Show SOUTHERN PACIFIC reductions 4 it may finally develop into a transcontinental tin rate war CHICAGO jan 7 A special to the salt lake tribue says the tile second stage of the rate reductions of the southern pacific Iaci fic has developed into a transcontinental rate war the atchison today carried the reduced rates to chicago bearing out its pol cy that no lower rates should be made from front cali california to anin to the atlantic than from call california for nia to chicago it served notice on the transcontinental lines at the new york dissolution meeting that it would protect chicago as against the seaboard rate the southern pacific at that time was threat ening to make reductions but was d deterred by the stand the reductions of the southern pacific gereon were on canned goods wine wide beans and brandy on oil the first three commodities it has made a rate of 69 cents from california to atlantic seaboard points ana 75 cents to chicago on bra brandy n d the the reductions were 65 cents to the seaboard and 85 cents to chicago the atckison has taken the seaboard rates of the southern pacific and applied them to chicago from every point 0 on n the atchison system in california from points on oil t the he southern pac pacific a 75 cent rate must of necessity be quoted the reduced rates of the A atchison to chicago were quoted at such a late hour tonight that cot competing lines could take no sw action the 75 cent rates of cathe the southern pacific are quoted noted over the burlington and kock rock island on oil beans over the union paci pacific fie and the north northwestern western it is doubtful if any of them thern will care to join with the southern pacific in meeting the tile r 60 cent rate odthe of the atchison it would prove a nonpaying non paying rate to them and verges u upon on or passes basses the non tion paving paying p point olt on of ge the atchison I 1 its s lone long haul from irom california to chicago on its own ralla is the only reason ason the rate could be profitable much ill feeling has been aroused by the I 1 southern reduction in III advance of the st paul meeting for a time there seemed to be a chance of the transcontinental lines getting tog together in st paul and patching patchin up some kind 0 of ff an agreement wi with t ithe the transcontinental a action 0 of f the canadian pacific and the great northern and the 50 percent reduction of the southern pacific there is a chance for an extremely spirited meeting the southern pacific not content with the reduction s put into etrest with various commodities from ban bait francisco to new york and intermediate points has asked its connections to loin join it in reducing the rate on dry hides bides leair 11 air seal sheep pelts and coat goat pelts in arloa carload shipments to 1 vrle per rounds pounds from california to new york 0 o rk it t also so desires to make a rate of 50 cents per pounds on wino wine inear in carloads loads from the pacific to the atlantic coast a applying ply g the same rate to chicago the old rd story of clipper ship competition is given as a reason for the reductions the southern pacific may put the rates into effect by byway way of new orleans but whether it will be allowed to do so by way of chicago is not yet definitely settled |