Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-31

Kansas City to Galveston of 81 cents
as against the direct rate from Wich-
| ita to Galveston to 20 cents. or 6 cents
per hundred pounds less than through
Kansas City.
There is no use IN the governor, or
any one else. seeking political fame
or glory by trying TO create q preju-
dice against Judge Prouty's adjust
ment of grain rates from Wichita and
other Kansas points to the gulf ports.
This adjustment was gone into very
thoroughly by Judge Prouty in the
case entitled, the Farmers and Mer-
chants shippers club versus the A,
IT & S #. railway and a number of
other defendant railways.
Tho fact of the matter is, it was
in this case that Governor Stubbs
sprang into some prominence as a
railroad constructor. He appeared as
a voluntary witness and offered his
testimony in support of a reduction in
the grain rates from Kansas TO the
gulf Judge Prouty unquestionably
cohsidered the governors testimony
when he decided that a 25-cent rate
from Wichita To Galveston was un-
reasunabl and IL, therefore, seems
that the governor has had his day in
court.
Nov as to the statement of the
governor about the great loss which
the farmer has sustained as a result
of the rate from Wichita and other
Kansas points to the gulf, government
statistics show that the wheat yield
IN the United States for 1909 was
757, 600, 600 bushels; in 1910, $4,000
600. For the twelve months ending
June 80, 1909, the total number of
busr els exported via all ports, At
lantic and gulf, was 66,923,24 BUSH
els. For the twelve months ending
June 80, 1910, the total expectation
reached the figure of 46,679S76 BUSH
els There was exported for the same
periods via the gulf ports the follow
ing: 1903, ending June 80. 10000
900; 1910, ending June 80, $500, 900.
Statistics further show that for the
period, June 80, to October 81, 1910.
S2.439 bushels; via Galveston, $685.
600 bushels.
The rate situation is as follows:
From Wichita to Galveston the freight
rate is 25 cents per hundred or 15
cents per bushel of 60 pounds. The
ocean charge for a bushel of so
pounds, from Galveston to Liverpool
is Ia cents, adding there to the |
wharfage and other terminal expense
per bushel at Galveston of u cent, we
have a total charge per bushel of so |
pounds, from Wichita to Liverpool. |
the market of the world, of 22A |
cents
The freight rate from Wichita to |
the Atlantic ports of Baltimore and |
Newport News is 36 cents per hun
dred pounds or 21 Ito cents per
bushel. as against Is cents per
bushel from Wichita to Galveston; the
ocean charge per bushel from the At
antic ports to Liverpool is 6 13-100 |
h1tchA1 Tho far a M /
other wharfage charge at the Atlantic
ports would be approximately l Ia
,ents per bushel, or combined
,harge per bushel on wheat from
Wichita exported via the Atlantic port
If 29 60-100 cents per bushel
Can it be said that, if the charge
Der bushel on Kansas wheat, using
Wichita as base, via the Galveston
lort to Liverpool the market of the
world, is 31-100 cents per bushel
ess than it woulo be via the Atlantic
,ort to Liverpool, the freight rates of
he iaiiroads leading to the gulf are
menace TO the movement of the
<ansas farmers grain to the markets
# the world.
THE truth is that domestic re-
luirements of the United States are
aking practically the entire yield of
he grain fields of this country
Freight rates have not, nor will they,
n the Judgment of those in a position
o know, cut much II any, figure in
he movement of grain to the markets
f the world. There will be, as the
igures show for the years 1909 and
$40, in the course of the next year
+ so, practically no wheat exported
rom the United States, but on the
the people of this country
ill be confronted with the necessity
( inn nnrff1.y y tft,ty | ,
heir food stuff"
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