The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-01
ARMOUR GIVES THE
Il. LIE T0.=:.STICKNEY
Continued From First Page.

the Chicago Great Western railway, has
frequently INDUCED in word pictures OF
the poor, trembling railroads in the:
clutches of the .voracious packers. r ;,
One Of his most often quoted state.
ments runs as follows: ..'>. 80 -
+: -. tstI Ii fixing the rate or dressed meat
we CHE railroads, I. presume) don +
have much to say. The packer gener-
ally makes the rate. He comes to you
friend. . Then, he asks how much you
charge for certain shipments Of dressed
meats. The published tariff may be %.
t that YOU say 81 I'M WI i Hos ea Try
your meat for Il cents: !, He says:
1I'Oh, no, you won " I won't pay
that" Then 81 71 yoY say nWell, what
81 can get it hauled for l6 cents. So
you haul it for l6EcentssA'ss ',z,.s~'.e.,>
mThat sounds oG9n s4inc to the
to, be "a freshly written, undried page
railroad manager and sounds as if it
might be verbatim report of what
took place only the day before in Mr..
Stickney's office. Now, what are the
t factsq - .o.-.. .-.e-
.r Facts as Given by Armour.
tt'The rate on n dressed meats from
Missouri river =. points Kansas City
Omaha, St. Joseph and Sioux City
to Chicago is 20 cents a hundred, and
1S1a cents on thru business. That was
the rate when Mr.. Stickney made. the
statement above quoted. It had beer
the rate for more than three years. II
will continue to be the rate for more
than three years longer.
''That rate was! fixed by a forma
legal contract between Mr.. Stickney'
road, the Chicago Great Western, ant
the Missouri river packers--a contrac
executed in the summer, Of 1902 ant
!. made binding for seven years. Ant
/ that contract that he made execution
/ Of it the occasion of a circular lette
to the Great Western stockholders, il
boasted Of what good bargain tn
. railroad had driven. with the packer
"a bargain that meant an advance o
Is per cent over, rates previously pre-
vailing and that meant a. 80 per cen
increase in the. railroad g net earnings
stMr. Stickney also made it appea
in his circular that, The new rate was
high rate, the Great Western be
lieyed, as could be justly exacted fro1
! the packers. in view Of the small mai
gin of profit in the packers business
! GIT is instructive to note the .diffe:1
: ence between Mr.. Stickney talking t
general public about freight rates an
President Stickney II telling his stoel
: holders in confidential circular VIVA
! good bargain, he has made with tn
] packers. l have only to add that loos'
: tongued talk and undigested -generali
! ing by men supposed to speak author
: tatively, have had much to do with pr
t JUDGING the public mind against tt
Z The Threat Of Death.
!. The threatening letter which MI. a
mour gives to the public evidently W.
9 inspired by an article which appeare
= in Mcclure 8 magazine. The write.
:, Of the letter declare they have bee
reading about Armour and his kind
!. & commercial tyrants" in Mcclure
: They declare It is high time for tt
= = packers to cease their, 'gorging upc
= the sweat and blood of the people ar
= express the belief that the Russian pls
q Of dealing with oppressors is the on
= practicable way Of delivering the Peep
v from the grip Of the tyrannical packer
4 The letter, which, Mr.. Armour d
: c1ares, was typewritten, goes on to e
d plain that the writers have band
o i themselves together, in an organizati!
All the public safety The commit
8. closes with the announcement that.
,.aes has condemned Mr. Armour to deaf
e that he cannot escape the execution
al the warrant and that if he does not f;
II today he will fall tomorrow.