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per hundred pounds, in place of the rates per car, divided the 

 former rates by the minimum weight of the car load, instead of the 

 average weight of the car load. It was cleverly done. I desire to 

 heartily congratulate the shrewd officials of the railroads who 

 manipulated the deal. Over in Illinois, when a similar change was 

 attempted, there was an elaborate hearing held, and I hardly need 

 add, 200 stock men were present and numerous railroads were 

 represented, and the live stock interests of the state were amply 

 protected. Our present commission, after a lapse of fifteen years 

 corrected that error the past spring. I don't know upon whose 

 shoulders to lay the blame. 



You have heard it said that in the state of Iowa the rates are 

 lower than those of other states. Don't let anybody fool you by a 

 comparison of schedules. The railroads in this state charge the 

 full amount allowed by the maximum schedule. In Illinois more 

 than half the traffic is carried on rates below the state schedule. 

 The same is true in Missouri. You may also have heard that the 

 Iowa classification is the lowest in the west. If you have lived in 

 another state, you would have heard quite a different story. In 

 that connection I want to read a brief sentence contained in an 

 answer made by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, in a' 

 case heard in Illinois last year, which is as follows : " It is admitted 

 as a general fact that the classification of Illinois averages lower 

 than any other classification in the Mississippi Valley." This 

 statement was made over the signature of the officials of the road. 



Let us take some concrete illustrations concerning rates, that 

 might interest you. I have placed them in the form of a table, as 

 follows : 



RATES ON FRESH MEATS— BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, VENISON AND 



PORK LOINS. 

 Under the State 

 Distance Schedule of 



in Miles. Iowa. Illinois. 



100 $32.00 $30.00 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 6 per cent 



200 46.00 39.20 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 17 per cent 



300 60.00 45.20 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 32 per cent 



RATES ON FRESH FRUITS— GRAPES, PEACHES, PEARS AND PLUMS 



Under the State 

 Distance Schedule of 



in Miles. Iowa. Illinois. 



100 $32.00 $23.40 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 36 per cent 



200 46.00 30.00 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 51 per cent 



300 60.00 34.00 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 76 per cent 



