The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-13
Railroads
VOICE FROM c. OF c.
Transportation Committee Tells the
Railroads Several Things About
Rates on Flour.
According to Present Arrangements
The Country Millers Are Get
ting an Advantage.

The transporta ton committee Of the
Chamber Of Commerce held meeting
yesterday with the following representa-
tves of roads entering Minneapolis: ].
H. Highland traffice manager Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway; r. .. Sew
ell. assistant general superintendent and
J. T. Conley. general northwestern agent;
J. NJ. Hannaford. traffic manager North
ern Pacific railway; S. l.. Moore. general
freight, agent Northern Pacific railway,
J. T. Clark, traffic manager Omaha rail
way: H. NJ Pearce, general freight agent.
Omaha; l.. T. Janme, assistant general
freight agent, Omaha; G.. Z. Wilson.
sistant general freight agent Wisconsin
Central George r. Huey, northwestern
agent Wisconsin Central; George F. L'y-'
man. assistant general freight agent Bur
lington railway; w. L. Martin. traffic
manager 500 line; w. NJ. Hopkins, general
freight agent Minnea polls & ST. Louis
railway: r. G. Brown, northwestern agent
Rock Island. s,--...
The transportation COMMITTEES protested
against the discrimination against Min
neapolis In favor of country mills. 1t was
held that the basis rates to Chicago from
west and southwest of Minneapolis was 10
cents on wheat and -four, with an extra
charge for switching and milling in
transit of IA cents per hundred Gem
orally, the IA cents for switching was ig-
nored and the. going rate of 10 cents per
hundred from Minneapolis was main
tanned. . ~ ,'" +
If the miller at an intermediate point
forwarded his product beyond Chicago
he was entitled to a, refund on the basis
Of the through rate from Minneapolis to
destination, and this arrangement prac-
1icaly equalized rates. ~
+ On Aug. IS, 1902, the basis Of rates in a
large area Of territory tributary to Mime
apolis was reduced from 10 cents above
the Minneapolis rate to ~ cents. the
rates from this same territory into Min
neapolis remaining the same as it had
been formerly. In addition to the reduc-
ton of "a cents per hundred the railway
had done away entirely with the milling
IN transit charge. while the other rail
roads reduced the charge at non -compett-
tive points to 1 cent per hundred and did
away entirely with the charge at com
petltive points -.
Charge Against c., M. & St. p.
The Milwaukee was charged with al
lowing wheat billed to Minneapolis to be
points on the IA per cent rate with the
privilege Of milling in transit. Under this
arrangement mills between shipping
points and Minneapolis enjoy a rate with
milling transit privileges which Is ~
cents per hundred under the rate or
wheat from the same shipping points t.
Minneapolis plus the local from Mime
apolis to Chicago. The same privilege il
extended to mills below Minneapolis or
the main lines of the North estern the
Milwaukee and st. Louis railways. =.
The intermediate mills east and soutf
Of Minneapolis are also granted the priv
ilege of purchasing wheat in sthet Mime
apolis- market and having: it milled II
; transit at all points Intern ediate, on pre-
cisely the same basis as Minneapolis mill
ers. Under these conditions the Mime
apolis miller, in order to- obtain. Whea
from the" territory in question to grin.
into -four to be shipped out must pay ~
cents per hundred additional freight d
well the switching charges in the city
Outside MllIer's Lead.
This gives the intermediate miller tn
advantage on domestic shipments to east
ern territory as well as on export ship
ments. On the former l0-cent basis
refund was made to reduce the rate t.
the proportion of the ,Minnea polls rate, bu
under the present tariff all flour milled-in
transit between shipping points and Min
neapolis pays only ,7h cents per hundred
while the very lowest rate the Mime
apolis miller can secure is 90 cents O
domestic shipments andzS.3 cents per hun
dred on export shipments.
The committee showed that at the pres
ent time the interests it represented Wer
suffering from cheaper transportation G
wheat via the great lakes in tramp steam
ers of large tonnage. and the@ .facilitie
Offered by eastern railroads for the move
ment of wheat east of Lake Erie sports
and that to-day mills, in New York cit
were enjoying exceptional advantages fo
reaching the trade in the West Indie