Show DONT liKE THE RATES Stockmen Think Freight Is Too High RAILROAD MEN DONT AGREE Hold That the Increase Is Legitimate Return to the Hates That Existed Before the Freight War + J < Broke Out Railroad officials do not regard the new stock rates which go into effect the middle of the month In the light of a raise They claim the advance In the tariff Is a concerted effort to get the rates back where they formerly were They take the position that the rate has been entirely too low fur the past few I years for the service rendered and the rinks taken in this class of freight The railroads claim they are simply restoring restor-ing a former rate and that they fall to comprehend where any burden is Imposed Im-posed on the shipper A prominent official of-ficial said yesterday NO HARDSHIP IMPOSED lOr fall to sec where any hardship Is Imposed by the proposed rate A mistaken mis-taken impression prevails that the new tariff on livestock shipments Is brought about by a disposition to take advantage of the freight business i which has been larger this year than usual This Is a mistake The new tariff is an improvement im-provement over the present rate but It docs not restore the rates to where they ought to be It Is an effort however to carry livestock on a profitable basis and to put the rates hack where they formerly for-merly were HATJSS SHOULD BE HIGHER I understand some criticism results over the announcement that an advance will be made but the rate has not been Increased as much as it ought to bc and the schedule ought to occasion no undue commotion The rate on livestock live-stock has not for several years been commensurate with the service nor with the risk taken If the road has un accident ac-cident and some of the cattle are killed 1 of course we have to make Il good If an aninul is lost or 1 dies on the way a claim is entered for the value of the property Livestock also has to move promptly and the best service is necessary neces-sary for obvious reasons l In Ps Il yIng this class of freight to market UISTORT OF THE RATES The history of the present rate dates btok several years Ft began when the Tnlon Pacific agreed to carry livestock fioni Wisatch to Missouri river points for 5119 per carload At that time shippers ship-pers wire jiaylng 1 132 for the same FCIV ioe from Omlen and to get the benefit of the U9 I rate they drove their cattle the intprvenlng fifty or sixty miles to Va satch Tn order to protect itself and hold the business which vas rapidly cropping off the Rio Grande Western wan forced to adopt a 119 rate from Og don The Union Pacific had to fall inline in-line and also made the rate 5110 from Ogden ROADS GOT TOGETHER The rate was much too low but for years nothing has been done and the i railroads have carried livestock for less than It was worth considering the risks and service The matter has drifted along until this year when an understanding under-standing was reached between the two roods and the tariff was increased to J12U per car for sheep goats and hogs This represents only onehalf of the cut made some years ago RATE UP ON IRON Jhe same rate on manufactured Iron was reduced for a somewhat similar reason It was decreased in the interest of the mining Industry In this State Naturally dealers took advantage of the rate to build up their stock and the matter mat-ter drifted along until last year when the railroads announced that the former for-mer rate of 140 would be restored Manufactured iron wan being carried for SO cents A compromise was effected and a rate of 110 wan adopted by the TransmlPHlsnlppl Freight bureau THE CATTLEMENS 1 VIEW One of the cattlemen said yesterday that In his opinion railroads could afford af-ford to rarry stock for leis than formerly for-merly The shipments have doubled the tonnage of all the roads has doublrd and ia Increasing and the length of trains has been Increased Jn all lines of huplncsr profits are governed by the amount that can bo done As the faeili ties for businejit Increase the cost do creases proportionately 1 > but the percentage per-centage of profit is vastly greater By doing more business and drawing larger trains they can afford to carry the freight for less than formerly and make more money u |