The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-07
VIVE LA VICTORY!
DECISION RENDERED DIssOLVING
THE sYMNS INJUNCTION SUIT.
Winning Wichita Takes Another
Trick in the Game for CONNER
c1al Supremacy-This Is
Starter and Will Make BuSi-
ness of All Kinds Hum.

The commercial interests Of tie interior
cities of Kansas suffering to degree that
threatened disaster because of such dis
examinations in railway freights as were
admitted by the railway arrangements to
be wrong, case covering the lines of
sugars, coffees, fruits, -four, ETC., was made
up and carried before the state railway
commissioners. After long and patient
hearing, in which the railway interests
were most ably defended, decision was
reached practically granting ell that was
prayed for. The decision going farther
than the railroads thought to be equitable
q compromise was had which proved
satisfactory to Wichita aud the other
jobbing towns interested on the one side
and the traffic managers on the other.
Under such circumstance nobody could
rightfully or even honorably complain.
But the Missouri river interest did, and
one year ago last February a grocery firm
at Atchison tied up the whole matter by
getting out an injunction Missouri river
court restraining the railroads in Kansas
from obeying the order or compromise
to which they had agreed. The matter
was carried to the supreme court, but by
one subterfuge and another the case was
postponed from time to time until the
final decision of Yesterday. In the mean
time all the commercial interests Of in
terror Kansas have been restrained and
crippled and much of the business belong
ing naturally to Wichita was forced to
Missouri river points to the detriment of
interior shippers. The grocery firm al
luded to were thus permitted to become
the catspaw for st. Joe and Kansas City
under an Insignificant bond of $500.
This decision means that if Missouri
river houses wish to do business in Wien
ita's territory they must remove their
houses to this district. II is the enter
ing wedge and discriminating freight
rates against Kansas towns in favor
of the Missouri river basing line must go
in the interest of the localities that fur
nish the business, which unfostered Grip
pies the locality and railroad alike. Rail
roads are not constructed entirely in the
interest and for the sole benefit of their
terminal points. Had the railroads given
Kansas fair freight rates years ago and
maintained them, Kansas would not only
have had many thousand more people for
the railroads to serve, but the stocks Of
such railroads would be worth more,
t. g to fhof will 11a
FIVE years over an hundred represen-
tatives of jobbng houses have visited
Wichita with view of opening wholesale
houses who have been deferred by reason
of discriminating freight rates found to
exist against Wichita in favor of the Mis-
souri, river.
1t may be a little late as a Christmas
gift, but the decision is none the less ac-
reptable on that account. Winning
Wichita has won again and against the
opposition of the basing-lin combine. In
short, in connection with other interior
towns of Kansas she has about concluded
10 quit being the tail of the Missouri river
kite While Wichita is not desirous of
extending her jobbing trade to towns east
Of Kansas City, she is determined
that her live stock products |
shall go east Of that, and that all |
of her stocks in trade shall have an |
equitable chance everywhere, including |
her right to receive her goods from every |
port at a rate per ton per mile not excess
sively greater than that paid on the bas- |
ng line.
The 600 names of business firms added |
to the Wichita district during 1898, can
all buy at least some of their supplies at
Wichita at the Missouri river figures and !
have them delivered many hours quicker,
and they are invited to come and see US.