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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 21, 1913. LOWER RATES ON APPLES I I GROCERS TO HOLD A BIG SHOW 14-A i : " : '- Fruit Growers' Association Asks for Concessions on Tariff. MANY MARKETS NOW CLOSED Comparison of Itntes Shorn thnt Fruit Grown In Omaha Terr! ory But tern from Discrimination. The Easttrn Nebraska Fruit Growers' association has token steps to secure a better rata to market on fruit that Is Brown within a radius of 100 miles from Omaha. A committee was recentlr ap pointed. Its Instructions being to prose cute the request for a better rato to the end and In carrying out thts Instruction, tZ. M Pollard of Nohawko, former con gressman from the First Nebraska dis trict, presented tho following brief and argument to the traffic mannzers of the Western Traffic asjociation "at Us St. Louis meeting on December IS: At a meeting of growers and shippers of apples held at &t. Joseph, Mo.. July 18, 1913. a committee was appointed to represent tho apple growers of the four states Mjjfourl, Kansas, lown and Ne-braska-to bring to the attention of the traffic managers of the trunk lines of railroads covering the Missouri valley territory th discrimination that exlsli on carlot shipment of apples from this territory to eastern and southern mar kets. This committee Is Instructed to ask you gentlemen, representing theso trunk lines serving the upper Missouri valley, to remove this discrimination. Un ites wc receive relief from you we aro further Instructed to tako the matter before the Interstate Commerce com mission. net Apple Country. The Missouri valley has become one of the largest and best apple producing portions of the United Statos. Tho natural market for our surplus pro duction of apples Is tho middle and southern states.. Particularly, tho southern states are nonproducers of ap ples. The excessive freight rates from our territory make It necessary for southern buyers to purchase their sup ply of apples from the eastern producer, tven though the distance Is much greater. The lines of the roads you gentlemen represent receive very little If any of this business. To a greater or less ex tent, your lines penetrate .the southern territory, Wen of tho Mississippi river you have a virtual monopoly on tho southern freight At present you recclvo B.t best only tho short haul on all shipments of nppfca entering theso mar kets. Uy virtue of the fact that your lines of road cover tho great apple pro ducing sections of the upper Missouri valley, nnd tho southern states na well, west of tho Mississippi river you are entitled not only to tho short haul, but tho entire haul on all shipments of ap ples to most or tho south. Tho freight business to this region belongs to your lines by virtue of the fact that your lines ronotrato It. These markets be long to the applo producers of the great Missouri valcy by virtue of being nearer to It by at least BOO miles than Almost any ether apple producing center or tho Vn:tcd States. Notwithstanding this fact both the carriers and producers of this ration receive very little .If any, of tho business. Wo aro firmly of tho cprnlon Hut a removal of this In equality of freight rates wilt result In as much benefit to the railroads as to llio grower of apples. DlwtilrnntKiro of Rates, We desire to call your attention to tho II A 1 - . ; s i ft &. ,n, Wt&jW 'ilV I MMBMMBMM WBMMBM Auditorium is Secured and Bate is Set for Next March. MANY EXHIBITS ARE EXPECTED Lectures anil IMctures by Experts, Who "Will Go Into Subject of Household, Economics Committees Named. 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J, A Ruth JXm$k(tr r Vr. yJohnicn 2V07 CAndert Ave &ot CAferuJ Ave 0 f Manr Omaha homes have been brightened on Christmas morning by the stork coming along with Santa Claus. Theso youngsters have grown up to whero they begin to understand tho real spirit of tho day, and so their birthday celebrations tako on more than tho usual gayety. And not many of them would exchange birth days if they could, for It's nice to be a real Christmas gift. great disadvantages under which we, as producers of apples, labor so far as this, our natural market, Is concerned. Middle and southern state buyers who are closer to the Missouri valley grower than to the New England and New York grower by from S to 1,000 miles, havo pointed out that they cannot buy our apple on account of the excessive freight rates from our territory over rates from New England and New York. To Illus trate: The .average distance from tho New England producer to Chicago is J miles with a SO-ccnt rate; tha average distance from the Rochester group of producers to Chicago Is COO with a rate of 21 cents; the average distance of the Buffalo group of producers to Chi cago Is 650 miles with a rate of 184 cents. The average dlitanca from Missouri river points to Chicago Is WO miles with a rato of Zt cents. The average distance from tho Rochester group of producers to Nashville, Tenn., la KO miles with a rate of S3 cents; the average distance of the Albany group of producers Is 1,050 miles with a rate of S3 cents h avr. ago dlitanco rfom tho Matlnsburg, Va., group of producers Is 7S0 miles with a rate of 33 cents; while the average dis tance irom the Missouri valley group of producers is Kfl miles with a rate of 45 cents. Bven the New England urodueer Is distant 1,005 miles from Nashville, or approximately oo miles farther away, with a rate of 30 cents, or 9 cents less than the Missouri valley grower pays. The average Missouri shipment Is 10 miles less than the Rochester grower, yet he pays a ll-cent higher rate. lie Is 400 miles nearer than the Albany group of producers, yet ne pays a U-cent higher rate. We find that this same discrim ination exists to the extreme south. For tnttance. the average Missouri river pro ducer of apples la $75 miles from Oal veston, Tex., while the average distance of the Albany group of producers Is l.ax) miles. Nevertheless the Albany producer enjoys a lS-cent better rate, although W0 miles farther away. On Tonnage Basis. To throw the comparison on a ton ntge basis wo find that tho Albany grower can lay hla apples down In Gal veston for 6 mills per ton per mile. The Missouri river grower must pay II mills per ton per mllo to lay his apples down at the same point. Wo mlrht AA in this list Indefinitely. We feel, however, that we have cited enough cases to con vince you of the justice of our claim. Under these circumstances la it mv wonder that the western railroads re ceive the short haul on this business and that the eastern grower supplies the peo pie of the south with his applesT we ao not pretend to know a great deal about your business, but It does look to the average layman as though your lines do not receive anywhere near the apple tonnage to eastern and south ern n.arkets that properly belongs to you on account of this great dlscrlmlna. Hon In rates. Inasmuch as the lonr haul from Missouri river points to mid dle states and southern market properly belongs to your lines and tha rnrwit la true of New England and other east ern points, wa cannot see where the western roads profit by the present sys ttm of rates. We believe that the . Mw.. w. ... w.ati.ijiiuKviuii in rates on 'apples to these point w!U result in as The Omaha Retail Qoocers! association has decided to sponsor a "Low Cost of Living Show," to be held in the Audi torium In March. Special committees have been appointed to take active charge of tho exposition and already plans are being matured. All kinds of exhibits will be Included In the show and the exhibits will be supplemented as far as possible by lec tures and Illustrated talks from experts In good lines. Special emphasis will be laid on household economics, where, It Is the opinion of the association, most of the extravagant waste Which creates high prices occurs. Exhibits will be solicited from tho manufacturers and the co-operation of the women and their or ganizations will be asked. To Work for His Exhibit. President Wlso announces that the as sociation will do Its best to secure ex hibits from out-of-town dealers, not only In provisions and drugs, but also in household goods. Salesmen and demon strating agents of the biggest wholesale and manufacturing concerns In the coun try will probably be here, as will also a large number of general merchants and grocers and the result will bo a direct benefit to all the business men of Omaha. The association will oak the moral support of the other business men, although no financial contributions will be solicited. Plana have, been made for tho show, but none of the details will be divulged at present Tho floor space plans will soon be Issued, however, and an active cam paign will soon be Inaugurated. Addi tional employ will be rushed Into ser vice to take care of the correspondence and Incidentals. A big booster meeting I soon to be called and the 800 dealers who are members of the association will be asked to get to work Interesting their customers In tho "Low Cost of Living Show." The following committees have been announced by Secretary F. H. Hansen: Press R, J. Skankey, chairman; S. Rosenblum, Lw Sommer. Auditing C. V. Warfleld. chairman; M. J. Howell, I. Sherman, O. A. Mulflnger. Executive D. D. Wise, chairman: R. J. Reed. C. V. Warfleld, F. Hannegan, F. W. Flodman. Ticket and Admission F. W. Flodman. chairman; E. Anderson. F. Hangelln, R. O. Gocher, J. Larson. Exhiblt-E. E. Wise, chairman; F. II. Hansen; R. G. Mohr. Lighting and Concession F. Hannegan, chairman; J. Bastlan, R. P. Wlnklo mann. License, Police, Fire and Special Of ficers R. P. Wlnkleraann, chairman: A. Blomenthnl. A. E. Snygg. Receptlon-J. H. Kirk, chairman: P. C. Dybbro. C. E. Filey. W. II. Moeller, Wil liam Rudlorf. C. Thorson. J. Wlsler. a. Hupner, II. Humpert. D. Jourdani E. Karach, D. Marks. F. J. Kotera, I. Kulakofsky, J. DrelfUs. J. Peterson, L. Nathan. F. E. Lofdahl. L. Mulflnger. R. Kulakofsky, J. B. Graham. A. O. Isaac son. J. Slosburg, H. Stein. A. Katleman, J. B. Bendekovlo, C. J. Kneracelc Bablen Threatened by croup, coughs or colds are soon re lieved by the use of Dr. King's New Dis covery. bOo and $1.00. For sale by your druggist. Advertisement. much pecuniary beneru to tho railroads of the west as It will to the growers of apples. Chanco Overlooked. Some of the great trunk lines ore main taining high salaried officers, whose duty It is to encourage tho development of tho various lines of agriculture and to Induce shippers to market their products over their respective lines. With the present dlscrlmatory rates on apples, their efforts along this line will neces sarily be greatly retarded. Borne rail road officials have contended that the middlemen and not excessive freight rates are responsible for the present high .cost of living. Yet the average price received by the grower Tin Mis souri and Kansas In 113 wa 7S cents per 100 pounds, while the average cost of shipping to middle and southern mar ket was nearly SO per cent of tho price received by the grower. Add to thts 20 cent per 100 pound for each package and 30 cents for storage, which must bo paid by the consumer before the dealer's profit la computed, and you will readily see why thousands of bushels of apples rotted on the ground In the Missouri valley, Had there been In force more equitable freight rate you might have had the opportun ity to receive compensation for delivering those apples to market. When tha mi.. ourl valley grower find that the Roche. ter grower has an advantage of on each car shipped to Birmingham Ala., with a SS-mlle longer haul, and J47.W ad vantage to Nashville. Tenn., with a 15- muo longer naui. and J36.40 advantage to Memphis, with a 0-mlle longer haul and an equal advantage to other markets closer to him than to the eastern grower It la not surprising that he becomes dis couraged and permits hi apple to rot under the trees. Rates that Are Asked For. We respectfully request that you put In force the following carloat rates on apples, with a minimum of 24.080 pounds, from Missouri river point; to Chicago. cent per 100 pounds; to St Louis, 13 cents; to Indianapolis. a cents; to Cln nattl, 14 cents; to Louisville, 23 cents; to Chattanooga, Tenn., SS cents; to Memphis. 23 cent: to Nuhviiia m cents; to Birmingham. Ala., SS cents; to Pittsburgh, S3 cents; to New York, 49 cents; to Boston, 64 cents; to St, Paul and Minneapolis. 14 cents: to Farm. k. D., 30 cents; to Duluth, 19 cents; to Houston. Tex., S3 cents; to Fort Worth. SO cents; to Galveston, 34 cents; to Okla homa City, 33 cents; to New Orleans, S cents; to Mobile, Ala., S3 cents; to El Paso. Tex., 40 cents. In this matter we are not aiklnr tnr favors. We feel, however, that we hava a right to demand equal rates with other Iruit producing centers to competing markets. We believe that there are greater possibilities for the development of the fruit business In the Mltsourl vol ley than In any part of the United States. Our climatic and soil conditions are such that we ore able to produce an apple of fine texture, delicious In flavor and with a long Keeping quality, which makes it second to none Brown anywhere In th world. The recognised superiority of our apples and our proximity to the great market makes the Missouri valley an .-specially Invitln field for Investment In th apple growing buslnsss ! 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