The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-20
UNFAIR RATES WEST
Commissioner Adjusting
Railroad Rates West of the
Missouri River.

h That there is much need for q
revision of railroad rates west
lof the Missouri river is disclosed by
The, Investigations which have fast
been completed by 1he state railroad
commission at Fort Pierre, which
was presided over by Chairman
Smith and George Rice. Here are
a few instances cited by a correspon-
dent at Pierre as a result OF the
Investigation:
business men Of Philip, and while
me complained of what was charged
Ito be wrong classification, placing
freight In a higher class than that
In which IL belonged and charging
q higher rate than the road was
entitled Ito. his principal statements
we're Of excessive freight charged
on merchandise and emigrant gooos
at Philip. He cited the rate of a
car of wire from Joliet, ILL.,, to
Philip, on which the rate was so
cents per 100 for the 800 mile from
Joliet to Pierre, and "a cents per.
100 in addition from Pierre to
Z, lip, a distance of about ainety
miles. lie showed That the charges
ON maai WI he 30 GEMS re loo frOn.
Sioux lily 10 Pierre anu u cet.ts per
100 a .ditiunal 1ron Pietrr to Philip,
less than otte-tnirii the distance.
On TIE matter of .ciiarges OIL
emiIiahJ cars ne CIT d "a case IN
which an emierant had pain flieght
on u rai irom IDes MONIES tn Philip.
lasi g a re- elpt ;or tn same. with
the expectation that the receipt
~ $ good for the cirs, but on reach-
Ing Pierre vas charger an addi-
litnal SAC before his car WOULD be
>. mt west Of til" river, aud ON his
~arIis,l at lhilip was IN rped 1926
morr oefore he WAS allowed TO unload
lis f eteni.
II D. Hadden of Quinn. presented
state l,nts along TIE same line.
citing one shipper wilu lian paid $40
tiiegnt un Il car from Des Muines tn
a. Pierre bstu,e he Wa allowed to
,,toss the riVt L, aud S2S o hIfore
he was allowed TO unload. He
thought that a railroad when it had
received money for a specific service,
aud had receipted for the same,
lsllOuld be required 10 complete the
lsslvice, just as an individual would.
lie; also declared that the charges
forsfreighto on q car Of wire and nails
from Chicago to Quinn was. 5000 more
than the charge for such a car from
Chicago to Mitchell.
II y. "a, Hunt. of Murdo, appeared
for shippers on the Milwaukee road
Land presented freight receipts to
show that that road had increased
I rates frOtn-l8 tOS1O0 per cent. GU the
jeanne class Of goods within the past
year, the bills presented being by
\ RsriodS OF about three months, each
1l6hOWing an advance over the previous
FtEree, months. He stated that the
coal dealers at Murdo had attempted
Ito get in coal from Wyoming to sell
Elm competition with eastern coal,
but scOnld not do so on account Of
I the excessive rates charged on the
coal shipments from the west. He
al1os badsthe same complaint as the
I Others IA regard to charges on emil
grant rass, but SAID the complaints
this year we're not 30 numerous as
they N16e last year, when they
were general along the same line as
thosesM96Sa by the Northwestern
now. Other Representatives from
different towns along both lines
made similar statements to those
which has been presented being
general 10 regard TO tho difference
IA charges east and west Of the
river.