| Show ElATE Tf W AR 8 BREAKS f fL L LOOSE nS O ONCE f MO Lines Between the Missouri River And Atlantic Seaboard May MayHe He Dc Involved I BURLINGTON AND Aim C o A IN IT Usual Annual Outbreak on the Ma Majority MaJority of or tines Occurs News cs Of the Railroads Chicago Feb Tribune today says rime Tha great rate rato war In Irs which tho time western roads are oro engaged threatens to Involve all the lines between the thc Mis Missouri sourS river and the Atlantic seaboard The Burlington nail Chicago and Al AI Alton AIton Alton ton have just juist give notice that they will put In III effect a rate from Missouri river points point to Newport News New anti and Norfolk of 15 IB yenta cents for or pounds This Is only 3 cents cent higher than this the rate from torn Kansas 18 City to 10 the gulf ports The Tho action was not taken on account of ot the reduction made mado by b tho the Great G ret western estern anti northwestern roads but Is In conformity with the tho position they have taken n during more moro than a year that the differences In time tho graIn rate between the gulf anti south Atlantic ports purt should not bo be more than 3 cents for pounds The Tho rato rate announced by hy time the Hurling ton lon anti and ani Alton from Missouri river points to Houth South Atlantic ports Is one ono cent less than the tho regular tariff rate of or the Eastern lines from St LouIs to the tho seaboard This cuts out omit the th rate between tho the Missouri nail Mississippi rivers rivera It Ills Is said Mid by time the Burlington of officials that under their arrangement with the eastern en tern roads their system gets get an arbitrary of or five cents cent c trot for pounds This leaves only 10 cents to the tho In tern line lIlies or six cents less leu than the regular tariff rote rate GRAIN GUAIN HATE HAIE CUT New York Feb loeb 16 Harmony of or rates In trunk line territory Is threat threatened threatened threatened ened time the York lines bar hav having ing hog served servell notice that the tho freight rate on Lake grain tor for export will be bo b re reduced reduced Wednesday to 3 cents for or l between Buffalo and Now York This reduction means macann nn an abolition of tho thio differential Initiated by b the time Penn lean Pennsylvania sylvania anti and tho time Lehigh Valley In fa favor favor vor var of or Philadelphia last lost summer and Is designed to give gho the port of or New Nell York YOlk time the salM privileges heretofore enjoyed enJo by Philadelphia An Au 11 effort Is being made to confine the time fight to tho the comparative Insignificant Item of or lake Inke grain for export but tears fears ore lire expressed that It may naY spread to other classes of or freight anti upset the tIme hitherto harmonious conditions in lit trunk line territory |
