The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-24
WAR STILL GOES ON
SANTA FB RBFUZ D TO kE-ESTAB-
LISH The OLD RATE.

Missouri Pacific RetaIistes by Making An
other Big Reduction TO st. Louis n q
Protective sIeasure-Big Rate War is
Now Assured and the People Say "Let
it Come"-Thousands of Cars of Grain
are Being Bought and the Rate War is
of Great Benefit-The Need of the Ele-
vator is Clearly shown.
There is still big excitement in rail-
road circles on account of the grain
rate which was inaugurated by the
Frisco road, and met by the other roads
and afterwards opened to the Gulf as a
: retaliat ting measure by the Rock Island
and Santa Fe. AS a result of the cut
Z reduction of cents per 100 from the
prin ted schedule, is now in full force
and effect on all roads TO st. Louis,
Chicago, New Orleans and Galveston,
and as a consequence there Is unusual
activity in grain trade, and over 5000
cars have been shipped and bought
within the past week and the owners Of
the grain have realized an advance of
there has been a saving of S75,0 900 by the
cut which has been made.
Kansas City parties became alarmed
a they realized that the great bulk of
kansas grain was slipping from their
grasp and they were thus prevented
from obtaining their usual -ake-off and
a special meeting of all the roads, with
Missouri river points, was called at that
city yesterday TO adjust the rate and
ndeavor to re-eStablish the old rate by
Aug. /.
AT this meeting the Santa Fe refused
to re-establish the old rate, alleging
that they were perfectly satisfied with
the business being done over their line.
AS is well known the Missouri Pacific
end Frisco lines are without direct
southern lines of their own and when
the Santa F'e refused to enter the agree
ment TO re-establish the old rate the
Missouri Pacific ANNOUNCED its intention
of making still further reduction TO
st. Louis so as to hold it's share Of the
moving grain over its own line
The Missouri Pacific railway fled no
tice with the inter state commerce COM
mission yesterday to the effect that it
will make the grain rate to st. Louis
from points in Kansas on and south OF
the Union Pacific line 10 cents per 100
pounds less than the rate to Galveston
and New Orleans. At the meeting of the
TransMissouri Freight association in
Kansas City Monday, called for the pur
pose of checking the grain rates on the
basis of the agreement reached at the
meeting in st. Louis last week, the San
ia Fe declined to carry out the terms OF
the agreement, which would have become
effective Aug. 1, and took the position
that in the shipment of grain from Kan
sas points for export the rates to Gal
weston should in no case be higher than
cents above the rates to Chicago, max
ing a differential of 10 cents above the
rates to Mississippi river points.
The action taken by the Missouri Pa
cific in the interest of st. Louis will OF
course be met by the other lines, and Il
remains to be seen what course will
be pursued by the other lines running
to the Gulf. A bitter war is almost
certain to follow.
The Union Pacific railway made a pop
ular move Tuesday by announcing a
conditional fat rate on grain shipments
TO Kansas City from Kansas points
The Union Pacific agrees to accept its
proportion of the through rate to St
Louis, which means about so per cent
reduction in existing rates. Many Of
the lines have been making through
rates to st. Louis, which have Injured
Kansas Cny's grain grain interests. The
action OF the Union Pacific is in line
with that of the Burlington railway,
which Tuesday announced low fat rates
on corn into Kansas City from Missouri
and Iowa.
Thus it will be seen that the war IS not
yet ended and with anything like de-
cent market the grain owners of Kansas
are bound to reap a benefit.
If the elevator at Wichita was now In
scribed stock would be enabled to take
mp his subscription in cash within sixty
days and the benefit to the city and to
the county would be incompatible.
The Commercial club say they will
put I'D a bond that every man in the
county who subscribes stock will have
1t taken up within six months and it
viii be here TO add the benefits to the |
city and county in a hundred ways and |
make permanent the temporary relief |
which is now enjoyed by the rate war.
Had this same rate occurrd in April |
corn in Sedgwick county would have |
brought % cents per bushel. AT this |
time the market is off and owing to the |
extreme heat and damp weather this |
IS anything but favorable time to ship |
grain f1du W the DlS elevator
with 100 car handling capacity the rates |
which are now enjoyed would be in |
vogue the year round.
There are only two more days remain
ing in which the necessary sum most |
be raised. and ii does not seem possible |
that anything will occur TO cause Wich-
tia to loose its great opportunity, one
which is OF untold benefit to every man
who has bushel Of grain 10 sell.
The drying capacity of the elevator
Will pay in one season for every dollar
asked TO be guaranteed 10 the institu-
ton, and the agreement of the grain
men of Wichita TO take up a par every
due bill issued for stock subscriptions.
and the guarantee Of the Wichita banks
and the Commercial club are sufficient
10 cause the amount lacking to be SUBJ
scribed within one day. It certainly
will be raised and Sunday mornings
Eagle will undoubtedly announce the
glad tidings 10 the world that Wichita
has secured another victory which Will
be to the benefit of every man, woman
and child within radius OF 100 miles OF
her border