The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-03-25
WOULD READ)UST
ALL GRAIN RATES
Effect of Proposed Revision
Upon Iowa., South Dakota
and Minnesota Ship
pers Explained.

Chicago. March 23.-Although the Al
F! western railroad systems are applying
for increases in freight rates on GER
tain commodities, which they estimate
would increase their revenue $10,000,000
a year. the new schedule which they
propose would, in the case of grain, in
some instances result in actual reduc-
lions from the present rate, they say.
F. B. Townsend, traffic manager of
the MINNEAPOLIS & st. Louis road, so
testified today in the Interstate Com
merce commission hearing on railroads
application for higher rates. Mr.. Town
SEND sought to justify the railroads
| proposal to increase the rate on grain
n grain products and average of l
cent per 100 pounds on certain ship
ments to Chicago and 2 cents per 100
pounds to gulf ports. He dwelt par
ticularly with the effect the advance
on traffic from South Dakota, Mime
sofa and Iowa.
posed rates from these states to the
various grain markets was presented,
| purporting to how that to many no
advance would be effected. while to
! others present rates would be actually
reduced. because of the Inauguration
of commodity rates on grain, where at
present no commodity rates apply, the
grain being hauled under class rates.
South Dakota Rates.
From South Dakota" said Mr..
Townsend, there are no changes in
rates to Chicago, Peoria, Minneapolis
or Duluth. From "a South Dakota sta
lions to ST. Louis the advance averages
.544 cent on f1aXseed, GIT cents on
wheat. and .55S cent on coarse grain,
such being in each case about " cent
per 100 pounds.
From South Dakota to Kansas City,
there is an advance of u cent from 16
stations and 1 cent from five stations,
while from 13 stations there is no
change on wheat.
"From 81 stations, the advance on
coarse grain is 1a cent, while there is
no change from 10 stations.
Actual reductions are effected by
the establishment of a new line of rates
from South Dakot to Omaha, where
commodity rates never have been in
force before.
"From Minnesota station, there is no
advance in grain rates to Chicago,
Milwaukee, Peoria, Minneapolis or Du-
luth. From 80 Minnesota stations to
st. Louis, there is a IL cents advance
on ~1axseed, while from 81 stations.
there is a reduction of 1.6 cents per 100
pounds. On wheat, there is an aver
age advance of 1.S cents from % sta
tons to st. Louis n an average re-
d~uction of 8 cent from 80 stations. On
coarse grain there is an advance of
IL cents from 3S Minnesota stations to
st. Louis and a reduction of IS cent
from seven stations, while there is no
change at all from 10 stations.
I Kansas City, there is an aver
age advance on coarse grain of 1.O2
pents from % Minnesota stations and
an average reduction Of 1.27 cents from
rs station, while from 16 stations there
Is no change at all on coarse grain. On
wheat, no change is asked from Mime
sofa to Kansas City.
From Iowa stations to Chicago sta
lions an advance is asked on wheat aV-
eraging g cent from 112 stations, While
there is no change is from 46 stations.
On corn the advance averages .93 cent
from 12S stations, while there is no
change from 80 stations in Iowa. The
anne relative advance applies to
Peoria as to Chicago.
From Iowa stations to Minneapolis
the advance on wheat is 8 cent from
lis stations, while there is no change
ut all from a. stations. The advance
on coarse grain is .93 cent from 1874
stations while there is no change from
"a stations.
A,"From Iowa to ST. Louis there is an
advance of s. cent from 11S stations on
wheat. and no change at all from 40
stations, while the advance on coarse
grain is 1855 cent from 12S stations
and no change is made at all from 80
stations and no change is made at all
from 80 stations.
From Iowa to Kansas City the ad-
vance on wheat averages rs cent from
81 stations n on coarse grain 1.23
cents from 1872 stations. No advance
is made from Sc Iowa STATIONS or
coarse grain to Kansas City"
Mr.: Townsend's cross examination
was brief. A. E. Helm, counsel for the
Kansas public utilities commission
wanted to know why the rates We're
advanced on grain from some stations
and not from others.
Some of the rates were out of line
with others, n we want to adjust
Them" replied Mr.. Townsend.
In answer to further questions the
witness said the proposed increase
from Iowa to Chicago, Peoria and st.
Louis would be On paper only, as there
would be no actual change.
TupEE GILL npEM MEET