The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26
WOE FOR f'HE I
TRUNK Lines
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PRICE That Cnet gull ports, with elrS pres
ri refer to tfe Water and fsrail route
from the ports Of the upper lakes to
Montreal and Quebec, and thence by
steamer Ito Europe. The transportation
companies OF Canada are working out this
problem slowly but surely. 1t has. become
manifest the past year that the natural
route for all products Of the middle north
western states to- Europe is thru Ontario,
either by water Or rail. The Canadian
companies realize that they possess a, nat
ural advantage that no artificial means
can possibly overcome, They are going
to work that natural advantage for all 1t
Is worth. Grand Trunk began by MAX
| ing grain rate from Chicago to Mont
real that has simply staggered the Ameri-
can trunk lines, and has In one summer
done much to wrest from New York its
historic supremacy in the export grain
trade.
Hays Past Master.
II understand that Grand Trunk will,
If necessary Still further reduce this rate.
The tremendous work that has been put
IN on the line the past year from one end
I to the other has sbeen with the one object
Of making possible a thru rate lower than
any other trunk line from Chicago to the
sea can possibly put in at a profit. 1t is
|up to- c. NJ. Hays Of Grand Trunk. The
road secured lin. him a master of cheap
transportation. He learned his lesson in
the operation Of Wabash and Southern
Pacific when thoSA)two roads were :fifan-
Siaa wrecks He is q post graduate Of the
schnol.of rigid railroad economy. II there
Els sol.e man. on the Fcontinent.squalife to
make the cheapest possible railroad rates,
Grand Trunk has the man II
Alliance With Wisconsin Central.
,.'You have probably. noticed that at the
present time he is@putting a ferry Service
IN Lake Michigan that will take him, into
Milwaukee from sGrand HAVEN What do
you think thateis for? 1t will develop into
bid for the transportation of the flour
and grain trade at q rate that none of his
competitors will bezable to touch. That
is the real basis of this recurrent rum
that Grand sTrunAais going to buy Wis
consin Central Grand Trunk has not the
slightest intention of buying Wisconsin
Central, but those who know the plans of
Grand Trunk to corral the trade Of the
twin cities toward the sea- think that
Crank Trunk will ultimately have to get
a.sline into the twin cities, People who
know all about Wisconsin Central know
perfectly well why it Is that this little
road Is doing such a tremendous lot of
work on Its direct line from Milwaukee
and Manitowoc into the twin cities. It is
because Wisconsin Central intends to have
the shortest and most direct route from
the twin cities to the points where Grand
Trunk can pick UP the traffic. If Wis
consin Central cannot make a rate that
will fit in with the plans of Grand Trunk
the Milwaukee probably can. Therefore,
Wisconsin Central has got to have a short
and low grade line, even if it has to aban-
don many miles OF right Of way in order
to cut across corners. slt=
The Nonsense About "InvasIon''
american railroads regard all this as
rank invasion. The trunk line people talk
as tho Grand Trunk had no right to make
it's present rate from Chicago to the sea-
That is pure nonsense; They forget that
there are two other routes from Chicago
to the sea. One Of them Is lall-water, and
there are two other routes from Chicago
'etheris by open lake from western ports
to Parry Sound, and thence as straight
as the Grow flies by Canada Atlantic sand
GrHe ga Neethsrn nof Canade itoy either Mon
treal or Quebec. GraSpa Trunk has got
Ra disn Fstas Il tRsSs sM9 | ggatss
tire freight eese9,lpnas MI canada Atlantic,
C {. Il Pacific al Elfe American trunk
lines: T MET & }1(f gfs1 TIT r
ssCanada Atlantic Us -four yearsl old and
well built It cost lot to built it. but I
| believe 1t will ultimately far more than
pay for itself. 1t is one of the grain
routes Of the future, and also one of tie
outlets over which the products of the
| great northwest, both Canadian and
American, will reach the sea.
| ! After Other Products Besides Grain.
you people seem to think that grain
| is the only thing upon which Canadian
lines can make, cheap rates. But the Ca
| madam routes have merely experimental
| on grain. Later on they will show you
what they can do when they begin to ex-
I.periment on other lines Of freight. -
IF Grand Trunk can record the finest
year Of earnings in it's history, on rates,
| that made the American grain routes. look
antigua ted, why should not Grand Trunk
| be just as well able to make rates pro-
portionately low on packing house pro-
ducts, Hour-and, In: factr on any other
line of staple export freight r.
| You heard something about Grand
Trunk paying rebates to Chicago, ship
pers: on packing house products, and you
will hear more about the same thing later
| on. If there is. any freight to be picked
up at st. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, Mil
waukee or the twin cities, and cheap rates
can assist in the operation, Grand Trunk
| will make the rate. ~ e....zsls-|.
All Out for tt1e Stuff. q 81 i,
| "Of course, 1T Is easy enough to say
that If Grand Trunk does any Of these
| things, American lines at the various 'traf-
f1c points can discriminate against Grand
| Trunk. But American railroads are oper-
ated to make money, not to fight for their
country. Moreover, the miilers Of Mime
apolis, the packers of Chicago and sthe
shippers of St. Louis are I'm business for
the profit they make, not for patriotic
reasons If Grand Trunk can deliver the
goods to Atchison, for instance, for trans
!: pTtatton to the Pacific coast. It is an
easy guess that @Atchison will find it pos
t-sible to turn over certain amount Of its
seaboa I'D traffiG. to Grand Trunk, even if
<tfhat traffic IS Is help pay dfnfdends td the
English stockholders f Grand Trunk;