf and steamship companies
We're getting the hest of it. Then they
wanted TO lower the dif'erential. hut
the water routes would not have Il
that way. so the all-rlil lines com
menccd To cut rates to force the Gulf
and steamship lines to come to them
But in this instance the all-rail lines
'reckoned without their host" rs the
water lines refused to come 10 taw. bui
on the other hand declare their inten-
iions To maintain the dlffcrential no
matter how the rates are cut.
Mr.. Wilde says that great pressure
was brought To bear against him 10
compel him To abolish the differential
but lie declined TO submit. He saws
that If the merchants will stand by the
water lines they will win the fight and
thus insure for the shippers of Colo
RADIO lower rate than If his line is
compelled to give up the fight.
The object of the Gulf line is to in.
sure Colorado's shippers cheap rate
and they can have ii II they will sup
port the Gulf in It's present fight
against the all-rlil lines. His road viii
fight those lines to the bitter end. even
If the Atlantic seaboar,l rate goes down
10 10 cents. which he thinks is within
the range Of possibilities. A G9-cent
water rate means a rate of S1.12 via
the all-rnll lines. Every time the Gulf
line meets the rates Of the all-r.iil lines
the latter viii make a cut OF GO cents.
the lowest rate now existent between
the Aatlanflc sc.ibourd and the MIssIs-
sippi. which viii he deducted from the
rates between st. Louis and Chicago
ana Colorado common points.