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Show V 'MLKOAD FREIGHT BATES. Vne .iu Francisco BulUtin id cn-gi;-cd in a laudable enterprise when it r. r.dert ikcs to enlighten the people, t; it had lately been doing, on the ffibicct of rates of freight aud fares f -r travel on railroads. There seems t j be a persistent desire on tho part c'tiic managers of these roads to so r -gulate tho taiifU on freight as 1 1 allow the fanner to realize only i'ltt, to much from the mi of his pro-cucL; pro-cucL; wiil encourage him to con-t con-t nuo in bid business, tho balance loin consumed in freights, tho rate 1 el: always faxed by the roads them-e-.'iMJ. Ttio Bv.ii'.lin, in a late issue, jiwj :::c figures from a recent rc-ror: rc-ror: of t'.e lioard of Directors of the ';':.. ;. IV.ciuc Company, which show t'i;;t ;'ac average ehargc per ton for (eiitind freights on that road per 1 :ild for w;ts o.Grc, and that the Liarge for local freight for the same ; '':ir v;.u Iv'c. The charge for the t .!;ih freight covered a distance of lb.-.:: miles, and the local freights, . s y loO :nt!cs. The linlUHn informs l.s that the average charge for the tiwi?portalioLi of wheat from Chicago tj Xcw York is 1.5 cents per ton to Ilio ::i:.!o, and from points in Iowa to t'le same place 1.7 cents. Fiom these tii:res it will be seen that the rates ii: the West are more than 100 per c 'nt. greater than in the Fast. It does not seem :vt aii clear t us i . .it the expense of running these A'..-'.j::: roals is do ;l'!e tiiat of roads i i i Li o Fait, on tl;e contrary, we do 1 -Oi i ve that s-;ch is the ease. It v .11 h borne iu mind that the co!-l-vt:.r.s for frcig'nt on the C. 1. are probably made in gold which will i.scrcass tl.e rat-. materially. Ex.-t Ex.-t opting ;vs to shipmcute of ore and I lilon I'lah is not so much interested i tiguros, as we are not ob- liged to purchase ottr goods in C'ali-f C'ali-f .rnia. nor indeed is it necessary to tr.'.r.ipert; t:;o former articles to the Wtat, stilt we siiouid prefer to havp bwer rates. lint the interior of Cah.ror:i:a is very much in teres t.d, r::.l it is, not surprisinc that tho res3 and people, of the Stafr3 are j.v.wkc to their iu teres ts and doing nil ia their po-er to bring about a . har.ee lor the better, and we hope t will s.iececd. It has becu a 1 .n.o-y witli us, and wc think that j'a- '.s canr.ot i-c preduccJ to convince i:s of :: crrcr, that ; a rale, within l(.a;on;:'!o bwunds, railroads always i.ave, a:.l always wiil, mako larger i.iv,a-.-:v.U by a system of low c'narge? one of ethorbltant rate. |