The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-27

MA ma. ~ - 1850 eaaN tu~e ~
- ~, ~ sne vNpeNlA'ton 81 eettnx 10 csuts
maximum i ss,csas s.As sn n ,oH ne S.Seas
He also thought that hayinS executed ! /
pond 10 the railroad companies 10 pay nay |
=. ~. ~. ,s sou 'ext may - MADE On coston
cente a hsle 4, ,',,,.,s .s,ra.,rrss =, na
weston although setting but Il cents Tor |
pressing II In The interior.
rha.
e"ent urousnt ABOUT u'scus-
MIR. Jones. Mr.. Flsrler and Mr. Webb Tho
comm esoners sxr,.ir,os th., al IA csnts
! h,,. .....-. :. $50 's
.ia,,,rea = lsci"meu ~ co,son von-
~ ....'s =. 1alsestoh IMAM tne amount. al
49,, ."sS. tns Vvsnprcss rusvs tue eActss |
M. MS or urayaSe, Ihin was aam.tsed, bas
~ i"su. wes raised tnst y tne uevsstoh
- - eteseu 70 nahdie couaenneu cot
~, ~. ~, Nss tnan Q" or even W ceuts per
..'e' sue interior press AZ wnicn selu cot ;
80 osisua.ed would nave 70 pay " esea
s envuha ke,tnk pus ~ cents per eaie ior
VIII, w ossslse i'seit. Inc commissioners a'u
not .pviteNe tnat the NaiNeetol presses
would act 20 unreasonabiy. but said that
.aes usu MOI ciasm ,urisdicuon ~ tne MAJ.
,er ot inhung the price 70 pc charged ~
inc congresses Tor their Work, ana re-
cess was taken until p, m.
-
Az the afternoon session Mr.. Field read
letter from Secretary Neale Of the In
tsricr prsas assnn,at,o, ,,y,nc ,ha raxui,
- inr..,, s "s'o,'a''s 49,. s.,'s Wv
y 's''''"s W a'i'sVt "t'u iesa'u
10 comp cssa,s in other States. They were
that the compress charges outside OF rexSs
range from Sls IN "A cents Nor ion poand,
tbat ,ahor ana s,s, ar .,,,, "a ~, ..n,
'.'"' i"Do' alu Auei IVY "po"' " pet son'
chsaper, ana uhat the railroads pay for the
insurance on cotton
=. A. Steriing OF ienplc, manager OF the
Bell county compress. testified That his
press mad been III operation since 1924 and
hau never Yet ueciaied dividend The eN-
pehses Oh soneShtfa,ioh ana the cost OF iu-
surahce which the congresses have to bear
materially reduce the profits from com
pressage. he said. Short Insurance pohrles
which the interior presses are compelled
TO carry are expensive. Hts press stands
the expense OF patching baies ana putting
on extra bands paid his labor froin Sl.h0
10 sLto per day, ana u was very INFERIOR
at tEs.., mad not made a dollar up 10 date
this season.
At this siege sterling turned interrogatoc
himself ana asked Judge Reagan what tpe
COMMISSION proposed TO do with the port
after us, now, what are you going 70 90
~" ~ '',a ~. 90, 49,, ,.r,n q,
Galveston? ~ asked The chairman
Yes"
Well. We nave no jurisdiction over
'i'. ar, 49,. .,,a, ,s,,,, ), r,,,r,.s star.
u,,, "ara for tbst raason n Won nrexont
ne railroads from roylnr ,s more than \
cents Won simnIv srt such neople as Ralli
I
i .rhav ac.l directly with tbe shtns ana get
hacl IN cents a hale from them which ID
| .ny,,,b IN give them the bulge
| Continuin,, his teatfnonu Startling sn,d
,h., ,ronlia was there arc loo many COM
| crosses II, Texas. Which moved The chair
! man n re,nark II expect YOU are right
| ,ho,,+ that
,n,os =, Tv,cr a,reelor of The
,,onsoi,da,.d Comnress ana Manufacturing
I .ns'-1,isn ,ont, IN st,nd ana ,ass, led
4 I'M, ,ha ,,rossoa controlled by the corpora
! 49, ra,a Nc, EARNED dIv,dend in ak
/ ,.,a,, A. 4, Inc ems, of labor Insurance
/ ~. Me tess,monv was Identical with that
| .,ivan NV ster,,nr
] rha no,,,n bns,ness nj Nor,baast Toxins
aa,t ~ n,,n.ro,,,s Nv chrevennrt cotton
h,,,srs r,n or. ,ntarssted IN M cam
| ,r,s,a. =, tha, ,c,nt and take th,, eott nm
o,yay fror, the Texas nrasscs
'
NJ pi,te rpnrcsentinr The Mexia
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press having been sian'en 'e'"Ve :" 'p.n"
contendsd TINT while the commission ois-
claimed jurisdiction over compress charges,
:, la T., o,t.c, r.a,ccd .,,pe nv IimitIn,
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TIE amount Tue 'ai'oai' va" ~ - 'ei''
! pressing service. From ihls IL Was PLAIN
that the commission was directly ASSUMING
authority which IL did not possess
| THIS caused Judge Reagan 10 Interrupt
with the remark that the commission wac
taking jurisdiction OF compress ehafSpS
| only In 80 much Az they are part OF ms
freight rate and that what sought 10 DC
IN the matter was WIN 'u'i suVu''''y "'i'''
me ,aW A. n,,to ,adrossea h,p.e,,
| 10 the pronosition that there is but mi,
money in the business Tor the interior
presses with a Decent charge and tina,
there would be none al all In II ~sth NJ
Scent charge his contention being that
/ the latter would ruin majority OF The IN
terior presses, " the railroads would Deal
the expenses OF concenirati,n ana the ek'
rense OF observing the rules OF the naives'
ton Maritime asfociaton the in.erlo'
al profit. The railroads were me soi'
beneiielarles OF co,np,nsS,oa ,a a tba VIM,
~ ' ,Se a-cant reduction propcsed In the cot
Ton rate Under existing conditions ne
doubted very much whether the produce
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