Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-27
CEDAR RAPIDS FIRM WINS
Interstate Commission Decides Rul.
ing on Meat Rates.
EQUALITY WITH RIVER POINTS
Case Pending for More Than Year
at Washington and bitterly
Contested by Many
Railroads.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)

(From a staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26,-(Speclal Tele-
gram THE Interstate Commerce COM
decision handed down October 9. in which
1t was held that the Chicago. Milwaukee
& st. Paul and other railroads had been
| guilty of Determinations against T. M.
Sinclair & Co.. a packing company Of
Cedar Rapids, Ia, on rates on their
! products. For the products of Chicago
! packers there was difference OF 6 and
y cents, respectively, on cured meats in
\ bags and crates and fresh meats to
Boston, and for the Cedar Rapids packer
the differences are 7 and 10 cents re-
spectively, and for the Chicago and Mis-
souri, river packers the rates on the same
articles differed by and 10 cents, re-
spectively, while there was difference
of 6 TO is cents, respectively, to New
York for the Cedar Rapids packer. The
commission held this to be unjust dis
elimination and an order has been issued
to the defendant railroads. to take effect
December /, next, requiring them to alb
stain from maintaining a greater spread
between the rates on cured meats in
boxes and cured meats In bulk, bags or
crates or between cured meats and boxes
and fresh meats, from Cedar Rapids,
Ia, TO New York, and points taking the
New York rates, or from Cedar Rapids
to Boston and points taking the Boston
rates, than they contemporaneously main
tain in the rates on tho same commod-
tiles from Missouri river points or from
Chicago to New York and Boston, re-
spectively."
The order is TO remain in force for not
less than two years.
Packers ON Equality.
The effect of tho decision is TO place
Cedar Rapids packing concerns on the
same footing so far as the products
named are concerned with packing con-
Germs at Missouri river points and Chi.
cago. The commission declared that there
was actual competition between the
packers at the Missouri river points and
those OF Chicago and the complainant
and reafflrmod the position It took In
the case OF the Commercial club OF
Omaha against the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific, where It was stated that "car.
riers have no right to disregard dis.
tance and natural advantages for the
purpose of bringing about commercial
equality"
The Sinclair Packing company has beer
in business at Cedar Rapids since 1870
with a plant which now has a capacity
for slaughtering 6OOO hogs, 200 cattl,
and go sheep daily for packing or foI
rail shipment as fresh meat. The cas-,
has been pending before the commission
for more than year. Hearing was helC
In May OF this year, at which time flf
teen defendant railroads were represented
by counsel and the complaints were bit
terly fought.
POstmRstcrs in session.
George n. Breede OF Brookings, s. d.
president OF tho Trl-State Association
Of Postmasters, is In the city as a dele
gate 10 the convention OF the Nationa
Association Of Second and Third Class
Postmasters, now I'm session at the Ma
tional hotel. Mr.. Breede has been mad
member Of the resolution committee
and is taking a prominnt part in the con
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