Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-18


And I might go further and stata -.
the subcommittee of seven were '1at
means unanimous in this CLAN, 70
gentleman from LaredoI do not rsns aus
Der his name) told me that he f141-Il,
very little, if any. of the cha.-nan,l.
views. He said further thar -
Blake idea were carried INTO ars-, s- ~
section of the country would be -rf,.3
It would be excluded from the beuas.,-,.
competition, and would be forced - : VI
in Dallas He did not want sucb oS-
dition of affairs, and CONSEQUENCE =
withdrew his support from the comm.
tee 3 movements.
Other gentlemen of the sub-com7f..-
left early in the conference. apDarsr,I'
disguised, and along toward the las. n!
Blake trod the wine press almost sIo--
Genial, warm hearted Tom S-rl,b y,
Navarro staid with him throughout a.
the sonorous Kearby raised his msT--
voice to the last. About all the Oh
fed.
would be doing the city of HaU,, o,
injustice were l not to correct TIM n,
ZETTE IN one particular So generate
correct in all its statements abopt M.
freight business, it has erred i'm cbargi-.
the Blake committee to be reprssz1,.'
tives of Dallas. No, sir; it did NOT ava,
represent Dallas. You charged it n
Dallas selfishness. You viii hermit M,
to disagree with you on this point. Dp-
ing my residence here 1 have founf y.
fish, progressive, industrious and alta
gether admirable, and have every rss.
son to know that the leading busfna,,
men here did not indorse the Blake cam.
mittee nor Its aims and Of.
forts. The heavy shippers vera
almost altogether absent. The Sanear
the Schneiders, the Boreus, the School.
kopfs and dozens of others gave no in.
dorsement to the Blake committee p7o.
ceedings, and l have been reliably in.
formed that a body Of these leading lob.
Ders and manufacturers were upon the
point of going to the traffic men and dis.
claiming any connection with the Blake
commi ttee. Many individuals have Sc
expressed themselves to the yaroa;
traffic men.
do not believe that this little but loud
body of citizens will produce any IN.
usual impression when.they beseige the
governor for an extra session Of the
legislature The governor IS too well bal.
anced to be led by the nose By
Mr.. Blake, and ne knows tia.
the state has no money to throw away On
an extra session of the legislature because
Mr. Blake wants his old rebates The
governor knows as well as Mr. Blake
that rebate is a good thing, but under
the law it is hard to get. 1t is all right
in Mr.. Blake to want rebates, and HHs
traffic men tell me he used to get mOrs
than anybody, but he should not use the
people as a lever to compel the railroads
to violate the law. Mr.. Blake reDresenB
Mr.. Blake more than any one else, and
to read the proceedings of the confer
ence will convince all of this.
~
The object of this communication isnOI
to create any sympathy for the roads.
They do not need sympathy. Besides,
the gentlemen representing the Texas
roads at the conference were as able ast
of business men as have ever seen TO-
gether. They discussed their side OF the
question in a business-like manner, which
was in marked contrast to Mr.. Blakei
"Give us rates or wen 60 to the people
and have an extra session of the legsa-
ture that will paralyZe you. They us5l
argument against threats and figures
against ghttering generallties. IneI
courted public investigation where TIE
so-called peoples representative wanted
secrecy. AT times, the cOurt-F
which is due guests, N4i
wanting. They patiently tooA
up the committee demands and macs
concessions where they could possibly ~
so, and when they could not, gave VAN
reasons Their concessions were releeIsl
and weak appeal CD to the people Wa
published in one paper. (God save Il'
peopleO What the outcome OF all IlH
huIlabaloo will be remains to be sesl'
but it is safe to predict it Will no1O'
much.
Speaking for myself, believe IL l1n
road regulation. In fact, l think g.o-
commission will afford the best regul.
ton until deep water is developer Oh In. =.
Texas coast. Then the ice
question will adjust itself 10 =.
new conditions thus brought aOO1.
The effort of the Blake commune. ,s
force a comparison of Texas rates W., w.,
those of Virginia, the CarOlinas, Osolss
and other states, where water comps
ton materially influences the arIaus~
of tariffs, was altogether unumg-! ga,
commission it appears to me, Will - -.
the surest protection to the r0aas Hu. =,
people alike, for if 1 mistake lO' ri
mutterings of the hour, the roads W.
soon need the protection of q comTnii's--
that viii dispense justice to all AMI =,
else be subjected to the dang5..s'b
prejudice increasing each day, anu III
BODIES no good to capital invested -
roads or anything else. u. II
t., Too. 70 HTov Get Ii.