The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-19
BROTHER NELMS CALLED.
His Statements About Railroad
Rates Refuted.
COMMISSIONER ST0REY'S ANSWER
False Assertions FiRtly Coniradlctcd and
Figures Furnished to Disprove Nelms'
wild decreased Earnings

Austin. Texas. October 1s.--The follow
ing letter explains itself:
MIR. G. W. Croft. Corsicana. Texas-Dear
Sir Your letter of the 10th instant to
Judge Reagan as chairman o. the railroad
commission of Texas, has been called to
my attention, and as Judge Reagan is abb
sent and viii not De here for several days,
l will reply to your inquiries
You inform us that the Hon. W W.
! Nelms the populist candidate Tor railroad
commissioner. in a speech at Corsicana on
the night OF the 9th instant. among other
things charged
/. That the railroad commssio - Tex
as now being run in ne interest Ct
Inc railroads as against the interests of
the people, and that the railroads were
making moro money now than they mtde
before had Il commission.
That the rates on cotton. corn and
other products Of the farmers are fixed so
high by The commission that people wing
ia Kansas can ship their corn to itoGstcn
and Galveston. Texas. all the wa through
the Indian Territory ana Texas. th"trCr
than corn can be hauled loo o. snb mdcs
m Texas.
9. That the merchant Job1ors in st Louis
shipped goods at cheaper RAE from -
Louis to Houston, san Antouio and either
common points in Texas than The rate
HAed by your (our1 commission from p,i-
las 10 Tho saiue noints In r.yls
That our only excuse ror not lowering
the rates from Dallas ana other cities 10
Texas to Texas points We that you ,Wei
were waiting for the railroad eco ppa1irs to
raise their rates from ST. Lo..s to com
mon points In Texas. AMI thqt 49,. slpl ,,e
roula mo-, lower inc ra,ps from place 10
MACE in Teyas unless tho rail,orI COZ
mamie, raised thetr rates from iobbine cen.
iers outside of TEXAS to common po,nts in
rssa.
To which will repl,. sariptin The FIRST
cl,re to ,,,,t ~ ,utldl,, is falss rh ta.
or5s SHOW. that there has haen saved no
rhe peopl,. Of Texas by mis- commission IN
r.lucra rat.e r,i,.h mora l,ar =, .,.,,. pul
SINCE It's organization, and eor ti, ,rti
aiding lure 40 1855 when ,.outared to
th. <orirer rates used nv rho r,.f-oeds
There we're saved TO tlie psnnla by r,-i5,.rJ
,atns ON nine commodities II l>,u01 i.-
sides the reductions on i,rin wagons ,sif..
/ ..ti.rroI INN h. ,,snte GIN. ana ,.na,4i ,,.r
/ chapdise
Included i'm those nine communities .re
! tho SAVINGS ia f,af,slt mn -or n, vs,t
.niInu .tulo 3o iss- an
/ Tho cotton ,rot, ,,bt.n Vac SAo- 0nt,.
/ on ,ntt.,, I..,t ana H.. r~,,,,,..s 10 no.
/ ON Grain and ms ,ro,t,fts t,s1
/ nr wool ,oa ,th.r forrest ma no
J n lis wcll ln,vyn ia All ,,nn r,t hi-
has hnen "a harl ,sar .fa. crr,,s M. ,,...
IYnd IN, ,bilt, ~ Tho n,o,, tn i,- .,J
| .or'.,ir,. r,ar,l,.nlis,, ~, ,.......,,,,i, ID,
decreased and al co,i..a tb, tonnage
/ h,tiled b, ~, railro, Ia ms ,l,,..r,,..l ,,,d
.heir earnings hayc .,s,1..tir,.l 1r
! created
! W.. lava tho r.forfe ~ .rt-f, ri,,o ~ ,h,
prin,ipal railroads sworn + H.. Nor ON
1 r,.ls 40 r,o,,ircd ,y lao on5 ,,no.t "a
Ira1e ntb"rs yorJ saon Tb,eo th,.,,,'
,, uc roads in tSq5 a5a OK so t,ar cont If
the business Of the 'rey,s rc,ds and tho