The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-16

/ gave it to him. W. A. Shaw OF Texas
| Farmer has the absolute, inc )ntes.ihle
| proof-ind ! have seen it--that this 81 so
per bale was paid from 1883 TO lSg4, in
elusive. Was IL paid from 1880 10 1885?
sure New the commission says that only
one railroad paid as much rebate In 1897
as Il cents per 100 pounds. or $1.15 per
800 pound bale,
ls the commission very sure that Il has
not With its accustomed want of accuracy
| IN figures got these figures transposed. and
should they not be 81 80 instead of 81 %?
i think the commission Is mistaken ahout
the rebates paid in 1897. If one road paid
$l.05 or $3.50 It is perfectly safe to say the
others did II, else how did they get cor
ton 10 haul? My own knowledge ana ex-
perience conyinces me that these state
ments are so Improbable that 1t Is hardly
within the range OF possibility that they
can be true.
At any rate, here is the proof offered
that the railroads carried cotton from
Texas common points to Houston Tor 81
per bale and as the paper rate then was
30 cents per 100 pounds or 80. 80 per boo
pound bale aud the commission rate is now
81 cents, or 81 20 per O0-pound BALE. and
WAS 80 cents per 100 pounds or 80. 50 rer
bOo-pound bale until last September 1t is
clear that the commission is foralng the
farmers TO pay 10 the roads Today 20
cents per bale OF 500 pounds more, and
prior 10 last September 45 cents more than
the roads' paper tarihs in 1883 two years
before the commission was created: and
as the roads rebated 81 so per bale in 1883,
that the commission Is forcing the roads
TO take from the farmers today. 81 10 ner
oVo-poHnd bale more than when there vas
no commission. aud prior TO last September
Sl.sa per bale more, and that the COM
mission Is forcing the roads 10 take this
much more than they wanted TO take is
apparent az they did not take it when they
made the rates. The commission says no
railroad viii again dare 10 cut rates or
give rebates In Texas,
II this Is true, and the commission has 1
broken II UP. what is the result? The |
cotton crop OF 1Sgi-95 WAS 3, 200 900 bales 1
aud over, and The commission states the |
Two succeeding crops nj 2,25o,00 bales Il !
think this too small. but We win accept I
the lgGres), this is for these three .rops. |
1000 900 bales Of cotton Take the Is nanfs |
Per 50o-pount bale he commission has /
raised the rate tus to last Septemherl over I
1883 and this is s3,fe5D00. but as all the |
cotton does not come from common points. |
cal the amount se,500,Q0o. The railroads |
think the present crop Will be ESQ do /
bales, and the commissioners raise OF 90
cents per oO0-pound bale over 1883 Is s5s0.- |
600: or say for same reason as above.
100000.
Now, then. II the big cotton buyers dur
ing the years. the commission has been at
work got Sl.O5 or sl50 per bale rebate. and
IN buying IN competition with each other
thfy gave II to the farmer. then II Iooks
like tho commission has beaten tbs farmer
OUT Of ~ least sS.doo.0Oo in these four years
II the rebate was sl.05. and Si2. 900 900 or
more II II was si.so per bale. and tho
weight o. evidences Is lar,aiy IN favor az
the si,5v per bale And railroads have bean
forced 10 take this money when they ala
not want u, as they Willingly hauled this
crtlon for 81 per bale. II the biz cotton
buyers pocketed this rebate then has not
,his commission sat BY looking on wh,le
ire pore We're r0hbpd OF vast suna ~
which they were ertlticdg Now what lie.
comes q the much vauned rs cents ne.
nase fc'inction9 Is the eomuiss,on oniv
W the burmese ~ seeing that railrsahs
'oAke big nloaeN. while nrn1ucers ana
consumers are pauncrizcdg Il Il wosIhs
n n.fe also hat coifun VAS worth 10 rents
y lASN and ~. cents now Then eaesids,
ne, me tons n lumber moved ~ rnt, h,
~. were more than double those of cni =,
'na some idea eau he formed OF the vast