Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-03
INC ON RATES.
l,,lmony Taken at the
Yesterday
sAILRoAO COMMISSION
Is,a St. Louis Has Had on Texas
Business.
/ w,r-whai President Cannon
Charlie sehsuber in ST. Louis.
sD,ncsr and The Whole
4 sale Trade. Etc.
I,llROAO COMMISSION

N could sit in the city yester-
" ,'nrnose of taking evidence
"a HE prevailing railway
o,onseouently when the work
Isso Yesterday afternoon,
.,er and Mclean OF the com
,hs railroad attorneys, the
.hers A few witnesses and a
raorter constituted the august
n was Il good humored
I,ssl ana the monotony of ques-
answer was frequently varied
and A lest, while occasionally
a smile would overspread all
m The interrogations evolved a
fher for or against t ON
In was opened by cal 8%l,oo%,.s
4 a The Texas Brew ''Hcs
M stand. After ans.
4 ,nterrogatiOns about his bu.'-.
brewery's capacity and out
,rratiye form was as follows:
a nnninp to about one-tifth of
kpeity We manufacture ice
"a Ship considerable beer, and
"A occasional shipment TO points
4 M state. The larger proper
M business extends over a ra-
about $50 miles from Fort
moi that far on the north,
do not ship beer
territory. The intersta te
baer are As cent from st.
M s. cents from Milwaukee.
Utes apply to all common points
Galveston being the basing
III we're Shipping beer before
mission rates went into effect.
N rates then TO Abilene, for
was % cents, under the com
III cents, | think. The COM
: rates operated to extend the
IN cgyeredby us, that is, it en-
to cover a larger share of the
Nm, About what proportion |
say, In depends largely
81 the prices Of beer. The
low are about the same as before
hnmission. the difference in ship
over connecting lines being such
j practically shut Us out. The rates
~ the same as far as / know, iS
cents. Local rates have ad-
since the commission was en-
ant tell the percentage Of in
pre generally put back to the
" This rate reaches Abilene at
and Is graduated this way.
nnption Of the 23-cent rate
pine extent, cut our territory
Oar output is greater now than
pc commission rates were
!; II has been and Is Is now
Increasing, and we arc cover
n territory, largely on straight
Ilts. We sometimes reach a
here We can't compete under the
fe rates; sometimes our COM
Fell Tor less than cost If neces-
ship beer and ice in mixed
loa1s and have u rate
lcan't say as TO the rates on
Pc shipments OF beer and
Pc understood outside breweries
ldvanlage, but l don't know of
Knowledge. At the present
ian outside brewery is selling
4 lW per cent. less than cost, but
local matter, and does not af-
Alance Of the state They
Z In all towns, and sell at less
ban We can sell for. Tho inter.
'nEeries cover the territory as
We can. Our raw material
~ our malt in tho northwest,
New York, and import a little
lehali the hops we use. The
r on malt from Milwaukee. 80
|hoP a dollar and something, /
laow exactly, as we get them in
w shipment each year. TNe
gl'en the outside brcweries l do
NV The beer rate is the high
l'e do not pay local on beer
We ship In carloads, seven and
pls Of Ice and 10000 pounds OF
;le rate on ice Is $50, on beer SIG
pads. The rate on carloads
ger and ice is half OF the sum ol
rates-S3S-a ear. The inter
Feweries deliver beer in Fort
I qhd Abilene at the same rate,
" whether they can manufac
.er In ST. Louis so much cheaper
The published tariff and sell il
worth. The advantage we SHOULD
mere is in freights. The
from st. Louis here
lak more than Offsets tn,
NC IN the cost of manufacture
p4ld full rates they could hardl.
y. WIN us. / cannot give TIA,
,'age because l don't know VIVA
sthem to make beer. The cos
lslaetlre differs In different town
~ more 10 manufacture in som,
owns than in others. Person
regard the Texas beer as ia
II % any shipped into the state
v our beer but all beer made i
we ship in on an average "a
Var loads OF coal. We are usinl
Goa, largely, from Thurbel
ssease in our outpont necessaril,
q ~ increase in our shipments o
~, ~ INV material. There has bee
~. m prices by parties oiferinl
~. Us; don't know whethe
\ cutting the rate or have
lAte 70 get in here. We do nc
~ ~ On peer, unless 10 meet CON
we are not selling beer j
~. e,ll nave not cut rates in Dallai
y. yer been IN the Dallas market
Nm Deer Is manufacture
\. am not intereste
10 not know whethe
~ ~ stockholders are; know tn
rosesNing company as a corpori
~, w Our local rate In Texas
II about half the st. LOU
~. '9le' There has been astead
oa N The price Of beer for SON
leh some grades the reduction
~ a ~ or 40 per cent. We d.
M 1Ny,vsollng our capacity abog
~, = lesS- The Santa Fe roe
NJ ~ lEong disposition to ei
~ Other roads have also dor
~ o,,., Could. We agreed
ec.' capacity under the i
lsslon rate. Milwauke