Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-17
A NEW DEPARTURE
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enormous sum of over $4,000, 600. HI
! believed that if the natural order of thing
had been permitted to obtain in the mattel
| there would have been in the last two o.
three years and would be in the future a
very great decrease in the number of cattle
| killed and sold in the market of Chicago.
The natural places for the business were
| Omaha, Kansas City, Sioux City, Atchl-
son and other places which he might
| name which were close to the present
cattle producing portion Of the country
and it was something wrong and some
thing artificial which continued to main,
| tain Chicago as the great cattle market OF
the country. He was, therefore, In very
hearty sympathy with the resolution
and would give it his full co-operatinn..
Mr.. Cullom expressed the opinion that
| resolution should be broadened IN its
SCOPE as he had proposed and as Mr.. Vest
had agreed to. He did not know but
that there was some reason not observa-
BILE to the publicwhy the price of beef had
been running down to the producers, and
he was therefore perfectly willing and
anxious for the most thorough lnvestlga-
ton of the subject and the ascerta1nment
Of all the facts. 1t had seemed to him, he
said. that there had been an anlmus
manifested, or feeling at least on the
part of the senator from Missori (Vest)
seemed to get away with the cattle trade.
In that senator's judgment there was
some mysterious reason behind 1t, Tor
which Chicago was responsible. lille ne
(Cullom) had no possible i'll will
towards ST. Louis or Kansas City Ae would
say that the success of Chicago not only in
controlling the beef market of the country,
but in every other business carried on in
the west was not dependent ON legislation
but was the result of enterprise, energy
and force of the people of Chicago. While
Chicago had been going forward st. Louis
had apparently been going to sleep and
losing her trade. In his judgment the
low prices to producers and OF high prices
to consumers was due to the fact that that
the railroad companies charged more than
they ought for the transportation OF live
stock and dressed meat from the west to
the east and that was one of the reasons
why he desired the scope of the resolution
enlarged. If that should turn out to be
the fact the inter state commerce commsS-
ion would regulate the railroads IN that
regard and compel a reduction Of rates in
transportation.
Mr. Plumb advocated the resolution. He
spoke of ST. Louis having abdicated the
claim to metropolitan functions in trade
and being content to 'play second fiddle
to Chicago" He regarded that as very
unfortunate The markets of St. Louis
and it was just as true in st. Louis as in
Chicago that no commission man could
dare to do anything in detriment Of the
combination which controlled the cattle
business.
Mr.. Vest disclaimed all idea of rejecting
on the people of Chicago in what he had
said He did not know but that St. Louis
if it had the same chance would nave
availed itself of the arrangements made
with railroad companies. Those mon
strous corporations" had had their armed
hand on the throat of St. Louis and had
held it there until 1878, when the cOmbina-
ton was exposed and came to an end, but
the mischief was then done and st. Louis
was Frustrated in its cattle trade. That
was the whole of it.
On motion of Mr. Plumb the resolution
was amended so as to include "other
agencies of transportation, and with Mr..
CullOm's amendment the resolution was
agreed to without discussion.
The senate then proceeded to pass bills
in the caleandar, among them the follow
ing:
The senate bill granting right of way
through the Fort Riley military reserva-
ton to the Chicago, Kansas 81 Western
Railroad company and to the Julian
City and Fort Riley Street railway.
The house bill relating to crimes against
the poStofice department. as to postal
orders, second-class mail matter, obscene
or offensive postal cards and envelopes,
etc, with amendments.
The senate bill fixing pensions for the
less of one eye Tor The sight thereof at SO
month ana proportionately for the loss
OF both eyes.
The senate bill allowing aid to state
homes for disabled soldiers at the rate of
S10O a year for each disabled soldier and
sailor maintained there and appropriating
S;5U. 600 for that purpose.
The senate bill to pay various claimants
for cotton taken by General Burnside to
strengthen military works at Knoxville,
Tenn.
The senate bill to confer brevet promo
ton of army officers particularly distin
fare.
Having passed thirty-eight bills, the SEN
ate proceeded to executive session and
soon adjourned