Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-10

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gagement two hundred Indians We're
killed and the whites lost twenty-five
enlisted men and a number OF officers
| besides having seventy five to one hun
dred men wounded, has received from
the Dickey County Sons of Veterans
Association of Glendale, South Dakota
a set of resolutions and details of the
action being taken to induce congress
to suitably mark the site of the bat
| tie and erect monument in honor Of the
event. The association asks the CO.
operation OF all survivors to this end
and also will work to obtain their de-
sires thru the legislature of their state
and the national congress-. asking the
latter body to reserve from settlement
the tract of land and to properly fence
and separate the hand.
Davenport.
1 F.. W. Smith returned a day or two
ago from the meeting Of the National
Pickle Makers association Of the Uni
ted States which was attended by all
the big pickle makers of the West and
by Heinz and other big eastern man
ufacturers, who, while selling only to
the retail trade and not belonging to
the association, were there like every
body else to find out what is what
l"Conditions in the pickle business are
quite unprecedented" said Mr.. Smith.
Reports to the meeting showed that
there is crop Of $4,000 bushels OF
cucumbers in sight up to the present
time this year, with poor prospects
for much more. This Is shortage OF
t212,7OO from last year, and is 100000
bushels less than the year before. In
other words, the prospect is for less
than half a crop" This is the result
OF wet weather and cold nights.
Cedar Rapids.
The coal situation so far as Cedar
Rapids is concerned remains I'M
changed. Conditions remain about as
they have been for the past two
months regarding the prospective sup
ply OF anthracite. In seeking infor-
nation relative to the existing shortage
a representative of the Gazette as
certained some facts regarding the cost
of the transportation OF coal from
the east that is startling in it's char
acter The tariffs of the various rail-
way companies may be arranged upon
a general equitable basis, but in effect
discriminate in a most pronounced
manner against Cedar Rapids and a
number Of other interior Iowa towns.
Under ordinary conditions about 40
per cent of the cost of anthracite is rep
resented by the freight charges from
the mines, a fact of which the public
is likely ignorant IL Cedar Rapids
had an equitable rate from the lake
ports, where the anthracite is stored
the product might be sold here at from
so cents to 81 less than it has been
The cost of the transportation of the
anthracite from the mines to Buff
falo is about 81 per ton. There it is
placed upon the water and shipped to
Chicago, Milwaukee or some OF the
other lake ports. from whence it is
shipped to the various points of con-
sumption In the west. The average
lake charge is 40 cents from Buffalo
to the western lake ports Of distribute
ton. The freight tariff from any one
of these ports to Cedar Rapids and con-
tiguous cities is 1925 per ton. Local
dealers regard this charge as excessive,
particularly in view of the charge that
is exacted for the transportation of the
coal to points several hundred miles
further west. The rate to Omaha or
Kansas City is only $3.50, or 25 cents
more than from the lake ports to Cedar
Rapids and the product is thus car
ried distance of nearly three hundred
miles further for q merely nominal
sum,