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

9CA VI uuASe ~ 4oEVsvd. Applylu8 I0O
class rates between these points and
st. Paul and Minneapolis under the
published schedule of distributive or
terminal tariff now effective, the total
number of units is 2S47. Again, the
shipper living along the 500 line, to
move \ given quantity Of freight .
given distance. pays $2.s47. If the
Iowa rate were applied along the 500
line the shipper there, in order to
move the same quantity and kind Of
freight the same distance, would pay
S1,S26.97. Minnesota rates between
these stations to St. Paul and Mime.
apolis are IS per cent higher than
are permitted for the same distance
in the state of Iowa under the Iowa
tariff law. Comparative tables show
the cattle rate to be s and per cent
higher in Minnesota. The rate on
hogs is 80 per cent higher in Mime
sofa, the rate on lumber IS per cent
higher, and the rate on grains aver
ages % per cent higher.
Thus far the distr!butivo OF termi.
nal tariff rate has been used in max
ing the computation. This rate OBJ.
tains between st. Paul and Minneapo.
lis and the smaller cities. There are
. few other favored communities
which have the terminal or distribu.
tive tariff. but between the great ma
jority of towns, particularly for local
trafdc. the distance tariff applies. and
for all distances up to and including
that Of $50 miles, q comparison Of the
Great Northern and the 300 line dis
lance tariff applying in Minnesota
with the Iowa maximum distance tar.
If shows the Great Northern and 500
line tariffs to be 65 per cent higher.
This refers particularly to mer-
chandise in classes I, 2, 3 and 1, in
less than carload lots, and class s,
a. b, c, and e, In carloads, and is
the tariff ordinarily used for ship.
ments between station and station
where the distributive or terminal tar.
III rates do not apply.
Strange as this situation appears to
be, there is still another proposition
which is more singular, indeed, than
any illustration yet given. It is fair
to presume that carload of merchan-
disc loaded for consignment at Chi.
cago for Breckenridge. Graceville.
Moorhead, Wahpeton, Glenwood, Nor.
ris. Wadena, Fergus Falls, Glyndon,
New York Mills and other points
would have through tariff rate less
than the two local rates from Chicago
to the Twin Cities and thence to their
destination. The reverse, however, is
true on some commodities. For in.
stance, on wire, woven fence, nails,
ETC., the local from Chicago to st..
Paul 10 1874 cents for 40 miles, while
the local from St. Paul to Brecken-
ridge is "a cents for 204 miles, making
a total local rate Of 3eA cents; the
through rate, however, being 80 cents.
To Graceville the through rate IL 81
cents. The local rate from Chicago to
st. Paul or Minneapolis Ia 1921 cents
for 40 miles. while the local to Grace.
Wills is % cents per hundred weight
for 174 miles. TO Moorhead, with the
local from Chicago the same as above
for the 40 miles, the rate Is q cents
per hundred weight for 2S2 miles,
while the through rate is AZ cents, or
1917 cents more than the combined
two local rates.
To Wadena the two local rates are
san cents, while the through rate
from Chicago to Wadena IL 80 cents.
or sk cents more than the combined
two local rates. Fergus Falls, pay.
Ing 1917 cents from Chicago to st.
Paul, pays % cents from st. Paul to
Fergus Falls. 1t pays through rate
Of 80 cents, or ~ cents more than
the total local rate between the two
cities. Appleton pays IS cents for .
through rate and, paying 12h cents
for 4lo miles. pays 20 cents for LA
miles, ~ ceuts more for the through
rate from Chicago to Appleton than 1t
would pay under the double local rate
from Chicago to Ct. Paul and thence
to Appleton.
Practically the same condition ap.
plies to Hutchinson, Sacred Heart,
Granite Falls, Montevidso >and prob.
ably a hundred other stations in the
state of Minnesota. How many ship.
pers have paid the through rate whom,
II their interests had been properly
conserved and cared for, they would
certainly not have paid more than the
total of the two local rates. know
personally of instances whore shippers
who have paid the through rate, after
q stubborn contest With the railway
and warehouse commission, have
finally secured q refund. bringing theis
freight rates down to the double local
charge.
Through Rates Higher Than Combined
Local Rates.
This matter of interstate commerce
presents a peculiar condition. Why
should a man at Fergus Falls pay a
cents, or nearly twice a. much, ia
have his wire or nails hauled 17s miles
from the Twin Cities as the Twin City
shipper paid to have 1t hauled 41e
miles to st. Paul or Minneapolis.
We have heard much Of the long and
the short haul. but under our new ~.
tenn OF figures and our present m
favorable systcm of transportation the
railway companies have shown " that
the science Of railroadins IL to mako q
larger charge for long haul than for
two shorter hauls of the same dis.
lance. In other words. It now costs
more in the cases stated to have q
shipment billed directly through from
Chicago or Eastern points to a Mime.
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