The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-17
n IS A GOOD THING.
interests witch Have Itcresosors
neen urfrserdly 20 the Commis-
sion Have Learned Much.


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"s'Ncssun' ioAss, bSccmocr Ac'--rormer
Governor James s. Hogg. who has bcca In
| Galveston three days this week. left for
| Aus,4p tonir,h, rasor, s,,,rr ~, .ar.
=. -, S,-r'7. 1859 ~ $50 $50 W
pfes~i"n "t nus VIEWS on inc eHcvt Inc Nc
Cormick decision Will have on the Texas
railroad commission and tho railroads. In-
| .er,,,o, ~ A. Has 4, 49,. e. ~ !.
+, ~. 7, q 80 z, So u I. % wy
i"'ns' w eho eouih'as'oh, what NO says WAL
10 assSd With snterest. When asked for
his upiuicn az Tho NyfC,orn,i.,k aoc,..t,,, ~.
rribupc n,o,,,s Mir, !. ! .,,,,,r.
,.,,zs.. .,,,''-.'
""s' WINK - worm miHons OF
cUstafs 10 che State OF Texas. IL will
provo a blessing IN tisSxulsr. 4; has
strengthened the railroad commission mors
| than anyFhing tibet tnas happtukAd since m.
.teatitn or Iaiat body. Today ,lhe ,s,iirolJ
,on.nAs&io., is 40 s,.,r ccut s,ronrrr than n
ever VIVA an It's history ana lis power for
guui aias boon proport son stely Increased
When the ptlldsua onhar,lenan ftnda "a
tree that has ceased no gray AMI anr@nd
It's branches he knows THAT II that lree Il
shaken and stirred i'm ~ ro,is wptl I ,kg
deeper hold upon Tho soil. it,s foslAsy ~ IA
increase and It's frul, will hc lnrncr ba,,,,r
and more prolific, AIy friend. she roxat
ndilfoad commission ia being shaken alo
and stirred.
Nothing could have been moro timeIy
10 awaken ilne mcnchal,ts ana ,ho ,nI,Lile.
men OF Texas TO the need az The r5slioi nj
comm ssinn than the Ma,Anrn,le, dc,Isfon
| IL has revealed to ihen Tho nerIi ~ fhcIr
position and the Wisdom ANA ahel affiSnrv
OF tho Commission. Had emo dfi.sSion al
Judge Mccormick been rcndered last July
there would l,ay,s bean iitlo rf,,snf, ,or t.na
t.1sa,a
cry out FOR relief. for nj ss,at trns ma
burden OF Who ruling wouhi have fallaa
upon the man With TIM hoe--tho brAsd
winner. x. ls.s MI sssj;fS M A- .2 24s4 b
The man IN the fieh~lfhe farm ia
the weight of me railroad tuffic inloudiies
to bcar heretofore hut now inc Mclor.
mick decision comes al d time when. gtd,-
! orally speaking. Tho crops az Texas have
PASSED from thc ho,,ds ~ the fa,enyr Ins,
The ,hainds M the dsalpr ynormerlv n WA
Jones. the farmer who Maid ana ffeiRht.
b,it at present II 81 Jones tins DEALER VINO
hiss to pay the freight.
.aAs long as Jones'. The farmer carried
the load .Jones ma dealer. could sec nosh-
ing wrong aboilf tho railrond rates. Now,
howevcr II II LONGS tba dcalcr who Mas
TO sai,S,nu. He sl,a.ianly diA, orars tSnt MS
entire ibl,siness l1fe denonds upop far
equitable. stable n5lIroad rntcs and ghnf N
III, as left All tho merey of ,h,bridina rail
IN "A al
'iMen who have made II a rnlctice 10
dennnnce tbe cnannlsslon are nov It's ar
dcrt "A v,,,atas They .aoe henaalae mr.
The FIRST time their porltets have been
tolchca ,haa tho coma,,issIot, "a right Az
long M m II An ahn powcr N 4 raIiro,ad
IA make ar hre,,k a merchant or to build
IN one ,,tv a,5 dcstroy .onnther. NJ itsrlg
oa h, Nc syi,bin the nnwcr a. railroads To
mal.a orc ',,aae dodays and nnother tonor=,
,,,,, ~, ,,,,,c,, ~, Id snfe me merchant
,,,,,a, have ,snhJittv ~ rases and ,n,st he
aasee,,arasd ,,e,a,Insr r,nacaiv and dis
crin,inatiop. al mas been the PROVINCE of
the commission TO project the people OF
Tax,as rnhe hread winner knows that the
,n,, ,,,is.,nn hoe heen bis SrIend b,yt never
,nta, now has s,he dealer had his eyes
opcned No tbe fact that ,ipon the protec-
t,s,n ~ NM c,.,,,,yIssinn denenIIa ,,e s,abil-
49, ~" . ~, ,,,o,,nnt Tile ans,ifm9orn
.syVsth sun, man ma Reagan. storey ana
ndavrIela unAa,rntea ana incorrltetlbIe,
a., viii mo tle ercatesl mower
s a.. ,v,,d An ,Sn e,aie ~, T,cxas.
,,,a ~ -, wa asked how coon the
"a, ~, = ,r,,15 A., c,,.,r and she rom.
,,,S s,,.,.,n mod, In fulI contr,,I.
"no not worry about that" he replied
npsSore I'M. nest crop is made tho railroad
,'s,,s, lno ,,,.i, Ne ~, ,iwbt The bt,ri,q
XIII. mn danis,on a not going 10
,,a 'I ,t,,etints.a mon ana farmer. IA Is the
~, ~ ,,,,o hough,, ana cotton the man who
s..,,, an ,1, ss,.ein sie man Who bought mo
,,ss usa's M M nm who bought ne lumber,
,s,"s man ~, WIN ,,ourht the nav. the man who
,n,eart ahe meal and the seed, she man
H. ho,,aeat ,he gooda al one trlce and
..,,nagcd M deliver al another and in the
n@sn,t' ,ne had The reilrosd rates ed
w., ,,,is, a., him who il going TO suffer
an, mat man has been 10 ms with all his
Ara,s,,,ss IJa Knows now what the COM
NJ ~ n,Ss,nr i. pnoa FOR. but ten you thc bur-
AN, Il. ~ e,sng 10 Mi ,rnm, tho man with
thn r,nw some Of our friends who have
hner most ANXIOUS DO overthrow the com
mission are going 70 be tho ones who will
s ~ ~ I've con, nissIon Tor Indulgence"
The Colonel was asked what effect ths
ROAD building In Texas.
"sJ,he commission has been the friend
and protector OF the honest. iesitimMe
builders OF railroads, haad nc. " Ia, nag
saved the honest men Lrom pc'ns sro ,onpe !,
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