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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
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3eit, bas Serein auf ieiu 2IopFen OBJ
%3uparten.
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fam uirtli6 ni9t = ba blie5 ct err
faunt iteben. Sn Der Mitte beg 3ims
mers itanb bolbielig Id9elnb MarD, unb
bic Hbr auf benz Gamin idlug nit ILL
berbeaem &lange serabe biermal an.
Bunber uno 3ei9enl rief Mlfreb
ibergladli@, i6loB, obne nod meter
gu fragen, bas Mdb9et in Die Mrme
unb ma9te bas Bib 3ur Wabr5eit, bas
ct f6 borbin 10 beutli6 ausgemalt
bate.
unb in Dem Nugenblids 16lug es
brauBen bor BET bena1tbaren Stride
laut uno oeutli6 Il n ubr.-
Glfre6 fubr 3uiammen uno grif me.
6anii@ nod ber Weitentai6e = nabr=
baftig aud bier fiinf u6r! unb aui
benz &amin = Ct lab feline Braut on.
grfldre mir, mein 2ieb = faste ct.
Da legte he err6tbenb Dos R6pf9en
at1 feline 8ruf onb fliifterte: Sd babe
mir iiberlegt, 6aB es eigentli9 pirtli6
cine redt bumme probe fei. limb aIs
Su mid 10 LANCE iparten lieBeft, ba-ba
babe i'd bic llbr angebalten, utlo fe erft,
als i'd Sid brauBen b0rte, auf bier ge=
fent!
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
@drat1t lie Nurama finb.

Bon DIR. Pierce's Mebiainen tpirb
mebr als BON ale anberen D%ertauft, neil
fe 10 DorSagli9e 9eilfrdfte befben. I'm
ibre Gabrifanten gu beredtieen, bic 2eute
(Die fie bas bur9 ole Npotbefer tbun)
unter iol6en 8%eoingungen gu b%eriorgen,
unter tDel6en feline auberen We6iainen
perfauft nerben. ndmIi6, baB fe ents
meoer benz Yatienten Nuben ober Sci
lung beri9affen tper6en. ober bas gauge
fiir fie be3ablte@elb auriidgegebeu pirb.
Das Golden Medical Discovery" 1T
ein @pe3ifitum fir Gopffatarrb unb
ale 2uftr6brenz, 9alss unb 2ungen.
frantbeiten, tuenn re6t5eitis eingenoms
men unb or6entlid probirt. 9as @eIo
pirb 3ur~iidgegeben, falls es ui6t nibt
ooer beilt.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets = milb abfib.
reno eber bon 6raiif6er Wirfung, ie
nod Der Sois. rs Gents.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
Ser nerbausnihpolIe 6Ofbumo.

Ser Mmtss &i9ter 6leii1er mar felt
feds Sabren perbeiratbet unb bate elm
GDbuGen, Namens 2arl. bas drgite
S1redenstinb, bas bic @eIt ie geieben.
50 ourfte i'm 9aufe ni9ts geipro9en
tperben, obne baB mat fi9 bother iibers
seugte, baB Garl9en abmeienb ober
bas @efpro6ene aud fur feline Sbren
u%nperfdngli9 iei. Nun lebte i'm 6aule
cine iingere S9meiter ber Grau Mmtss
&iGter, Namens Sttilie, ndbrenb Der
Bruoer bss 9ausberrn. elm iunser Mfes
biainer, m1gli@if oft feline 8siu9e
ma9te, 6enn = fur3, bic 8eioen Iiebten
fid, iebo6 mar ibnen elm tntimer Wers
febr 10 LANCE Deriast, bis gilbert. Der
Mebi3iner, iein @ramen gema6t bdtte.
So besab es i'd emf. baB Gilbert
unb Sttilie ALIEN fi6 ~gegeniiber faBen,
pdbreno &arl9en auf feinem 5daus
fslpferb rift unb bic u~nterbaltung lei.
tete, benn ct fibrte LIBERAL bas groBe
Wort.
Ml6ert fab in finfterem @6peigen
oa. Big CT pl6Blih einen ingeni6ien Sc.
banten bate. S9meidelnb nabte er
f9 &arl6en, ffreideIte ibm Sen Ropf
unb fagte freunbIi6:
rGarl1en, m69teft Su germ einen
3baIer babsn2" Dabei aos ct elm funs
felnaselneues 3ebupfenuisithd aus Der
Sadie.
mSa", iagte &arl@en bafig, rtpenn
Su mir ben SbaIer siebf, bole iG mir
flr ben @roi6en @6lagiabne."
. sa@ ia, Oann afb', bier if Oas
sDante f66n", meinte &arl6en se=
mitbli9, vaber bic 59laglabne bole
i'm mir erft gum &afee".
gilbert bdtte ben iuugen &inalbini
aufipieBen m6gen.
rWilHf Su nod einen @rof6en boz
ben. &arl@ens"
ySa, Onfel."
vMber Du muBt ibn Sir erlt berbies
men. = Stel' Did bier an bas Genfer
unb BOB auf, tpenn Der 9Ofbunb aus
Ieiner Bube berausfommt, bant fage es
mir unb Du betommf ben GrDfdeu."
2arl9en not es 3ufrteben. st maGte
feline Sadie AUD bor3isli9, benn als er
enbIi9 bas 6erborfommen bes 6ofbuns
bes melbete, batten 0ttilie unb gilbert
fi1 fdon fattgetiBt.
Mm Mbenoe befelben Sages faBen
bas gbepaar, Ottilie unb Rarl9en
beim Mbenbbrnb.
,@iebt's ben1 beute Mbent teinett
Rdleg1 fragile Der Gmtsri1ter.
nM1, ben babe Id bergefen", erpis
berte bic 9ausfrau, ret itebt III Der
Spei5efammer-"
sd tperee ibn iofort bolen", erbot
fi1 Ottilie au~ffprinGeno.
vNber nimm ~tuenigffens 2i9t nit, in
Der Rammer 1T es buntel".
AID, i'd fiir6te mid ni@t", rief
Sttilie.
9a IieB pIbblid Rarlden fem lieb.
Tides Organ ert6nen:
yaba. Sante Ottilie, iebt fhr9tet gu
Did niGt, aber tperrl Der 0ofbunb
niGt in Der Bube 1T. baff Du Bed
@ngif, bid nit Ontel hilbert au fifIen.a
Sableaul @roBe Snquiiitiun! Dos
gnbe bonn 2iebe mar, bob Ottilie ibr
Eager nit rotbgemeinten gllgen auf.
iuGte, unb bob Mlberts 8efu9e 6ur9 elm
f6rmli9es Sefret bel6rdnft tpurben.
Spdter baben fie f6 aber bod se.
friegt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
Gin banfbarer Natient,

Der Isinen gtamcn ni9t s~enannt baben MIL unb
Der feline SoIIfdnbige @ieberber.
feIIung bon 4perem eeiben elmer in
feinsm DoItorbua~ anseeebenen stranei berSanft,
last eur4 uns baIeIbe TO EN- rel an feline
leibenben Witmenfden berfdiden. Gieles srob
Bud entbalt &%e3epte bic In tebcr apottefe
eemadt werben fonnen. S@idt Cure Mbrefe
nit 8riefmarte an Prtbate GIinic &
Dispeniarp, 10 e. @cnftun Str., Netp
BORT u. ..
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Ser CINDERELLA gd,n, > store.

@de Sfs9oufonftraBe un6 Wpenue c.,
bieier beltebte 2aben Der Stabt, bat
ielnert l1euet1 8orratb BON g 0 m m t.
f9uben fir 9erren, 9amen unb
&inber erbalten unb bat cine unbers
alei9li9e Musmabl aner @orten unb
Aualitdten. Ser Cinderella : g9ubs
Store ftibrt nur bic Gabritate Der beften
Gabriten unb iberbietet NGes, mas i'm
biefgen Wtarft gu baben 1T. @peeia=
litdt fir 0erren: Der &odforb @9ub
fur So. @s berlobnt fi9 Der Miibe, i'm
CINDERELLA Store p~or3uipres
6en, ebe man arberstpo fault.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
Stir sSaunifteu @ebarf!

Sdsli6 gu baben @is in Quantitdten
BON 2 Bfunb unb mebr i'm San Mn=
tonic Refrigerator Gleii9marft, @de
Slo Nlamo> unb @tartinea StraBe;
ebeufaas bas bette ftil6e Gleii6 aler
Sorten, feline @eroeIatmurft, einbeis
miider Sped, S9inten, &au1Heii9
unb gerdu6erte O9ien3unger, sep6tels
tes &inOfeif@, reines S9neinef9mala,
gef6la6tetes Seoerbieb, Slide urb
4uifern. Often ben ganaen Sag.
Granf Brprpn.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03

1aT SIN beliebten Miiiinnss
0arten in0 gB3immer eingeri6tet
unb er6fnet uorben, noielbf man res
gnldre Mabl5eiten einnebmert unb a la
carte fpeilen tann. Mufern tperben
rob unb in better '3ubereitung %ierbirt.
Mablseiten werben i'm eigenen @ei9irr
ausgeianot unb auf @unf9 Dinners
unb @oupers ins 9aus geliefert. 9lufs
merfiame 8eoienung un6 prompte Nuss
fibrung ber Muf!rdge garantirt.
@beiner & Gaul.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
9as @eihaft blahty

Dermutblt6 bat RiHtS ein IpIhes MufbIlbeu her
apctbete ron DrsiBt abpmpfpn Il &c., p~eruriabt, ais
bic liberale @ustbeiIuns BON PrpbeHai6eu ron rDr.
Rings neuerfunbenem Mittel 9esen G6winefudt. "
Der tn hteiem @rtifel e~rjteIte nmias lit pabrbdft
enprm, elm Bepeis ron her 1batia@e, bdb tieies pertbs
ppIe Mittel ale Sale ron Sulen, Grtdltuns, GItbma,
Brpn6itiS, 8rduRe unb ole @rteu ron Sals= unb
eunsenleiheu f@er olrirt unb ME febll6ldst. Man
perlahe has Mittel erIi, intem man I'D cine 9rpbez
Glal6e gratis seten ldbt. Die srpBsu 6taf6en trten
81. Der Grfpls ptro s~arantirt.
Bum 0ertanf in alien Apptbeten nne tn Ter Trps
understanding rru Dreib, 1bpmpipn & &c.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
Qantpfer A9entnr.

Die nGreie prefie lr s e.
gas" bertritt bic folgenben Dampfers
2inien, ettbeilt ale ndbere Nusfunft
tDegen pafage nod unb bon EUROPA
unb berfauft 9ampfi6ifs un6 gilens
babnbiaete gu ben ~niebrigiten Staten.
Sie Sife Der bon uns reprdlentirten
2inien 1T:
&anabnrg 8 MmerifaniiGe 9ampfs
i6ifffabrts Gefeflihaft.
Neo Star 2inie (2lnttperpen).
Gp,mpa8aie @enerale Gramss
atlantiane.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
gtanos! oraela!

Wir baben 6as dlteHe Mufts@ ei6dft
in Seras, etablirt in galnefon i'm
Sabre 1866. Wir baben einen grbBes
rem 8orratb, benn ale 9dnbler in See
ras 5uiammengenommen. Wir baben
mebr Rapital unb f6nnen before 6aeie
litdten geben, 6enn irgen0 elm anberer
GAMBLER. Mir ~berfaufen bic befen
pianos unb OrgeIn su ben leidteten
3ablunsen. Wir fibren Steintpap 6
Sons. Weber, Matui9ef unb @merfon.
Sbos. @oggan& Bros.
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galifpruiasWeiue,

Meinliebbaber finben Elm sroBes So
ger BON feinen California : Weinen BEL
Germ s. s. MeDer am Mlamo
plasa. 9err Meper iudt bic Meine
an Srt unb STEELE aus u1.b falft brett
aug Dem Seller ter Wein3i9ter. Mls
gutem 2enner gelinst es ibm fteis, bic
beifen Sorten aus3umdblen. Ct fam
feline 3unben uno Gamilien hit einenl
guten Sropfen berieben. &otbs unb
WeiBmeine In Doraiigli6er Qualitdi
bon iebt ab $1.00 per @alone fret
ins 9aus geliefert.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03

Sn benz bur9 ben Sob Sobn
Srigbts bacant geiposbenen Wablfreis
In Birmingham pirb Der irii9e 9pmes
&uler pbipion 8eu6 aIs Ganbibat aufs
treten. Die 2ib:ralen baben Sobn
8rigbts dlteten Sobn als Ganbioaten
aufgefeat.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03

1a- pianos. - @roBe Yreiie,
f6le9te Waare, Soften nit 3inien,
binbenbe Rontrafte, tuertblofe @arans
tien &C., miFen BON Dene1t ertpartet
tDerben, bic pianos unb Srseln bon
6aufrern, 3rdmern, Gonfgnationss
9duiern un6 berglei6en faufen. Bers
meibet bies, inbem SIR BEL benz 3uber.
Idiiigen 9aufe BON Sbos. @oggan &
Bros, San antoaiO, fauft.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03

S9r 2apitalifen unb @ol6e, weI6e
ibr @elb in @runbeigentbum anlegett
mD0en, permeiien mir auf bic Mnaeige
Der 0erret s. 8. 9ignDmitp & 60.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03
Snn9ltngen1 Mdnnern
pir5
StGere9 etlumg garanttrt.

9te idredliden GoIsen Der Susenbiinben,
@efdledtsf@wade perurfa@enb, poburd Self
un6 a0rper ruinirt perben, permanent ne.
belt. Seratlopfen, S9idternbeit, Gamer.
abIub. @eba@tniefdna9e, 8erluf Der gmer-
gle, abneisuns segen @eieafdaft uno MeTan.
6oIie grinblid turirt.
8erbeiretbete Mdnner, ODER folde,
Die fi6 rerbeiratben poIen, Die in Golge bon
SnbiSe.etion in Der SasenO an @eidle6ts> unb
@erpeniGpa@e Ieiben, werben sriinOIid turirt.
aeine M~ineraIien eingegeben.
Sunse Mdnner, bic ibre 3eit NIT unfdbisen
2euten berfdpenbet urb fid baburd Rranf,
heiten beS Ropfes. Der Naie, bes Salfes, Der
eeber, 2usgen, @~insepeibe uub bes Magens
auseaoscn baben, tperoen fdueu turirt.
East @u@ nidt nur@ falidss S9amssfabl
ahhoIten fnfcrf
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saT @oggan Brps. baben ben
einaisen erfabrenen unb anoerldifger
Bianofimmer In Der Staot. pianos
uerben fur 50 geit!mmt unS bic Mrbeit
mirb garantirt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03

% Ut. s.. 0ntterfibe, 1856
Dfs 0outons5 traBe, plumbers, @ass
unb Steam : Gitters, balten fi9 benz
publifum fiir llle in ibrGa9 i9lagenben
Nrbeiten empfoblen unb beripreden
pronlpte Beiorgung aler Muftrdge.
2roaleudter, @ass Girtlfres, 8abemans
men. @loiets &c. tets an 6anb.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03

sasr Sbr fpart @eIb, tpenn ibre Cure
9rudia9en bel SDbnpn Bros.
anfertigen ldBt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-04-03

sessnibsr bon Oer beatf6 tatbcIifdsn 8ir&e.
6auss unb S9tIbersMaIer
unb &dnbIer In G~arben, elias Il. &c.
ale Muftrase perben fofort oussefibrt. prsiie
biIieer nie ireenbtpO In Der Stabt. 14,2,p
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-16

! ern states, are the net rates to
| the railway companies; while the
rates named for Texas are not the
net rates received by the Texas roads; for
i'll their rates, is included the cost of
compress charges, which, in other states,
is paid by the shippers of the cotton.
| Consequently, to arrive at a correct per-
centage of the difference existing be-
tween the rates in Texas and in the
other states named, 10 cents per 100
pounds must be added to the rates of the
| latter. For a distance of twenty-five
miles, the rates in the other Southern
states, as compared with Texas, are as
follows:
Georgia 90 per cent. less than Texas;
South Carolina same as Texas; Mlssis-
sippi 1873 per cent. greater than Texas;
Alabama 1872 per cent. less than Texas.
For fifty miIes-Georgia per cent.
less than Texas; Alabama per cent.
greater than Texas; North Carolina 10
per cent. greater than Texas; South
Carolina 1853 per cent. greater than in
Texas.
For $50 miIes-Georgia 81 per cent.
less than Texas; Alabama 25peF'cent.
less than in Texas; Mississippi % per
cent. less than Texas; South Carolina
2S per cent less than Texas;
= For 500 miles-Georgia II per cent. less
than Texas; Alabama, 10 per cent. less
than Texas; Mississippi, lG per cent. less
than Texas.
For the information of the committee,
will state that no tariffs for North and
South Carolina, for a distance of 800
miles, could be obtained. Your atten-
tion is also called to the fact that the
rates in Texas for l50 miles also apply for
800 miles and upwards, thus enabling the
producer to derive the same price for his
products 800 miles distant from a market
as the one $50 miles distant.
We will now take up
THE COMMODITY OF BEER,
which, is claimed by the committee, that
Texas roads charge 200 per cent more
for than the roads in the states named in
their proposition. For fifty miles the
rates are as follows:
Alabama 90 per cent. greater than in
Texas, Georgia 50 per cent. greater,
Mississippi 60 per cent. greater, Louisiana
10 per cent. greater, Arkansas so per
cent. greater, North Carolina 20 per
cent. greater, South Carolina So per
cent. greater.
For 100 miles-Alabama so per cent.
greater than Texas, Georgia SO per cent.
greater, Mississippi 80 per cent. greater,
Louisiana Il per cent. greater, Arkansas
AZ per cent. greater North Carolina 331a
per cent. greater, South Carolina so per
cent greater
For loo miles-Alabama so per cent.
greater than in Texas, Georgia 4S per
cent greater, Mississippi so per cent. ]
greater, Louisiana 20 per cent. greater.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-16

companies OF the state are earning no in
terest whatever on their investment or
are not earning interest on the actual
cost of the roads, and hence cannot pos
sibly pay interest on any watered stocks
or bonds (if any there be) we cannot see
that the people Of the state can complain
that they are being charges more in the
way of railway freights than they should
be charged or that the roads are earning
more than they are justly entitled to
earn.
1t is also. well-known fact that the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway COM
pany, which has several hundred miles
of road in this state, is in the hands of
receiver unable to pay interest on its
bonds
The same is also true of the st. Louis,
Arkansas and Texas railway, which COM
pany, with a mileage of 1890 miles, was
operated at an expense of 80 per cent. of its
gross earnings for the year 1888, leaving
only S22, 900 surplus, which is to be ap-
piled as a return on the capital invested
in 1890 miles of road.
We have thus demonstrated to you that
all of the leading railway lines of the
state are either in the hands of receivers
unable to pay any interest whatever on
their bonds, some of them unable to
earn actual operating expenses, or are
not earning any interest at all ON the in
-vestment, and none of them earning a
fair return on the capital actually in
vested.
In view of these facts, we think that,
as
A MATTER OF COMMON JUSTICE,
your committee and through you the
people of Texas will see that the railway
companies Of the state cannot stand any
great reduction in the present freight
rates, the result of which would be to
reduce the earnings of many of the roads
so low that they could not pay actual
operating expenses, and of all others so
low that they could pay no fair remun-
er alton whatever on the capital invested
or the actual cost of the road. 1t would
also result in depriving them of
the means to properly maintain
and operate their roads and
properly perform their duties to the
public, and we would have recurrence
of former conditions III Texas, where,
upon some of the roads, riding upon a
train was very similar to riding upon a
ship in a gale. - Many members of
this committee have probably had this
actual experience. 1t is not TO the inter
est of the state that the efficiency of its
railroads should be impaired. On the
contrary, they should be allowed to
earn sufficient revenue to enable them
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-16

| Texas ana in the states named; and for
| the further reason that the statement
| provides specifically the rates on the
various commodities referred to in the
committee Is report
For a distance of fifty miles, the
| average greater percentage of the rates
in the states named over Texas is as fol-
lows:
Georgia, 81 per cent. greater than
Texas Alabama, so per cent. greater than
Texas; Mississippi, AZ per cent. greater
than Texas; Louisiana, 20 per cent.
greater than Texas; Arkansas, 81 per
cent. greater than Texas; North Caro-
lima, 10 per cent. great than Texas;
South Carolina, II per cent. greater than
Texas.
Or, in other words, the average rate
for the entire seven states named, for a
distance Of fifty miles, is 80 per cent.
greater than in Texas. For distance of
100 miles, the percentages are as fol-
lows:
Georgia, per cent. less than Texas;
Mississippi, per cent. more than Texas;
Alabama, Is per cent. more than Texas;
Arkansas, 9 per cent. more than Texas;
North Carolina, same as Texas; South
Carolina, per cent. more than Texas;
Louisiana, l per cent. less than Texas.
Or a general average of rates in the
seven states named of per cent. greater
than Texas.
1t will readily be seen, from this COM
parisOn, that, for 100 miles in Texas, the
rates average nearly the same with the
advantage in favor of Texas, that tn ey
do in the seven Southern states named;
while, on the contrary, for short haul,
or fifty miles, the rates in the other
states named are an average of 80 per
cent. greater than in Texas
Let us take up some of the commodities
named in the committees report, say
grain, and compare the rates i'll Texas
with those of other states. For a dis
lance Of fifty miles, the percentages in
the states named, compared with Texas,
are as follows:
Georgia 20 per cent. less than Texas;
Alabama 40 per cent. more than Texas;
Mississippi 20 per cent. more than Texas;
Arkansas 80 per cent. more than Texas;
Louisiana Is per cent. more than Texas;
North and South Carolina 10 per cent.
more than Texas.
For LOG miles the percentages are as
follows;
Alabama same as Texas; Georgia 80
per cent. less than Texas; Mississippi
3Sl8 per cent. more than Texas;
Louisiana so per cent. more than Texas;
Arkansas 80 per cent. more than Texas;
North Carolina Is per cent. less than
Texas; South Carolina 6 per cent. less
than Texas.
From this, it viii be seen that, for
fifty miles, the rates in Texas are much
less than in the other states named;
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-16

TO continue the Improvement of their
roads until they can finally compare
favOrably in condition with the roads OF
other states.
Your committee, in reaching its con-
clusion that the rates of freight in Texas
are much higher on certain commodities
than III certain other Southern states,
We think have adopted an unfair basis
We think that q statement hereto ap-
pended will show that the rates in
Texas are not greatly in excess of the
rates in the other states referred to con-
sidering the fact, as we have shown to
your committee, that the population and
business or tonnage per mile is much
greater in such other states and that
the cost of operation is greater in Texas
than in such other states, and the fur
ther fact that in all such other states
the railways are
EARNING MUCH LARGER REVENUES
from their roads than in Texas, the
rates charged the people Of Texas are
really lower in proportion to the con-
ditions prevailing than the rates in such
other Southern states. In many of the
Southern states, particularly Georgia,
the railway companies are allowed to
make contracts by which goods are car
loss or damage in transit, the owner sus-
tains loss, unless such loss can be at
tributed directly to some negligence of
the carrier. In TaXas we are prohib-
tied by the law from making such con-
tracts and are liable for losses, how
ever occurring, except through an act
of God or the public enemy.
We believe that the rates now pre-
vaiIing in Texas on the basis of bust
ness carried at the "carrier's risk
(Which risk we are bound by law to
assume) viii compare favorably with
rates in other states charged for car
riage of goods at the "carrier's risk. -
If the laws of Texas were such as to
permit us to make contracts with
shippers, allowing them TO assume the
risk Of accident or loss, then, OF course,
as done in other states, we could make
lower rates corresponding with such as
sumption of risk by the shipper. It Is a
self-evident proposition that the railways
of this state are vitality, and we think
more vitality, interested in the rapid pro-
gress and development of the state than
any other one interest. They have been
in the past, and are now, willing to do
everything in their power to promotes the
development of the state; and they have
always been and
NOW STAND READY
whenever it is shown, by a reduction of
particular rate, that a manufacturing
enterprise can be successfully conducted
in the state, to make such reduction,
even if we have to handle the commodity
at a loss until such time as such enter
prise can be in a situation to pay rates