Show RATE WAR PREDICTED th the denver texas teas gull gulf cuts prices one third at the opening of the fort worth denver deaver texas gulf railway on march road made a reduction in freight rates east of denver to about two thirds of tae amount formerly charged by the other railroads the new line was not a member of any traffic association and the other roads immediately began efforts to get it into the pool they urged that the rate was ruinous to their business and the reply was that they should equalize figures and cease to discriminate against colorado utah and the west last monday the colorado traffic Assa association clation held a meeting at which the denver texas gulf refused to raise its rates A dispatch from galveston texas where the meeting was held has tha following regarding the tae matter the failure to induce the h N ort worth denver texas gulf to form a part and parcel of the colorado association means practically a big rate war on COLORADO AND UTAH business demonstrating the very I 1 important m position occupied by t the he new route just opened from denver to the gulf general dodge who constructed the new colorado division of the denv denver er texas and gulf said in his I 1 speech at the krivine of aft the last spike that it was the most connection in the united states since the completion of the union pacific i and his prediction I 1 is s being verified in i the rev revolution of rates west of the missouri river general mana manager er meek of the silme same road when his bis I 1 line ne was opened from the gulf to denver announced a freight tariff between betwee new york and other seaboard points to colorado points via the morgan steamship liste stad gad the texas central rai railway way aae jine from dl vesto which ay av enraged about a 25 per nt reduction on all ail classes of freight Colot its as compared aVda ired wit with overland hoverland rates to colorado aw and utah this reduction on first clans freight was just 83 per cent what colorado pool association was abw to meet this great cut cuti hence their effort at the present meeting to induce the denver T texas exas and gulf road foad ter te conform to the pool POGI rates by raising ite HB own to the pool schedule this effort BUD ate proved A SIGNAL failure FA ILURa general manager mak stands on the ground as argued behim that overland rates are too high and they discriminate ill favor of kansas city omaha and missouri river points As an evidence that hill bia position in this matter is appreciated by the people of denver he has received red elVad numerous telegrams from the busin business esil men of that city during the meeting of the association here urging him to stand firm As the business element of this city have hate also shown their appreciation of his bis efforts in the interest of low rates and hilve have given him their moral support he be is thus from both ends of the line particularly from the colorado terminus he finds a consoling sense in the peoples sympathy for the advocacy of a low rate schedule As an evidence that the rate war had begun began in earnest as soon as the meeting adjourned the missouri pacific representatives wired to new york to meet the rates of the denver texas gull gulf on all eastern seaboard business via the mallory line to galveston the atchison topeka road will do likewise also using the mallory line to this point thence across texas and the indian tei eltory tory via larned lamed both these roads are longer than the denver texas and gulf the cut at present applies only to eastern seaboard freights for colorado and it remains to be seen whet whether er the union pacific and burlington missouri will remain passive with their color ado seaboard business diverted by water via galveston the association will meet again next monday at kansas city to wrestle with the new situation of affairs caused by the failure of the denver line to accede to terms |