The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-19

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up under it. He was under the inpres
sion that not a single complaint from n
bona iide farmer had been filed win mo
| commission against existing grain tariff
| and thought he saw work of WHY poll
ticiaus behind Ting howl for lower ,rain
rates. In conclusion he said. nm son sops
of plenty, there is always agitation for
low rates ON The ground thnt We can
afford 10 give Of our abundance. and
seasons of dearih we are stiu reouired
pay tribute for the relief of all those VINO
are distressed in mind. body or estate"
The figures submitted by Mir Folk
seemed to lit all roads except the Iuterna-
tional ana Great Northern. which. accord.
ing TO Mr.. bartholomew. was In a difIer
ent attitude from the Santa Re inst now
for its tonnage has Increased instcad OF
decreasing during the past vrar without
! corresponding increase in revenue or de-
crease in onel,ariny .vDausrs lis rorfiura
had steadily fallen oil since last July
much of It's slu'inkage being directly
traceahle to commission tariffs,
Mr. ZONES of the Central wnnte1 TO
know what moved the commission to
contemplate such serious reduction in
short haul rates as the proposed tariff
hauls beiur uroportiountelv So much
greater than on long hauls. although the
expense to the railroad of handling grain
moved short distances was heavier than
where It was moved LONG distances: he
wanted TO know whether formal com
paiut had been received against existing
short haul rates.
Judge Stcdrnan REPLIED that the com
mission considered il was its business to
acquaint Itself with existing conditions
and act and did not think it necessary
to wait for formal complaints, but that
reflections in short hanis compaiiucd of
nv NJ; Jc/ss were occassioned by an at
tempt to preserve uniformity in the pro-
ludre story said that complaints re-
Seged by t dor SG%m is r @nf"t s sFs
for long bauls
ever complaints had been made to the
commissions originated with the Dallas
l,ing to rnnoort that he mad always been
n . W tanit nsijas in us denands wien
,hty were uHtuIeeu u} "g c,,.b, not ~
tblnk So he suspected that there was
something eiSe pcsl"rs uunIia'N iTl,t 20
present grain rate aElia'ioh ! ~ ~ a
poIHcal yer ne 49,, Ma sH,,v avon. ms
4e tnat , nu,S" ,,rcn as il did over ord.
mary lnortalS iic KncM Iii IN ,pn,s'l,,
Observation that there WIS ~, ,r,,.,,
producers, Put 'heI were nn, S', ,,,.ioo w
| dispose of it except az a Hoou prlee, a.
there was some uncertainty uoSge So, INN
crops Thry Wert rs a,d I hngs and holding il
MN thcv could accurately figure on this
years crop prospects. ana claim tlAI we
| maximum rate from palIas lrtN'iHug,rr ~
| moyemnnt of corn out Of North Texas
, - 1T founded on fact as there was no
-, 80 "a Hosire apparent there at present to
| ee,.,,o,, ,.nrn
| NJ Polk wanted to know what the pal,
~ ,l,ie mad to do with the CO.., held
las ,e9 I,a,kiand country any way, as they
3or,t avn II.
G"rbeSre iatsreg ssSr. in s, ta9 farmers at
Dallas. rep,le mere d uni" ihnGt5rested in politics
49,, dsi oeSSytbinr else" retorted Mr.. Polk,
| than an! .liI,H 80, ms nothing to do with
"Ihe l com g INA Tndgo Steadman. but
| mo, H. facts should exist behind all
thlnk VIZ ia 81. 10 us"
complaints mao ,I 10 10 sncclfc complaints
I'VE ought ~ III, u t,6re Freeman "aud
| 70 mee', ,.,bo are making all this fuss
| those P.ontv rats should be forced to
! about ran iafore Inc commission with
| meet MS here DeloiS IA, we may know
facts a an, o ns Ee,xnected to answer for"
Having ta ataliv [HV Of f'01 he Texas Pacific,
ms repreSeitauN,th question at issue was
| contendad that lnc ~ rates were to
| purely ouu VI MAN any given commodity
/ DO Ffiu'tu ,uI.i,, ,Lnreof was unusual,
/ pe'huse y, to he correspondngly in
ccrc3scd on such commodities as proaucr .,,,a
| OF was SHut1. trcre was n big crop.
| was cur raised on cotton wheat
! II puen. We mere was "a short crop OF
and oats, Us I"'' 70 Dallas complaint
each this year ~ ~ Grain coming into
! that interstate Iall9 ~, II he couldn't nm
! the Sla.N ,,,,iic :,uhv OF people who OBJ
| delst9nn wv ,apme,,ine the cost to tn con
I iectcd TO cheapCnuA tno-thirds of which
| sumsr Of "A product. W. Ne ridicl.!ed
| was ncceasdtns, irnTss farmers were pre-
l)dlia5 l lnea M, v@nortip., their corn because
| Ncl tIq i io'p cTnort rate was alleged 10
IN N"'ii Ia, IL had not heard Oh any
overproducton OF corn ~ Nat he knew
instance hah e n,eIos 1aying more corn