Show RAILWAY BATE important conference at kansas city THE TO THE WEST A fight will haac 10 he with the southern rn cirii KANSAS CITY mo nov 20 A conference of representatives of ahe railroads business between chi carn ann the baates of colorado wyoming montana utah and idaho which is in an grees here today gives promise of dev loping into a bombina com bina tion of roaby for the purpose of the alleged rate cut of the southern pacific it IP claimed that collis P ton president of the latair roa antici the default of the to the united states government next year ol 01 the flit five millions dollars due upon the bonds of the central pacific an foreseeing the consequent losa of th road desires to divert the entire transcontinental traffic to the southern pacific by way of new orleans to the end that the central pacific may be wrecked and be a worthless property when the time comes around lor its forfeiture to the government the loads connecting new york with new orleans are friendly to tha southern pacific but independent of the latter road has direct connection with new york city by moans of its steamship line in pursuance of the above plan rates have been BO cut that goods can bj shipped from new city to san francisco jobbers and by the latter re to colorado utah idaho nevada and wyoming at a lower coet than is possible by direct route from new york to chicago and thence to the states mentioned the result ol 01 this discrimination has been to cripple the western business ot many of ane wholesale business houses of chicago and has alao caused an enormous fallia off in the of the roada west from that city As these roada however are beut deut upon the southern pacific for an entrance into california they have been cautious about a rate war with a view to regaining their lost Matler 4 finally however reached such a pasi that con farence was called dud the meeting is held with cluard doors it id thought eliat the roada concerned will make a reduction in rates even at toe risk of their california connections |