Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1906 — THE EXPRESS TRUST. [ARTICLE]

THE EXPRESS TRUST.

When, for example, it costs almost as much to send an express package from Rensselaer to Goodland or Wheatfield aa it does from Rensselaer to New York City, a distance of some 35 miles by rail in the former case and 1,000 miles in the latter, it would seem that something ought to be done toward crushing out the express trust and making these companies conform to reason and common sense in their charges. The above towns used to have the American express company on the coal road, the same company that oparatea on the Monon, and then a package could be sent through for about double the price that it ought to cost. Now the Wells-Fargo company is doing business there and the rate from Rensselaer to either of these points is double what it used to be, so that each company can get as much as though one company operated clear through.