Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-20
or RATE CASES
state BOARD Resumes Tahins of Testi-
mony In Kansas City.

state hoard hGeumeA IA&huB " ANsNh-
mony IN Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY. July 19,-The oil rate
hearing postponed at St. Louis on July
was resumed here today by the MiSsour.
Board of Railway and Warehouse Com
missioners.
A hearing OF the complaint OF the Ma
tional Petroleum association and the Ma
tional Refinery company both Of Cleve-
land, o., was held before the board in
Kansas city last month for three days
The taking OF testimony was not concluded,
because adjournment was taken to ST.
Louis for July o. Inability Of important
witnesses to be present at st. Louis caused
another postponement 20 this city today,
The principal complaint made last month
was that the Standard Oil company is re-
ceiving much the better rates in Missouri
and as a result has a big advantage over
independent competitors.
Before the hearing was begun today r,
NJ. Bradbury, secretary of the state board,
was asked about the possible proceedings
against railroads in Missouri which par
allel and are therefore suspected Of having
common interests. lie said:
II have recently sent out requests TO all
of the roads Ia the state which parallel,
asking them the regular formal questions
iftHNNtttNt Wy INV al NeNN ItphSO NHhA
there Is nothing at all being carried on for
mutual benefit. and that there is nothing
or the merger nature. Their contracts be-
tray nothing which may be counted against
them in the eyes of the law. That is as
far as the board goes in the matter. l
do not know what the attorney general 5
ONCE Is doing In the matter"
Mr.. Bradbury named the following roads
as parallellng and the ones from which he
requested and received statements: The
Chicago g. Alton and the Rock Island; the
Frisco and the Kansas City, Clinton &
Springfield; the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy, Burlington & Kansas City; the
Missouri Pacific and the Wabash.
The hearing was set for this morning
but was postponed until afternoon on ac-
count Of the nonarrival of out-of-town wit
nesses.
When the hearing was resumed this aft
ernoon the independent shippers present ed
comparisons of railroad rates for oil in
carload lots In several states. These fig
ures were the most interesting feature OF
the session. r. w. Bolz OF Cleveland
traffic manager OF the National Petroleum
association, was the principal witness Mr.
Bolz said that the carload rate from Cleve-
land TO Huron. o., ifty-one miles. is 65kC
hundred. In Missouri, north Of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific railroad, the witness said
the rate is lie for nifty miles; south of thai
road the rate is 15c for hfty miles. II
Kansas the witness said the rate for fifty
miles is 5lSc.
Other comparisons given by the wltnes,
were:
Whiting TO La Crosse. Ind. sixty-eigh
miles SIC.
Chicago to Coal City. ILL.,. hfty-nin,
miles, &c.
In iowa, nifty miles, &c.
Cleveland to Toledo, los miles, Sc
In Ohio. 200 miles, Sc
In Illinois, 40 miles, &C.
Missouri, north of Missouri Pacific rail
way, 200 miles 1Ic
Missouri south of Missouri Pacific rail
way, 300 miles, PC.
Mr. Bols. replying to a question Of ]. A
Knott. one OF the commissioners, said th'
carload rates. now in effect In Kansas
would be fair In Missouri. He believed, n,
said. that the Kansas rates are fair Al
compared with the rates in other states
f. NJ. Wnhoit, an independent dealer o
Springfield, Mo, had begun TO testify wheI
the hearing adjourned until tomorrow.