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at 8:00 a. m. and closes at noon; for cattle opens at 10:00 a. m. and closes 

 at 3:00 p. m., practically four hours a day, two days in the week. 

 Eighty per cent of your stock that arrives in the Union Stock Yards is 

 handled in practically eight hours on two working days out of a six-day 

 week. The point I wish to bring out on that is, could we not with justice, 

 and probably advantage to both of us, have some better or more uniform 

 arrangement of our stock markets, so as to prevent the railroad men 

 all going down at one load? 



We frequently hear this remark — I have in my last few years' ex- 

 perience in Iowa: What is the matter with Iowa? What is the matter 

 with the stockman? We will say now: What is the matter with the 

 railroad man? I say, gentlemen, nothing with any of us. Iowa is one 

 of the most beautiful states in the Union. I came here, you might say, 

 an emigrant, ten or eleven year ago. I have worked up and down your 

 prairies. I consider it my home. And being appointed to this position 

 in charge of the state of Iowa, I consider it one of the best positions 

 to which I could have been appointed on the North Western railroad. 

 There is nothing the matter with the railroads or stockmen. What we 

 want is a little more thorough recognition of each other's class; we want 

 a better acquaintance with each other. We are of the same family; we 

 are all after the same ends, to make the best success possible of our 

 business. We grant that to you, and hope to have the same consideration 

 given us. 



In conclusion, I would like to say that in coming to the head of the 

 operating department of Iowa, I want to solicit from you gentlemen 

 your co-operation and assistance in every way possible. If you have any 

 difficulties in which we can help you, we would like mighty well to hear 

 from you, and our local representatives and myself will be glad to come 

 on request and go over the situation with you. If there are difficulties 

 that can not be overcome, I assume you, gentlemen, we will put forth 

 our every effort that our experience and our ability as railroad men to 

 handle the transportation business. 



Discussion. 



Charles Goodenow, Wall Lake : In regard to billing what we 

 call mixed stock, I shipped a car of sheep and hogs, a deck of each, 

 in a donble-deck car. I put the sheep by themselves and the hogs 

 by themselves; the first in the lower and the second in the upper 

 deck. I did that for the reason that I only had one deck of sheep. 

 The rate, as I figured it, avouIcI be 231/^ cents, for the reason that 

 the rate on hogs is 231/^ cents. The rate on a double' decker of 

 sheep would be 23 cents. When they arrived in Chicago, they 

 charged me 25 cents for single-deck sheep and 23% cents for single- 

 deck hogs on that one car. I would like to know why they should 

 charge me for two cars when only one was used, when the rule says 

 plainly that you can ship mixed cars, and they shall take the higher 



