Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-19
Railroads Raise Rates 1872 Cents
To Boston,
Will AFFECT THE PRICES,
Utah Sheepmeu VIII Lose y Of Cent
Per Pound on clip Of 10000
900 Pounds.

! moss. Those who have not already SOLD
| tntW wool are feeling In anything bui
a pleasant frame of mind owing to IN,
| dciloh OF the eastern railroads boosting
| rates from the Mississippi river to Bos.
! lol lb@ cents, and from the sam,
| points TO Philadelphia ne cents
QUARTER OF A CENT LESS.
This action that was announced las,
! nlsRt VIII mean that the Idaho. Wyu-
| ming and Utah WOOlgroWer WIN gel
! at least "a Of "A cent per pound les.
! Tor his wool than ne would otherwise
| nave done had not the freight rates
! been raised for the producer always
| pays the frelght-Ostonsibly the buyer
does. but he takes care that with the
| purchase price there Is q good margin
lelt to cover transportation.
THE ADVANCE.
Under the old commodity rate east
OF the Mississippi river wool was haul
ed IN minimum carload lots Of 20 600
pounds to Boston for Ha cents and to
Philadelphia for 3Sls cents. Under the
change that has gone into effect the
rate Is now CD cents TO Boston and 90
- Philadelphia. The rate from Idaho,
ttth ANA wyoming remains the same,
W. 1904 cents to Chicago or the gulf.
PECULIAR DIVISION.
A peculiar phase Of the published
tariff is that the old Oregon Short Line
JOINT tariff which was signed by g. W.
tccles and was effective April 20 1900,
fas not been withdrawn. This Joint
height tarln reads, from Huntington,
Oregon, 10 kuna, Idaho, inclusive, ana
Boise Idaho to Boston. New Yorl.
CITY Philadelphia. Baltimore. on wool
IN grease In sacks on bales minimum
weight 10000 pounds $500 Under the
oid transcontinental division this
means that If this rate IS kept into
erect that the eastern roads will still
get their Is cents per 100 pounds Tor
hauling the wool from the points desig.
mated, while from Mora, six miles east
of ina point IN Idaho, right through, say
20 Rawlins, Wyo,, or even stil further
east, the eastern roads viii get 81 cent?
instead Of their old 81 cents, a discrep-
ancy that viii undoubtedly be rectlded
10y the cancellation of the old tariff
and putting It On the same basis as the
Others published VIZ, S5jib per 100
pounds 10 Chicago, 81, Louis or Gall
weston
WHAT WILL WATER LINES Doc
The question that is agltatlng the
woolmen now is whether or not the
water lines from New Orleans, Calves
ton or Chicago viii raise the rate pro-
portionately to the raise by the all
rail routes The differential rate here
toiore from these points has been about
o cents cheaper II the steamer
lines stand pat on the Boston PROPOSE
tion there viii be $3.50 cents difference
in their favor against the all.Uil
routes. Tins, however, is too good 20
be true, ana IL Is confidently expected
that the water lines win fall into line.
and continue the FIVE cent less differ
entail rate.
REASON FOR CHANGE
When asked this morning for the rea-
son Of the raise in the wool rate, Ira.
yelling Agent J.. L. Downing, who has
supervision Of the wool business for the
Hartman system. stated that the cost
OF operating railroads had advanced
and that everything including wages,
fuel oil and iQther things had gone up
IN price,
on the other hand the woolmen and
a number Of railroad agents who were
seen maintained that the existing rate
Of l55h cents per 100 pounds 70 chi
eago and the Gulf had always been too
high ana was not an equitable deal at
all.
Jesse NJ SMITH INDIGNANT
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~, o,.i',,..'.., ,.s,-.i5tion va most
'.' ou .,l. ", t,ts stot.t,,ant
'',. ~ th., ,r, s,,cb ,,,oyo ne a1-
'il''' '" 80 ' u D, ,rnss o,,t,'se'. :,
.i,,,,t,, r,oor. tb,f ID
ne s"'.' ., ,.,t M, o,.o,,v no,,nd
quo'lg ~, ,,o Let ,ril bo t,lop AM
of the pockets OF the growers and put
into The treasures OF me railroads..
s. was more than enough 20 pay on
freight but TINS raise on lo'3 cents lS
eXtorti0nalc. ! believe lnat the lowest
published rate was N'ao some years
ago. aud even that was CUT Last yeaL
was The nist time lhal rates Were Hell
up and me railroads. olu so Well in llat
direction that guess lhey in'hh tHel
can put on the sore" ana sun doId up
the tariff our only salvation now D.
the water lines ana Whal tiey VIII 10
OF course do not KNOW"
GROWERS WILL MEET
In answer 10 questions Mr. Smith
,bougbf that there would IN sll probl-
bili,y he "A meeting of wool growers
calI.d IN tha near future. possibly dur
Inc conference week 10 consider ths
uropositIon rBut 1 do not sec THAI We
rap do muchr he added with a smile.
Another question that is 10 receive at.
tspfion from the growers Is the arb..
tr,ry routlnp bv the Oregon Short Line.
whereby thai line As alleged 10 dictate
by which route the wool originating 10
It's territory shan De shipped