The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-27

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pays $3.26 per ton for hard coal and
$3.50 per ton for soft coal: Austin. 10s
miles from st. Paul, pays the same
rate on hard coal which Mankato pays
and 10 cents less per ton on soft coal
than Mankato; Glencoe. only 81 miles
from Minneapolis, pays $40 from Du-
luth On hard coal and $1.75 per ton for
soft coal. paying more than Austin
pays, 103 miles from the Twin Cities,
and Is cents per ton more than Man.
kato, which is 80 miles further r.
moved from the Twin Cities.
Hutchinson, So miles from Minneap.
oils, pays 1925 per ton from Duluth
by way of Minneapolis or st. Paul for
hard coal and S1.90 per ton for soft
coal, paying more than either Austin
or Mankato. which are l03 and 81
miles respectively from the Twin Cit
les.
Bird Island, 80 miles from the Twin
Cities. pays the same price. or 32.25
per ton. for hard coal and $2.10 for
its soft coal, paying 70 cents more per
ton than Austin, which Is 10 miles fur.
Their removed, and 60 cents more than
Mankato, but 8 miles nearer tho Twin
Cities.
AS another illustration Of discrim.
nation, st. Cloud, on the Great North
ern railway, pays $3.50 per ton for its
soft coal, the same rate paid by Man.
kato. and pays $3.50 per ton for hard
coal. while Mankato pays $2.25 per ton
from Duluth.
A comparison Of figures between
stations on the Great Northern and
Milwaukee systems reveals the fact
that to Litchheld. Bemidji. Morris.
Crookston, Benson, Willmar and st.
Cloud on the Great Northern road the
price for soft and ard.coal is identi-
cally the same, while to like number
of stations, notably Red Wing, Farm.
ington, Mankato. Austin, Glencoe.
Hutchinson, Bird Island and Renville,
there Is difference all the way from
IL cents to IS cents between the
charge on hard and soft coal. A COM
parison of these tariffs with the Iowa
tariffs reveals the fact also that, OK.
GLIDING st. Paul and Minneapolis,
which have very low rate. the rates
on soft coal from Duluth to nine other
stations on the Great Northern rail.
way, shown in q table from which
these figuSes are taken, are 46 per
cent higher than would BE- allowed
/ under the Iowa law. Is there any valid
reason why man living twenty-eight
miles from st. Paul should pay a.
much for the transportation of his
fuel as q man living 103 miles from
st. Paul? If the Great Northern road
can haul hard coal for the same price
1t hauls soft coal, is there any good
reason why citizen of Austin should
pay IS cents per ton more for hauling
his hard coal than his neighbor pays
1 for hauling soft coal?
Another illustration Of the unfair.
! ness to Minnesota shippers, compared
with people who have the privilege
and good fortune to be governed by
the Iowa laws, is shown In the fol.
-, lowing:
Minnesota W. Iowa Rates.
Between st. Paul and Minneapolis
and the following stations: Austin,
Winona, Wabasha, Faribault, Man.
kato, Glencoe, Renville, Montsvideo
and Wheaton, all these being on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
way, the total of class rates, by apply.
ing the Iowa maximum distance tariff,
aggregates 11O7.Ss, while the total
class rates between St. Paul or Min.
neapolis and the stations named under
our schedules is 1859. To make the
matter clearer, the tabulated rates on
classes l, 2, 3 and 4, for merchandise
in less than carloads, and class s.
q. b, c, d and e, in carloads, show that
where the Iowa shipper pays $1,107.8s
to move given quantity Of freight
certain distance, the Minnesota citi.
zen to move the same freight the
same distance pays $3.50. This, 1t IL
understood, is on distributive and ter.
minal tariff rates. If he were obliged
to move the same freight the same
distance as in Iowa. under distance
tariff rates, he would pay still larger
sum. Under the most favorable con.
ditions Of shipment in Minnesota, tho
rates are so per cent higher than the
rate in Iowa for the same distance.
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higher under the most favorable cir.
cumstances as compared with the
most adverse conditions in Iowa. On
hogs the Minnesota farmer pays ~
per cent more than the Iowa farmer.
Lumber is so Per cent higher, and in
the illustration given 1t will be no.
ticed that the list includes Winona
and Wabasha, which are river towns
and subject to river competition, and
in these two towns the rate is lower
than in other and neighboring towns.
A careful comparison of the published
tariff schedules of the railways of
Southern Minnesota indicates that
Minnesota wheat rates are nearly rs
per cent higher than the rate per.
mitted under the Iowa law, and that
on other grains the rate averages
about IS per cent more than the Iowa
distance tariff.
Going into the northern part Of the
state the condition IL even more un-
favorable. Taking number Of illus
tratfons, We find that the total Of class
rates for sixteen stations on the Great
Northern railway. by applying the
Iowa maximum distance tariff, to be
2242.76. The total Of class rates be.
tween the same points and st. Paul
and Minneapolis. With the distributivs
or terminal rate now sffectivs, would