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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDIES 



FREIGHT RATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST DENVER 



Commodity 



Boots and shoes 



Boots and shoes 



Books 



Books 



Oil 



Oil 



Crockery 



Oil cloth 

 Linoleum 



Whence shipped 



Rate to Denver 



Rate to San Francisco 



Chicago 

 Denver 

 Chicago 

 Denver 

 Chicago 

 Denver 

 Trenton 



Missouri River 



$2.05 



2.05 



51.50 

 3.00 



1-75 



3.00 



0.78* 



0.80 



0-95 



0-75 



of the interstate commerce law. In the evidence before the commission 

 mention is made of a man who desired to start a publishing house in • 

 Denver and print books to sell on the Pacific slope. As soon as he found 

 the freight rate on books to be $1.75 from Chicago to San Francisco and 

 $3 from Denver to San Francisco, he decided to manufacture books in 

 Chicagf). The table shows that the same considerations would prevail 

 with other manufacturers and jobbers. A jobber in boots and shoes 

 could not live in Denver if he had to pay $2.05 freight from Chicago to 

 Denver and $3 from Denver to San Francisco, a total of $5.05 in freight 

 from Chicago, when the jobber in Chicago could lay down the same 

 goods in San Francisco for $1.50. This explains what was pointed out 

 by witnesses before the commission, namely, that various jobbers had 

 withdrawn from Denver to Missouri River points and Chicago, It was 

 stated to the commission that, owing to the difference in rates on oil, that 

 commodity had been shipped from the East to San Francisco and back to 

 Denver at a profit to the Denver dealer.' 



The population of Denver increased from 106,713 in 1890 to 133,879 

 in 1900 — an increase of 25.4 per cent. At first thought this would seem 

 to be an indication of great industrial prosperity. Such, however, is not 

 the case. It must not be forgotten that among the various attractions of 

 the city of Denver, one of the most conspicuous is the favorable effect of 

 its chmate upon those persons afflicted with tubercular disease, and a 

 large part of this increase in population is represented by persons that 

 have sought Denver as a place of residence while in quest of health. 



' Report of the United States Industrial Commission, Vol. IV, p. 68. 



