The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02

men will be surprise that the Cotton Belt
In those days had a farlf at all, anu tnen
they will all see that as that ro1d ala n oe
run south and did not run distance north,
1t made tariffs to force business roFth: AS
to Cotton Belt rates being higher at June.
ton points with the Missouri, Kansas ana
Texas than the rates OF the latter, this
Brings vi the question OF rebates and
physical division. II Mr.. Mayhod wishes
| TO 60 into this am ready.
| frankly admit that he got In solar
plexus blow--knocked US over the ropes
wren he got off that stun about tne cotton
rates being based on Galveston. III
there Is a railroad traffic man In Texas or
the United States sho can explain wnat
this has 80 do with the cotton rate, ana ne
we'll do SO, I will heartily thank MIN. Also
| surrender when he proves freight rates
by Galveston commission merchants ac-
count GALES OF cotton know all about
| that. Also, when he promises ia pull this
or that 10-year-old railroad tarln on us.
tariff frequently has sixty or eighty sup
plements or amendments, all ana each
! changing the tariff, and | have never yet
known anything a railroad could not prove
when It was to its interest.
One thing do resent. and that is Mr..
Mayfields slurring remark about Mr.. Wal
do, calling him zone j. Waldo" Mr.. Waldo
Is dead; this might have protected him; but
| In life he was the ablest traffic man ! ever
knew--a stanch friend and thorough gem
| tleman.
AS to what he says about our experts"
/ ask, which experts2 Those who use the
| whtewash brush and address campaign
documents which have been written out
and mlmcographed by the stenographer
and are folded and mailed by the porter OF
the commission? Please talk about this
last little. Mr.. Mayfield. Did the State
pay tor your campaign work?
As TO all the other stun called proof
have not time nor patience to fool with 1t.
| started out In this thing 10 use only proof
| which was impartial aud unbiased, and
therefore absolutely fair. l have offered
the report CT the treasury department OF
| the United States. | now call attention TO
more of the same kind | have seen re-
port made by Messrs. Seger and Spangler
of the auditors department of the Southern
| Pacific At New Orleans to Mr.. A, G.
Hutchinson. then. according to my memory.
| president Of the Houston and Texas Cen
| trail railway and general manager of the
Atlantic division OF the Southern Pacific
| railway. | think 1t was made in 1888. and
covered from 1883 to 1898, inclusive. 1t
was made under orders from him TO come
to Texas and investigate the Houston ant
Texas Central hallway from end to end.
station after station, and report TO him ex-
uctly what was found. This was private
railroad paper, which accidentally came
| TO light. Mr.. Seger IS now or was lately,
auditor OF the Southern Pacific at Houston.
| and Mr.. Spangler was quite awhile In the
employ II the commission. and both arc
known as very capable and bright In their
| line OF business. / have seen this report.
| 1t gives the rates ana rebates from each
station on the road 10 Houston: 1t Is clear
/ and explicit. | know that Mr.. Mayfield
has seen It.; | know where 1t is. It is in
n tu h 10 tt h1u No.
l now dare him to make it public. | even
ask him TO say II it does not convict hGm
absolutely OF a deliberate attempt on his
part in this article to work the people.
las TO the Federal Judge entoined u.s.
whine, | leave his statement to the people
| All this ton mile earnings stuff is TOOL
| ISL. All this depends on so many other
things, that any man who knows anything
OF traffic Will tell you It Is not necessarily
/ true at all.
Mr., Mayfield begs the question He says
the more familiar We become with our
work we hope TO become the better ca
pacttated to discharge our labors faithfully
and justly 10 all"
| In tho name Of Col. what have we been
dong for eight years, but putting lawyers.
| who know nothing VI railroad traffic on the
commission to be educated, and now one
| OF them asks the people TO educate him
some more.
| III COuClu5lOu, lulS commission seems 10
| be a sensational body Always jumping
into the papers with Something new it
| had caught the railroads doing, all OF which
are schemes as old as the roads and older
| than the sion--liks the article IN
| the Dallas News OF September 10, ed
Austin, 49, entitled. Alleged New Scheme"
| and tells OF estimated weights and under
billing by roads as new and startling
scheme, unearthad By that up-to date, Wig
liant body, the railroad commission of
| Texas. This makes all people concerned
in traffic smile a tired smile.
Mr.. Mayfield during the cotton hearing
al Austin in August stated to the railroad
men present that he had carefully nyesti-
| gated the matter OF cotton ratss aud found
| Texas rates are higher than any other
| State. All right Did he have them re-
ducod? He did not But he lid do a fun
! ny thing. He asked the railroad men Low
they accounted for this. Well the railroad
boys are not In the accounting business
that is not what they are paid for. and
| they did not account
| What the people OF Texas need is lair
| and just freight rates. reasonable rates
which VIII allow them to market their
| produce and trade with outsiders; and I
| think II he State commission will devote
| its time more TO making such rates and
| less to getting up these sensational
schemes to fool the people into believing
| IL IL IlNS4be the le!ll WIFE the railroads
| for doing such big, ugly sounding things
rs rebatng, discriminating, etc. / would
| be much better for the people of Texas II
believe strongly in Just freight rates The
| people are entitled 10 them. but | do not
believe in these eemagogic and you might
say anarchstic grand stand PLAYS.
]. Farley.
p. S.-One would suppose from Mr. May
| fields article that short line OF nearby |
rail- rates had been fixed all right in Texas
| II so. how are such letters as ne follow
! ine written:
| CAPTAIN Joe Farley Dallas. Texas
Mckinney SexAs, September 1s.--Dear |
Sir: Why II Is that teams.ers are nov
engaged In hauling freight rom Dallas |
and sherman 10 Mckinney? Teamste-s |
here make weekly trips to Dallas and
sherman and bring back loads OF merchan-
disc for our merchants.
MoNtA.ENT TO THROCKMORTOy.