A FREIGHT WAR.
AMERICA AND THE GRAIN TRADE, j "5y Cable.—Preas Association —Co-j.v rltrht I Ottawa, April 6. The American railways h;ve reduced grain freights from Fort William and Ontario to the sea with the object of capturing the Canadian grain trade. The Grand Trunk Line has also reduced rates and now asks that freight? on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic should tbe similarly reduced in order that the Canadian rate from Fort William to Liverpool should be equal to the American rate. j
CANADIAN RAILWAY FARES,
WJIL RISE ON ACCOUNT OF LABOR
DEMANDS,
y Heceived April 7, 9.30 p.m. I , Ottawa, April 7. Apprehension is felt in Western Canada owing to the railways' proposal to advance' the freights and passenger tariffs in consequence of the railway unions demanding wage increases aggregating 40 per cent, above the present scale.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 358, 8 April 1910, Page 5
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140A FREIGHT WAR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 358, 8 April 1910, Page 5
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