Deseret Evening News | 1906-08-28 | Page 7 | Free Storage of Flour

Imm or 0 01 New el York York Aug Au IS The flour nour our mill mi committee of ot the produce exchange ex has ha received a a letter leter from the trunk line lne roads rods requesting a I meeting to discuss a I reduction In the time of free storage sonIe of ot flour on their dot docks dk ks In this port from 10 O 0 to 10 20 days das for the domes denies domestic tie tic II trade and from CO GO to 10 days do for export and to raise the rate per car from M St for 10 days day da 1 storage e to II S 1 per perd day d This Thil is 1 made necessary nEos ar the rail raU railroads railI I roads rods claim under the Hepburn law hl which goes gOI In force fofE today toa under the present arrangement with the produce exchange the present rules will wi be I it discrimination against other ports which Is forbidden and In favor of New NewYork ew York Yok The members of the th flour trade tlde wort wore much excited over oer this action and Ind the flour nour trade committee propose pope to visit Jl Washington and lay II the cas case before th Interstate commerce commission to which they will 1 protest against such ouch action A J 3 mid Id this change would kill ki Now Jow York us as Il a 1 flour export port anti and nd greatly i Injure local business S and no n one but the mills mi which thIch have their own on docks dok here h rl would be b benefited On the other hand the agent R ent of one of ot the big Ill Minneapolis mills Mid said he was In favor faor of the change and Ind that It I would not nl hurt the Ih local bed trade of New NewYork Ne NewYork York ns as A It will wil compel buyers bu er to do business on business principles principle As U AsIt Uit 1 It I Is II now no many mAi mat Jobbers lm 1 c only an nince OlN and ald let It their flour purchases lie le leon on the railroad dorks docks dk until it In Is 11 sold Ild and have hl neither store storO tor nor warehouses ts but hut An make the th furnish theta them thel