The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-18
RATE GIVEN SOUTH
SANTA FE AND ROCK ISLAND Elk.
TEND THE CUT.
Beginning With Monday They VIII Not
Onlv Meet the Frisco Cut of Cents Per
Hundred to Chicago and ST. Louis but
Extend the Cut So - to Take In Calves
ton-Larse Number of Cars of Grain
Purchased by the Gaiveston Export
Company and General Activity in Grain
Shipment Begins All Along the Line.

a new phase in the rate war was in
augurated yesterday by the Santa Fe
and Rock Island railroads. and the
fight opened by the Frisco is now not
only interesting, but destined 10 prove
beneficial to every person having grain
10 sell.
The great advantage 10 be gained pro-
vided the reduction of cents per 100 ms
to the south as well as to St Louis and
Chicago. as was clearly setforth in yes
terday's Eagle. and there will be ger
eral rejoicing by all grain holders when
they read in this mornings Eagle that
the Santa Fe and Rock Island have not
only met the cut of cenfs per 100 10
the two eastern markets. but beginning
with Monday they will extend the rate
to Galveston as well. In other words.
the present rate is q cents and the new
rate will he 20 cents.
The natural market for grain this year
is TO the south, owing TO the entire fall
ure Of crops there and this will open
that market for the contents of Kansas
cribe and granaries. The Galveston
Export company yesterday purchased
twenty-five car loads OF grain and the
doubtless take advantage of the new
rate and there viii be a big movement
of grain in that direction and an adj
vance in price.
As will be seen by the market report,
in another column. tribe market yester-
day in Chicago and st. Louis and the
market here made an advance in keep
ing with the new rate made and a gen.
eral activity in corn and wheat trade
is setting in.
A strong move is now on foot to have
the railroad companies let the same 4
cent reduction apply 10 interior Texas
points from the present rates as Is
given TO the through rates. If this is
conceded and the Kansas grain is ad-
mitted TO the interior points at the
same rate as 10 Galveston that the con-
sumers and producers viii be brought in
touch with each other and as a result
the railroads will do an immense bust
ness and every man in Kansas will be
benefited.
In Texas there IS no corn end there Is
a demand, as stated by Mr.. Purdy, the
we'll known railroad man, for every
bushel of Kansas corn both OF the pres
ent crop in the cribs and that which IL
now in the fields, and what IS wanted
now is 10 reach this market IL NOT
duplicate OF what Wichita has been
made TO suffer by the sugar rate from
the Gulf which hauled sugar from Gal
weston through Wichita TO the Missouri
river at one-half the rate charged that
was made If the sugar was stopped at
Wichita, 200 miles nearer the point from
which il was shipped. What Is now
desired, and justice dictates, is that corn
he c5n To ,lr-xN
and other Texas points at as low rate
as IT IS shipped through to the port. In
other words, that a greater charge shall
not be made at Intermediate than at
terminal points OF course the new
rate Is made is reduction OF z cents per
100 from the printed schedule to only
three points, viz: hfcago. ST. Louis and
Galveston, and nothing has been given
out as to the intermediate points