The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1893-01-05
now rurr .sss o. up.

now rHEy stss Us UP.
A little over O year ago, few jobbsn
at four interior towns 10 Kansas not con-
tent with the trade leeitimstsly belong.
ing 10 them which had been fostered by
special iobbers' tariffs issued by the stats
board % railroad commissioners, decided
among themselves that they would shut
Kansas City and other Missouri river
towns entirely % from the retail trade
% the interior of the state, and would
partition the stat. among themselves b,
getting ~ great difference between
carloads and less than carload rates
on staple groceries, that every retail
dealer would be forced b. buy his staples
from the nearest jobber. To do this
they went before the state board and de.
handed a difference between carload
and l.ss than carload rates on sugar, cot,
fc.. canned g,ods, aud beans ~ from u
10 ~ c.nts pef hundred
The railroad commission practically
granted their demands, but bcfore the
order could be made effective jobbers at
Atchiaon and Ieayenworth, who would
have been injured fully ~ much M the
retail trade ~ the state, and much WORSE
than thOse ~ Kansas City. secured o
enI",a Iuuv'h ~. .,,' $3.50
cou'', anu a'1' '.o'ousn ",es,ss.on
sho 'o'unIno.s tss,',nony hsu ~"
thkeh w" su't nans 'ne ,hJuno,,on W.
manon,' ine nVe,,o' Ioooe's hse NJ,
pea'en the case W tne supfsmo oou', W
.he nta'e, Whs'e 'housn. .nere 'e,
@ out one u.cu,on con''""'"" W
me aecie" 1i ,he ,ose' couIr -
&c., .o",j - anIv ,nJ,,ac,,y i,,s,
.s,ed In this apht, M there has been no
time, had u become necessary. when
Kansas C'ty merchants eou,d no, ha.e
p,' ,saI, ,.,,s,",..," \, Ks,... ,h,nuyh
tho United States courts The In.
terror jobbcra, through the press and
ny circulars misfepresehtinH the uue
oa '" w. ~, "a' ~ 49,. -.
tail dealers neaInst Kansas City, They
have, however. been unsuccessful, and
Kansas City To-Day enjoys greater snare nm,
uha,,,J "sa ~, III. ,hn ,.s,.a,
large mark., ,o tho state: IL il 10 Kansas
City's interests and has been Kansas
CityS policy 70 secure az low telRht
..I 1' ,,, ' %. 49,. s, ~. .n., |. i,n.h,
| here. ON both carloads and las. than car
load fr light. m possible; and the people
70 whom hanSss City sells ano ,rom
hanaa,s ~, H.. I,ba,s hsrs /, ,hs, dirsc'
ton. Knowing this 30 be true, they are
going 10 the market most advantageous
10 thon'-hd"sos I'y i'"a
be'hR n"hh"''a''o w P"I'''cs " Is
easy 10 i"'s''e 'he i"eS Tor 's re"
'-nhesH an" "enSe 't""'""'. o''
-'n" OF 'h'- case "as oee" '"'y P''
-"h''u he'e'"'"'e a"" ."'re !" "o
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W" WIZ We Pa'"""e" '"' '"N'"t w"
space U" Hno" '"e "eaH" ~" ""'
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r'""' ''"'e ""' w "''"" a ,'
ne"sp"Pe's nave p'"o'"'''''" Wv
e''.l '"'e '"o' ""' '"'', Wv"
'"f hs"H"S' nv" y'' We "a'e" "k"'
mere ifonh the I'"'es '"A' I" " '"e
-h'ii1 INTEREST 'a''ne' na' 'o' ""s
namely mat "h'cn Sna'' y'e,o nun
p"cuhiafy gam MAR" tue o'"r'e"c'
"hete"ith !" 'rea's h'c"'-'" NJ"
Lea'en""r'h' anu no'e us 'a""'"s
over 'heii' oe'""-' w! 'sAe" '.e''
nuts out Oh tue hre io' w. An" ye'
W" All kho" 'ha' hans"S ivy ~
could ""u'd DE on'y TOO g'ah VI tue
chance I" 'queeZe OUT o' eA's'e"ce
the J""bing INTERESTS o' a'ohi-o''
"hd L"aVeh""f'h even ~ u mas ="
tempted I" destroy those OF the 'n'
terror cities-oniy u couid not, no'
even "heh u had tue support OF TWO
Kansas towns.
we all KNOW now the trusts an"
combines hght TOR the Interests
ot their customers lVietimS); wen
Kansas my proposes 10 protect he'
"customers' 10y driving all comp-ti'
tion out OF the held. That IL, u sue
can but tue temper OF the people OF
tn" state OF Kansas IL not no." suc'
~ TO VARIANT an attempt even ny 81
cowsrdly, insoient, thick-headeo ana
selfish a lot OF whoiesaie merehan''
rs do business In Kansas Ci'y' TAKE
away the interests OF hsnsrs Ci'y
that belong on the west side OF the
state line ana the town wouid no'
amount to the proverbiai NIL o'
beans. ~. Joe would he metropoii'
alongside Of IT, all because the ousi
ness men oil ST. Joe are smarter than
those OF Kansas CITY.
contained IN the ABOVE u 'ha' winch
| says the trade OF AtchisOn and Leav