Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-11-17
MORE LIGHT ON
SHIPPING STOCK
Weyerhaeuser Man Writes In
teresting Experience in
Shipping Cattle to Chi
cagO Markets

generally known. 1t shows how a
stock shipper or farmer is not only
robbed by high freight rates, but mis-
used and trimmed all along the line
with expenses that he cannot get away
from:
Farm Editor,
Ladysmith, Wis.
1 noticed in last weeks issue of the
News Budget where party asked
what the expenses were for, that were
tackled on your shipping bill for the
load of sheep you shipped to Chicago
, and of which you wrote an article
in the October 20 issue, telling the ex-
periences in trip to Chicago accom-
panying live stock.
/ have been asked by several ship
pers of live stock to write an article
for publication Of trip and expenses
| for one car of cattle from Weyerhaeu-
ser to Chicago.
/ left Weyerhaeuser Saturday, Oct.
q, at ZOO p. M, arrived at Prentice
at 6 100 p. m. The conductor had or
ders to spot my car at the stock yards
to unload and feed to comply with the
law / unloaded the cattle into
| dark 2x4 stock yard half mile from
the depot and was told by the agent
the railroad company would feed
them hay and reload them and that
$1,000 would be charged to the ship
ping bill But if / hustled my own
hay and reloaded myself there would
be no charges for the use Of the yards.
While debating the question a cattle
shipper from KEENAN,, who had car
of stock On the same train and was to
be fed at Prentice, drove up with sew
eral bales of hay in a Ford, to feed
his stock. / bought enough hay to
feed my cattle from him, for so cents,
which saved me $3.50 on this one
item.
/ was told that the train that would
pick up our cars would be there about
1 80. reloaded shortly after mid
night, returned to the depot to see
that my shipping bill specified fed
Long, Dark Walk
The train arrived about 40 and
/ had to walk back to the stock yards
and the length of 40 cars further in
the dark. ] was the only stockman
from Prentice to AbbOtsford where /
was joined by shipper, Glenn Aus
tin, who formerly lived in Lady
smith. He had a News-Budget in his
pocket and we read your article with
much interest.
At Spencer we were delayed some
two hours and two more shippers
joined us and by the time we reached
Stevens Point there were eight OF us.
That was II 30 p. m. Sunday. We
had dinner and walked mile or
more to the yard house and was told
ny the yard master that our cars
We're to be put on special stock
train of cars and be given Il clear
track with passenger train time which
sounded good to u.s.
We left Stevens Point at 2 20 p. m.
with IL cattle men in smoky ca
boose. After making a terrible roar
we were promised a coach at North
Fond du Lac. We arrived there at
6 80, was met at the caboose by a
road employee with a lantern who led
tbs over to the beanery for supper
and back to the yards where we found
spick span new passenger coach all
lighted and warm At z 10 we start
ed on the last lap of some 40 miles
to Cozy Jet, reaching there at 2:40
a. m. About O'Clock the switch en-
CINE started to bump us around and
by Z 80 we were at the unloading
chutes in Chicago stock yards.
After breakfast I went over to the
Exchange building and saw posted on
the shippers board:
Monday, Oct 23. $4,000 cattle, 49,
OO0 hogs. $4,000 sheep. the largest re-
ceipts for one dav in the Chicago
wards for more than two years. By
Q o'clock my ca tile reached the yards
OF the commission firm had con-
signed to- After watering and feed
ing it was 80 y. m. before could
get nv cattle over the scales, there be-
'fIS SUCH nCdNS Iui VI tdCIAC IihhN
day.
After getting my sales bill I found
my carload had shrunk 800 pounds
in transit. Here is bona f1de copy
of the costs tackled on for freight and
other trimmings Freight $1O5.60;
switching 50 70: yardage S10.66; 200
mounds hay s495; corn $1.65: inspec-
ton &c; insurance 7c; commission
| 500 CO. Total $151.88.
The return ticket from Chicago to
" eyerhaeuser is $15 and allowing so
cents per meal for ten meals makes
$500 and brings your expenses to a,
total Of $166SS.
| If you indulge in any OF the other
necessities Of life-wen, that's extra.