Nc C. 



DEPAU'IMENT 01' ACilllClJI/riJiaC 



95a 



FREIGHT KATES TAKEN FKOM STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF 



THE UNITED STATES, 1901. 



TABLE I. 



Freight Rates on Whoat, by Lake, Canal aud Sail, and Flour, by Rail, 

 from Chicago to New York, and from New York to Liverpool, by 

 Steam, 18G0 to 1901. 



(Prepared by J. C. Brown, Statistician, New York Produce Exchange.) 



Calendar Year. 



Wheat — Average rates 

 per Bushel. 



d 

 C 

 d 

 o 



a 



d S 



C 



d 



d ■*-* 



— C 



a 



1S60, 

 1S61, 

 1SC2, 

 1SG3, 

 1864, 

 1S65, 

 1866, 

 1867, 

 18C8, 

 1869, 

 1870, 

 1871, 

 1872, 

 1S73, 

 1874, 

 187.5. 

 1876, 

 1877, 

 1878, 

 1879, 

 18S0, 

 ISSl, 

 1882. 

 1883, 

 1884, 

 1885. 

 1886, 

 1887, 

 1888. 

 lS8fl, 

 1890, 

 1891, 

 1892, 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 1895, 

 1896. 

 1S97. 

 1898, 

 1899, 

 1900, 

 1901, 



24, 



26 



26 



22 



28, 



26 



29 



22 



22 



25 



17 



20 



24 



19 



14 



11, 

 9 



11 

 9 



11 



12 

 8 

 7. 

 8 

 6 

 5 

 8 

 8 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 5 



S3 

 55 

 33 

 01 

 36 

 62 

 61 

 36 

 79 

 12 

 11 

 24 

 47 

 19 

 1 



43 

 58 

 24 

 15 

 6 



27 

 19 

 89 

 37 

 31 

 87 

 71 

 51 

 93 

 89 

 85 

 96 

 61 

 33 

 44 

 11 

 38 

 35 

 42 

 65 

 42 

 .14 



29 



25 



22 



25 



28 



26.9 



16.9 



14.6 



11.8 



15.8 



11.4 



13.3 



15. 

 10. 



10. 



11. 



9. 

 9. 



12 



12 



11 

 8.7 

 8.5 

 8.53 

 7.55 

 8.44 

 7 



6.95 

 7.32 

 7.37 

 4.96 

 6.63 

 5.05 

 B.B7 





46.1 



44.2 



42.6 



35.1 



33.3 



31 



33.5 



33.2 



28.7 



24.1 



16.5 



20.3 



17.7 



17.3 



19.9 



14.4 



14.6 



16.5 



13.125 



14 



16.5 



15.74 



14.5 



15 



14.31 



15 



14.23 



14.7 



12.88 



12.17 



12 



12.32 



11.55 



11.13 

 9.98 

 9.92 



o 

 o 



o. 







7-8 



3-16 



15-16 



11-16 



7-8 



1-4 



3-4 



9-16 



8 13-16 



9 7-16 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 1 



5-8 



3-16 



13-16 



1-8 



15-16 



5-16 



1-2 



3-16 



5-16 



1-2 



5-8 



15-16 



7-16 



1-8 



5-8 



3-8 



15-16 



9-16 



15-lfl 



1-16 



7-16 



7-16 



3-8 



1-4 



♦Including canal tolls until 1S82, hut not Buffalo transfer charges. 



tAverages based upon officially published tariffs; actual rates lower. 



tFor domestic consumption; local rate for export only $9.08 In 1900. and $9.02 in 1901. 



