§ MR. HUGH SMITH (Northumberland, Tyneside)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade if he can say what were the all-rail export rates for wheat per 100 lbs from Chicago and Milwaukee, during 1900 and 1901, to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Montreal and Baltimore.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The average "all-rail" freight rates for wheat per bushel from Chicago to New York during 1900 and 1901 are stated by the New York Produce Exchange to have been 9.98 cents and 9.92 cents respectively. I have no information as to the rates to the other ports mentioned.