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An action of immense i1nporta
to the dairy lldustry of the ole
northwest lis now pending before the
interstate commerce co mission at
Washing gton. In the result is inVolF-jF
ed saving in trans portation costs Of /.
over three-qu quarters $o5f ia illion dol
lars to the producers of liter, eggs
and poultry
The action, il successful, q would re,
quire the boat lines operating on the
Great Lakes! to install refrig geTatpr
facilities for the nsportatio of |
butter, eggs, poultr and dressed
meats from Duluth to Buffalo ana
other lake ports. 5=ssj.s
At present the boat lines refuse to
furnish such facil ties. The result is !
that all of the traffic moves all-rail
at a rate Of s II 5 per 100 Spo oundss from
Duluth or the Twin Cities to 5iN Ne.W
York City. wh the rate on the
boat lines orsthe same class OF affie
is 65 cents per 100 pounds III ON Duluth
a difference Of 40 cents.
The case was brought by the SB1id dgs-
man & Russell company Of Duluth, a
central creamery but every ownert'of' Of
dairy herds and q locks OF chickens,
every cooperative creamery and pri-ss
waite creamery, and every man inter
ested in the develop ment of the dairy
ing and poultry indus Iies in the;
northwest is as vitality interested as as
the comp Il hose name am, Isl is
brought.
& Seeing the prospect s of liillth be-
! coming q great ssembling center for;
\ butter and egg ship ents lby Water5
III and the prebabilil of great d eYelop-ss
ment in tlle mort tllWest III the case is
successf, ii, the coinmi mission ot8 Of
the ,Dulnth e pmlae ercia clllb has Join joirlg
ed the Bird gman e Russell com pany
In the prepa on pff le ease. The
cornanis ssion reeently sgllal
sYscEdTs siil
rail and lake srate from the east to
Duluth, with conseq quent benefit to- all
off$tthe NyorthW and the IL mr'enbers
OF the commits ion have hi gih hopes
that they viii be successful i'm The ast- Sact--
ton now pendin Isl
The territory which would be- serV.
ed BY adequa e% faGil tiles for rsfri ger e.
ated transp porta Ii ion on tile Great
Lakes ludes Mime sofa. Worth Da. !
kota, South Oak kota and 81 seye1lte cen
! counties in nor thern Wiscons in: Ihe
territory does not begi vi e onsu3lle % &
its entire production OF butt ter eggss s
, and dressed poultry, and fllll ~ y 8 1,eI
= cent cent OF III is now silipp ed out of the
J. territory Of the ship ents 7D5s i pei
cent 80 lle ma the east ;as i
Buffalo, Philadelp phi, New Yolk Pitts
burg and herS cit lies.
III 1912 North Dakota dllcet
3 l3,s06,244 pounds Of buttted of y WlMlicf M
1i,so6,2 AZ pounds Were yailabfe $f11l $fol
shipment
It is not hard ito figure out the !effee
II. the traffic in thoss roduct i'love' lt,ft
tot east by kes her sal
all.rail 4 5ssi ta8 a Il sfterence of 4, cent
per leo an he rate With fl35s sre
Il frigerator facilities prov yidel. lsl lessssr ss o
she traffic destined for Fah ilade eiphia p
New York and other eastern poinf
would seek the lake route special
since better time could Sibe made, nae, COL
sidering delays In itch itching at s;n
cago. and il is the opini ion OF refrigel
ating experts that the PRODUCTS eosl s'7ll
be delivered in the east in better col q
3Ss ss dition after transports tion lak y
than by rail With cons eaue1lt Il hlghe gl
prices offered
Il Butter, eggs and poultry are " sol sol
on the basis OF prices de ellygered g at al;sl e
ket. Obviously sif the prod.lc1
could bs delivered In better cpnd itfo
ID the east. prices would be heldss
least to the present level. and y
producers ,oslid reap the benefits!.
the reduce fransp tin charges
The refu fusal of THE boat lines toS pr sr
vide facilitie fol' refrig gerated tran ran
81 portation to dat may ne raced
the faet that the 1paoisag frfif
boats, which are the only on esfsaEallas
could be So eauip ipped, are owned & ai al
controlled sSby the rail lines east
'lhicago. which obtain the tl'aii lcs
d igher rate lib cons snee q 4
ali being closed TO Slt:
With the eastern mark opened /
more faVoralbl 81 terms 10 the dairyra'
ana poult gers o. the mort e tiWes 'sIt,
aecelerated deYelpp pnnent ma be e
peeted iii those indnstries For ll CD
reason ttlle case is of irnIne euss lHpoo q
/ aslce. and Its result will be gafeh ts9snY
573ss interest aby all people Interest,"
p slorthWest deyei ippoent