Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-11

| In every Instance In which 1t meets
| Its Chicago competitor at an equal
| distance from Chicago and TT. Dodge,
| IL paws a higher rate than the Chicago
| manufacturer and when 1t gets into
| the far west, 1t must pay exactly the
same rate as does It's Boston competi-
| tor This hurts Iowa, and 1t is not
strange than an Iowa manufactures so
| situated feels the need of an Impair
| tlal tribunal that can and Will make
a lust rate. What | have said res
| pecting the two Instances Is true IN
u greater or less degree of all the
! manufacturing business that we at
tempt to do with the people of other
states.
Cattle Feeders Hurt.
quote another illustration. a man
| IN Nebraska buys cattle in the west
/ ern part of his own state, or in Wyo-
ming, or In Colorado. He ships them
to some feeding point In Nebraska,
fattens them, and ships them to CHI
cago at the thru rate from the orig
/ inal point of shipment with slight
| charge added for unloading.
/ "A man living In the western part
! of Iowa buys cattle at the same point,
! to be fed on his farm In Iowa and then
/ shipped to Chicago. He must pay,
/ first the rate from the original point
/ to the Mississippi river even tho ne
unloads them within mile of the
: Missouri river. lie fattens them and
ships them to Chicago, and must pay
| the rate from his own town to Chi
cago, the two rates being In the aggre-
gate much greater than the rate re-
/ CURED OF the Nebraska feeder. There
/ can be no justice in such an ADJUST
ment of rates. and the Iowa cattle
i feeders very naturally want an OPP
portunty to appeal to commission
for relief.
Iowa Packing Houses Hurt.
! l ought not to consume your time
| In citing particular instances of dis
| elimination. Bear with me however,
| while l make q general observation.
/ Iowa is an agricultural state. Moth
! ing can dispute her claim of SUPERIOR
1 ity In that respect. Why Is 1t that she
/ is not also a manufacturing state!
/ Her chief raw materials are corn, cat
| tie and hogs. 1t Is. understand,
| sound rule In Industrial economy that,
| IL other things are equal. the manu-
| factory should be as close to the raw
material as possible. There is an adj
ditional reason which commands the
! proximity of the packing. houses to
! the fields In which the livestock Is
/ grown. The waste involved in Ions
| hauls, thru shrinkage, Is crime IL
needlessy incurred. Iowa Is an ideal
| spot for the manufacture OF her own
raw materials. She has a peaceful,
law abiding, energetic population, ac-
| customed to work, and happy only
| when working. She has an abund-
ance of as cheap fuel as can be found
in the country. Nevertheless, instead
OF manufacturing our livestock into
food and by-products, as we should
do, we ship about so per cent Of our
! hogs and 30 per cent OF our cattle
beyond the state, to be manufactured
in other places. Why Is 1t? There Is
but one answer: Badly adjusted rail-
way rates.
1 mention these things not because
l expect you to take up and determine
the complaints that we have against
existing rates; but to convince you
that we are entitled to tribunal that
can and will examine them, and award
us whatever relief justice and fair
dealing may require.
Welfare of Localities Involved.
If there had been in my mind a linz
gering doubt about the wisdom Of con-
ferring the proposed authority upon
the commission the statements which
have been made before your committee
by men connected with the railway
companies would have completely dis
PEELED it, Over and over again it has
ta1 To hof rufa
not made with refa.ence to any known
principle. Distance is little consider
ed the cost Of service is little con-
suited. These railway men have, with
great candor, declared that rates have
been made and will continue to be
made with reference only to their view
of the welfare Of the territory which
their lines supply That means that
the rates have been and will be SO
adjusted as to afford the largest reve-
nue. to the railway companies 1t
means that the railway companies
have exercised the power, and insist
upon it's continuance, to take away the
natural advantages of one state or To-
cality or city, and confer them upon
another state, locality, or city. 1t
means that railways have assumed the
prerogative of determining the kind
and extent Of traffic that shall be car
ried on between different parts of the
country 1t means an artificial BUSH
ness life, based upon the discretion
and Judgment of railway companies.
Power Too Vast to be Unrestricted.
admit that distance tariff turnout
the country would be inadvisable; I
concede that. the cost of service must