The heart of the railroad problem / The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countries

by Frank Parsons

[279]. I. C. C. Rep. 1904, p. 14. Aug. 1, 1904 the Armour lines made an exclusive contract with the Pere Marquette Railroad, the fruit carrier of Michigan. Before that the railroad iced carloads of fruit free of charge. On the date named icing charges went into effect as follows:

$25 to Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids, and other Michigan points.

$30 to Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and other points in Ohio and Indiana.

$35 to Buffalo, Bloomington, and various other points in New York, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

$40 to Des Moines, Minneapolis, Nashville, and other points in Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, etc.

$45 to Duluth, Lincoln, Wichita, etc.

$50 to New York City, Baltimore, Washington, Denver, etc.

$55 to Boston, Hartford, Mobile, New Orleans, etc.

$60 to Spokane, etc.

From $25 to $60 for what a year ago the railroad gave free of charge.