New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-17

these lines do not enter the wheat belt,
but their presence compels division
of the flour trade. By cutting Off Min
neapolis these roads could be ignored,
the Milwaukee could s'mill-in-transito
or ship the wheat direct, and, either
way, could make the entire haul to
Chicago over its own track.
Another factor in the calculation, is
the reputed hostile attitude of the Min
neapolis millers toward the Milwaukee
road, as result of the rate war of
two years ago. Prior to that time dis
elimination had been made in favor of
the Flour City millers by imposing
upon their interior competitors a
milling penalty of q cents hundred.
In the case Of New Ulm this made the
fiat rate to Chicago 20 cents; or the
same as the Minneapolis men could
buy the wheat here, grind it in their
own city and lay it down in Chicago.
But in 1902 the Chicago & Northwest
ern road announced the removal of
this penalty.
Immediately a protest came from
Minneapolis, but in the interim the
various roads had signed an agree
ment to maintain tariff of 10 cents
from that city to Chicago. When
conferences proved without effect the
Flour City manufacturers conferred
their attack upon the Milwaukee. They
brought pressure to bear on that road
to cause the penalty to be restored or
have their own rate reduced and, when
the Milwaukee refused to repudiate its
agreement, inaugurated a boycott that
was almost absolute. Flour shipments
were all sent over the other lines, and
where the Milwaukee had billed out
several hundred carloads daily, it was
given but an insignificant number.
Naturally the railway men protested,
only to be given to understand that
they were suffering the form Of pun
ishment devised for them.
At this stage of the proceedings the
| Milwaukee finished the construction of
its branch from Mankato to Minneap-
| oils, and a means of retaliation was
offered. The millers were informed
that conditions must improve or Man
kato would be placed on the level of
the MISUNDERSTANDING rate and
when they declined to act the threat
was made effective. From Mankato
to Chicago the rate is now 10 cents
and today the owners of the interior
mill can buy their wheat on the Min
neapolis market and deliver it to CON
sumers as cheaply as their more power
full competitors.
Such is the cause of the breach that
is said to exist and the shabby treat.
ment accorded the Milwaukee roac
may prove an incentive to building
the connection between Granite Falls
and Mankato. Should this be don.
the advantages to accrue to New Uln
could not be estimated. The loca
mills would be especially benefited
for the Milwaukee extends as far a
Berkeley, n. D.: is the only roa'
, entering Eureka, S. D., the creates
r primary wheat market in the world
; and gathers immense quantities of th
grain in the Red River Valley. Thi
source of supply would be PRACTICAL
unlimited and the mills could probabl
afford to double or treble their capac
; tiles.
Other lines of business would prof
also, for the acquisition would ope
an enormous territory to the New Ul1
brewers and give the city shippin
facilities fully as good as those c
Mankato. With an outlet into Mort
8 Dakota, wholesale and jobbing house
5 would without doubt locate here an
( the small towns that would spring u
in the Minnesota River Valley betwee
this place and Granite Falls Woul
Z not decrease the rural trade mater
, ally. In competition with each othe
5 the two great systems, the NorthWes
3 ern and Milwaukee, would doubles
{ reduce the through rate to Chicag
& and thus add another to the list {
Z benefits.
q Everything considered the propos
5 ton seems and is meritorious, and
5 a project that the New Ulm CONNER
g cial Union could we'll afford to encou,
& age. Some correspondence has bee
4 lreceiyed by local parties relative to
3 and it would do no harm to send
$ delegation of influential men to tai
s up the matter with the railway of
2 Gals.
5 Old Settlers at Play.
81 A goodly number of the older res