The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
SHIPMENTS PICK up
New Flour Rates Become Effective
and Results Are Immediately
Apparent.
To-day's Shipments More Thar
Double Those Of Any Monday
for a Month.

New rates on flour, the result Of the
recent conference of eastern and western
trunk line men in Chicago, became effec-
tive to-day. Already the beneficial effect
IS being felt here. While the two cent
reduction was less than the Minneapolis
millers had expected. they are taking
| full advantage of such benefits as may be
derived from it. 1t is likely more flour
mills will resume grinding later in the
week.
Minneapolis flour shipments took big
jump on Saturday and with a few cars
included that We're loaded on Sunday, the
total ran to 1883 barrels. While this is
only what ought to go out on any day with
conditions favorable, it is a remarkable
comparative gain, for in the past week
the daily shipments averaged only 1868
barrels. The Monday report, made UP of
detailed reports from the railroads, has
been watched with interest for a month
past This Monday report embraces
| the weekend cleanup of Saturday and
such business as may be loaded out on
Sunday. 1t is a good Indicator of condi-
| tons IN the local flour trade and the fig
U"es are usually the largest of any day
| of the week The four Mondays for a
| month back show
Mandsy, April 30 shipment. ......... Barrels: s,fss
M sondday Nay May H. shipments Shipments 2sSSs
To-day is the first day for a month
that shipments have been back anywhere
near to normal, and to-day's figures show
| a free movement. This is the result of
some shipments having been held back
here for day or two, to get them in un-
der the lower rates in effect this morn
ing
Increasing the Output.
The outlook is for the RESUMPTION of
grinding nv all he 1o
not be any more mills started just at
present. The sixteen mills that have been
IN operation have not been working up
to capacity. With{a maximum producing
power Of almost $4,000 barrels a day, these
mills have not turned out much over 40, 900
barrels on any day. It is. more likely
these plants will press the output a little
than that the remaining mills idle viii
resume Immediately, but it is now prob
ably question of a short time only be-
fore they will all be grinding.
AS the situation stands now the millers
are In better position than they were a.
month ago. The reduction in rates was
made by the lines east of Chicago The
Minneapolis Chicago lines stood their
share of the reduction in the thru rate.
but there is no change in the Mime
apolls-Chlcago rate proper, which remains
at lOc. The initial move in the matter
at time when the controversy between
the millers and the railroads was at its
height came from the Chicago, Great
Western railway, which issued a circular
to the effect that it proposed making the
Minneapolis Chicago rate 71ac. This re-
ductlon never materialized, but the an.
nouncement of the disposition of the road
IN the matter was an important influence
IN governing the proceedings of the traf-
f1c men in the Chicago conference.
Flour rates east Of Chicago are now 1Sc.
domestic and 151ac export. With the pro-
portionate share off the Minneapolis local
rate, the present thru rate on flour from
MINNEAPOLIS to New York is 25Hsc; to Bos-
ton l271sc; to Philadelphia 231ac, and to
Baltimore 221sc
The new schedule on grain and -four
in effect this morning is as follows.
From Chicago From Miss Rirar