The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
new RATE AIDS
MANUFACTURING
CHANGE Inv COMMODITY RATE IN
TO THE STATE WHICH PLACES
MANY RAW MATERIALS IN
COMMODITY CLASS WILL PROVE
A 7Ic BENEFIT.

The new freight rate which has been
agreed upon between the Northern
Pacific railroad, the railroad commits
sion and the jobbers of the state will, /
aside from benefiting the jobbers as
sist great deal In making North Da-
kota q manufacturing state.
while we are benefited by the
fourth class rate reduction" said w.
ID. Sweet of the arm OF Bristol g.
| Sweet. harness manufacturers and
tobbers, I'VE viii receive our greatest
help from the changes made in the
commodity rate into the state. This
change puts several articles on the
commodity list, principally raw ma
terial, and 1t is in this way we are
most benefited. One of the greatest
things desired In this state is more
manufacturing industries and the rate
will help materially in this direction"
| The rate will likely go into effect
the first Of the year. AT least that is
the understanding between the rail-
road commission and the rate commit
| tee OF the commercial club and Pres.
r. s. Lewis Of the club thought that
| the change would be effected by that
time
| The jobbers OF the state and espe-
cially OF Fargo are much pleased with
the reduction and especially with the
nice manner in which the railroad met
their requests. The reduction is prin-
cipally in the fourth class, together
with the notable changes in the COM
modify list. The fourth class reduc-
tion puts the jobbers on an equal basis
with the eastern jobbers in the terri
/ tory covered by the Northern Pacific
and they have the advantage of loca-
ton and time.
viii Benefit orccerymen.
4 This reduction in the fourth-cla
| freight rate will be very beneficial to
the wholesale grocerymen Of the state
and especially those of Fargo, putting
them on an equal basis with the gro-
cerymen OF the twin cities and Duluth.
something that they had never before
! enjoyed in the territory on the North
ern Pacific east OF the Missouri river
] While the local grocerymen have been
competing with the eastern jobbers
4 In this territory the difference in
freight rates came out OF their profits,
some articles not making cents
| worth to the local wholesale men,
Sixty per cent of the STUFF handled
| by the wholesale grocerymen will be
effected by this reduction of the fourth
class rate, the reduction on these arti-
4 cles running from one to four cents
on the hundred pounds.
Fl. F. Grant, of the wholesale gro
Gerry firm OF Prak, Grant & Morris, said
| today that the shippers OF the state
got all that they asked for and were
satisfied with the result.
'The railroads." said Grant, "acted
very fair in the matter and were viii
4 ing to give us what we requested. The
rates on the other roads are such that
we could compete with the eastern
jobbers but that on the Northern Pa
cifc did not give US the same advan-
tages. The two local rates from the
twin cities and Duluth was less than
our carload rate to Fargo and our
local rate out, but the reduction evens
up the matter and puts us exactly on
the same basis as to freight rates. we
have the advantage of being near our
territory. which is "a point in our
favor.
while we have been doing a good
business in the territory on the Nor
thern Pacific east of Mandan we lost
va PASASS la PnJtAG NAhC SASSoS AdtC
and meeting the prices of the eastern
Jobbers and this reduction of the
fourth class rate, which covers sixty
per cent of our line makes difference
Of from one to four cents per hundred
weight"
"a Hardware Men Pleased.
The wholesale hardware men are al
SO much pleased with the reduction as
1t effects large per cent Of the arti-
cles handled by them. George Hall, of
the Hall Robertson Hardware Co., in
speaking of the rate, said: This
effects our business in about the same
way as It does the grooerymen, al
though think that we have a little
more high class stun than the gro
cerynen. All the staple articles are
affected by the rate and viii put US
on an equality with the Minneapolis
and St. Paul jobbers In the territory
east OF the. Missouri river and tribu-
tary TO the Northern Pacifis."