The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-12
WILL KEEP UP FIGHT
Kansas State MiIIer's AssoCia-
ton SubScribeS
AID FOR RATE FIGHT
Report Present Wheat Crop
at 47.3 Per Cent

Probably the largest meeting in the his
tory of the organization was held at the
Carey hotel yesterday by the Kansas
State Aiillers' association. It is called
the Kansas State association, but other
millers were there and quite number Of
them from three different states. This
meeting coming just at this time is sig
niacant. An important meeting Of the in
oerstate commerce commission Is to be
held at Washington City next Saturday.
the final arguments are to be made at
that time in the case OF the Southwestern
MIllers' association against the big trunk
line railways to secure a removal OF the
rate diferential of from to cents which
exists against -four and corn meal in ia
vor Of wheat and corn to seaboard points
This case has been pending for several
months and at the last sitting of the
commission IN st. Louis, two weeks ago,
evidence was taken from grain and mill
men from all over the west.
Mr.. Augustine Gallagher Of St. Louis.
editor OF the Modern Miller. who has
been directing the fight for the millers
and who will assist IN presenting the ar
guments 10 the commission at Washing
ton Saturday, addressed the meeting here
at some length yesterday on the question.
He said that he had found that in a great
many instances wheat and corn were
shipped to the seaboard from interior
points at from to 7ik cents per hundred
less than -four, when the grafn was billed
for export It Is taking away the basis of
an important industry and giving the
foreign miller the advantage over the
American miller 1t Is taking from our
strength and adding TO theirs. He urges
the millers to keep up the fight and If no
order was secured from the interstate
commerce commission next Saturday for
a removal OF the differential, or II the
order were made and not obeyed by the
railroads, to carry the contest up to con-
gress. Kansas. he said. had a miller on
the states congressional delegation, Hon.
]. D. Bowersock OF Lawrence, and he
would introduce a bill leaving railroads
no choice in the matter OF complying
with an order from the interstate COM
merce commission to remove discrlmina-
ton against flour in favor Of wheat
MFR. Gallagher was voted the unanimous
support of the convention and in a few
minutes $500 was raised as the meetings.
first instanmeit OF a subscription to carry
the light 20 a successful finish. The fol-
lowing resolution was passed:
Resolved, That the Kansas State Mill
ers' association, In annual convention as
sembled. has learned with satisfaction
haf
his services In the work Of procuring O
commercial treaty with Holland calculat-
ed TO guarantee continued free admission
of American -four in that country, and we
hereby tender him our hearty support"
An Important action of the association
was the Issuance of a wheat crop report
or bulletin. The millers know all about
the wheat conditions night up to date all
the time. They do not go by the state or
government reports, but inform them
selves by their own agents. They report
ed the present wheat crop at 47.3 per cent,
as against the report of the state board
of agriculture that the crop Is 81 per cent.
They say that the weeds and wet weather
caused about 10 per cent OF the states
crop to be abandoned in the two weeks
Just preceding harvest. This Is probably
as nearly correct as a crop can be esti-
mated. for It is a secret report and issued
for the members Of the mlllers' associa-
tion. The railroads were largely repre-
scented, there being some six or eight
travelling freight men present.
The following members of the NIllers'
association were present:
f. c. Ktddo. ]. II. Corns, Oswego; Au-
Gustin alba CHER. ST. Louis; ]. P. Sterling,
r. S. Sterling. Kansas City; W. H. wag-
goner. Independence. Mo-; f. B. Kirk
Robert Atkinson, Kansas City; ]. W.
Krehbel, Mound Ridge; Geo. H Hunter.
Wellington; w. z. Carr, Hutchinson; ].
p. Baden, Winfield; Robert Findlay, Ster-
hing; John Jounett, Peabody; ]. Z. Kra-
mer. Wellington; J. j. Wahl, Buhler; c.
r. Howard. O. II. Imboden, Wichita: J. |
L. Nessley, Mulvane; VIM. Teichgraeber,
Gypsum City; r. f. Teichgraeber. Eu- |
reka; Thee. Teichgraeber, Lindsborg; d.
+. Hurd, Red Line. Kansas City: F. NJ.
Gault, Baltimore and OhiS; Kansas City;
F. f. Browne. Kansas City; p. ]. Tapp.
Kansas City; c. b. Holcomb, Kansas |
CITY; Z. D. Burdick, Kansas City; E r.
Wrong. Pittsburg and Gulf Kansas City;
+. S. Smith, Fort Scott; II. G. Wilson.
Fort Scott.