Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-24

class rates between st. Paul or Min.
neapolts 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 5,
4. b, c, d and e, in carloads, show that
where the Iowa shipper pays $1,1O7.8S
to move given quantity of freight a
certain distance, the Minnesota citi.
zen to move the same freight the
same distance pays 1859. This, it is
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.
Minnesota cattle rates are 10 per cent
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 it 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 is even more I'm.
favorable. Taking number of illus
trations, 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 distributive
or terminal rate now effective, would
be 3543. In other words, where it
now costs the Minnesota producer
$3,543 to move a given quantity of
freight a given distance, if the Iowa
tariff laws were effective in Minnesota
today, the price charged for moving
these commodities the same distance
would be $2,242.76; a difference of
$1,000, or more than So per cent.
Then, too, the cattle rates of the
Northern Minnesota farmer are 10 per
cent higher than in Iowa. The rate
for hauling hogs is 80 per cent higher;
the rate for hauling lumber is so per
cent higher, and grain rates, includ.
ing wheat, between the same stations,
are 25 per cent higher. The stations
here used for computation are Delano,
Hutchinson, Milaca, st. Cloud, Litch.
field, Grove City, Willmar, Sank Cen.
ter, Benson, Long Prairie, Alexandria,
Fergus Falls, Park Rapids, Breckin-
ridge, Moorhead and Crookston.
The same comparison was made be-
tween the Iowa maximum distance
tariff rate and the distributive or ter
mlnal tariff rates On the 500 line, the
following stations being used: Rock
ford, Buffalo, Annandale, Eden Valley,
Paynesville, Brooten, Glenwood, FL.
bow Lake, Alexandria, Henning, De-
troit, Tenney and Thief River Falls.
Applying the Iowa maximum distance
tariff on the same class of commodi-
ties heretofore named, the total num-
Der Of units is 1826.97. Applying the
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 2847 Again, the
shipper living along the 500 line, to
move given quantity of freight
given distance, pays $2,847. 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
$1,826.97. Minnesota rates between
these stations to St. Paul and Mime
apolis are SIS 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 6 and per cent
higher in Minnesota. The rate on
hogs is 80 per cent higher in Mime
sofa, the rate on lumber As per cent
higher, and the rate on grains aver
ages % per cent higher
Thus far the distributive or 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
a few other favored communities
which have the terminal or distribu-
tive tariff, but between the great ma
Jority of towns, particularly for local
traffic, the distance tariff applies, and
for all distances up to and including
that of $50 miles, comparison of the
Great Northern and the 500 line dis
lance tariff applying In Minnesota
with the Iowa maximum distance tar
if shows the Great Northern and 500
line tariffs to be IS per cent higher.
This refers particularly to me--
chandise in classes 1, 2, and 4, il.
less than carload lots, and class 5.
a, b, c, d and e, in carloads: and is
the tariff ordinarily used for shir-
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 1t Is fair
to presume that a carload of merchan.