The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-12
NEW RATE Is GIVEN
FRISCO TAKES THE LEAD WITH A
NEW GRAIN SCHEDULE

Beginning With Wednesday Morning Re-
duction of Certs Per Cwt. VIII Be
Given From the Present Schedule on all
Shipments of Grain to Chicago and st.
Louis-This Meats a Saving of Thous-
auds of Dollars to Grain Rsisers, as the
Reduction Amounts to Almost 4 Cents
Per BusheI.
The Frisco railroad yesterday issued
an order which will mean much to not
only the farmers Of Sedgwick county,
but to every citizen, and in the effect
1T Will Gauss a saving to Sedgwick
county of at least 10000
The order officially issued is as fol-
lows:
"wichita, Kan, July IL
ITO all Kansas agents Of the Frisco
Company:
effective the 18th inst, this road viii
publish a uniform reduction OF cents
per hundred on all grain from Kansas
points to Chicago and st. Louis. This
order covers wheat, corn, and other
scheduled rates.
&C. r. GRAY.
Division regght Agent"
A cali AIT the Office of the company
where Mr.. Gray was met and asked as
to the above order, he said:
'Our road makes this reduction, and
of course the other roads viii follow.
The present rate from Wichita to 81.
Louis on corn is zoe; on wheat 25c. The
new raite win be, corn be and wheat lSc
To Chicago the present rate is corn Csc,
wheat SOC The new rate viii be corn
1Sc and wheat pc.
1.-The fight. a result OF a cut began by
the Maple Leaf railroad and the new
order has been issued. There is a
meeting Of the railroad managers at
Chicago today and some general rate
may be agreed upon, but am notified
from headquarters TO put in a new rate
beginning with next Wednesday. This
will make a difference of almost cents
per 'bushel, and as the township as
SCISSORS made a return OF over a million
bushels Of corn, it may safely be caicu-
lated that there is in Sedgwick county
today awaiting shipment 3-milliOn bush
els or an advance to the producers of
500 900. Add to this the wheat crop,
both old and new and some estimate
of the advantage given can be realized
ct should make a general revival
Of business. 1t should and Will start
the great crop to moving and we all
know what this means This notice
IS short and the Eagle in the morning
can carry news of delight to every man
who has grain TO sell. and let them re-
member that the Frisco made the start
and was the first TO make the announce
ment Of the joyful tidings-''
81 4 L.
fact that the order would be general.
That the shipping Of grain was a COM
petitive business and no road could af-
ford to be idle and that the cut made
would be met by all and hence the new
rate VIII go In on Wednesday Of this
week
OF course there was general rejoicing
last evening when the official announce
ment Of Mr. Gray was shown to a
number Of business men by a. represent
a'tive of the Eagle, and they all ex-
pressed the regret that the big eieva-
tor Was not ready to more readily han
die the moving grain They all beiiev-
ed that this reduction would cause a
movement along the line and that it
would prove very beneficial, but they
did not fail to see that it was a move of
President Audgely to attract the ship
menJ OF Kansas grain to the east in
tsead of to the south
The south is the natural port for
Kansas grain and eastern railroads
well know that if the grain is ever star
ted in that direction, that the east viii
fan TO handle the grain of this state
and as a consequence their roads VIII
fail to handle the same
The. present fight was inaugurated
by the Maple Leaf road giving a cut
nate to Chicago which was met by the
other Chicago lines and as the Nilsson
ri Pacific had no Chicago outlet the
road was forced to meet the cut by Civ
ing A reduced rate TO ST Louis and as
u consequence a general rate war is
threatened along the entire line. Thus
# will b seen that the citizens Of Kan
sas are not under obligations TO the rail-
roads for the proposed cut in rates as
coming from any good will TO the people
but from their desire to protect them
selves and continue TO have the grain
go east instead Of TO the south
1t IS said that when thieves fall out
honest men get their dues and so in
this case, while the railroads are fight
ing and the effort is being made to
prevent the shipping of grain 10 the
south gfrain raisers viii reap a harvest
and all viii be benefited gentle
man who is we'll posted in railroad mat
ters in speaking 10 a reporter of the
Eagle concerning the new rate said:
1T looks to me that il the managers
of the Santa F'e and Rock Island rail-
roads would let business sense control
their actions they would now put in a
gulf rate that would give TO their lines
the hauling of the grain crop of Kan
sas. The Frisco and Missouri Pacific
! believe, are ready ana willing for the
action and il they would let their in
terest and not the dictation of the Mis-
sour river pilots have fun sway this
would be done. OF course there IS
no telling how long this present rate
will continue, but it is not q low rate
by any means at the present rate 1t
IS still high. II they can ship grain
from Kansas City 10 the gulf FOR 20
cents per hundred. they can ship 1t
from Wichita at even a lower rate and
Il should at least be no higher. I hope
that the present rate viii be continued
end that the railroads viii find that il
Is TO their interest TO treat their pat
rons fair a least"
THEY RATIFIED BRYAN
fopulists and Democrats Blow TIL Horns
FOR the Chicago Nominee.