Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-11
and Pacific road deliver wood free and Mr..
kutsman lumber at the same rate.
1 As TO the Texas and Pacific establish

cause spend your time IN abusing the OPP
plsite attorney" If il viii help the gen
tlernau viii say TO him: as being min
ister does not relieve one from paying taxes,
from voting and from being j patriot, from
being citizen, so being I minister does not
relieve ne as citizen, from the duty OF
letting the gas out ci aIt--railTcad gasbug5,
so thai the public my see now foul i IS.
Instead OF being arrested Tor fighting the
Tex.s and Pacidc the names OF some Of
them had never even figured in the courts
IL the r-llload trouble. I can not 60 into
personal matters. but assure the reader
tina, know something Of this matter and
thai it shows Mr.. hutenau has been q
little tao economical u tha facts il the
case Qr6 that the matter adds no glory 10
Liru The district attorney and others
could add force 70 this Statement
. In conclusion I viii adl: : very
able LAWYER s2ys: As iar IS my investiga-
ton has extended the system toG group
rates. has been upheld by every court be-
fore which the question came, except one
English case. and that case was subSe-
quently overruled By the English house of
lords. The validity Of The system has been
recognized from the very first b. the i'll
:cgs-ate commerce commission. almost
without question. II WAS uniformly recQg-
ui1sd by the English courts, and WAS
finally Incorporated in the statutes Of that
country" IN speaking OF This the interstate
commerce commission says: The new
English railway and canal traffic act, which
took place August ~. lSSS, and which WAS
framed with extraordinary care and with all
the light OF half CeL.Gry's experience obey
had not the great benefit Of the Lake P.4rk
sawmill mans knowledge and eXperience)
II railway regulation, mikes specific pro-
visions FOR grouping rates n conformity
with the rule that had been acted on by
the commissioners and the courts" They
further say: "These provisions are evil
IDENTITY Just Grouping had been
found TO be one Of the necessities of raj
way management for the convenience Of the
trade and the benefit Of the public (uOtice
for the benefit Of the pubIcD Bnl the
statute recognizes is prGpriety and makes
provision for its reasonable regulation.
The railways OF the United States have
often applied the grouping method, espe-
cially in the Middle, Eastern and Western
states. and il the limitations prescribed ~
the English act are observed the method j.
not unlawful
In Central and Eastern Pennsylvania,
where anthracite coal is produced. the rates
to Eastern and Western markets are
grouped for the benefit Of districts from
which The coal IS taken, although differ
ences in the cost OF production Of different
mines in the same district exist. Large
coal districts il Illinois and other Western
states are also grouped. The entire ducG-
ing valley better send Mr.. KUteTan here
rs missionary IS grOupel. i.ateS on
grain, -four and other products are also cE-
tensively grouped. IN the Delaware PENN
sula, comprising parts Of Maryland and
Virginia, rates OIL grain are group -
The commission goes On: In considering
: question Of tAis kind tie interests Of the
public should be KEPT in view " =. TIE
system of making Z uniform freight rate
upon milk transported upon the same road
n lypT :
No one was over heard 10 say that ne r.
meubered It's origtuation
Il has served the public we'll L tends to
promote consumption and stimulate pre-
duction. The benefit to the farm
ers Of those localities, Us veil as to the
great army Of consumers, IS obvious. II Is
Rot apparent how any her method could
be devised which w AID present the results
equally useInl 10 the public" The com
mission utterS the following words which
ire commended TO Mr.. huteInan and 10 his
little local courts: NO producer or ship
per has IN exclusive right to supply mar
Ect, and the interests Of the consumers md
of the general public notice that the
trouble IS, the Texas railroads are for the
public against Mr.. KuteInan, who IS against
tho public may justify carriers il enlarg-
ing the field from which the demand for 4
commodity may be supplied on terms OF
equality Of transportation. That is only q
ItSO5L Va ZIG 'uILiLC lL!s&s liz al
interests ar paramount 10 individual or
local interests"
OF course I DO not produce al this test
mOny as any reflection on Mr.. huteInan and
the little local courts which enable him to
"gouge" the Texas aud Pacific road, bat l
produce it only to show what fools English
and American courts, law makers, inter-
state commerce commission and experienced
railroad men are
In the language OF one Of the abIest and
best Informed men, Spea king OF the Texas
Pacific plan Other roads. too, lit is sUf-
1icien. 10 say thai it has advanced with in
tclligeut railroaCing, and has grown with
the business and development OF the coun-
try. for it is q powerful element II produc-
inc II, and $ now necessity. II enables
the farmer of Eastern, Northern and mid
die Texas TO sell his cotton 10 the New Eng
land or European factory buyer, and have
Il transported for the same as the farmer ii
the rich bottom lands OF Southern Texas.
II places the farmer who raises graiu III the
frozen Northwestern states, whom Z d.
tant rate would ruin, on an equality with
the farmer Of the more favored sections,
and made possible the development Of the
more interior sections OF this country. 1t
opens up the great coal fields by giving al
producers IN opportunity n the market,
and by thus establishing competition
among them, and charging the source OF
supply, the public are enabled to secure this
article OF prime necessity 1t the lowest
figure 10 which those conditions can drive
il. And It has given value 10 the pine lands
OF Eas. Texas; it has induced TIE invest
meut of millions of dollars in mills and
plants for the manufacture of lumber in
that section It has caused the coustruc-
ton Of railroads, and IN short has built an
Industry giving employment and support to
thousands o. persons, and IS constituting
one OF the chief elements il the prosperity
of our state.
Il has produced supply Of lumber for
the building OF the towns anu homes in that
great and now most populouS portion OF the
state where no lumber IS produced, and
places il within reach Of those who are yet
TO settle and develop the great western and
northwestern sections Of Tens. il gives
10 the public and all consumers of lumber
the benefit of legitimate competition among
all the lumber producers Of this state,
Louisiana ard Arkansas; it gives 20 al the
lumber producers in this state fair and
equal opportunities in the markets OF every
community il. Texas"
Not only does il let preventing practi-
caily high tariHl wholesale jobbers Of Kan
sas City, St. Louis, etc. into our state,
keep up competition and give the public the
benefit Of reduced prices ard choice selec-
tons, but our Texas roads give their warm
est sympathy and help - the people OF
Texas b. discriminating in their favor.
Thus, while Texas cattle, etc. get 10 St.
Louis for 81 per ear, s.. Louis packing
products pay 1914 per car 10 get here.
That Texas railroad management hes its