The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-30
DENIES RAISE IN
FREIGHT RATES
Trunk Line Official Admits "Ad
justment," However.
TO FAVOR HOME INDUSTRIES
c. S. MELLEN RESIGNS as PREsI.
DENT OF NORTHERN PACIFIC.

= New York. Sept. g9.-Reports have been
= fXtcnsivciy circulated OF late that "a con-
c'llod movement. taking I'm all tine large
iailroad systems Of tho country is under
way 90 bring about am advance I'M freight
rates ON Jan. ]. The eastern trunk lines,
according 10 the reports I'm question are
l,aiilllils am increase equal 10 about 10
When tho Journal OF Commerce called
Inc matter to the attention of one of the
ne7t informed trunk line officers he de-
cared the report absolutely sbsurd.
or course, there will be- The usual end
year cleaning up Of commodity rates
rates on raw materials. etc. for short
distances to manufacturer and others,
ne said. hut 20 is ridiculous 90 talk about
any general 80 per cent advance. Tho
OASIS. lirSt class. between New York ana
'li'dbo- mas been % ever since leS-. mere
can certainly be no advance on that fig
urc. Tor trade would not stand 10. The
only way. therefore that am advance
could be made would be an advance in
Ailt classification general advance IN
'i3SSlIlcatOu always meets with great
opposition and will never be attempted
uhleSs the railroads must have II. Three
years or so agO-whcn conditions war
fantcd 1t-Whcn materials and labor had
advanced to such figures as to make rail-
roading at the old figures q losing BUSH
less. advances were made by means Of
classification which ranged between S
md per cent. These advances were in
very way Justfieo. Today there has
certainly been no further advance i'm ma
ierials. which. fl anything. are a shade
tower Labor Is not much higher. so that
there IS no excuse whatever for any gem
eral advance, TO say nothing of the al
legged advance of 10 per cent. There is "a
disposition to curtau expenditures but
not 10 advance rates.
Conference to Adjust Rates.
However, it has been learned that the
trunk line managers are considering the
adjustment of import rates and a joint
l conference of New York Missouri river
INES has been called 90 meet I'm New
ork oct. s. The trunk lines import COM
lnlttee aud the representa- tivcs OF the gulf
unes, western freight association lines
and trans Missouri lines will he present
Rates from foreign ports TO Missouri
river points and points in western terri
tory viii be discussed The purpose is TO
VIII prevent the through rate ON import
Cd Eoods being less than the same rate
on the nome manufactured products For
wears home manufacturers have suffered
greatly on account % relatively lower i'm
port rates Many imported articles for
example, could be shipped from London
To missouri river points cheaper than the
same articles could be shipped from the
Seaboard 20 the same points. This has
peeh recognized by all roads and by
steamship lines to be great Injustice
an agreement has been prepared be-
tween the steamship lines and the rail-
roads whereby an important rates are to
PC based on Baltimore. which will be the
iuV per cent point BY this means il is
expected that the meeting will result i'm
pefiectns the plan by placing the inland
proportions of the through import rate
on a liked basis TO all points