Show f 1 1 4 r- r RATE WAR V A DECLARED CHICAGO CHICAGO- DENVER DENVEn RATES CUT TI Santa Banta Ie le Anno Announces a Rate nato of Round Trip Trip n Between hlen Chicago and Inc Denver f Considerable cf d A I sensation has baa hI been Leen c caused used by the announcement of the Atchison Topeka Topeka Santa all Fe Fc eom company any that It will make a I fate tate of 12 from Chicago to Denver 1 and aud return on account of the Conclave e of Knights Templar The he other oter roads are afe filled fled with Wih consternation by this thi cut The reason tea rca so son given by the teh on people for this step is a R surprising st state stat of affairs They Thoy say sly they ere were compelled to t make the reduction red in order ordel to t protect themselves es against the de de- conduct of their eom competitors Tho rate originally a agreed leed U Upon l by the West Western rn Passenger and acid Trans associations for the en conclave concise l tofts ohe fare tot fot the t round roundtrip trip n tho the price of tickets ticket from Chicago 50 After establishing this rate rat the various association as as- 1 sedation lines sent their agents agent to t the com corn of Knights Knight Templar to tb mat make arrangements ai- ai for lor their trans transportation n and arid se- se so curd curci cur as much h patronage al nage as its I possible To fo their heir b surprise they the discovered that the Chicago Alton Alon bad had st stolen len a march on them As long ago as last summer SCanner when the boycotters boycotter were war on the Alton that with Ith waging Alon c company m w wih Its it foresight foresight secured contracts with lh nearly heady all l the in Michigan Indiana and Ohio and a number In Pennsylvania New York New England and made arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments for transportation of an immense number num num- ber beret berof of people to t the conclave Before the association as as- a had fixed the rate the Alton had bad chartered Pullman cars and secured pledges enough to t fill fl them It I is i claimed that tbt the Rock Island and Burlington Burlington Bur Bur- lington then b began gan to offer ofer all aH sorts of et inducements in In- to t other In iii violation of their agreements so that when the Atchison Atchi- Atchi son Undertook to tt gather in a share hare of the business business bus bus- iness mess by i legitimate means they could ouid make taake maken n no headway The officials of that company claim they have hate discovered that their competitors com corn have bave given away Ivay in II the shape of tr tr transportation to the bands committees and officials mel is as a well as money donations dona donations and and reduced charges for sleeping s car er accommodations enough to t bring the actual cash esh rate per passenger down to 12 Therefore Therefore There There- fore they hive have decided to sell sel tickets at t that tbt price The tickets grant stop over privileges and arc are limited to return as late as October 15 |