Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10
NASH AND MERCHANT TALK
Milwaukee General Agent Says His Road
Did Not Disturb Situation.
EXPLAINS WHAT THE CONDITION is
Grain Exchange Secretary Makes
Reply to Statement which Mr..
Nash Really Did Not
Make in The Bee.


As a reply to the statement which f. A.
Nash, general western agent OF the Mil
waukee made to The Bee Friday on his
return from Chicago in relation to the
grain rate to Liverpool which the Milwau-
kee road has announced. Secretary Mer-
chant of the Omaha Grain exchange said:
"The rate on corn to Liverpool through
the Atlantic ports from Kansas City has
not always been ~ cents per 100 pounds
less than from Omaha, and Mr.. Nash knows
this If he knows anything about 1t. If the
rates put In effect by the Milwaukee road
did not discriminate against Omaha other
roads friendly to Omaha would not protest
so strongly. II the rate promulgated by
the Milwaukee road Is right i do not un-
derstand why some road interested in Kan
sas City, and not in Omaha, did not put
the rate in effect and not wait for the
Milwaukee road to do so-a road that
should have some interest in Omaha. do
not know of anyone outside of the
Milwaukee officials who thinks these dis
criminatory rates put in effect are right.
II the rate is allowed to remain. II win
draw a large amount of our corn TO Kan
sas City. The recent action of the Mill
waukee road demonstrates clearly that the
Interstate Commerce commission should be
given greater power and have jurisdiction
over export as well as domestic rates. 1t
is quite likely that the Omaha Grain ex-
change will do what II can 10 bring this
about. II an export rate via the Atlantic
ports to Liverpool of III cents in favor OF
Kansas City is fair to Omaha. an import
rate on this same basis is fair. This prin-
ciple, once established, would destroy the
Jobbing as we'll as the grain business OF
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be to give Kansas City the benefit of IL
cents per hundred pounds on all goods and
commodities shipped to and from the At
lantic seaport markets. Omaha has always
had the same rates as Kansas City to and
from Atlantic seaports and the same ex-
port rate as KANSAS City by way OF these
ports, and no one knows this better than
Mr.. Nash. The effort of the Milwaukee
road to change this rule is a menace to all
the business OF Omaha, which not only the
Grain exchange, but the jobbers will re-
sent.
Milwaukee No Disturber.
Mr.. Nash did not make the statement to
The Bee that the rate via the Atlantic
ports had always been ~ cents less from
Kansas City than from Omaha, nor did The
Bee so state that he said II. What he said
was there was differential through the
gulf OF Ia cents In favor OF Kansas City
just as there was an advantage Of ~ cents
on wheat to Minneapolis In favor Of Omaha
over Kansas City.
Mr.. Nash said Saturday in regard TO the
situation:
The Milwaukee road has not disturbed
the situation IN any form by the announce
nient Of the rate to Liverpool. For a
period OF two years Kansas City has
had an advantage OF llS cents over
Omaha on business TO Liverpool. ana the
fact that the Milwaukee road has made
this through rate via Baltimore rather
than the gulf ports win make no difference
TO the Nebraska grain men nor 10 the
Omaha grain exchange. other roads do
not meet this rate because they are simply
waiting 20 see II the grain win move with
out making the reduced rate and II II does
they will fall In line.
Drain Is actually moving through Omaha
today. fifteen cars from one station. from
the D0lnts concerning which the claim Is