Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-10
Present Discrimination Works
to Disadvantage 10 Iowa But
ter Manufacturers
FAvoas THOSE OF CHICAGO
Dubuque and Chicago euttermakers
Are in Direct Competition, and For-
mer, With Cream on the Ground, Pay
More for Raulase Than Manufactur-
ers Of chicaso-Farmers Interested.
TO Ti,nes-Republican.

Special to TimeS-RepuDllcan.
Des Moines, Oct. 10.-Iowa farmers
are interested in another railroad rate
proposition, one that especially affects
the dairy interests which are contin-
ually becoming more important In
Iowa. The chief point of the PROPOSE
ton ia that 1t costs ~ cents to ship
ten-gallon can of cream which will
weigh 100 pounds from Webster City
to Dubuque, and will cost but 40 cents
to ship the same can or another one
exactly like it from Webster City to
Chicago. The discrimination works to
the advantage of manufacturers os
butter in Chicago. and against the
manufacturers of butter in Dubuque.
Dubuque and Chicago butter manu-
facturers are in direct competition. All
dairy products go east to find mar
ket.. The Iowa dairymen claim that it
ought to be cheaper to manufacture
any article close to the raw material.
not the case with Iowa dairy products.
1t is understood that there are other
complaints Of a similar nature to the
case cited.
The rate on the Illinois Central from
Dyersville to Dubuque, which is but
short distance, is 81 cents for 100
pound can Of cream. The rate from
Dyersyille to Chicago, which is many
times farther away, is but S6 cents.
From points farther west the difference
becomes greater till, at Webster City,
1t is actually chea per to ship
Ito Chicago by cents on 1O0-pound
shipment than 1t is to ship to Dubuque,
(which is but about half the distance.
From Webster City to Dubuque is but
191 miles, and from Webster City to
Chicago is $40 miles. The rates quot
ed are taken from the rate sheets of
the Illinois Central railway. A regular
distance tariff rate sheet is issued, and
in addition ID that there is another
sheet made especially for Chicago.
This second rate sheet gives the rates
on dairy products from various points
and distances to Chicago, but to ne
other points
The grievance that Iowa cities have
! is that the rates build up Chicago in
dustries to the detriment of Iowa in
dustries at Iowa cities. From 100
pounds of cream, forty pounds of but
ter is made. BY the time Dubuque
has brought in cream from any dis
tance at all from Dubuque, it is at a
disadvantage with Chicago. If it comes
from as far west as Webster City it is
Z cents beh nd Chicago on every forty
pounds Of butter manufactured, and
must in addition pay the freight to
Chicago. For instance, from 100
pounds of cream shipped from Web
ster City to Chicago, the Chicago
creamery makes forty pounds Of butter
and paid 40 cents freight on the cream
| making cost of 1 cent a pound for
the manufactured produce. Dubuque
creameries paid Al cents for 100 pounds
of cream and manufactured forty
pounds of butter. With the stuff man
ufactured, the Dubuque creamery is
cents worse off than the Chicago man,
and when he has paid the freight to
Chicago to reach the market, is still
worse off.
If the cream is gathered at Webster
City and manufactured into butter
there. it will cost 54 cents hundred to
get the manufactured product to Chi
lcago. and the Iowa butter is still ham
! dicapped when it meets that manufac-
tured in Chicago from the same Iowa