The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-10
COMMISSION INJUNCTION.
Cases Il olscrlalastisa Are 70 Be- Prose.
euitd Promptly.
THE JeBBtRS ARE TO Be TAKEN CARE Of
ny y Raise In the Interstate Rates.
but the Coasumer II Not Con-
sidered IN the Matter.

SuereU IN the matter,
Austin, Texas, December s.--Commission-
er Storey stated this evening that the tenn
porary suspension Of the commissions
tariffs did not mean that there would be
a cessation Of the taking OF notice Of dis
examinations, but that ON the contrary the
commission law would continue to be
rigidly enforced In this particular and that
penalty suits would be instituted wherever
cases of discrimination were made out.
The railroad commission this evening re.
ceived telegram from the Southern Cotton
Oil company Of Houston stating that the
Cotton Belt has put UP the rate on seed
from points on Mount Pleasant Sherman
and Gatesviile branches to Houston TO So
cents per hundred prepaid and from Alto
to As cents prepaid and asking for relief.
as said rates are absolutely prohibitory.
The reply was that as the road In ques-
tion Is ONE Of the enjoined nine the COM
II said road should apply for authority to
make rate that would enable the move
ment Of cotton seed from points indicated
to Houston the application Will receive i'm.
mediate attention.
Applications for authority to adopt spe-
cial rates to meet certain conditions are
beginning to come In. Nothing has as yet
been done with any of these, but where
the rate prayed for is reasonable and JUS
tifable 1t Is probable that 1t VIII be au.
thorlzed.
The flood Of applications from manufac-
turers, jobbers and others for relief from
the hardships accustomed by, the sudden
return to the rates Of the spring OF 1894
continues. PadEitt Brothers Of Dallas write
and ask that the commission promulgate
maximum less than car load rate OF ~
cents on leather goods, the same as was in
effect prior to the handing down of the Nc
Cormick decree, and express the opinion
that the railroads will not object thereto.
This is a similar request to that OF Arm
strong Brothers, operators OF the Dallas
Packing house, who are also of the opinion
that return to the commission rate on
packing house products will be agreed 10
by the railroads.
With regard 10 requests of this nature
the commission assumes that II it is true
that the railroads are really DESTROYS of
returning to the enjoined rate or to s0me-
thing at least lower than the 1894 rate they
will apply for permission 10 do SO, which
will be granted, provided 1t can be done
without prejudice to the commissions po-
sition In the case pending before McCor-
mick.
That something must be done to relieve
tho situation is more than realized by the
railroads, but how to do ii Is worrying
them 70 little. Judge Perkins, general at
torney OF the Cotton Belt and diplomat par
railroad lawyers, had in mind the discov-
cry Of a soft spot for the railroads to fall
on while here yesterday. His visits to the
attorney general and the railroad commits
sion wepe for tho purpose OF ascertaining
how much common ground there is that the
and the commission can meet on
pending the disposal Of the injunction suits,
hut 1t is not recorded that he went away
Ioaied with much Information on that
score. About all he learned was that the
commission is we'll satisfied to stand pat
for the present and that whatever is done
will have to be at the instance of the rail-
roads. In other words, whenever 1t strikes
them that 1t would be good thing TO come
down peg or two on the rates which they
have put In since Saturday last they can
on application obtain authority for SO doing
II there il a goot. excuse therefor and il the
pending suits, are not affected thereby
When asked what would become of the
Texas jobber IL the early 1894 rates were
Judge Perkins replied: "Oh.
well take care Of the jobber in a way that
he will have no cause to complain of, and
added that general increase in inter-
state rates is contemplated. the presump-
ton being that tho railroads propose to give
the Texas dealer and manufacturers relief
by raising the rates at which his outside
can reach the State, In such an
event, the entire burden OF higher rates
will be shifted to tho shoulders OF the
Texas consumer, for whom Judge Perkins
had no suggestion OH the I'VE will take care
Of him order
Tho sudden collapse of the case made BY
The Southwestern bureau against the Bal
Iimore and Ohio railroad before the inter-
state commerce commission has caused but
little surprise here, where 1t has all along
been known that the Southwestern lines
were equally IL not more guilty of VIOLA
lions OF the Interstate commerce act than
he Baltimore lire. 1t Is more than likely
that II the Southwestern lines had expected
The Baltimore and Ohio to fight back they
would never have opened up against u.
In the meantime the railroad commission
is enjoying the situation and feeling CRATE
lll TO the Baltimore and Ohio for having
ZONE to the front with an answer which Is
70 strongly corroborative OF the evidence
hoy have themselves accumulated along
he same lines.
The railroad commission will on Deem
Der 90 have pubic hearing for the purpose
sugar. Lake Charles; John II. Connin, New
orleans; May Morris, Now Orleans q. =: