Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-11

Kansas City Makes \ Silly Souea
Against the Frisco Road.

The Topeka correspondent of the
Kansas City Journal says in that paper
of Tuesday:
They put up Q fence between Kansas
men and the towns ON the Frisco road
with set OF spikes and broken bot
ties on top to keep out any one, ex-
cepting him who comes through the
Frisco gate, and one who halls from
any other place than st. Louis gets
permit to pass through. With the
shame that comes from such excessive
charges the agent of the Frisco, act
ing under instructions, charges up the
entire freight in one item, throwing
portion of the blame on the Santa Fe,
concealing their own iniquitous work.
without instructions no agent could
pursue this policy of charges. When
no overcharges are made this scheme
of charging is not done. The
railroad commissioners have deter
mined that the Frisco people shall re-
lease their grip on this territory and
that all other cities shall have chance.
But in this they must receive the CO.
OpCI dtlOu Vi tuC OA thot
road, who, heretofore, have been only
to ready to compromise aud leave the
commissioners with nothing to act
upon. The evil, great as it is, is par
TALLY the fault of the men who submit
to this grinding process, privately find
fault and publicly say they have
nothing to complain of. The Frisco
seems to have found willing slaves in
the business men living on that road
slaves who kiss the rod that smites
them, and then dutifully go to st.
Louis, purchase their goods and give
the Frisco long haul.
If the above screed had eminated
from some country journal, whose ed
itor didn't know the difference be-
tween common and preferred stock OF
first mortgage bond and Alright OF
way bond, it might not have surprised
any body. But coming from paper
of the metropolitan pretensions of the
Journal, it amounts to little else than
gag.
The railroad commissioners of Kan
sas have nothing to do with inter-
state commerce or with railroad rates
from beyond the Kansas state line
But when the commissioners have
made up their minds to "force the
Frisco to loose its grip" on southern
Kansas, and turn its attention to con
serving the interest of Kansas City
a town it does not touch within
hundred miles, we hope they viii
notify the people. And when they
take up the matter of transfer charges
for Interstate freight we want to cal
their attention to the transfer charges
which Wichita is forced to pay as be
tween the Santa Fe and the Southern
Kansas to reach points which want te
do their trading in Wichita, transfer
charges, too, on freight that originates
and terminates within the state line.
of Kansas.
The "slave" talk is the whine of /,
whipped boy only. The extension of
the st. Louis and San Francisco into
and through southern Kansas under
the name OF the St. Kouis, Wichita
and Western was the result OF
an effort of the people of tn,
six counties through which it runs ant
for their own benefit. Kansas City
was not thought of, or only as the toll
gate at which we had been fieeced fol
years. Kansas City, nor Gould hal
any interest or aGy influence in OIL
with the Frisco, nor will they have
1t is great trunk line reaching WITCH
ita from St. Louis direct and WASH
built in Kansas City's interest ant
what's more will not be operated in
Kansas City's interest, and whats
still more the railroad commissioner;
of the state of Kansas won't attempt
to have it operated in Kansas City.
interest.