Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-02
New Rail Rates Will Prevent
Them From Being Driven
Out Of Business
FEEDING WAS uNPRoFlTARLE
No Money in Business Since With
drawaI of Fec ding -in-Transit Rates
Long Shipments Under New Rates
Make Greatest savins-state Capital
News and Gossip.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, April 2.-The sheep
rates put in few days ago py the
railroad commission will mean a saw
ing of at least $4,000 to the sheep
feeders of Iowa. 1t will mean saw
ing Of $500 to the sheep feeders OF
Marion county alone, and yet the rates
are not as low as they were Voluftat-
ily made by the railroads themselves
when the feeding in transit privilege
was extended to the farmers sheep
feeders generally, however, are reJoic-
ing over the success in getting one
nav rates. After the feeding in tram
sit privilege had been Withdrawn U!
the railroads, the sheep feeding busl-
ness was Improbable and the sheep
feeders were liable to have to quit BUS
mess. Now they are again allowed
good margin OF profit.
In Marion county, under the OLD
feeding in transit privilege, sheep reed
ers were given rate Of 81 cents
hundred frorn Omaha to chicago.
They were allowed to take sheep tor
feeding from Omaha, unload them at
Knoxville, Iowa, and fatten them Tor
two or three months or more ana then
reship them to Chicago for slaughter
at the thru rate Of 80 cents. After TINS
was withdrawn, it cost them 40 1s
cents a hundred. That is, 1t cost them
eli. cents from Omaha to Knoxville,
and then when they reshipped. 1t cost
"a cents to Chicago.
Under the rate put in by the railroad
commission e. few days ago. 1t will
cost them Bats cents for the total 1t
will cost 1913 cents from Omaha TO
Knoxville which added to the "a
cent rate to Chicago, will make To-
tai Of 341-3 cents. This is l-3 cents
higher than the old rate when the
feeding in transit privilege was IN
force, but it is IL 1-5 cents less than
the rate has been since the feeding IN
transit privilege was Withdrawn. Ma
rion county sheep feeders handle ABOUT
$50 900 head Of sheep year, and they
save IL cents hundred pounds on all
they handle.
The greater the distance shipped IN
Iowa as feeders the greater saving TO
the farmer. Practically all the sheep
fed in Iowa are brought in thru Omaha
or Sioux City. The longer the ship
ment under the Iowa rate, the greater
the saving to the shipper, but figuring
the average, it is believed that the saw
ing to Iowa sheep feeders will amount
to at least $4,000, for it is estimated
that more than 100000 sheep are
brought into the state annually ana
fattened and Slipped to market. AT
Rock Rapids, Ia, where a great many
sheep are annually fattened, the saw
ing amounts to 21.4 cents.
The Iowa commission In charge OF
the state exhibit at the National Corn
Exposition, has taken steps to organ
ize thoroughly every county In the
state. Iowa. has a two-fold response
. bility in this exposition. Thru her city
of Council bluffs, she becomes joint
host with Nebraska in receiving the
exhibitors of other states and her pres
tige as a corn state demands that her
position and pride be sustained. NO
state should win larger share OF the
SOS. 900 offered as premiums. Further
than this, such interest and enthus-
iasm should be aroused as to warrant
the Iowa commission in placing sup
Elemental premium list for Iowa corn.