Further Changes In Freight Rates
Chicago Maroh 18. - In nddition to the iiow ratos on fourtb elass freigbt which have been announoed already, and which will go inlotffcct on Monday, it is announced by railroad froight agonts that a number ai' m-tieles whioh wen forinerly olassed as fourtti cluss are now put in a special class wlicn nhipped in bulk or car. These ure malt, beef and porie, in barrels or easses, green hides, fertilizare, hoofs and horos, pig iron, naile, stove pipe, sino and spelter in slntes or cakes, iron, and o;irs, cement, earth, painl, staves and lumbor. The rates tor these will be the sume as graiu naniely froni Chicago to Xew York 10 cents per hundrud ; to Boston, 45 ; to Philadelphia, 30. Eates on flour per barrel are twice tbese amouuts.
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