THK OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: FEMiUAKY 27, 1916.
5-D
BATTLE FOR EYEN
RATES GOES AHEAD
Omaha Still Fighting to Be Put on
Fair Footing with Kansas
City Marktt.
SOME SAMPLES OF INJUSTICE
A vast amount has bw'n done sine the
Omaha Omln exchange waa organised
to rt equitable and Just grain rates
for Omaha. tp to the highest tribunal
the alert amenta of the exrhnnce have
carried various fights. Hut the whole
work has not been completed yet.
At the rre.ent time the exchange Is
vinrklni i-. .amim TutttAi Mtaa frnm
Omnha to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas
points.
Kansas Pit v still has a rest advantage
over Omnha in the freight rates leading
tnto the field of consumption.
Discrimination la ftlartnar.
That there Is vast fllscrlnilnation
agnlnts Omaha and In favor of Kansas
"Itv In the mutter of these rates will be
charred In the brief. It will be shown
that Omaha Is handicapped In Its effort
to reach this southern territory, while
Kansas City is favored In Its efforts to
rvach the Minneapolis mills through
Omaha,
Hera are the facts: Omaha rays 5
cents more to reach Oklahoma. Arkansas
nd Texas than Kansas City does, while
Kansas City Jys only 1 cert more to
reach Minneapolis mills than Omaha
Goes.
This condition, the raln men here con
tend Is an unjustifiable case of discrim
ination, and they want It rectified.
There Is a vast demand in Oklahoma,
Arkansas and, Texas for Omaha and
Kansas City grnln, especially what Is
known as the rough grain, or corn and
oats for feeding purposes.
Naturally the grain men in both these
primary grain markets seek the business.
In Ui2. 1313 end 1914 per cent of the
corn and oats that reached Omaha wa
shipped to these three southern states,
according to Traffic Manager Smith of
the Grain Exchange. The next year
better crop was raised In the south and
less was needed from this section, but
these figures are given merely to show
the demand for our grain in that sec
tlon.
U'krrr Omaha Baffera.
While this grain rate to the south Is
one of tho big discriminations, tno r.
change will seek to have adjusted before
the Interstate Commerce commission it is
... h ntilv discrepancy that
needs attention. Rates in favor of Kansas
City and against Omnha are so gross and
so extensive that the whole trouble can
by no means bo ironed out in a single
case.
"If we could ever be given the esme
rate per ton mile aa Kansas - City
enjoys." says Mr. Smith. "Ninety per
cent of our rates would be reduced. We
have teen fighting- and fighting to get
soma of these polnta adjusted, but the
whola rafe schedule of the southern part
of our state la still a constant ourca
of irritation."
Soma Nebraska Cases.
Some conspicuous cases may be cited
In the rate over the Burlington from
towna in the southern part of the state.
From Wymore to Omaha, for example,
im a distance of 116 miles. From Wymore
to Kansas City the distance Is 184 miles.
Tet the rate is the same. From Fair
bury to Omaha the distance Is 11 miles;
- v .V.o. ntv 217 miles, yet the rata
Is the-same. From Hebron to Omaha,
14 miles; to Kansas City. I5S miles; yet
the rate la the aama. From Shlckley to
Omaha the dUtanca Is 132 miles; to Kan
sas City, 240 miles, with the same rate.
From 'Sled Cloud to Omaha is 192 miles;
to Kansaa City. 2W miles, with the rate
the same. From Alma to Omaha is 223
miles; to Kansaa City, W miles, with the
rate the aama.
Prior to the fight baflora the Interstate
Commerce commission, which resulted in
a little readjustment In Deoamber. 1913,
oma still mora glaring discrepenclea
were In effect.
Rates that Look Fiisr.
Grain rates from Auburn to Omaha, a
dlstanca of nlncty-alx miles, were 9 35
retVVwhile the rate to Kansaa City, the
greater distance of 138 miles, waa only
8.35 cents. Thus) while the distance waa
almost one-half greater to Kansaa City,
the rate to that place was a cent a hun
dred pounds leas. All the commission
did In tho readJiistmeDt at that time was
to raise the Kansas City rate to t.35 cents,
the eoual of the Omaha rate, without
taltlng Intn conslilpratlon the greater dis
tance to Kan.Ha f'ity.
Practically the same thing was done
with tlie rates from Crab Orchard. Te
cumseh and several other points where
the situation was mirh similar. This
was some relief, but not satisfactory-
A mortifying situation still standing,
for example, Is the rate from Bracken
and Armour. These two towns are taken
as an illustration for the simple reason
that It chances that Bracken Is IE miles
from Kansas City, while Armour is ex
actly 1.T2 miles from Omaha. Bracken's
grain rate to Kansaa Cltv Is . cents,
while Armour s grain rate to Omnha, the
same distance, is li t cents.
Table Rock Is 11" miles from tmiaha.
Dawson la 11" miles from Kansas City.
The Pawson grain rate to Kansaa City Is
9.35 cents. The Tsblo Hock grain rate to
Omaha, the same distance, is 11.06 cents.
Flaht Only Partly Won.
Thus Omaha has In twelve yea-s becomi
a great primary grain market In spite of
the railroads and their discriminating
rates.
And one of the distressing things about
making a flcht is that the railroads make
the reply that grain would not come to
Omaha anyway.
This was the plea madn by the railroads
when the Grain exchange asked for more
favorable rates from the famous Gallatin
valley In Montana. The Burlington went
before the Interstate Commerce commis
sion and tried to show that the grain
from that valley had no Inclination to
come to Omaha. The railroad representa
tive teatifled before the commission that
only four carloads had come from that
valley to Omaha In two years. j
in spue or inia testimony, nowever, im
commission ordered a readjustment, glv
Ing Omaha a better opportunity In com
petition with Minneapolis and Chcago.
The new rate went Into effect August 1
of last year.
The result waa that Instead of four cars
In two years, the Omaha Grain exchange
got i.000 carloads of grain out of that
valley from the first of August to the
first of January- This Is J.oOO carloads in
five months, as against four carloads In
twenty-four months.
Great Legitimate! Trade Watttnar.
This Montana case is illustrative of the
volume of grain in legitimate Omaha ter
ritory that Is waiting to come here if the
railroads will only give Omaha an even
chance with other grain markets.
Kansas City Is an old grain market.
The grain rates were established there
long before Omaha had a grain market.
When Omaha established a grain market.
It had to take what it could get In the
way of rates. , There has been a per
sistent fight for better rate conditions,
and tho fight is to be kept up until
Omaha gets what it is entitled to as a
primary grain market.
Fifty-Seven Active
Firms Now on 'Change
There are fifty-seven active grain
firms on ihe Omaha Grain exchange
now. When the exchange started there
were only sixteen. In ll'IO there were
but thirty. Seven new ones were added
during 11S. The Is now Is aa follows:
Pawson drain company.
National ?raln company
1copoM-Todd Grain company.
Parsons Commission company.
Kin ley Barred Co.
Caver Commission company.
C'asco Milling company.
J. B. A dsms.
Alhrra ft Pollock Commission company.
Hcnl-Vlncent Grain company.
The Bew sher company.
Blnnchard-Nlswonger Grain company.
The Frank H. Brown enmpary.
Cavers Klevator company.
Crowcll Klevator company.
Crow ell Uiimher and Grain company.
J. l. Conrad.
Poane-Hears company.
Klanley (train company.
Gate t'tty Malt company.
IlolniQiilst Klevator company,
K. K. Huntley.
Hynes Klevator company.
Iowa Elevator company.
Korn ft Hudnall.
Iamson Bros. Co.
lognn ft Bryan,
Manny Milling company.
Merriam Commission company.
Mrrrlam Millard company.
Nebraska-Iowa Grain company.
Nye-achnelder-Fowler Grain company.
Oline Grain company.
Omaha Alfalfa Milling company,
Omaha Klevator company.
M -t". Peters Mill company.
Kalnbolt Corn company.
George A. Koberts Grain company,
Raumlers-Westrand company.
Standard Grain company,
Ktldham Grain company.
Taylor Grain company.
Taylor-Pwanick Grain .company.
K. R. Thresher.
Trsns-Mlsslssippl Grain company.
.1. F. Twamlev, Son ft Co.
The United Grain company.
I'nlted States Commission company.
I'pdlke Klevator company.
I'pdika Grain company.
I'pdike Milling company.
Van Wickle Grain and Lumber company.
POPULAR VETERAN OF THE
GRAIN TRADE.
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M any Factors Enter Into the
Modern Marketing of Grain Crops
Wi&Hynez
F. W. Wagner V Co.
Ware A I olmnl.
Weekes Grain company.
Welsh Grain company.
Movie etor Jlnw,
Durham, who was a He league
pitcher for many years, wlndiiiu up his
career with the Giants, lias become a
movie actor, playing a leading part
A complex process indeed is that pro
cess by which a bushel of wheal, corn,
oats, rye or barley arrives from the field
In which It grew to the table on which
It Is consumed in the form of bread, cake,
pic. breakfast food, corn pone, oatmeal
or whatever else It la when It Is con
sumed In tho old order of thlns under which
our grandparents lived and moved and
hud their narrow and contented being the
process was very simple and the market
was vr nnrrow.
Knch community was a lltllo world In
itself. There were no railroads ami the
licat that was rn'sed in Illinois, for in
ntHiice, waa very likely to be consumed
there by man or beast.
There were no grnln exchanges and no
need for them. There were no elevators.
Each 'nrmer cleaned his craln by a lltllo
hand fan mill or even by Ihe more crude
method of letting the wltul blow away
the chaff and dust aa he let the grain
drop slowly from n shovel to the ground.
But today an organization and vna
clilnerv has been built up whereby the
farmer In Nebraska ran sell his wheat
to be consumed In Knglsnd or Hussta or
lml a and do It Just as conveniently and
UUlckly as though he was selling It to a
Nebraska mill.
It is a marvel of man's Ingenuity and
when one examines the machinery by
which tho rrop Is taken automatically
as it were from the producer to the con
sumer his wonder grows In direct pro
portion as he pushes his Investigations
and sees the greater and greater and
farther reaching ramifications of tho
many cots and lifters of this great ma
chine which depends for Its perfect work
ing on some of the great Inventions of
the century.
Without tl.e railroad It could not work.
Without tho telegraph It would be help-
less. Tho telephone Is an Instrument
equally necessary to the smooth working
of tho machine.
Tho ataamahln la a most Important
fa tor next to tho rsllrosd for it opena
up the great markets of the world in
other lands.
If wheat goes up a penny In I-onrton
that fact Is known In Omaha almost aa
soon at it happens. Chicago quotations
are neatly rhalkel on the board of the
Omah.t exchange half a minute after
they have been chalked on the board In
Chicago.
Space and time have been annihilated
in order that wheat, the great cereal
which has supported man from tho dawn
of history and probably for a long time
before hat. may be brought to tho place
In the world whero It Is needed.
Much of the movement of grain through
Omaha Is from areas where the crop has
been scarce in any year.
Thus tho machinery of the grain tsx
changn acts as a delicate balance In tho
operation of the law of supply ar.d demand.
Knew Ileal Krimnm).
Having come to tho conclusion that
his wife spent far too much money on
housekeeping, Johaon derided to buy the
meat ana vegetables himself. Ills first
attempt was Hot as successful as it de
served. In his dcalro to buy cheaply, ha
betook himself to a market gartlener'e.
"I want." said he. "a cauliflower."
The man led him to a large bed, where
sprouted a few very small plants.
"Cauliflowers are small and are very
scarce Just now. but I can let you have
that one for 1 cents," said the gardener,
pointing to a very small specimen.
"All rlnlit." said Johnson. The man
bent down to cut It.
"Mon t cut It now!" roared our econ
omist. "I ll call back for it In a fort
night." Philadelphia I-edger.
LOW PRICES FOR FAT STARTS
THE GOLD OUT OF HIDING
(Correspondence of the Associated Tress.)
BERXIN, Feb. 10,-Most of tha gold In
Germany is in Ihe Imperial bank by now,
but that there is still some In lildinff
wss proved recently when a Fuersten
wald butcher advertised that ha would
sell fat In five-pound lota to persona who
paid in gold, and In one-pound lota to
those who paid In paper or silver.
Tha advertisement caused a veritable
run on the butcher shop so scare la fat
and at the end of the firat day tho
butcher wss able to turn In almost l.Ono
marks in gold. People came not only
from Kuerstenwnld but from neighboring
towns and villages with the gold they
had hoarded up.
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Omaha National Bank
Handles Big Business
A great deal of tha grata brramess la
done through the Omaha National bank,
an old established Institution With re
aourcea of nearly $17,000,000, and a capital
of fl.000.000.. The Omaha National bank
has kept step with the growth of Omaha
and Nebraska.. The bank was estab
lished In 1866 With a capital of $60,000,
which was a large sum of motley at
that time. Thla mm- haa been Increased
from time to time aa business demanded
until now it atanda at $1.000,000 twenty
timea tha original capital.
Tha banking room la handsome and
dignified, combining. In a marked de
gree, architectural beauty with utility.
The utmost convenience of tha customer
and tha expedition of business by those
behind tha counters are point that have
been solved in the planning.
Tha dtrectora of the bank are: Joseph
H. Millard, Charles IL Crown. W. H.
Buchola, Ward M. Burgess, laaao W.
Carpenter, E. A. Cudahy, Kxra Millard,
J. DeForeat Richards, Loula C. Nash and
Arthur O. Smith.
These are tha oflcers: Joseph H. Mil
lard, president W. H. Bucholx, vice
president; Ward M. Burgess, vice presl
dnet; J. DeForeat Richards, cashier;
Frank Boyd, assistant cashier; B. A.
Wilcox, assistant cashier; Kara Millard,
assistant caahien O. T. Alvtson, assist
ant oashler.
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Omaha from the Union Station daily 7:30 a.
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(Overland Limited, extra fare train), 10:00 p. m.
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