The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-07-25
Does Freight Pay
er Get the Rebate

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Large Sum Of Money to be Re.
funded Since Freight Law
suit Was Settled.
Minneapolis journal: With $3,-
100000 awaiting him, as the re-.
suit of one of the greatest family
law suits of all history, Mime
sofa Shipper" relative and depend
ent of old man Common Car
rier," and rightful heir to a big
fortune, is being sought for.
"Uncle Sam" has directed his
nephew Common Carrier" to
pay back to little orphan Mime
sofa Shipper, whole carloads of
good money that Common Car
rier" illegally appropriated while
he> was handling the estate and
has rebuked Common Carrier" ;"
If Minnesota Shipper will
come forward the money will be
paid over.
But where is Minnesota Ship
peri"
Back in the mazes Of a skein
so tangled that any thread OF 1t
leads into confusion, little "Min-
nesota Shipper ".is believed to
be concealed. Sleuths have fol-
lowed him from place to place.
Once he was thought to have
been found living a respectable
life under the name "Jobbing
Trade" At another place he
boarded as Manufacturing and
he was found to have travelled
variously about the state with
his baggage marked "Grain and
Milling Trade. +"
/: But today William Skrigs, wide
], ly and favorably known freight
handler in local freight house,
came to the front with clue
! to the identity of Minnesota
Shipper.
If Bills theory is right he has
disclosed two things.
Minnesota Shipper is none
other than our old friend Mr..
!, Common People, living under az
] gasslme{t name, = declared Bill,
who is a bit Of a philosopher
when freight handler slacks >off
for brief moments.
"You and and the farmer are
the real Minnesota shipper, Bill
persisted, "but while we really
4 paid the freight we arn't going
to get much Of look at those
! rebates.
"It strikes me as another fine
J Joke on the man who really pays
the freight.
And this is about the way MIR.
Skrigs argued the thing out:
I When for example, j. Smith,
a Minnesota farmer drove into
his nearest town, which might
have been Willmar, with so sacks
Of grain to sell, he got, for it,
such price as was then current,
!! less the freight to Minneapolis.
He was the man that paid the
freight. The grain went through
the ramifying process of the
Minnesota cash trade, the commls
sion man, the elevator man, the
miller, the banker, the consumer
of bread. But j. Smith, who rails
ed the grain, paid the excess
freight. Now comes "Uncle Sam
and orders Common Carrier" to
give back the excess. Who gets
:iti
! Under the act of the Mime
! sofa legislature passed in 1909,
all shippers, presenting expense
bills showing excess charges paid,
get back the differencei Who
gets it back on the grain. ship
menti
"Take a box Of Goldfish, bill
said. eff a Minneapolis whole
/, sale grocer shipped it and paid
the freight, he added the freight
into the amount that he charged
the fellow at Pipestone that
bought it, didn't hei If he didn
pay the freight, and the fellow
at Ppestone paid it when he took
the Goldfish from the Pipestone
depot, he added the freight into
what he charged Hiram Bailey,
when Hiram drove into Pipestone
to sell some eggs and bought
two pounds Of Goldfish at the
store, didn't hei
We'll, who gets the money