The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-22
ruture Shipments to the Atlantic
Coast Will Come High.
SEATTLE 70 DC seMEr,rG0.
m,eh 0sasa That m$ysssssse Has
G~se East Press aissesosa asa
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On and after August there wtli be an
ncreAss IA tsse freight rates Of ali grain
Iniopsd from Washington 10 points east
q CA3ca&os This Also Includes grain and
DrDxsaons for export. and the ipcesse has
6pef 80 great that those In q position IL
tD0w ~ tae direct effect viii he 70 change
ehs direction % wbsat shipments aid
ktng sasa to Seattle for export TO Orb
1nfAi markets..
1hA Increase In rates h all due 70 the
0anassm<nf Of railroads east OF Chicago,
ond il ~ sGreement reached In m effort to
pstsjs the rate Juggling that r. gong on
81 the time over grain shipments. 1t In
aid that the new rate on wheat, oats AMI
1our ias been Increased from 1ils 60 ~
cents per hslndredweixht. on corn from igss
% . eeats per nandTedw~iEht: on cora for
expaft frou i0is 20 II cents per hundred
weight: on oats for export has 10 Is cents
PER hnndresweszhts on provisions for ex
pcst, - 10 q cents per hnndFedweighs. ON
wheat for export II to l7is cents per nnr-
6reiweight
The increase. ~ VIII be seen, In some In
stances amounts 10 Is per ccat. In years
9pne BY nearly all the grain In the North
west was ssnt TO New York 10. export
Within the past two years. mainly through
the efforts os President James j. Hill. Of
the Great Northern, growing market for
China and Japan. Where Ave ysars ago
few thousand bushels of wheat and a
smaller amount OF oats and corn was
shipped to the Orient. last year over i.0l-
On bushels were sent, and from reports
received from Oriental agents an estimate
- made that severa; million bushels will
- needed for this trade this year. A
greater portion of IL will Ire shipped from
Seattle and the balance from San Fran
CISCO.
The present Increase in rate. while ar-
knowiedged not 20 bc prohiMsive rate to
ehtpments east. II SUCH Ii IL said. rs will
cause q good shara of the extra wheat If
Minnesota and the uakotaa TO fse shipped
30 Seattle warehouses. and here held for
transportation. on just what amount this
viii be- thore IL no way OF estimating. but
conservative figures place IL at an amount
that viii furnish this market with all IL
requires. year ago the Oriental marker
would have taken a considerable amount
more than was shipped.
Up To the present time there has been
% increase In the rates west OF Chicago.
nor ID there kkeiy ~ be, The tariff now.
while considered low west Of ~. Paul. will
Be- used b. the railroads and grain men
10 induce shipments 10 come this way.
For years there has been a hard fight
among the different lines operating To the
Atlantic scahoAra To secure grain traffic.
in order to do business II has been the
custom af the roadx interested TO all I've
No III the established rate. hut on Large
shipments. say Of trainsoad or more a
blanket rebate was given. Thus II was
that. while in open violation Of the law. the
Rad giving the largest blanket rebate ws~
fhe enc to securs the business. With A
view Of doing away with this and afford
Ing the small shipper. who obtained no re-
bate. the same privileges enjoyed hy tie
larger ones. the new rate was made, anil
win be effective from August until such
time as II 10 proven 20 BE- detrimental 10
TIE roads interested.