The Springdale news., 1906-08-17
CROPS AND MARKE IS.
For Lower Freight Rates.

A s0adIy number If fruit growers shippers and others interested met au the A adit8rium Wednesday morning at ten o'clock b0 discuss the question of lower freight rates. .. W Pool acted as chairman Qf the meeting. ]. L. Re mach, Of Fort smith, gener- al agent, was present as the repre- sentative of the railroad t0 Dear the com plants.
 ". E. Brogdon was called on to state the grievances of the growers and shippers. He said that from 500 to 7o0 cars of apples would be ship ped from Springdale this season pro- vided reasonable freight rate could De secured, otherwise much of the crop would be allowed U 20 t9 waste.
 The present rate U Texas k 5S cents per hundred or 3 cents Der barrel. The rate from here to Minn- eapdls, St. Paul, Millwauke, etc, is 424 cents, while the growers of Mi s. s0ufi. kanas and Colorado get . rate 9t i3s cents t1 the same points. While our growers have Ut pay more than three times the rate Of Missouri River growers tO reach Northwestern territory, the growers ID there nave the same Tate 70 Texas that We have. A result after they have supplied the markets of the Northwest they can turn their >ni nipments to Texas. Having the same freight rates they can compete with Us. put We cannot compete with them in their territory on account of difference III freight. This is manifeStiy anust. It was also stated that Rogers shippers have rate | cents cheaper north than 1 Springdale and the same rate south. ] On dried fruit Fayetteville has rate south that is ] S cents lower 0n lacal shipments and l6 cents lower 0n car lot shipments than Sprlnedaie It seems tLat We are 0n the dividing line. and get the worst of It in any direction, notwithstanding Spring dale is the largest apple shipping station on tbe Frisco MT 5rggdon alS8 brought ddI tne fact that S30 and S35 per ear k charged flr icing when the actual cost gf Ghe Ice k aniy duoat 91.0a and be afGared that shippers shold Qoe allowed t0 ice rle ears themselves The Illinois Central railroad dues talS and as result the fruit growers along Its line are great Y benefited. Ia l>45 the Frisco gave this section an emergency rate which was 3j cents from August until Sep tember 20, and 70 cents the remainder of the season. NIT. Br0gd0n stated that the growers would be satisfied with such q rate thlS season.
 MT. Reinach was called on and stated that he had DO authority 10 make any change in rates, but that he was here simply to investigate aHd report to the general office in St. Louis. Talks were made by a num- Der of others, and the following reSo- lution was introduced by (. S. Bout0n which was adopted.
 Resolved, That 1t iS the sense of the apple growers and shippers of Springdale and vicinity than an emergency exists which necesSitates reduction in freight rates II great loss shall not result to said growers and shippers.
 Therefore We request the Frisco railroad officials t0 give this con- dition their earnest and immediate consideration to the end that the rate 5 cents until Septemb Der goth and thereafter 70 ceEJs, from this section to southern points, which existed in 1895, be again adopted.
 ]. T. Masoner was exhibiting on the street this week sun flower which measured T. inches across.
 The corn in Northwest Arkansas is trying to out do itself this year. J. Zimmerman brought to this office Monday husk m which there were eight ears
 Some time ago it was stated in these columns that the canning fac tory would not run this season, but on account of the the growth of toma- toes il has been decided to run the