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Show GREAT RATE WAR ON WESTERN ROADS Cheap Freight Rates "Will Rule on All Roads Between, the Missouri and the Atlantic Coast. - Chicago, Feb. 1C The Tribune today says: The great rate war In which tho Western roads are engaged threatens to involve all tho lines between the Missouri river and tho Atlantic seaboard. sea-board. The Burlington and Chicago & Alton have just given notice that they will put Into effect a rate from Missouri river points to Baltimore, Newport News and Norfolk of 16 cents for 100 pounds. This Is only 3 cents higher than the rate from Kansas City to the Gulf ports. The action was not taken on account of the reduction made by the Great Western and Northwestern roads, but Is ln conformity with the position they have taken during more than a year, that the differences ln the grain rate between the Gulf and South Atlantic ports should not be more than 3 cents for 100 pounds. The rate announced by the Burlington Burling-ton and Alton from Missouri river points to South Atlantic ports Is one cent less than the regular tariff rato of the Eastern lines from St. Louis to the seaboard. This cuts out the rate between be-tween the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. It Is said by the Burlington officials of-ficials that under their arrangement with thc Eastern roads their system gets an arbitrage of 5 cents for 100 pounds. This leaves only 10 cents to the Eastern lines, or 6 cents less than the regular tariff rate. |