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


SHOW them ! wss attending faithfully to
their interests This statement is also
absolutely untrue.
Another method" charged IA TO demand
Of the commission such rates as would
drive out outside competition and give
Dallas and few other cities a monopoly
to the ruin OF smaller place. like Sherman
Mckinney, Cleburne, etc. This charge ia
also absolutely untrue. In the famous de-
cision mentioned. of which the commits
sion says I'VE partially exposed this poll
icy" the oommi alcn made a political adj
dress 10 the people Of Dallas county and
North Texas, ana as the basis for the adj
dresS gave figures purpnrting 10 be the
nunlner Of pounds OF certain commodities
moved by rail in Texas IN 1897 and mis-
stated the amount ut least 200 900 900
pounds IN a total OF 800 000, 900. according
10 their own published report and quoted as
the rates from Dallas to some small plnces
IN Dallas county figures which wers not
the rates at ALL
II must be admitted that when the com
mission tackles hgures, even It's own sta
tisiits or itH own freight rates the figures
are extremely unreliable. The commission
says that ! and Texas Farmer gssailed the
commission with yituperation, falsehool
and SANDER. Texas Farmer has answered
this charge through It's columns invita-
the commission to shnw that did 50.
deny IT, Having disposed OF the personal
villhoatlon. yitnpontton falsehood and
ISLANDER with which this courteous and dig
niiied body Of Austin has thought IL BE-
coming 10 assail me, we VIII 20 on 10
business,
In 1888, two years before We had any
commission, and when railroads made their
own freight rates, the Texas common point
class rates were 10 and from Galveston:
a q Q D "a
" n G. 81 A 30 a 50 ~ ~
IN cents ner 100 pounds. tho first four
classes being legs than carload rates. and
the last six being car,oad rates. At pres
ent the class rates Of Texas common paints
70 or from Galveston are as follows m
cents per 100 pounds:
OK SO AZ es % SO ~ IS II 20
In other words. the rates 10 and from
Galveston made by the commission ara
higher than those made by the railroads
before We had any commission. as follows.
a II G ID u
10 II Q 8 o
IN cents per 100 pounds and lower only In
class y. cents, For thtse figures ses.
1888 report OF internal commerce Of tn.
United States. issued by the bureau Of
statistics 81 the treasury department pages
,se and no From 1879 20 1854 know
firsstclass goods. including dry goods. no-
iicna. boots and shoes and hats ana .ans
were ahsppsd from Galveston all over NORM
exas at 20 cents per 100 pounds preset
rfS.s " cents per 100 hounds
While tho commission was enjolned. tnv
railroads s.syo all Texas manu- fact,irers I, !
ssre4ial rate on their products II per cen;
i.tS than regular class rates. The man
uiaetufers and railroads both say tho CON
mission broke this mp We have tried fGr
TREE years to get the commission TO re-
store these rates without succsas. Is this |
one OF the cases In which asked The
commission 70 do what knew Ii could !
not do. etc The president or the Texas
thlatel Manufactures. association. Mr.
Thomas a, Johnso) Of Tyler Texas. eoss |
sitter he ocmniiyson without gloves n
NE Dallas News ~ peeemher "a, ,saT |
leeause Il xill rot give Texas msnufac.
turers - good rates q the railroads did.