The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-10
GRAIN ASSOCIATION MEETING
r. F. COATES is ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT.
Committee viii Be Selected to Place
Needs of Body Before Traffic
Officials of Railroads.

The Central Grain Trade association
met at the Board sf Trade rooms n the
! Sedgwick block, yesterday afternoon. TO
perfect their organization and elect Off
! GERS.
| A great deal of interest is being taken
/ in this move by grain shippers all over
southern and western Kansas and north
/ ern Oklahoma, and the association has a
large number of charter members. The
object is to obtain more favorable rail-
road rates in ways relative to the ship
ping and inspection of grain. and to work
against Determinations in car service.
The association yesterday drew up by
laws and constitution. and elected officers
and directors. Their names follow:
President. VIM. Finn; vice-president. r.
F. Coates; secretary, F. w. Frasius
treasurer, H. Herzer. Mr. Finn Is from
Sedgwick. and the other gentlemen Of
Wichita The board of directors are:
c. w. Blewer Blackwell; j. G. Siceloff,
Belle Plaine; L. A. Townsend, Andaie; A
c. Plumb, Lyons; W A Millep~ An
thony; J. B. Miltner. Wichita.
Assistant Traffic Manager W. e Bid
dell and Vice-Assistant Manager G. O.
German. of the Santa Fe railway. were
present at the latter part of the meeting
and arrangements Were made for these
gentlemen to meet with the association in
this city in the near future, 20 discuss
vital questions.
The following resolutions were passed:
Whereas Existing freight rates, transit,
car service and inspection rules on grain
and grain products from certain stations
son the several railway systems traversing
the territory occupied by this association
are such. and are so enforced as to work
a discrimination against US: and.
Whereas. Such discrimina ton places.
these stations in an undue and unnatural
advantage. and on account of such dis
elimination and advantage much loss and
i'll will is ocasioned and
Whereas, Producers, shippers and car
riers alike are vitally interested in non
discriminative tariffs and rules and
firmly believing that strict equality in
all tariffs and rules between all sta
tions the surest way to produce the
greatly desired good feeling and welfare
of producers. shippers and carriers. mutu-
ally. therefore be il
ANN9'i'NN'f hhat w. NhG klhllctiS ana
shippers of The Central Grain Trade as
sociation. now assembled. do hereby
unanimously protest against the enforce
ment of any tariff or rule by any railway
company, car service association. or in
spection bureau which shall operate to
the disadvantage of any station or class.
Be it further
Resolved. That The Central Grain
Trade association must and VIII use all
honorable effort looking to the speedy.
fair and equal adjustment of the pres
ent inequalities with which we daily meet.
Relying on the good business sense Of an
parties concerned. we express the hone
that all will aid in extricating our hus-
mess from the tolls that now restrict. and
hope To shun the long and tedious way
of the law and the courts
Resolved. That the president of mis-
association is hereby empowered to ap-
point committee Of three whose 0uty
1t shall be to formulate our needs and
place them before the traffic officials of
the several railway systems Interested in
this territory. and which snail diligently
work for the accomplishment where
unto it is created.