The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-28
TO GET GULF RATES
INTERSTATE CONVENTION Is TO BE
HELD IN JUNE.
Either at Topeka or Wichita, 1t Is Agreed
Committee Appointed at the Recent
Austin Conference, There Shall Meet
Representatives of the Shipping Inter-
ests of Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Texas, In the Interest of
Cheaper Freight Rates to the Gulf.

An Interstate mass meeting Of grain
men and shippers from Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, Oklahoma and Texas will be held
an Wichita or Topeka about June IS fol
the purpose of securing more equitable
freight rates 10 the GUT.
In conversation with the Eagle yes
terday a prominent grain buyer Of Sa-
lima who desires his name withheld, said
that grain men in west central Kansas
would make every effort to bring the
meeting 20 this place for the reason that
Wichita and southwest Kansas was
more directly interested and more eff
fectiye results nigh, be expected.
This meeting said the Salina man,
''was agreed upon in the joint commit
tee meeting at Austin, Texas, week be-
fore last. Some days ago while in To-
peka l was informed that the governor
o. Texas had minated his intention of
attending this meeting and 1 am sure
there will be a heavy delegation of big
business men from. Houston and Calves
tor. There is a probability also that
Of legislators from that state will be
present, as well as grain men and ship
pers. The attendance from Colorado
will probably be light, but there will be
a crowd from Kansas and Oklahoma
!: VIII be the biggest meeting that has
been held yet in the interest of Gulf
trade.
Wichita ought to be interested in this
meeting 1t WI be great advertise
nlent Governor Leedy will be at the
meeting, with the Kansas committee,
and an attempt will be made to get the
interstate railway commissioners to at
tend also.
The states Of Kansas and Nebraska
and the territory of Oklahoma are in
earnest about the Gulf rate business and
the June meeting will be matter OF
much Importance to the entire west.
There will be a strong effort 10 accom-
plish something definite in the matter of
material reductions Of rates to the
south. and that's one reason why We
want the meeting at Wichita. The in
fuences are not good al Topeka, as you
have perhaps noticed by the bribery in
vestigation and the numerous state
ments Of the boldest corruption in Of
fetal circles. We are interested in get
ting the meeting here and l think If
your board of trade and citizens will
lake hold of the matter you can secure
1t and it is certainly a desirable conven-
ton for any town in the west
What direct results will this con-
vention attempt TO effect?"
IN the first place, there will be
plea for general reductions, that is, we
VIII ask the roads 10 discontinue any
in favor of eastern ship
meDt as against direct routing to south
ern ports. Then we will take steps for
establishing some distributing point. l
do not mean that the convention will
undertake to esta blish a business Of
any sort, but there will be something
d5ne TO secure rates in favor of some
central point where grain can be ship
ped. graded transferred or stored This
viii take elevators. My notion of such
h place is Wichita. There are dozens of |
grain men with an eye on this town.
You ought to make a try for the big |
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