Show NEW TARIFFS ISSUED PackingHouse Products Given a Drop by Traffic Managers Chicago Jan 2S Traffic officials of the Western lines according to the RecordHerald believe that the day for secret and cut rates on packinghoUse packing-house products and dressed meats has passed not to come again Acting upon the recent agreement of the roads to cease paying rebates and the assurance by the pAcker that they would not seek preferential rates the presidents of the lines west of Chicago havo designated certain representatives representa-tives to constitute a standing committee commit-tee whos2 duty It shall be to meet at least every Tuesday and when necessary neces-sary oftener with a view to considering consid-ering the situation The committee which will take the place of the recent four terminal point committees Is composed of the follow ing officials J si Johnson third vice president of the Rock Island A C Bird third vlcepreident of the St Paul II R McCuUough third vice president of the Northwestern Darius Miller first vicepresident of the Burlington Bur-lington Paul Morton second vice president of the Santa Fe and S M Felton president of the Alton In pursuance pur-suance of the Individual announcement announce-ment of all the lines to mako only open published rates the Western 1 trunk lino committee has Issued a Joint through freight tariff embodying the cut rates which have pertained upon v the products mentioned ever since c June 30 1001 ci The new tariff bears the signatures of the general freight agents of twen tythree lines west of Chicago and is a cut of about 30 per cent of former published tariffs on packinghouse products and dressed meats from Kan cos City St Joseph Alchlson Leaven worth Nebraska City Omaha South Omaha Council Bluffy and Sioux City for tho Middle States and the aboard a-board territory o An Qxample of the cuts made by the new tariff Is The present rate of dressed meats salted meats and packinghouse pack-inghouse products from the points mentioned to New York are 634 cents l 3JA cents nnd 4SV cents as against 68 cents DS fe cents and 53V cents per 100 pounds in car lots |