The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

/ higher to Wichita than TO Kansas City.
From what he could learn the railroads
were trying to keep the California pro-
queer out of this market as far as pos
stble
There was no cross examination by the
railroad attorneys. Mr.. Knapp asked for
any further facts in the case ans Mr.
Wood stated that yesterday he discovered
that he was Disseminated against from
another point. The rate on sugar from
Lehigh, Utah. to Wichita, is So cents per
hundred and to Kansas City on the 10th
OF last March, the rate was the same
On the date mentioned the railroads
raised the rate on sugar from Utah tc
Wichita TO 20 cents per hundred pounds.
while the Kansas City rate remained the
same. The distance from Lehigh 10
Wichita is 1,127 miles ana to Kansas City
IS 1.30l miles by the same line This line
was via the Santa Fe, the Rio Grande
Western and the Denver & Rio Grande.
The witness also testified that he pur-
chased other goods besides sugar in Cal
ifornia, but he lid not know of any case
Y here the determinations were the same
as on sugar
NJ. G. E. Lehman. of the Lehman-FIig-
glnson Wholesale Grocery company. was
the next witness called. He said that his
firm covered about the same territory as
gwen by Mr.. Wood and that in his
opinion the wholesale grocery business
out o fthis city was about forty-four
million dollars annually His firm did not
ship sugar from Rocky Ford. but from
Sugar City.
Mr.. Lehman believed that the rates on
sugar from the west were too high and
that the railroads Disseminated against
the dealers of this city. Both roads that
bring sugar from the two Colorado points
TO Wichita take 10 Kansas CITY for .
cents, TO Fort Scott for y cents and to
St Louis for 80 cents. while Wichita pays
S2ls cents-and Wichita is about two
thirds the distance between the point of
origin and Kansas City, but has to pay
the higher rate.
On sugar from New York the Wichita
man pays - cents per hundred and the
Kansas City man pays s cents less. The
local rate from Kansas City to Wichita
is % cents per hundred pounds The wit
ness did not object 10 the rates charged
Wichita and Kansas City on west-bound
sugar, for TO this city it IS the longer
haul
Mr.. Lehman further said that It was
generally the custom snd should be that
a jobhing center should have little ter
ritory around ii thar belonged strictly TO
the 5ohbers Of that point and the rates
so adjusted that it was impossible for
any other jobbeTs 70 break in and under F
bid. In Wichita's case this was not true.
for the Kansas City dealer could under (
sell the Wichita man in his own terri /
tory and cannot go more that 50 miles
south or west. but the Kansas City man
can take all OF the business On sugar.
The reason for this. the witness stated
was that the tobbers' rate on sugar as
given in the tariffs was - cents 1er hun
ired pounds on a distance ~ aes 10 20
miles bui IN the case Of Kansas CITY the
gave the wholesale man
special rate on sugar that no other
-oad could meet. That is The railroads
take the sugar out OF its class when shin
neni is made ont Of Kansas CITY and
'ut It in special class. which gives
hem rate q p cents per hundred T.
Wichita while the Wichita merchant
must pay thercguiar rate of e cents for
he same distance. This specisl farsr
VS. granted no ether towu. not .vea :.
-onis. So FAR rs The witness cculd learn.
md the Kansas clSy man was getting all
BE benefits
Iader cross examination BY Mr.. Knapp
n. Lehman STATED that the wichita
wholesale grocery houses were dsscr.-nI-
.ated against By the railroads giving TIE
Kansas cry dealers a- advantage os
= cents ~ hundred ponds 81 sugar
rom the refl0eries AID then r-aasf-g the
aealers special rsse thar the
'oaes would NOT grant TO rha 2glchita I
merchant
Under questions from NJ. Farrell sha
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