production and Consumption. 
21 
AVERAGE RATE TER CAR. 
Adding $7.20 for loading and unloading, for loioest classification , No. 9. 
Between Milwaukee and 
Miles. 
Per car of 
20,000 lbs. 
Official rate. 
Mills per ton 
per mile. 
Sun Prairie. 
69 
$31 20 
31 20 
31 20 
47 20 
67 20 
$24 00 
24 00 
48 
Madison. 
80 
39 
Madison.. ... 
96 
24 00 
32 4 
Prairie du Chien. 
194 
40 00 
04 4 
16- 3 - 
AU 10 
St. Paul... 
405 
60 00 
I see by the printed schedule, that took effect September 15, 
1873, that the cheapest rates are attached to classification nine, 
such as lumber, coal, etc., as embraced in the above table, by the 
car load. 
DECEMBER RULING PRICE OF WHEAT FREIGHT, 
From Milwaukee and Chicago to New York. 
Miles. 
Per 
bushel. 
Mills per ton 
per mile. 
From Chicago via Lake Shore, etc. 
980 
36 
12 - 2 - 
12 - 3 - 
La x 0 
1 1 2 
pTTI 
113 
- LA TTI 
Same, via Erie Railway. 
976 
36 
From Milwaukee via Lake Shore, etc. 
1,066 
36 
Same, via Erie. 
1,062 
36 
General average of through freight by Erie route.25 to 30 
Same, by Lake Shore and N. Y. Central. 12 to 20 
Same, by Pennsylvania. 15 
Same, by Pittsburg and Ft. Wayne. 12 to 30 
It will be seen that wheat is now being carried from Chicago 
and Milwaukee cheaper than ever before, by rail. 
It should be some consolation to farmers in the remote rural 
districts, that they are not so far from market by the road of dol¬ 
lars and cents, as they are by miles and furlongs, as will be seen 
by comparing the tables relating to wheat tariffs and the compa¬ 
ny’s general average rate per ton per mile for 1872. The farmer 
at St. Paul is seven mills below that rate, while the farmer at 
Sun Prairie is nearly 4 times above it. The farmer at Madison is 
about 3 to 1 above it, while the farmer at Prairie du Chien is just 
4 mills above. 
It is but due to state, however, that special rates are said to be 
allowed in certain cases, much below' the published rates. To 
