Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-09
DEMURRAGE
CONFERENCE
E. ]. Mcvann Believes Benefit is
Sure to Result from the
Discussion.
TWO HUNDRED IN ATTENDANCE
Object is to Prevent Discrimination
by Railroads.
IOWA MAN ASKS QUESTIONS
Shippers Agree to Stand for the
Average Plan"
IOWA MAN ASKS QUESTIONS
HENRY t. oxNARD OPTIMISTIC
Predicts Ten New sugar Factories
VIII BE Established in Western
Nebraska in Five Years ON
DinEley Rate.
fFrom a staff Correspondent.) }

WASHINGTON. June S-(Specinl Tele
gram.)-E. ]. Mcvann. manager Of the
traffic bureau Of the Omaha Commercial
club. who has been in Washington for
several days as an observer and participant
in a conference of railroad men, shippers
and representatives Of trade bodies inter
ested in demurrage charges OF railroads.
believes that great good win come out Of
the meeting. The hearing was before a
subcommittee Of the car demurrage com
mttee Of the National Railway comnis-
sioners OF the United States, composed Of
various state railway commissioners, and
was presided over by Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Franklin j. Lane
The meeting was called for the purpose
Of formulating rules governing the assess
ment of charges on cars by railroads
throughout the United States in order that
discrimination between individuals or To-
calities may be abolished. Nearly 200 rail-
road men and representatives of shippers
were present and in many respects Il was
the most potential body which has gathered
in washington for years. The railroad
case was handled by Arthur Hale, chair
man of the car efficiency committee Of
the American Railway association, with
headquarters in New York, ana he was
assisted by representatives from the car
demurrage bureaus at Pittsburg, Phila-
delphia, Chicago, Atlanta and Louisville.
w. L. Eaton, chairman of the Iowa Rail
way commission. who is a member of the
sub b-committee, was present throughout the
conference and showed great interest In
the deliberations by cross-examining the
representatives of the railways. 1t was
gathered from Mr.. Eaton's questions that,
while he believed in uniformity. he was
determined to protect the interests of the
small clippers OF the middle west
The one concrete thing developed on the
side OF the shippers was a universal de-
mand for wha' is known as the average
plan" the effect of which is to allow
small shippers to escape by means of
credit for prompt unloading of cars as
against debts growing out of detention Of
cars he is unable to unload.
Oxnard Is Optimistic.
Henry T. Oxnard president of the Amer
lean Beet Sugar association, is an optimist
as to the future of western Nebraska. He
believes that within the next ten years
that section of the state will show such
development as will make II one of the
richest sections of the country.
II predict" Mr.. Oxnard said today,
that in the next five years ten large beet
sugar factories will be erected in the west
ern part OF Nebraska and that thousands
of acres viii be planted to sugar beets.
1 personally know of one beet sugar fac
tory with a capacity OF 1000 tons daily
which will be built in Scott's Bluff county
this fall, providing the tariff is not in
terfered with and we are allowed to de-
velop under the rates of the Dlngley bill,
which has passed the house and been
agreed to by the senate finance commit
tee. The factory referred 10 will cost
81, $4,000 and will be the most modern, up
to-date beet sugar factory In the United
States
Il hear a great deal about changing the
terms of the sugar schedule, such as eliml-
mating the sixteen Dutch standard, which
! some people claim to be In the interest of
the sugar trust. Nothing could be fur
ther from the truth. The whole agitation
upon this subject is being engineered by
the Cubans and Santo Dominicans, with
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