The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28

at Sniville on the Big Muddy river, thence
west through Gintown, Dogtown, Skunk
town, to, but not including Punkinville,
to be the lowest combination on Sniville.
using local rates named in tariff. You
See, I-See 1776. in addition to the proper
| tomato rates named in tariff Jay-Bee
IA Rates from all stations on the jam
Him, Jar-Him, Cut Log and Saw-Log
railways south of the above described
I lines, shall be three cents per hundred
less than the sum of the local and pro-
portionate through Sniville.
Sam, what effect will these have on
Wichita and vicinity?'
Beginning on September 10. until Decem-
Der Is. We have been on an equal foot
ing with the towns in the eastern part
of the state and Missouri. This for the
first time in the history of Kansas rail-
reading Since December 10, they have
put us back onto the local into Sniville,
PLUS the proportionate out, minus three
cents. 1t gives those towns in Missouri
and eastern Kansas four to six cents per
hundred advantage over us. Surprising
you want to ship a car of corn from
from Wichita to San Antonio. Texas.
Here is the way it is done: Add to our
local rate of II cents per hundred into
Sniville. 26la cents. the proportionate rate
from Sniville to San Antonio, and you
have 3ss cents. then deduct three cents,
which will leave 351z cents, the through
rate from Wichita to San Antonio. Some
of these eastern towns have an cent
local to Sniville, and some have less. but
for comparison. we will use the Scent
local. For example. the rate from Cha
mute, Kansas, on corn to San Antonio,
Texas, is 3l1s cents. Thus, local, Chanute
TO Snivile. cents, plus 26i9 proportionate
Sniville to San Antonio. equal 34ls cents,
minus three cents, or 21H cents; the
through rate Chanute TO San Antonio.
Texas -Four cents per hundred lower
than Wichita, ard about 100 miles longer
haul"
why do they charge us with the local
to Sniville when our grain does not go In
that direction and we are 200 miles nearer
Texas?"
oh, That is the trick.
He said that this rate business re-
minded him of three little boys who lived
in town in Illinois. we called them the
invincibes: where one went, they all
went One of them was a little Irish
chap named Murphy, who owned one of
those old wolly Shepherd dogs named
Grip The dog was all right on tin cans,
but he was a terror on cats. They would
tie tin cans TO his tail. and he seemed to
think il was all right. Once in a while
they would get some neighbours cat. One
of the boys would go up the street a lit
tie way, another would hold Grip and at
n given signal from the third. the others
would let loose the cat and dog. The
way that cat. dog and tin can would turn
the corner was caution. One day in
their rambIes. the found a jack knife
Each claimed an interest in il. Murphy
had possession and intended TO keep it.
After studying awhile he says. Boys. /
will tell YOU what we will do. We will tie
our tin cans TO old Grips tail get Mrs.
Maloney's cat and have n chase, the
owner Of the tin can first around the
corner shall lhave the knife This was
agreed to- The other boys tied their cans
on first Murphey being last. He saw lit
tie difference in the length of the strings
of the other boys, and reasoned that IL
he would make his string little shorter
than the others. his can would be the
first around the corner. and he could keep
the knife One Of the boys got the cat
Murphey held the dog and the third gave
the word. ana away they go. Around
the corner went ..se cat with Old Grip sec
ond. and Murpheys tin can n clear third
the other tin cans bringing up the rear
Murphey kept the knife. \ bystander
asked him how it was done. He replied:
oh. that's the trick.
''Sniville represents the corner around
which everything from this state must
turn. eastern Kansas and Missouri repre-
ssn; Nurphey Northern and southern
Kansas represent the other boys
Have they not changed the rates on
grain between Kansas and Texas points
: great many times during the last year
Yes. they have. l thinS they must
have the original Flanagan on that conf
rriftee. since they have had such an OF
again. on gain. gone again. Flanagan
time with the rates. on March 10. iscc
they started out September 10. OF again;
November Is, on again: December Is. gone
agSin
How have they fixed Texas
On lou ouSht 70 see tAe WAY tnc
committee bu;chered mat Texas steer: II
is enough 20 make the Butchers National
Union green with envy II the champagne
should give out or those fellows lose their
tchs. they could apply at any packing
house in the country and get another
They are artists. IN the northeast corner
OF the state they have cut of four or Eve
counties for the head and called II group
ere they then run along the north line
of the state and cut OF sort OF porter
house steak OF about twenty-five counties
and parts OF counties and call {; group
two Away over IN the eastern part OF
the state they cut OF hriskest % three
or four counties and called i, group three.
Fer a nib roast they cut Of five or SIX