Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24

st. Joseph and Lesvenworth comes mainly
from the Pacific slope and the remainder
| almost entirely from the south. The shortest
line for the shipment of western sugar to the
four cities named Is by the way of Cheyenne
The distance by this route Is 227 miles farther
to Kansas City than to Omaha, yet the roads
| make the same rate on sugar to both points
But 1t is different on sugar from the south
Omaha is emphatically denied the same rates
as Kansas City on sugar from Texas points
and is compelled to pay higher rate. To
make the discrimination still more fragrant
against Omaha 1t is but necessary to notice
that Atchison, Leavenworth and St. Joseph
all north of Kansas City, and st. Joseph
seventy miles north, all get the Kansas City
rate, while Omaha must pay an increased
rate. 1t does not require a tariff expert TO
observe the discrimination. When the DIS
get the Omaha rate. When the distance is
against Omaha this city has to pay a higher
rate.
The evil complained of in the matter Of
class rates and sugar rates pervades the
rates fixed for the shipment Of cattle from
Texas points to Omaha. In every instance
where distance favors Omaha distance is
ignored, and the same rate made to Kan
sas City, st. Joseph and other points as to
Omaha, wi lie when distar ce is sgairs, Omaha
then in every and all cases Omaha is re-
quired to pay higher rate. From Idaho,
Utah, Montana, Washington, Oregon and the
whole northwest, Kansas City and st. Joseph
get the same cattle rate as Omaha, although
the distance is 200 miles or more in favor
of Omaha. Yet on shipments from the south
where the distance is greater to Omaha,
though st. Joseph, seventy miles further
from the seat of shipment, takes the rate
as Kansas City, Omaha has charge of s12
or more greater than Kansas City. Thus
Kansas City has equality in rates when the
shorter haul is in favor of Omaha, and an
advantage in rates when the shorter haul
is in favor of Kansas City.
Then the re is another rimir alton ag linr t
Omaha in the cattle business. Shippers may
send their cattle to Kansas City with the
privilege of shipping them on to Chicago
or other points If the market is not satis-
factory at Kansas City, but this privilege
is denied the shippers who send their stock
to the Omaha market. Thus a shipper of
cattle from Texas may send his cattle to
Kansas City and, If dissatisfied with the
market, may reload them and ship them to
Chicago at the balance of the through rate.
If he ships them to Omaha and Is dissatisfied
with the market, and wants to ship them to
Chicago, he must pay the full local rate
son wanted why the Texas shipper does not
patronize the Omaha market?
DOES NOT END THERE.
Rnt this discrimination gets more fragrant
Kansas City packer Wants to In
ing house products through Omaha to ST..
Paul or Duluth, the railroads make him a
rate that is one-half a cent per hundred
higher than the rates on packing house prod
ucts from Omaha. But let the Omaha
packer want to ship his products to points
south of Kansas City and he is met with a
rate from to 10 cents per hundred higher
than the rate on the same products from
Kansas City. That's a difference of from
6h to 912 cents against Omaha on business
on the same lines of railroads, and ON the
same rails and the same distances and in
favor of Kansas City.
Even that is not all and 1t is not the worst
discrimination against Omaha in making
rates upon packing house products. The rail-
roads have so manipulated the rates upon
packing house products that where shipments
are destined for points beyond ST. Paul, Min
neapolis or Duluth they will take these prod
ucts from Kansas City, 200 miles south Of
Omaha, haul the product north through