Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-09-03

load lots the freight rates between
| Mineral Point and Milwaukee (i5;
| miles) and for same distance in Iowa
are as follows:
Wisconsin Iowa Difference
| GOODS per 100 per 100 per 100
Glass 1.....cts 400. cts .32. So. cts 1920
Glass 2........" .35.CO. .25.79... " 1921
Glass 3. ......" 5000. 1885. " 1913
Clais4 .2l.0O. .15.63.. .05.37
Average difference per 100 pounds 09.iSceuts
average per cent. of difference 1880
The above table deals with mer-
chandise, the things we wear, eat
and use in our every day life. 1t
shows that on these goods the rates
I'm Iowa are much lower than here.
The determinations against Mineral
Point in this case are great, and
range all the way from 81 30 per cent.
in the case OF goods in the fourth
class to over 81 per cent. for articles
in the third class, while for the aver
age of the four classes it amounts
to 1870 per cent. The figures mean
this, that when the formers around
Mineral Point pay $40 in freight the
for "A like distance pay only 50 63, or
only a little mere than half as much
as you are charged. But the dis
ordinations against us are nor con-
fined to small merchandise. This is
evident from the facts in the follow
ing table showing "A comparison OF
freight rates Oh cattle, hogs and grain
between Mineral Point and Miiwau-
kee with the rates on the same com
modites for equal distance in Iowa !:
Commod. Wisconsin Iowa Difference
tiles per 100 per 100 per 100
Cattle ...u...cts .l.5o. cts .iS,63... cts 81
Hogs. 1900. " 0s.00... .05
Grains. II co.. 4" 0s.01... .O2.99
While the difference on cattle is
practically nothing, aud on grains, of
which very little is shipped, it is
only 81 per cent, the rate ON hogs, Of
which hundreds Of carloads are
shipped annually, being over 3S per
cent higher than the Iowa rate, is
manifestly unjust to the Wisconsin
swine breeder.
Mr.. Houser shows that in compar-
ison with Illinois shippers the peo-
l.. 90 n nj aH
70 illustrate this he presents table
of rates on cattle, hogs and grain be-
tween Mineral PoiLt and Chicago
and Hampton, H., and Chicago, the
places being of equal distance from
the market (18l niles as follows:
Commod- Mineral TT Hampton Diderenc,
tiles per 100 per 100 per 100
Cattle. 1850. 10 So, lets .O2.o0
Hogs. ....... .i7,0O.... .lt30... .O2.I0
Grains ...... l2,50. ,O0.56.... 1924
why" asks Mr.. Houser, SHOULD
the farmer shipping from Minera
Point pay 10 to 81 per cont. more thar
the farmers of Hampton do for trans
porting their products the same dis
lance to the same market, over the
same company's railroad? Minera
Point is in southwestern Wisconsin
Hampton in northwestern Illinois
The surrounding country in the 1--WE
eases is very much t"o same, on,
producing about as much in the way
OF traffic for the railroads as the other
To build the road did not cost any
more in this part OF Wisconsin than il
did in the part of Illinois in question
nor are the expenses of operation any
heavier here, u can't possibly be due
to ANYTHING in the conditions Of the
two places. On the contrary, it seems
to be entirely due to the fact that
Wisconsin imposes no restrictions
upon the rates. while in Illinois the
rates are regulated by commission
We permit the roads to charge what
they please. and in such cases it is
safe to presume that the roads viii
charge all the traffic will bear. Illi'
nois, on the other hand, like Iowa
and many other conservative states
protects it shippers from unjust i'm,
position on the part of the roads. Il
sees TO it that the freight rates with,
in the state are kept within reason
able limits. 1t does not permit the
roads to fix their rates as they see fit
Figures and statements as explici
as these have been printed and pro
claimed throughout the state fol
years past, and never disproved
, Therefore, we have a right to accep
them rs correct, and the people
should, in self-defeuse, see to it that
the legislature enacts measures thai
will insure them equal privilege will
the people of adjoining states at the
hands of public service corporations
w, IL, Is.
% cents buys Red Trunk ana
with it goes good smoke.