Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-18
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Action Of Great Western, and
Illinois Central May Bring
About War
FAIR TARIFFS THE CAUSE
FAIR TARIFFS THE CAUSE
Break Of Two Iowa Lines With West
ern Passenger Association Probably
Means Granting Of Lower Rates to
interstate and Other Fairs - Iowa
Cities Arc Interested.
,ecial to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times
Sioux City, Aug. 1S.-A passenger
rate war among roads traversing Iowa
is threatened.
From this distance, it looks as if the
Illinois Central and the Great Western
railroads were at outs with the West
ern Passenger association and that
hidden rate war; between roads under
Western Passenger association juris-
diction is on at full blast.
Immediately after the announcement
came from Chicago that the Western
Passenger association would grant re-
duced rates 10 all state fairs In the
western territory, the Nebraska state
fair at Lincoln added to its fair adj
vertising by announcing reduced rates
on all railroads. No sooner had the
advertising been fairly posted than the
Western Passenger association an
nounced that the fair could call in all
its posters, as there wouldn't be sim
gle reduced fair on any road entering
Lincoln. This came as a retaliatory
measure upon the state of Nebraska.
The railroads think that they have been
treated unjustly and that giving Me-
braska a reduced fare would be doing
too much good for an enemy.
Low Des Moines Rate.
Now comes the announcement this
morning that the Illinois Central and
the Great Western have inaugurated
very low rate to Des Moines. without
consulting the passenger association
Their new fare is less than the cost of
a one way ticket under the fiat two
cent rate, while the passenger associa-
ton ordered rate Of three cents a
mile for the round trip.
The Interstate fair was refused a rate
by the Western Passenger association,
The Central broke the rate and has is
sued a three-cent mile round trip
tariff for that week.
Z ,Des Moines Is the only point con-
nected with by the Illinois Central
whereby that company could derive any
benefit from the rate for state fairs
alone. Sioux City is one of the few
points reached where a big fair with a
reduced rate would bring money into
Illinois Central Golfers A. HI. Hansen,
passenger traffic manager of the Cen
trail, pleaded with the Western associa-
ton to break the rate for the Inter-
state at the rate committee meeting
three weeks ago, at which representa-
tives of the Interstate and all the other
good fairs of the west were present.
The Great Western has always been
known as a rate cutter and in the meet
ing it's representative refused to be
governed by the Western Passenger
association in the making of rates. MIR.
Hansen promised Interstate fair Off
Gals. after the meeting, that Sioux City
would be protected. For ten days after
that rate meeting, nothing was heard
from Chicago regarding the rate. On
Aug. IL, in response to a message from
Secretary r. L. Wiaick, of the Inter-
state fair, he replied that the rate
would be announced Aug. Is. He kept
his word, aati announced the rate.
which appeared exclusively in the
Trileune.
Tried Other Roads.
1t is assumed shat during days when
the fair association was on hot Goals
ME- hansen NILS WoihliSl " gel Liz
other roads to come in on the break
Local Officials of the other roads en-
teriEg Sioux City knew that the break
was coming, but nothing further.
Finding that the other roads would
do nothing; the Central went ahead and
announced the rate. Now this lower
rate for the Des Moines fair seems to
be knocking at, the door against the
Central's competitors. Prospects are
not very good al present for a uniform
rate to the Interstate fair.