The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02
They Have no Relation Whatever to
Cost of Carriage or the Distance
Freight is Hauled.
TAKE ALL The TRAFFIC WILL BEAR
That is the Only Principle Recog-
nized By Any Of the Freight
Making Experts.

In our last article we shipped a car
of stoves from Chicago, H., west TO
the coast and intermediate points
through the Omaha gate way" We
will now ship it from Chicago north
west and west through the st. Paul
gate way" AS in the former article,
we will name the freight on a $4,000
pound carload of stoves, which takes
the fifth class rate and in some cases
we will name the rate on one stove,
or less than carload, which takes third
class rate, which stove we will suppose
10 weigh five hundred pounds.
The car to GAINESVILLE, Wis, 100
miles from Chicago, will be SS1.20 and
the one stove will be S1.20. If it origi-
mates in common point territory east
of Chicago, the rate will be the same
to Janesville- as though sent on west
10 Winona, Mimi, or to st. Paul. If
from Milwaukee to GAINESVILLE, II miles,
the rate is s24 and the rate on the one
stove will be 81. Milwaukee, on short
haul, where nearer than Chicago
claims its right under the ton per mile
rule to a lower rate than from Chi
cago-while for long hauls, the two
cities are placed on parity.
Another thing is noticeable. At
times we hear much of water rates
being cheaper Nthan all rail- but it is
evident that conditions west of Lake
Michigan and south Of Lake Superior
are tied up in such manner as to
eliminate the influence of water com
petition We find that an interior point,
like Charming, Mich. Northern PENN
su]a) takes rate on this car Of stoves
g rate. The same car will take a
s42 rate from Chicago, all rail to Du-
lith, Mimi, at the head of navigation
On Lake Superior, and the one stove
will take 1920 rate.
in. other words, il there is any truth
in the theory that water transporta
ton is cheaper than all rail, those con-
ditions have been wiped out by combi-
nation and agreement between lake
and rail transit agencies.
Madison, Wis, is 81 miles from Mil
waukee and 10 miles from Chicago
r'he car rate from either city to Madi-
son is S33.G0 but the one stove 600
pounds) will be S1.20 from Milwaukee
and SIPS from Chicago At Portage,
Wis, 17S miles from Chicago the car is
e36, while from Milwaukee it is $33 go.
20 Lacrosse, 283 miles from Chicago,
the car is $43.20 and the stove is $1.65.
: he rate is same to Merrill. Wis. 1886
iai.es from Chicago. Up in the north
central part of Wisconsin to Chippewa
Falls, 400 miles from Chicago, the car
IS $36 and the stove is 81. To ST. Paul
I'D Minneapolis, Mimi, 420 miles from
Chicago, the fifth class rate would
Lake the rate on the car S4S, but spe-
eial rate makes tie freight $36. II
10 Winona, Mimi, 30S miles from Chi
cago, the car is $4320 because class
rates govern, and the one stove is
Sic
if we ship from Chicago to Duluth,
all rail $40 miles, the car rate is $42
ard the stove rate is 1920.
When we get to st. Paul and Min
neapolis and go northwest the roads
make through rates to points west,
from the st. Paul gate way" on
combination Of the through rate to st.
Paul and local rate west, but they use
the class rate and not the special rate.
This is done to favor the gate way"
point in its wholesale business at the
expense of the consumer in towns west.
For instance, the car of stoves takes
fifth class rate where special rate
does not make it lower. The special
on stoves from Chicago to st. Paul
is Is cents per hundred pounds, while
the class rate is 80 1--3 per cent high
er, or 20 cents per hundred pounds.
A car of stoves going from Chicago to