New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-15
GRAIN RATES At BALTIMORE.
INQUIRY UNDER THE INTERSTATE LAW.
THE COMMISSIONERS sTARTLE MERCHANTS BY
r,,rrp er-rnr> APPrARANCE-DENYfNG
THAT LIGHTERAGE CUTS ANY fl'OhH

THAT TTGFTFRAGE CUTS ANY rl'OhH'
OR THAT RATES ARE CUT.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
p,It,,roro Erb 14-1ho one topic in the corn ana
Flour Exchange to-day the sudden appe4ia"'o v.
the Interstate Commerce Commission IN ms CITY anu
the bcriprnr Of an investigation Of the pheuohe'iii
corn tradc of baltimore. Commissioner Adac' +.
,v,Ilor o,,,cd here quietly yesterday and loohe'
,r,urd Prominent railroad officials ard gram A'"
received notices TO appear before the Commission 90
dav Tho summons was pcrsmptory, being lssueo Oy
fine UDlted states Marshal The grain men anu 'ii'
railroad officials wero asking ono another ms morn
inr: who insigatcd this investigation "ha' "
the charge!' go >,,,,
Tl,oy wcro of one accord IN tho opinion that Now
York and Philadelphia merchants were at the po'V,.
Of the business. Hugh l.. Bond, ono OF tho couH'''
for ttc baltimore and Ohio, said to a reporter;
The members Of the Commission say that they ar
,rstcatcd TO the investigation by nobody. They arc
conducting II For their own edhcaton and are pruo
ably actuaicd by the newspapers Of Chicago ana Ne"
York. which are making much ado about ho'n"iS
That baltimore should divert the corn trade from No"
yor, is thought by merchants of that city 10 10
violation Of the laws Of nature plain as water ru"
ming IN HILL whereas Baltimore has always done ."
LARGE rran business and will continue to do So vi
occoupt Of the advantages It offers to shippers
Augustus schoonmaEer and W. L. Bragg joined MI
Walker this morning, and the investigation was oeSu'
I'm a committee-room I'm the Baltimore ana ONO 'on'
Danv's central building. One Of the principal WI
pesses today was Frederick Wheeler, superintendent
~ the Baltimore and Ohio elevators, who said:
we have four elevators three at Locust Point ana
one at Camden Station. Tho three at Locust POINT
arc at the waters edge and from them grain Is trans
rerrcl TO vessels without lighterage. Their working
caracv * from .. 100000 to 5000 900 bushels since
December the grain handled has been mostly corn
The grading Of grain before being put into bins 10
await buycrs is done under the supervision of the Corn
and Flour Exchange, with whom we have contract
Mr.. Wheeler produced the books OF inc bai''lnoio
and Ohio Elevator Company, and explained the ac-
counts and the details Of the business Cohcornihs
the first charge Of Il cents for storage, ne sara
1t Is entered on the delivery book and the account d
delivered with the freight bill to the consgn'e hp
no comics of either Of these bills" Besldesc Clo
Journal and manifesto which he showed 70 ule IL
mission Mr.. Wheeler said that the only Doom as ~
led gsr and he added We keep no account OF M
c1r7ator charges 10 our customers That is cash
and he smiled as he glanced at the gentlemen hear
pbOut the room Receipts OF corn droppei OIl a ,
January % Now there are no cars awaiting SUIT
Tx President Parr Of the Corn and Flour ExchanFe
today said: New York always starts wall wheh
Baltimore Is Shipping grain we are u%,nI 40 odyan
mate business without cuts rebates or INSIDE any III
taaHs Raltlmore will hold its business and New
York will not get it away from u.s. ,-,..
prominent officer Of the Corn ana iour IA III.
said " NeyC.York talks about concessions az Ba-
morn I'm elevator and lighter charges we 40 nor nav
iicbtcrage charges The elevator Charge are WII
known and inspection Is honest 81 iuJ i, DuI
innvs that grain does not come out OF me CicNlOa
Iriynd down to the lowest point that u WI SAINT
New York has an mcnvIable reputation mr Ra m
mixing There is corn business that baIImote WIN
"nt ,ybcu the crop IS good NcW-1 DIX ms q ldI =
sDrlrg wheat belt that Baltimore cannot reach al
yauta