The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-20

the Canadian Pacific, will become gen
eral. All signs point in that direction.
When the news of the Canadian Pa
Cites action was received in the east
1t 50 happened that Townsend of the
Missouri Pacific. Eustis of the Burling-
ton. Sebastion Of the Rock Island and
several others were in New York after
attending a meeting in the interest Of
the aEti-scalping bill. They held
consultation and at once set the wires
in motion. with the result that they
were authorized To ask the Interstate
commerce commission to suspend the
long and short haul clause of the inter-
state commerce law, so as TO enable
the roads to fight the Canadian Pacific
successfully To attempt to cut rates
without taking this action would be
fatal TO the American lines, so it is
claimed.
The application has been made, and a
reply is looked for at any time, so the
passenger agents of this city state.
The traffic managers here declare that
q suspension of the clause is absolutely
necessary. Mr.. Babcock says the Ca
madam Pacific is not a legal competitor
of the American lines; that 1t was con-
strHcted as a war measure to enable
the Canadian government to handle
troops and supplies in the event of
tinent; that all business it gets from
the American lines is fish in its net,
for it is maintained by heavy sub
sides from the government. The same
view of the situation is taken by Mr..
Eccles.
Without suspension of the long and
short haul clause, intermediate paSSen-
ger business would be demoraliZed.
Il was suggested in the private tele-
grams received here yesterday that the
northern lines be allowed to fight out
this matter, but there is a feeling here
that if there is going to be fight the
same should be a general one, and let
the southern lines have a finger in the
pie with the rest. There is no reason
why there should not be a whole lot of
business come this way, and if rates are
TO go down, why the Union Pacific and
Colorado lines want portion of the
same.
There is going to be complication, no
matter what the result. Suppose the
long and short haul is suspended and
the fare from Chicago 10 Spokane is
SD The fare TO this city is maintained
at present rates or perhaps a little less.
The passenger buys ticket to Spokane
and gets off here, sells his ticket to a
scalper, or. what is altogether improb-
able, tears the same up.
That the long and short haul clause
can be suspended is evidenced by prec-
edent. Some weeks ago the interstate
commission suspended it on freight in
the northwest in order to enable Amer
lean lines to meet competition on Cana
dian business, and there is no doubt
but the same can be done on passenger
business.
News was looked for here yesterday,
but nothing Of great Importance de-
veloped beyond the statements which
We're made in the kilograms sent out
by the Associated Press.
NEWS FROM CHICAGO.
Chicago sent out the following:
East, as we'll as west-bound business,
has now become involved in the rate
war started yesterday by the Canadian
Pacific The Duluth, South Shore *
Atlantic, a Canadian Pacific line, an
nounced that from Duluth and Upper
Lake Superior points on its line, II
would make an SIS frst-class and ST
second-class rate to New York. From
the same point to Portland and Halifax
its rates will be $50 first-class and SIG
SecOnd-clasS- These rates are prac-
tically the same as those put into effect
by the Canadian Pacific, west-bound to
St Paul. Little doubt is entertained
but that the ST. Paul lines viii meet
the rates which haze been made by the
Canadian Pacific from Minneapolis and
St Paul to the Atlantic seaboard.
But the Duluth. South Shore & At /
lantic was not the only slasher of
rates The Northern Pacific and Great |
Northern were in the field in a very |
short time and the grass did not grow /
under their feet in meeting Canadian /
Pacific rates to north Pacific points. !
The two lines have also announced {
their intentions of making reductions I
east as well as west bound Bulletins 1
were posted announcing that becoming /
effective al once, the rate from Ia /
coma TO St Paul, Duluth and points in |
Minnesota, North Dakota and Mani |
toha would be cut in two. Heretofore /
the rates have been $50 first class and 1
$40 second class. This makes the rate
S25 first class and $50 second class. Pre- /
Stunning the Chicago roads viii join in 1
these cuts. the rates they have an
nOunCed from Tacoma to Chicago are /
$3.50 first class and $3.50 second /
class. The Northern Pacific and Great /
Northern have not stopped there, but /
have carried the war into the enemy's
country and have invaded the heart of /
the Canadian Pacific territory, making
a first class rate of $40 and a second .
class rate of $50 TO points in Ontario
and Quebec as far east as Montreal and
south Of the line Of the Grand Trunk
road from Port Huron to Montreal
LOWER AND LOWER.
AS If this was not enough dispatch
frem St Paul states that the Northern
Pacific has announced that on Feb %,
the rates viii be cut further and that
the second class rate will be nearly
half a cent a mile. This scale VIII ap-
ply from Buffalo. \. Y, and even east
OF there, to points on Puget Sound. The
first class rate is $40 and $50 from Buff
falO 10 Vancouver, via the Northern
Pacific. From St. Paul to Vancouver
the rate viii be SIS and SO on the 23rd.
with a corresponding cut from the east
ern terminus.
Among the later dispatches received
last evening was the following from
Chicago:
NAY AFFECT UTAH.
The announcement of the reductions
by the Duluth. South Shore < Atlantic
has added fresh complications to the
rate war. The reductions cover all
points on the lake to New York, Bos-
ton, Portland and Halifax. and other
points in the east to about the same
basis as those made by the Canadian
Pacific west bound.
This VIII necessitate the meeting of
these rates by the Chicago-St. Paul
lines. the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern having applied the cut rates
east bound from Seattle ana Tacoma to
Chicago, leaves the Chicago lines no !
choice in the matter.
WE ARE IN IT
s+rau,,oIrs effort win he made how /