Show PETITION VAN SANT Minnesota People Ask to Have Fight Against the SoCalled Railroad Merger Discontinued St Paul Minn Jan 5A petition has been signed by gralnmen lumbermen lumber-men and merchants and shippers of Minneapolis to be presented to Got Van Sant asking that the fight against the socalled merger of the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington Bur-lington roads be discontinued The petitioners stale that it is their belief that the proposed arrangement for the control of the three systems by means of the Northern Securities company com-pany will be more beneficial to shippers than arc existing conditions They want stability of rates they say and believe that the Northern Securities company will secure this for them Not only will the shippers of the twin cities be benefited by this stability of rates but all classes of shippers S throughout the Northwestern States will be similarly affected they say Petitions of a similar nature are said to be coming from other parts of the State |