The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-25
RATE QUESTION
J. IS SUBMITTED
DISC RIMfNATIoN AGAINST d.
LuTH AND LAMoURE COUNTY
TOWNS POINTED OUT.
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Bismarek. ". d.. Nov 25,--The Ques-
ton OF. the Fairness Of grain rates be-
tween points in LaMoure county and
Duluth as compared with those in eff
feet between that county and Mime
apolis, is now before the interstate
c0mmerce commission, to which body
Ii mas been submitted by the North
Dakota board Of railroad commission
ers after thorough consideration. The
state board is convinced that the rates
are a discrimination against Duluth
and LaMoure county farmers. as 1t
practically shuts out that market to
them.
The freight rates on car load lots of
grain from LaMonre, Edgeley. Judd.
Dickey. Marion, Berlin, Deisem and
Grand Rapids in LaMoure county, are
recited to be on an average OF from
Il az to cents higher to Duluth than
to Minneapolis. The distance is prac-
ically the same, shipments are made
over the same road, the Northern Pa
cific. This condition, it Is claimed, is
detrimental to the North Dakota farm
ers as 1t shuts out all competition.
Discrimination Against Duluth.
Commissioner o. p. N. Anderson OF
the North Dakota board has taken
charge of the case for the state COM
mission, and in submitting the mat
ter to the interstate commerce COM
mission he says in part: .sEg
with the end in view Of investigate
ing the situation, the board called a
meeting in LaMoure, at which the var
ious sides were presented. Some forty
or fifty grain shippers and represent
tatives of railroad shipping grain were
Iii attendance at the hearing.
'1n the discussion 1t developed that
the rate on grain to Duluth is 14h
cents. to Minneapolis, 1211 cents, from
Cakes, Edgeley, Dickey and LaMoure;
that there is uniformly a difrerential
of from to q cents I'm favor OF Mime
apolis from each of the shipping points
on the Northern Pacific road from
Wahpeton to Cakes and Ypsilanti and
Cakes and Streeter, but that from all
points without the range OF competi-
tlDn with the Chicago, Milwaukee &
Ss. Paul railway and the Chicago &
Northwestern roads, which haul their
grain to Duluth via Minneapolis. the
rate 10 MlnuedpOlAS dhu DuAutA 40 tnC
same.
'The explanation given by the
Northern Pacific officials for this sit
NATION was that though the distance
over their lines is the same, yet where
ever they come within competition OF
roads hauling to Duluth via Minneap-
oils, they were forced to cut the rate to
meet the competition ef those roads.
Minneapolis Got Concession.
After the hearing an independent
Investigation was prosecuted and re-
veaIed the fact that pursuant to 4 PEE
tition by the chamber OF commerce or
Minneapolis, filed with the Interstate
eonmerce commission on February 3.
1892, praying for q differentIaI for
Minneapolis as against Duluths On all
shipments Of grain from Dakota points
tnrough Minneapolis, TO Duluth. the
Interstate commerce commission made
4 ruling compelling all the roads haulr
ing grain To Duiath. through Minneap~
oils, to charge cents per hundred
more for hauling grain to Duluth than
for hauling 1t to Minneapolis.
rhe effect of the decision III, That
the points within the territory de-