Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-27
MEETS MILWAUKEE, REDUCTION ON WHEAT
This Road Had Previously Net Rock Island
Rate on Flour.
OTHER uNEs VIII GET INTO THE GAME
Burlington and Alton Say They Will Meet
Any Out Made.
OMAHA WILL BE FAVORED BY LOWER TOLL
Rate II NOW seven Cents on Corn,
oats and Barley and Eight
cents on wheat-OtheF
Railway News.

Proportional grain rates between the Mis-
sourt river and Chicago are to be cut to
cents on wheat and cents on coarse grains
The announcement Of the reduction on &C
oats and barley was made yesterday at Il.
ofices Of the Chicago Great Western rail-
road In Chicago. and inquiries at the Offices
OF the Milwaukee. Burlington and Alton
roads In that city ELECTED the information
that any cut would be met.
As result OF the announcement yester-
day Of a cut from ION to cents a hundred
on the proportional rate Of wheat, 10000
bushels Of Kansas City cash wheat was
thrown on the Chicago market yesterday.
According 10 ofncials of the Chicago Great
Western the 7-cent proportional rate on
coarse grains is a ''go-as-you-please" ar
rangement and will go into effect as soon
as the legal notice to the Interstate Com
merce commission can beeglven.
The reductions. It is said, have been
brought about by the agitation of the Kan
sas City Board OF Trade, which threatened
10 bring suit TO compel the western rail-
roads to reduce the rates on wheat from
l0% TO cents. the rate charged for -four
Milwaukee starts the Trouble.
The night was brought about by the action
cents ON wheat and four from Omaha and
Kansas City to Chicago The rate was 1O%
cents on wheat, but the Rock Island has
been giving lower rate from Kansas City
on export Hour. and II is supposed the MIL
waukee has put in this new rate TO meet
the action Of the Rock Island in giving an
scent rate on export -four. The new rate
win run from July 80 to August 29 and the
other roads will be compelled to meet It.
They will fight the Rock Islands cut on the
theory that the raw material cannot be
hauled cheaper than the finished product.
Railroad officials say they can't see how
they can confine the cut In grain rates to
wheat, when corn is entitled to a lower
rate than wheat. Although this is the
wrong season for grain to move through
the gulf ports, II the fight is continued the
guif tines probably win take a hand IN
the rate cutting, and Nebraska's excess
crous will have the advantage OF cheaper
rates TO the seaboar6,
-g4sAss sat~ -rshich the Milwaukee cut orig
tnslly was ~ cents. but some time ago
6tickney cut 1T 10 1o% cents. The Mil
waukee's action is distinctly in favor Of
Omaha, while applying to Kansas City. to
give the Milwaukee the full benefit of
the competition II is forced to meet by the
action OF the Rock Island.
l@dNt lnuinuhg dlNtInObh AsSiSNnhb SOh-
eral Freight Agent Phillippi announced that
the Missouri Pacific had decided to cut its
rate on -four and wheat from Omaha to
St. Louis. Minneapolis and gulf points pa
cents to meet the Milwaukee's cut
This statement was issued last evening
by General Agent Churchill Of the Great
AYestern:
We publish effective July 30 from Council
Bluffs, Omaha, st. Joe and Kansas City
proportional rates to Chicago; Wheat, 8
cents: coarse greln' Z cents; to east MIS-
limos state line. wheat, S cents; Coarse
grain, 4 cents; from Council Bluffs and
Omaha to st. Paul and Minneapolis, wheat
City to Minneapolis, wheat cents; coarse
gram, Z cents: No reduction made in rates
also apply TO Msnkato, Red Wing and ali
interior Minnesota mills. All rates VIII
apply as maximum to intermediste points
other allowance viii be made.
Northwestern Meets Rates.
The Northwestern has announced IT will
meet the Illinois Centrars rate for tbs
round trip from Omaha to Chicago August
4, ana for q. The road has also dc
eided TO meet the rate of the Great Western
from omaha to Milwaukee August IL. wher
the Eagles take their flight. The Great
Western rate applies via rail or water
while the Northwestern's rate is all rail
When II was first announced the Grea
Western would haul passengers to NIL
waukee and return for IS the strong roads
sat back and declared they would mo-
meet the rate. as they did not care for th'
business at that figure.
The Burlington has announced. in con
neotion with the rate cutting to and from
Chicago, that August T. and It will
make the same rate apply from Omaha tC
Peoria and return. This is done becsus,
or the large interchange OF business be
tween Omaha and central Illinois and e
make, the occasion sort OF home coming
for Illinois people who have moved to Ne
braska, The Burlington has included il
this reduction in connection with the .
rate TO Chicago and Peoria and return
similar reductions from all Nebraska point
on the Burlington. The rate from interio
points to Omaha will be on the basis of 5
per cent OF the one-way fare. A larg
movement Is expected.