Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-09
LUMBERMEN JOIN IN WAR
Omaha and Lincoln Dealers Up in
Arms Against Southerners.
COMPLAIN OF UNFAIR TARIFFS
Invasion Has Advantage of Discrim-
mating Rates, Say NebrRskans,
who Appear Before Com
merce Commission

Omaha and Lincoln lumber dealers have
risen in arms against the southerners who
have attempted to invade Nebraska terri
tory with the advantage Of discriminating
rates. War has been openly declared and
an interesting case to local umber %jobbers
and railroads running into Omaha Is now
before the Interstate Commerce commits
sion.
Omaha dealers are aroused over the &C
ton OF southern producers, principally in
Louisiana, in filing a petition with Tho com
mis- sion asking for lower through rates to
N braska points through Omaha and Lin
coin with no proporuonate reduction 10 the
two larger cities. The case has been called
before the commissioner at Kansas City.
Realizing that II the petition Of the south
ern men were granted Omaha and Lincoln
jobbers would suffer mmeasureably and the
trade in southern pine and other southern
lumber through the local markets would
b. wrested from them, Representatives OF
the larger lumber firms and Of the Union
Pacific and Burlington systems quietly APP
peaIed at Kansas City Saturday and reg
istered a vigorous protest against the grant
ing Of the reduced rates, the following men
composing the party: o. w. Dunn Of the
Dietz Lumber company, o A. Kuhn and
Mr.. Miller Of the Updike Lumber company,
j. 5. White Of the Cady Lumber company,
Frank Colpetzer Of the Chicago Lumber
company, c. J. Lane and Howard Bruner
of the Union Pacific, General Solicitor
James T.. Kelby and Hal buckingham Of
The Buglington route and r. J.. McVann OF
tie Omaha Commercial club. L. D.. Whit
ton, secretary Of the Lincoln Chamber Of
Commerce and l.. w. Brown of Lincoln
also were present. They returned home
sunday morning.
II this case goes through It will work
a great hardship to Omaha and Lincoln
jobbers," said q local dealer today. The
southern dealers want to secure a through
rate to points west of Omaha less than the
combined rate~We went to Kansas City to
protest against any such change and we
believe we shall win out"
The Union Pacific and the Burlington
are fighting the case inasmuch as It would
injure Omaha and Lincoln jobbers and
there would be a reduction of the existing
tariff.
At the present time a rate of 26.5 Genus
per hundred pounds is in effect to Omaha.
The rate to Grand Island, for instance, is
342 cents, or 76 cents in excess Of the rate
to Omaha. The southern lumbermen seek
to slash the rates, not to Omaha, but tc
points west Of Omaha, which would work
injury to the local jobbers.
1t will probably be thirty days beforc
the commission is ready to render judr
ment on the case.
New Spur of Burlington.
Another spur from the main line Of the
Burlington route between Omaha and Den
yer is to be built from Hudson, thirty miles
northeast of Denver, to Greeley, Colo.
From the latter point a line has been
located to Grover, sixty-five miles east OF
Cheyenne, on the Omaha-Cheyenne main
line of the company. The Burlington has
also awarded a contract for the extension
Of the Wind River branch Of it's main line
to Billings, Mont, in the northern part OF
Wyoming.
w. p. AS List of Convention
The Western Passenger association an
n%ounces these expositions in Chicago in
November and December, with dates of sale
for special round-trip tickets:
international Live stock show, November
q to December 10.
United States Land and Irrigation ex-
position. November 20 to December 4.
National Farming congress-, November II
to 20.
One and one-half fare for the round triT
to Chicago is allowed from all points east
of the Missouri, with double or local fare
west of Omaha. Dates of sale for al
tickets are November IA, 10, q, Is. % and
30, and December 4 and 8. December IS ir
fixed as the return limit.
Railway Notes and Personals.
Daniel Willard, second vice president II
81 charge of operation of the Burlington route
arrived in Omaha this afternoon and, &C
companied by George w. Holdrege, LEFT
for an inspection trip through the west
They will go from Omaha TO Denver.
Wesley Copy, passenger ticket agent a
Union station, has left of a vacation and