Ogden Sun | 1905-10-03 | Page 5 | Dressed Beef Carrying is Losing Game

DRESSED BEEF CARRYING IS LOSING GAME chicago sept 29 testimony in the railroad rate hearing was given today by president ripley of the at ahlson topeka santa fe railroad the commission Is investigating freight rates on livestock and livestock products from missouri river points to chicago president ripley declared that the rate undressed on dressed beef between kansas city and chicago should be per cent higher than the rate on livestock the packing business today is fo highly organized and concentrated in so few hands that this tact together with the keen competition between the railroads practically makes it possible tor them to dictate rates for dressed beet and packing house products said president ripley according to figures submitted by president ripley the expense to the santa fe road tor hauling a car of dressed meat from kansa city to chicago is packing house products and livestock president ripley claimed that his company lost money on every car of dressed beef hauled between kansas city and chicago strictly speaking and under normal conditions said mr ripley the rate on dressed beet should be per cent higher than on livestock it actually costs the railroads 40 per cent less to handle cattle than it does to haul dressed beet tn refrigerator cars