Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-28
Removed BY Abolition Of
Elevation Down at Kawvills
BOYCOTT WORKS LIKE A LOVELY CHARM
Grain Exchange and Commercial Interests
Gratifed at the Outcome.
LINE ALSO MEETS OTHERS ON CUT RATES
Announces Schedule OF TariRs to
Apply from Missouri River 90
ChicaEO and TO the
Gulf Points.


mands of the Omaha Grain exchange and
Commercial club and abolished the pay.
ment at Kansas City OF the elevation
charge Of ~ cents per bushel on grain
there while paying no such premium on
receipts in Omaha. Not only this, the Rock
Island has met the reduced rates on grain
from the Missouri river east and south
introduced by competing lines. But this
latter action is a matter OF slight concern
to Omaha grain men as compared with
the concession on the elevation charge.
That is the big thing. That is the con-
cession brought about by the boycott
imposed upon the Rock Island only a few
days ago and II means much, grain men
contend, to Omaha
The discrimination against Omaha and
in favor of Kansas City was removed by
the abrogation of the elevator allowance at
the latter city, giving Omaha the sratihca-
tion of seeing Mr.. Covers visit here bear
good fruit very promptly. When Mr..
Cover came to Omaha and saw what a
united and determined sentiment had set
I'm against his road It was thought then
he would not be slow to perceive that
he nor the entire Rock Island could turn
the tide by frank refusal or Cancellation.
He was advised that Omaha had passed
the day Of playing second fiddle in these
sort Of things and that his road could
either do as much for this city as II was
doing for Kansas City or take the conse-
! quences. And Mr.. Cover decided they
didn't need the consequences
| Announcement Comes from Chicago.
Announcement was made yesterday aft
ernoon that the Rock Island had abolished
the payment OF elevation of IL oents at
Kansas City and had met reductions in
grain rates from Omaha 20 Minneapolis,
| St, Louis and southern and gulf ports.
| The information was received by telegram
| from Traffic Manager Cover of Chicago
yesterday by ]. f. Utt general agent. The
reduction in rates amounts practically TO
cents hundred, pa cents actual reduction
! in schedule and III consisting OF the eleva-
! ton charge
| The situation now was set forth by Mr.
| UT in this statement
| 'All the roads entering Omaha have
wiped ostSthes elevation charge west Of tha
! river except the Union Pacific. These
| charges have been paid principally by the
| Burlington and the Northwestern. as they
have originated most Of the grain, the
charges of ~ cents being paid the central
elevators. The Rock Island never paid any
elevator charges into Omaha because It
had no central elevator in this city. II was
tied up in a contract with a central eleva-
tor in Kansas City. but this contract was
abrogated today, so that Kansas City.
st, Joseph, Atchlson and Omaha, outside
| the Union Pacific, receive no elevation al
lowance. This places ali Missouri river
cities on a parity. The other roads have
taken the position that they will let the
Union Pacific at Kansas City, Council
Bluffs and Omaha pay the elevation charge,
but they will cancel it."
This schedule OF rates, being a reduction
A
announced by the Rock Island: Mime
apois wheat I cents, corn cents: Chi
cago wheat cents, corn cents; Peoria
wheat 6lz cents, corn So cents; Little Rock
wheat ,l6 cents, corn lS cents: Galveston
export wheat and corn TN cents: St
Louis wheat cents, corn cents; Memphis
wheat 10 cents: corn cents. The New
Orleans rate is the same as Galveston on
export business.
Reason for Rate Scramble.
Dark rumors are circulating as to the
reason for all this cutting and slashing
OF the grain rates from the Missouri river
TO Chicago. The reason given by some is
that the roads we're forced to make the
cut to meet the action Of the Rock Island
in giving scent rate on -four from
Ka lsas city to Chicago. They claim the
finished product is not entitled to a lower
rate than the raw material, and to pro-
tect themselves they had 10 make as low
rate on wheat the Rook Island is
making on -four
Another rumor has II that someone has
made a contract or a midnight tarif and
got all the grain in sight and then made
} the rate. The roads look with suspicion
; on the Milwaukee, as Il was that road
2 which announced the rate. and which did
! not make the mistake this time It aid
- | Il. a.
sas City and not from Omaha. General
Agent Nash of the Milwaukee says that
nothing OF the kind has been done this
] time to his knowledge.
Burlington Puts in Rate.
Burlington officials announced yesterday
afternoon that they would put in a pro-
portional rate of S cents per hundred on
wheat and -four from Missouri river points
10 Chicago, effective July 30 and expiring
August TO- Btween the same points the
rate on coarse grains and products will bs
cents, with the usual difierential TO the
z Mississippi river, making the rate on wheat
from Missouri TO Mississippi rivers cents
h and on coarse grains 4 cents. The rate on
, wheat from Omaha TO Minneapolis will be
I cents.
n Rate War Settled.
% CHICAGO, July 7.--The war on grain
y rates from Missouri river points 10 Chi
csgo will come TO an end August 10
This decision was reached at conference
Z. today at which every road running west OF
2 Chicago was represented. The tariff cut
= ! which for twenty-four hours gave prom.
ise Of serious consequence was precipi-
. tated by the Chicago Great Western
!. | quotation OF a proportional rate OF S and
Z cents on wheat and coarse grains from
n the Missouri river to Chicago and the
!, action OF the Wabash IN quoting a through
rate OF 1sZ cents on grain from the Mis-
u souri, river 70 the seaboard. The confer,
n ence agreed that all western roads should
meet the Great Western grain rates ths
: tariffs 70 expire August TO- when rates az
10 resume their normal condition. Ths
L | Great MesteTn agreed also 20 abandon