The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02

Brainerd, Mimi, 13S miles northwest
of st. Paul. the rate is the sum of $48,
class rate to st. Paul from Chicago and
$43.20 st. Paul to Brainerd, or total
of $91.20. The shipper that is on to his
job can save $12 on the car by billing
to st. Paul and re-billing to Brainerd
on the local rate If he is not mon
grata" with the railroad. Where it is
desired to construe the tariff strictly,
the shipper is up against the sum OF
the two local rates Another thing, the
rate to Brainerd, 1873 miles of haul
from st. Paul on level prairie is
$43.20, while the same goods are hauled
from Chicago to St. Paul on special
rate, 40 miles, for $50. Eastern peo-
pie wonder why western people, many
of whom used to be moss-back repub-
licans, have become popullsts. The
railway man tells us the true princi-
pie of rate making should be based on
the ton per mile theory. This is
sample of conditions west of the Mis-
sissippi gate ways" and we could cite
every town on all the western lines to
show the application OF this principle
did space permit
TO Moorehead, Mimi, from Chicago,
the car rate Is $100.S0, a haul OF 250
miles from St. Paul This means
charge of $64.S0 on the west OF ST. Paul
haul as against charge OF S36 that
is made locally for 40 mile haul from
Chicago to st. Paul. This proves that
rates are based on the theory OF all the
traffic will bear, and on the principle
of "let him get who may and keep
who can" To Fargo, N. D.. the rate
is the same as to Moorehead- 10
Jamestown. N. D., 343 miles from st.
Paul the car rate from Chicago is
S12960 and the stove rate $4.S5. 10
bismarck. N. D., 445 miles from st.
Paul, the car rate from Chicago Is
s146.4O and the stove rate $3.50. 10
Miles City, Mont, 745 miles from St.
Paul. the car rate is S225.60 and on
the stove, $625. To Billings, Mont,
1872 miles west of st. Paul, the car rate
is 1924 from Chicago and on the one
stove. $3.50. Billings is the competitive
f?) point on the Northern Pacific where
the c., B. & @. makes junction for
western point business BY peculiar
coincidence the rates are exactly the
same il freight goes via the Omaha
..eate way" or via the st. Paul gate
way" Billings is 1900 miles from Chi.
cago via the St Paul gate way and
800 miles via the Omaha gate way
If we take the car to Livingston,
Mont. the rate is 1896, the haul being
DoitI Tho dis
tance from St. Paul being 21.2 times
the distance from Chicago to st. Paul
and the rate being over times the
Chicago to ST. Paul rate. And they
tell us rates are reasonable. TO Mis-
soula, Mont, 1885 miles west OF st.
Paul, the freight on our ear Will be
$3.50 from Chicago and on the stove
s11.25. To Spokane, Wash, 1,512 miles
from st. Paul, the car is S408 because
of commodity rate which happens to
fall exactly on the class rate to that
point. If figured on the special and
local back principle, which governs too
many inter-point rates, it is $444.
The car rate to Portland, Ore, and
other coast common points, 2,462 miles
from Chicago, hauled through Spokane,
is $500, which haul is $40 miles fur
ther than to Spokane where the spe-
cial rate in S407. And they tell US
rates are reasonable In later letter
we will make this shipment via the
Kansas City, Mo-, gate way and the
southern route over the Santa Fe. We
will then take other articles illustrat-
ino the savaral class rates from first
class to 3D. class to show the rela-
tions or rather the want of relations,
between commodities. One who can
catalogue and label present rates and
make them appear reasonable can show
anarchy in all it's disorder and make
it look beautiful and make a chart
for freedom in autocratic Russia.
A. ]. GUSTIN. Kearney, Neb