Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-06
AMONG THE RAILROADS
HOG DEALERS ASSOCIATION DE-
CLaREs AGAINST BURLINGTON.
Explanation of the BurIington's stand
in the Premises-GeneraI Commit
tee of Transportation Blu
reau Issues a Circular.

The Hay Dealers AssocistIon Of Kansas City. tool
cognizsnce Of the aggressive campaign against III.
Huntington yesterday b. issuing following circular
10 all members. signed by Z. C. Menefee president
and ). T. wOolgey. secretary:
This IL 10 advise you that on account OF the dis
fririinston against Kansas city By the Burlington
railroad boycott Ii declared aad We trust you will
make no shipments or give business Of any kind 10
ksid road at competing ponts until further notice"
The rsnsDUrtatiOn bureau issued the following cir
ou!ar yesterday addressed all members:
Immediately after issuance Of FIRST circular.
Mr. II. J.. Harmon. general Southwestern agent O,
the Burlington route. addressed the following letter
10 member Of this bureau:
e Through the daily papers Of October !. learn
that the Kansas City Transportation bureau by a
circular letter. has ordered boycott On the Burliag-
ton road Before permit this circular to influence
your action sincerely trust that you Will familiar
lie yourself TO all facts in regard to the contro-
'srsy and convince yourself whether not they are
Justified In this action
90 IN one paper, under the head Of ''Unyarraated
Discrimination" they make an entirely misleading
statement. which Rould be taken 10 mean that the
Burlington road offering Omaha greater adyAn-
iaEes than Kansas Cty. Nothing could be more false
or misleading After making every effort possble to
arbitIaie the question Of the Omaha dlaerential
packing house products TO the Southeast and falling
10 secure the consent Of the Memphis road TO arbI-
tate, We announced that. effective September l. We
NSSiH flsAt 4ls from Dinans To EgUthea stern
territory 90 barking hOuse products 3 higher
man non Kansas city, the rate prior TO that time
htihs cents higher. This E:ere justice 10
oiAha. as iheY have been working at an unusual
and un"arfanied disadvantage as compared with St.
Ioseph ana Kansas CITY. A. We serve all three CON-
munitef, We coGld net Justify ourselves In longer
being party % this discrimination against Omaha.
No reasonable argument has been advanced TO show
that We are wrong. the shipper Of packing house
products practically admitting shat he needs st-
HaHtsge Of rates Omaha that he has enjoyed this
great advantage a number Of years and viii fight no
% NIs IA not
believe the business Of Kansas city will feel
that the Kansas city packers should have any ad-
vantags not TightfUly theis that Kansas City
should decline 10 arbrate any question where they
felt they right.
Following our action OF placing Omaha on a basis
Of cents higher than Kansas City. the KansaA
fltg, Fort Scott & Memphis began cutting down
hthsss 'hy rates and from time to time rates
we're reduced Until on September 70, the Kansas city
Fort Scott Memphis had establiEhed rate Of /
cent per hundred. Kansas City TO Memphis and n
the 18th We had established rate of cent fran
Omaha and Kansas City to the Ohio river As the
rates south and east Of Memphis lees
Than south and east Of the Ohio river It viii
he seen from Kansas city 4 cents hIghe-
10 that territory than the rates announced by The
Kansas city. Fort Scott Memphis To illustrate.
the rate on packing house products to-day from
Omaha 10 Atlanta Is 50 cents per hundred weight.
From Kansas cry to Atlanta. according a nO;ics
Il 32 cents per hundred weight, and for which rate
trey should have tariffs In carry out their state
rnent Of their desire TO maintain cent dineTeHsl
between Omaha and Kansas city
1t heing entirely impossible for to meet their
Iaes from Kansas City, permitted reduced
tariffs TO expire restoring 70 far as Kans4s Civ is
Concerned, rates TO the normal basis as pub
iished By all lines except the kansas City. Port
Scott Memphis. This does not affect the Kansss
cry shipper In the least, he cannot be expected
10 pay the Burlington road premium OF cents per
hundred weight the Kansas ciy Fort Scott &
memphis rates our rate from Kansas city for The
time being n a matter Of Indifference.
our position Is that Opaha shall pay n rate .
cents higher than Kansas city on packing house
PRODUCTS; and We expect 10 advance rates reduca
them whenever IL Is necessary maintain this DIFF
ference Al all Interests except packing houses have
fgr years paid the rate as Omaha on their
merchandise. and have successfully competed with
tie merchants Of that making an unprecedcnt-
ed success In an open held I believe they viii b,
slow 10 indoT.e the action Of the transportation bu-
resu in AT uHwaTrsnted method of serving a par
tiCular inicrost'
We have no idea that this letter viii accomplish
its purpose that is, il the merchants display The
which h4s served TO inake this city the principal
market 81 the West and Southwest Their. h.s her
boycott ordered AGAINST the Burlington but SIM
Ply a. appeal from the executive committee Of this
bureau o. rs MEMBER urging protection against aa
unWarrantcd attack ~ individual line The cues
fcn IT, Can the burlington road control Kansas City
the merchants able to Protect themselves
within the past eight yczrs Omaha has secured
changes In the packing house rate adjustment rem
resenting Invariably reductions not followed from
Kansas city. The packers 81 Omaha are working 10
the end Of securing same rates as appIy from
CHy. and II the Burlington Is permitted 30 enforce
She change 10 question loss VIII he confined
TO tho soutloaa but extend TO other and lucra-
p0Ftsnce a packing center veil a paint o.
j5hbins and manufacture that henceforth may ex-
pec attacks trr competitive cities striving for com
mercial supremacy. II IL Just necessary to resist
such action nov IN former years in fact more So
n expect 90 maintain the present position az our
market Every merchant In Kansas City Is deeply
Interested In this matter the packers for the Tea
that one railroad company has right TO
depart from fixed rates than another and the
precedent is established other changes Of seri
will follow.
The general committee OF this bureau has directed
10 impress upon all members the necessity and
Importance o. standing together in this matter and
protect the railroads that willing TO defend our
interez's'
committee. the members OF which will be Sc
Iectod from the general committee Of the trans
portatlon bureau. will 10 81. Joseph to-day and
sFdosvor interest the merchants Of So. Joseph In
the aggressive campaign that is being waged
against the Burlington. n Is understood though not
EeDerally Acknowledged. that the Commercial Club
Of 81. Joseph will call special meeting In order
that the Kansas city committee may be heard
Howard Elliott. general manager and ID O. Ives
general freight agent. Of the burlington AZ 81
Louis. IN the city. and gill possibly remain a
few days When asked concerning the aggressive
campaign neither would y0uChsafe any in
formation.
Chairman hnapp's Views.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-The Industrial cornIssio,
--sumeG ITS stings to-day, hearing the members Of
he interstate commerce commission questions az