The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-16
ROWLING AND KICKING,

| The city of Wichita, in connection
with other interior jobbing points in
Kansas, went before the old board of
railway commissions with case of ''car-
| load lots," wherein outrages discrimina-
tions against the whoIesaling interests Of
Kansas were being made and main
| tanned bv the railroads. The whole
matter had been repeatedly set forth in
the EAGLE. The rate practically COM
PEELED Wichita to pay on all freights
from the Pacific or from the Gulf the
rate on to the Missouri river, 200 miles
farther, and then to pay the distance of
200 miles back, at an additionalhigher or
local rate, which was, and is. more than
half the entire through rate. The rate was
fixed by the freight combine and trust
known as the TransmiSsouri Traffic asso-
citation. The commissioners unanimously
Knocked the rates out, holding that
| Wichita and the other towns should not
| pay any more than was paid at the more
distant point, and that for car load lots
coming from other directions, or from
the east, only an equitable additional
pro rata from the Missouri river on here.
The railroad attorneys threatened to re-
sist the fair decision, when compromise
was acceeded to by all parties concerned,
including the com missioners. Where
upon Missouri river grocery firm at
Atchison enjoined the proceedings
in a Missouri river court. where it
was hung up for a long while,
the supreme court finally dissolving the
injunction, that court deciding sub
stantially that the said grocery firm
were not participants in the rate-that
it was sticking its nose into other peo-
ple's business.
Now again comes the attorneys of the
several roads and ignoring their agree
msnt and compromise ask the commits
sioners for another hearing, which
motion they filed On Saturday, and is as
follows, which is to be heard on the 2nd
of next month, thus farther hampering
the trade OF this city and by delay en-
failing greater injustice. These attor-
news set forth as follows:
First-That the order of the board made
on March ), 1892, is unreasonable, unjust
and discriminatory.
Second-That the rates established by
the order are unreasonably low, ana
would not compensate the railways OF
the state for the services required in trans
porting the commodities, aud IL the rates
on said commodities, and on other commod |
tiles, should be reduced correspOndlngly to
other points in this state, no railway COM |
pany would be able to earn operating eX-
penses ou its Kansas lines.
Tbird-That the rates discriminate un- !
fairly and unjustly in favor OF the COM |
planants in SAID cause, and jobbers and |
shippers doing business AT Wichita, Sa- |
lima, Hutchinson and Arkansas City, and |
against all other jobbers and shippers in |
this state, not doing business at the points |
last named.
Fourth-That the order unreasonably |
and unjustly increases the dIfferential be- |
tween fourth aud fifth class rates and was |
made with the intent and for the purpose |
of discriminating unfairly and unjustly |
against merchants and jobbers at Missouri |
river points.
Fifth-That under the provisions Of the |
order it would cost the Missouri river JOB |
bers more to ship one-half car load OF |
the commodities named in said order to |
Wichita than would be charged the job |
berS at Wichita for the transportation OF
an entire carload from the same point.
SixCh-That it appears plainly from the |
order and the opinion filed with it that !
the order was made with the express pur- |
pose of affecting aud modifying, indirectly |
and directly. Interstate rates on the COM |
modities named.