March IS, IfXXV
Omaha as a Grain Center
THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
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OSTON people ro agitating for
revival of that city expert grnln
trade, and ar looking towards
Omaha for assistance In restor
ing the supremacy of the Hub
Bate through which to send corn and
wheat abroad. In the consideration given
Omaha conslderablo atresia la laid on tha
strategic location of the city na a market
center, and the advantage enjoyed are net
forth with a directness and force, that could
not bo excelled by a home paper. The fol
lowing article from the Boston Herald of
Thursday, March 8, la offered In evidence
of the Boston attitude towards Omnha, and
tha further fact that the local grain market
la gaining recognition abroad:
While Boston business interest are dis
cussing the possible effects of the Hepburn
bill, if It should become a law, upon Bos
ton aa an export city, and are weighing
tha Importance of Senator Foraker" state
ment that through Its operation Boston
may bo wiped out of existence aa a port of
export. It may be well for these business
men to look to cause more real and now
existing for the depreciation of Boston'
export trade.
For other causes do exist, otherwise the
corn belt, as It I known, which also In
clude the Immense wheat area of the
great middle west.
It twenty-two trunk railway line radi
ate to every fleld of grain In a territory
covering a circle having a diameter of 1,000
miles.
Until two year ago last September
Omaha, like Boston, could not avail Itself
of lta opportunities because of railroad dis
crimination against It.
ftlekaey Rennnlble for Cbnnaen.
Then came A. B. 8tlckney, president of
the Chicago Great Western railway, nn In
dependent line, who had been engnged for
some year In pushing his line out from
Chicago to Omaha.
The first through passenger train reached
Omaha September 1, and It bore with It
President Stlckney and a number of Min
nesota grain men, who were received aa
Omaha's guests at a banquet which proved
the birth of Omaha aa th controlling fac
tor In the grain situation.
At that banquet President Stlckney pro
posed the formation of a grain exchange
at Omaha, and Inaugurated the movement
by himself subscribing for two member-
Neb., on th Northwestern system to Chi
cago was 14 cent a bushel, th rate from
Long Pine to Omaha was 6 cent a bushel
and from Omaha, to Chicago 11 cent a
btiahel, so that to have grain stopped over
in Omaha that city had a handlcnp of 1
cent a bushel a compared with Chicago
bidder.
Cltlsewa' Flftht for Rate.
President Btlckney made the first move
by reducing the rate from Omaha to Chi
cago, etlll using the above figures aa an
example, to 8 cents a bushel, thus giving
Omaha a rate of 14 cents from Long Pine
to Chicago, via Omaha, with stopover priv
ileges at Omaha, so that the grain could
be held there and transshipped under Im
proved market conditions.
At first the other roads contented them
selves with meeting thi rate, hoping to
drive President Stlckney out of the fight.
But the Omaha Grain Exchange, recog
nizing that such an arrangement could
from It nature be only temporary, Imme
diately began a course which would tend
to make permanent a condition under
which Omaha could at all time and from
all direction receive a rat which would
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DIAGRAM SHOWING OMAHA'S LOCATION WITH REGARD TO THE GRAIN AREA AND TUB SEAPORTS. '
decadence In Boston' foreign trade would
not now be apparent. The Hepburn bill 1
certainly not the cause. Inasmuch aa it
doe not exist aa law.
The real cause may not be apparent to
Bostonlan. They certainly are to thosf
who reside and do business elsewhere.
These cause are eradlcable, and by pur
suing a proper course Boston may not only
regain it lost foreign trade, but effect an
Increaaa of It one immense export busi
ness. During th last few month the export
of grain from Boston have notably de
creased, and It la Indeed reported along the
water front that the outlook In this line of
export I very unpromising. The 'rapid
falling off In grain export ha been notice
able for about two year last paat.
"Grain 1 going out by way of the gulf,"
la th cry.
There 1 the great secret of Boston' loss
of trade In the particular of grain export.
It 1 moat essential that Boston business
men look to the prime reasons why the gulf
port hav an advantage over Boston and
correct conditions so that these causes can
be, at least partially, removed.
Can they be removed to any appreciable
extent? It 1 not merely possible. The
chance are greater than thosa compre
hended in the term "possible."
The condition that are to be faced must
be first thoroughly understood. The course
then to be taken form the basis of many
discussion.
Wkm Omaha Get Oa.
The main condition unfavorable to Bos
ton arise In a small city in the midst of
the great corn belt of the United States
and a city that la In close touch, through
magnificent railroad connection, with the
Immense wheat producing area.
It 1 a oity of only 130,000 inhabitants,
with a sister city on Its aouthern Una of
S0.0CO, and a river separating It from an-,
other city of perhaps 40,000 people.
Thl city I Omaha, Neo.; it on nelgh-
Ibor I South Omaha ana the other, that
'aoroe the river, I Council Bluff, la.
It la not generally known, 'but It t a
fact, that these three cltlos, of which
Omaha 1 the leader, hOMl the key to the
major portion of the grain export of the
United Btates.
The tiny city of South Omaha also pos
sesses the additional prerogative of regu
lating to a very large extent in the not
blatant future the manuiacture of good
mad from leather.
To many theee elements will seem Im
pressionistic, but they are founded upon
actual facta, th existence of which Boston
has already discovered through lta reduced
export trade In grain a least.
In just two years note the time of the
Vbegtnnlng of th decadence tn Boston'
grain export Omaha ha almost destroyed
, Boston's export grain trade.
Th reason follow:
the very center of the great
ships. On the first day of the following make th "um f th two x' between
February the Omaha Grain Exchange Interior point and Omaha, and between
opened It door for business. During the
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remainder of the year, to January 1, 19C6,
the exchange handled over 17,000,000 bush
els of grain, breaking all recorda tn the
history of grain exchange In the United
State for a first year and placing Omaha
a th fifth city In the United Bute a a
grain center.
But thl was not all that was accom
plished. During the last year Its previous
storage capacity of 1,400,000 bushel was
Increased by over 3,000,000 bushel through
the eonstruction of elevator.
' Yet thl was the smallest In Importance
of the accomplishments of the city through
it grain exchange.
Previous to the establishment of the ex
change, as it has been stated above, re it
road discrimination existed against Omaha.
Practically all the railroads running Into
Omaha were through lines, Omaha being
merely a large city In their course.
All of these railroad had In force rates
which prevented any grain stopping over
at Omaha, because the through rate from
points beyond Omaha to Chicago was less
than the combination of the two local rates;
that Is, the sum total of the rate from in
terior point to Omaha and from Omaha to
Chicago.
For example, If the rate from Long Pine,
Omaha and Chicago equal the through
rate between those interior point and Chi
cago. k
An action was instituted In the federal
court against the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway company, alleging discrimin
ation In rates, the charge of "conspiracy"
being made to give the federal court juris
diction. The various through line thereby saw
Omaha's determination and began to bold
conferences. Th Northwestern held out
for Its through rate and the conference
threatened to and. Indeed, several time
did end In disruption.
Then th Omaha business men, aiding the
grain exchange, took action. With
out publicity, freight was diverted from
the Northwestern and the Northwestern
promptly yielded. The suit wa dismissed
and permanent rate established.
Omaha had won a victory, the tremen-
dou effects of which wse not yet patent
to other grain centers and export points,
but which th long-headed business men
of Omaha had foreseen and for which
they had vigorously contended.
Omaha had been give,, practically ab
solute control of the gram situation of
the United States.
At first thought this may be considered
a visionary statement, but the ensuing
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condition have verified It beyond contro
version. A reference to th accompanying map
will aid the mind to grasp th situation
In all it Importance.
Omaha' Manifest Advantage.
Omaha, being in the center of the great
grain producing area and possessing twenty-two
trunk line running into every cor
ner of that area, ha unequaled facilities
for coercing grain to Its storehouses.
Once there, Omaha has the choice of all
markets, not only of the country but
of the world. Why T Compare each of the
following statement witn the accompany
ing map and the cause will be apparent.
Omaha Is approximately 400 miles from
Minneapolis, a trifle longer distance from
tHiluth; It Is 600 miles from Chicago; It Is
216 miles from Kansas City, Mo., and 604
mile from St. Louis; It Is th tame dis
tance from Milwaukee, W;s. ; it Is approxi
mately 900 miles from Philadelphia, 1,550
mile from New Tork and 1,000 miles from
Boston. But It I only 900 mile from New
Orleans and Oalveston, to which it has five
outlets.
Controlling grain shipment to market
center from the great grain area sur
rounding It, because of It now favorable
local rate and rhort haul grain haa cen
tered and 1 gathering at Omaha.
If Chicago offer a half cent a bushel
higher than Minneapolis. Chicago will get new condition.
city on the Atlantic seaboard. But It 1 a
condition that Atlantic port must take
Into consideration, and that port which
most quickly or most satisfactorily solve
the problem will be the port to benefit by
the grain. If Kansas City make tha offer,
Kansas City will get It.
Bo if New Orleans, with It shorter dis
tance, offers a higher price, the grain goes
there instead of to the New Tork, Boston
or Philadelphia exporter.
These condition are Incontrovertible.
WItnes the cry, "Grain 1 going by way
of the gulf." '
Competitor Rage In Vain.
Boston can restore Its grain export trade,
but It will require time, patience and the
expenditure of money.
The first move to be made should be th
establishment of an aggressive grain ax
change. It may be said Boston now ha a Cham
ber of Commerce and Board of Trade,
which handle grain, among other things. It
la essential, however, that the "other
things" be eliminated by an' organisation
whose sole purpose is the handling of grain.
Omaha's position ha been assailed time No organization, the interests of which are
and again by competing cities, but without diversified, can devote the requisite direct
avail. In one Instance Chicago, Kansas thought and action to the gaining of a
City, St. Louis and Minneapolis grain point to which exclusive and aggreaaiv at-
dealers combined in an attack before the
Interstate Commerce commission, but tha
ruling was, as it ought tu be, that Omaha
I entitled to as favorable rate within its
own territory as any other city, and today
Omaha holds all markets at It mercy.
This fact doe not militate against Boston
any more than It dona against any other
tentlon must b given, so that success
may be assured.
Boston' Opportunity.
Without going into details at tb present
time, the first move to be mad by the
grain exchange. If established, must be the
enlistment of capital for th construction
Some Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and Gay
"THE LAST WEST."
A Wirslsc.
YOUNG man In New Tork, who Is
ambitious to attain fame "at the
bar, was conversing with a friend
touching the probabilities of suc
cess, when the latter was moved
to take. a pessimistic view of the situation.
"Don't you," be asked, "ever despair of
gaining a good practice at the law?"
"I do not," was the confident response of
the youthful disciple of Blackstone.
"At least you will admit." went on the
other, "that th profession la already over
crowded." "Perhaps It Is," laughingly responded the
youth. "All the same, I propose to gradu
ate In law, and these who are already in
the profession will have to take their
chances." Harper's Weekly.
Almost Treated.
Two Germans were on their way to work.
stingy as you tlnk. He almost treated me
vonc."
"How do you make dot oudT" questioned
Hans. "How could he almost treated you
vldoud doing It?"
"Veil, dat happened dls vay," said Adolph.
"Vone cold morning I dropped into Schnei
der's place and sat me down by der fire for
a little varmness, und Schneider vaa clean
ing der bar up. He tooked all der bottle
course. My paper doesn't print obituary
notice of living men."
"Perhap not, a a rule," gently replied
tho visitor, "but In thi case I happen
to be the Jenkins referred to."
Thereupon the city editor began a pro
fuse apology. "We'll print a correction at
once," he said.
"Well, after all," observed the mild
Jenkins, "perhaps 'twould be better to let
came to light In a small Indiana town not
long ago. In this town tnere is an officer,
designated a inspector of street and
roadway, who receive the munificent sal
ary of J260 per your. A th opposing po
litical parties are Very nearly balanced in
thl town, there Is keen opposition, so that
when this office became vacant and the
authorities ordered an election to All It
there was a lively campaign for this small
from der shelves, viped dem clean, and sat it stand; I'll show It to my friend when piunil no other election being near. The
dem on der bar; den he tooked der glasses
und did likewise; after dat he vlped der
helve off, und put der clean bottle und
glasses back. Ven dls vork wa finished he
looked over to me und ay: 'Vel, Adolph,
vat are Ve going to have?' Und yuat a I
vas going to ay 'beer,' he says, 'rain or
now?' "San Francisco Chronicle.
Aa Easter Offerlaa-.
At a recent convention of ministers one of
rhen on of them. Ham, observed their them told how he had paid off the mortgage
Omana 1 In
countryman, Schneider on th other Bid of
the street, sweeping the walk In front of
hi saloon.
"Adolph," said Hans, pointing to the aa- -loon
-man, "yust look at Schneider doing
hia own sweeping. By golly, he is der
meanest und stingiest man vat Us."
"No," retorted Adolph, "he Is not so
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shine their best, with almost no work
"NA shine their best,
Yjat IL
R Nothing like It
f j for use In the kit
baa ever been known
kitchen, or for polishing
rretnl pipe, fixtures, door knobs, rail
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It not only cleans off grease and
scum, but polishes to a high brilliancy
without scratching.
Contains no lye,
caustic or acid to
roughen or redden
the hands, but
leaves them soft
and smooth.
Nothing like It for scrubbing floors, marble, tiling,
etc.; cleaning windows, bath tubs, sinks, porcelain,
to.
SOLD IS LARGE SIFTING TOP CANS
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MaOl
THE CUOAHT PACKIN3 CO.. South Omaha.
on th church to which he had been as
signed. The church was located in a fmall
New England town, th population of
which was unusually well-to-do, and where
there was a keen social rivalry. The Sun
day before Easter th minister made thl
announcement:
"I am going to make a suggestion to the
good sisters of the congregation. Next Sun
day, in the vestibule, will be found a black
board, and I think It would be a pretty
Idea If each slater would writ thereon her
name and the amount sh will give a an
Easter offering the amount tq correspond
to th cost of her Easter hat."
"And wa the plan a success?" someone
asked.
The minister smiled,
"Well," he said, "I paid off a fairly good
sized mortgage and recarpeted the church."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Some Advaatatte la Being Dead.
Colonel Henry Watterson tells of the
astonishment and chagrin with which a
certain well known cltlsen of Louisville,
named Jenkins, read a long obituary of
himself printed n a morning paper of that
city. He at once prooeeded to the editorial
omce of the paper, and, after much diffi
culty, succeeded In obla:n:ng audience of
the busy editor. Laying a copy of tha
paper before him he observed In a mild,
almost humble way. that ne nad come to
see if th city editor could "tell" him
"anything about it."
With a snort of impatience th busy
editor grasped th paper and hastily read
the article. "It appears to te an obituary
of one Jenkins," he growled. "What is
there to tell' about it? V.'hat is th
matter with you, anyhow?"
"Oh. nothing especially," responded the
wild Jenkins, "only I thought I'd like to
know how the obituary cam to be printed
that all."
"Cam to be printed!" repeated the editor,
in Irritated too; "why, th man died, of
they try to borrow money of me."
What Evarts Bald.
Whan Hon. J, B. Alley of Lynn wa a
member of congress he, with other of the
New England delegation in Washington,
had given a dinner on Forefathers' day.
Bx-Secretary of State Evarts waa one of
the guesta. In tho after dinner exercises
Mr. Alley had taken much time In relating
circumstances in which he was th most
conspicuous figure.
Evarts waa next on th list of speaker,
and, in beginning his remark, said: "J
have listened to my friend Alley with pro
found interest and respect. The many
vent of national and state history with
which he ha been connected 1 truly won
derful, but there 1 one he ha omitted,
doubtless through hi well known modesty.
I refer to that ever memorable morning
when after the discovery of America,
Columbus turned to him and aald, "John,
where hod w better land T" Boston Her
ald. Looking Oat for the Company.
Lancia, th chauffeur, crossed th At
lantic to New Tork on La Oascogne, and
one night in the smoking room of the
steamer he said:
"Your American railroad are superior
to ours. Th train go faster, th car
are mor luxurious and the management is
wiser.
"I like your system of excess checks
those check, each worth a dim, whioh
ou give on your railroad to passenger
who, having no ticket, pay cash fares.
At flrst these ohecks angered me. I did
not like them; but a conductor, with a
good natured smile, illustrated their use
with a story.
"He said that on a little railway in the
south they did not use excess checks. A
friend of his. riding on this railway with
out a ticket, paid hia far In cash, a
matter of M or K.
"The conductor took 'the money and
counted It, and then, carefully, he put
part of It in his coat pocket and the rest
in the hip pocket of his pantaloons.
" 'Why,' said the passenger, 'do you di
vide the money that way?'
"Th conductor, with a frown, replied:
" The company ha got to get some
thing, ain't itr"-New Vork Tribune.
democratic candidate, was a rather shrewd
old fellow by the name of Ezekiel Hicks
and It looked as though he would be suc
cessful, as a neat little sum had been sub
scribed and turned over to him as a cam
paign fund. To the astonishment of every
body, however, he wa defeated.
"I can't account for it," one of the dem
ocratic leader ald, gloomily. "With that
money we should have won. How did you
lay it out, Eiekiel?"
1250 a year salary an' I didn't see no ssnse
in payln' $900 out to get the office, so I Jest
bought me a little truck farm instead."
Harper's Weekly.
Could Mot aland (ho ExeOeaaeat.
A miser, 82 years old, who lived In th
village of Gessevav, Canton of Berne,
Switzerland, died recently from excitement
caused by the preparation for hi mar
rlag to a 30-year-old girl, the belle of th
village.
When the police entered the miser's house
they found gold, sliver and notes hidden In
every part of the building. There wer
banknote up the chimney, gold In a night
cap, m In silver In a stocking, mor note
in an old boot and coin secreted in mantel
ornaments, under the carpet and even in
th back of a clock.
Tb miser, who also had 130,000 la a local
Read Carpenter's Letters About West
ern Canada Published Every Sun
day la This Papsr They're Ey
Openers. Three thousand miles of new railway ar
under way in that rich farming country.
Ninety million bushel of wheat from
4,000,000 acres in 1906.
Th world's best small grain country.
Good markets, good climate. '
Big tracts of lands for money-maker.
Fro homesteads for all who want them,
Th last chance to get free or cheap land
In America's humid belt
One hundred and twenty thousand new
settlers in 1906 tS.000 Americana
Sixty thousand American coming this
year.
Don't be too lata.
For fre copies of a handsome magazine,
interesting literature . and , all sorts of In
formation about western Canada, Its ferUle
lands and It growing cities, writ to U. S.
Bureau of Resource. New York Lit Bldg.,
Minneapolis, Minn..
of on or more large storage elevator, so
that grain shipped here may be held for
favorable foreign markets, and Boston thus
reap th profit of increased prices.
Rates ar not yet so unfavorable that
such a project is Inadmissible.
Th second move is on of diplomacy.
Omaha is pretentious to become It own ex
port agent.
Plans can be originated which will cause
Omaha to look with more favor upon Bos
ton than upon any other Atlantic port.
Such plana ar. of course, obviously for
confidential consideration, but their charac
ter con readily be secured, when the ex
change I formed. If such a body be or
ganised, from persona conversant wltn tne
situation.
Boston already possesses one powerful
lever in Omaha, through the several mil
lions of dollars of Boston and New Eng
land money invested there.
These suggestion ar offered merely a
the necleu for' a plan which will aid In
making a "bigger, better and busier" Bus-
ton. Elaboration of them will be pub-
bank, lived on cents a day. and did hi
"Hum." Ezekiel said, lowly. pulling hi own cooking and washing in ordr to av llshed. if circumstances disclose that profit
whiskers, "yer see, that office only pays money. to Boston wUl aria from uch publication.
Practical Palliloa.
X practical politician of tb first water
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Too frequent passage of urine, thin,
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