The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-21
PROMISED REDUCTIONS IN GRAIN
RATES ARE AN
NOUNCED
ARE CUT FROM EIGHT
TO TWELVE PER CENT
ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago
and Milwaukee the Favored Points
The Schedule Will Save Farmers
and Shippers of the Northwest Con-
siderable Money = Other Railroad
News.

In accordance with the promise of
reduction of the rate on grain and 9TH
err cereals by the Northern roads in
Minnesota and the Dakotas, to st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago and
Milwaukee, a new schedule was an
nounced yesterday afternoon.
The announcement followed a meet
ing of the traffic mana gers. of the roads
interested. They checked up the work
of the former conferences. after which
the tariffs We're given to the rate clerks
and the work was completed. The new
rates will go into effect Aug. %.
Chicago Lines Come In.
The Milwaukee and North Western
lines at first baked on the propositions
of a reduction, but after a number of
conferences, they decided to stand by
the action of the Northern roads and
they will print joint tariff on a scale
of rates proposed by Mr.. Hill, and
which will go into effect on the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific.
1t is impossible to ascertain just
what amount will be lost to the roads
by these reductions, as the roads will
not tell each other what their indi-
vidual losses will be. The farmers and
middle men of the West, however, will
profit greatly by the reductions, which
average from to II per cent on a hun
dred pounds. The reductions were not
made on horizontal basis, but fuc-
tuate according to conditions.
Big Saving for Shippers.
An idea of the extent of the reduc-
tions can be gained from a comparison
of the old and new rates. In the St.
Cloud business, for instance, the old
rate was cents to the Twin Cities.
This has been reduced to cents, which
means saving of 1 cent on every hum
dred pounds.
On this basis the saving on a carload
of $4,000 pounds from st. Cloud to the
Twin Cities would be the difference
between $54, the old rate, and $48, the
new rate, or Sc on the carload.
This same reduction, from 9 to 8
cents a hundred pounds applies to
Hutchinson also; the new rate from
Fergus Falls is liz cents, the old
rate being 10 cents. Other reductions in
Minnesota are as follows:
Elbow Lake, old, II cents; new, II
cents.
Willmar, old, 10 cents; new, 9 cents.
tPSSNO1O, OiO, Ii cents, new, Ii
cents.
Low Rate in Dakotas.
In South Dakota the reduction made
from Yankton is 2 cents, the old rate
being Is cents and the new one 16.
From Fargo and Grand Forks, in North
Dakota, reduction is made from 14h
to IA cents.
The rate from Lidgerwood, N. D., is
reduced from 14h to 1215 cents, and
from Leeds, from IL to 16 cents.
Head of Lakes Also Affected.
On the Graceville rate there is a re-
auction of cent and a half, the old
rate being 10 cents, and from St. Vim
cent and Pembina there is a reduction
OF one cent, from 16 to Is cents. From
Mlnot reduction of cents per hun
dred is made, the new rate being 18
cents.
From points at this distance the re-
auction on carload amount to con-
siderable. For instance, on a 10000
car from Minot the old rate would be
$l2O to st. Paul. while the new rate
is $lOS, saving $12 on a car.
Corresponding reductions have heen
made to the head of the lakes.