The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-12-22
BUSINESS.

- an t IS INSANE 49,
A C. Wheeler, a member of the
Arm of the Mitchell Auto 4 Supply
Co.. went over to Sioux Falls yester-
day to receive a carload OF Fal-Car
automobiles. which he had shipped
from Detroit to Sioux Fails. because,
as he says. Il can get cheaper rates
to Sioux Falls by far than by ship
ping to Mitcheli.'
= Mr.. Wheeler, for the last two
years has been shipping all of his
machines by the carload lot to Sioux
Falls and in some instances have
had the carload rebilled to Mitch
ell and thus made a saving on them.
He has tried at various times with
the Milwaukee & st. Paul company
and the Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapo-
lis & Omaha company to give a re-
|duction In rates on the automobile,
shipments, but that he had " re-
ceived even a reply from the freight
department. The Mitchell CONNER
cial Club has also taken up the mat
ter for Mr.. Wheeler's company to try
its influence to get better rates but
the club has not been able to secure
anything of a reduction.
Hereafter" said Mr.. Wheeler,
1.-THE shipments of automobiles for
our company will not be made over
the Milwaukee road nor over the Oma-
ha and Northwestern roads to Sioux
Falls. The companies, evidently,
have reached the conclusion that we
a do nothing else but ship over
their roads and pay the freight
charges. During the coming year
our business at the present time in
dictates that we will have a shipment
of fully fifty cars of machines from
Chicago and Detroit TO this country.
Should we follow the same procedure
Of other years, the freight would be.
sent out of Chicago on either the
Milwaukee or the Northwestern
roads. This ends our business rela-
lions in this respect as far as we can
possibly fix it. We have made ar
rangements now to make all our
freight shipments of automobiles
from Detroit and Chicago to Sioux
Falls via the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific road, whose freight rates
r. just the same as the other two
roads. The freight on a car of ma
chimes is $1O2, and that will mean a
loss to these two roads o: about $4,-
900 in freight receipts, which t,.ey
could have had just as we'll as not
If either road showed a disposition
to give our company the benefit of a
cheaper rate to Mitchell. Instead of
delivering the cars in this city as we
would prefer to do. they will be un
loaded at Sioux Falls and distributed
over the state from that point, either
by freight or they can be driven
drought to their destination, which
will not be a very difficult job anu
there will be a further saving on
freight.
THE rate on a car of automobiles
lis STOP to Sioux Falls and shipping
them on to Mitchell by re-billing
costs about $43 more. The rate on
"a car of machines TO Mitchell direct
is about $148. 1t can be seen wl.at
the companies exact on the rate from
Sioux Falls to Mitchell and from the
eastern shipping point to Mitchell.
II believe we entitled TO a better
rate at least a reduction to S12O or
$125 per car. don't want to be
understood as doing anything in the
way of boycotting, but when a ccm-
pany refuses to show me the least
consideration I feel free to DO as ,
please with my business. 1 am CON
|fident of one thing, and thae is if !
had that much business to turn over
to some private oindividual l would
have no trouble to get a litt,e better
than the average price. for any indi-
vidual would be glad to get that
amount of business from one firm.
we want to do the very best that
we can by our customers, and we
cannot do it by paying any such
tribute to the Milwaukee and the
Omaha railroad companies. We re-
greet the further fact that while we
are doing business in Mitchell we are
compelled to make u delivery of
machines from an outside point when
1t should be done rightfully from
Mitchell. We are anticipating a large
business this year, and we have a
great many machines already sold
which must be ready for delivery the
first thing in the spring. We will
be able to save our customers quite
a good deal of money by shipping to
Sioux Falls, and then running the
cars to the various points in the
central and southern parts of the
state. 1t is likely that some day the
Milwaukee and the Omaha roads will
awaken 10 the TACT tnat MlLcnell is
of sufficient Importance on the bust
ness map of the northwest to give it
the rates that it is entitled to-"
Mr.. Wheeler said that when he
came home from Sioux Falls either
Wednesday or Thursday that he
would make the return trip in a new
Fal-Car, driving it through if the
weather remains good.