The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-27
EMERGENCY RATE CASE.
Cuts Made from SeabOard Territory 10
Texas Common Points
ON COTTON COMPRISING aAcHINtR,
The Texas Railroad Commissions u,i,
consider the Matter of Maising
the Cut n Legal One To-day.

The following will be OF interes, in view
OF the fact that the railway commission
will today take up and consider the matter
OF an emergency arising from the action
of interstate transportation lines or COM
press and cotton gin machinery. in ,a--
loads between points in Texas to POINTS
in common territory, from Houston II -
cents and from Galveston II 1-2 cents per
100 pounds, making the rate of II IL cents
per 100 pounds the maximum rate betwe n
the points to which it applies from Hous
| ton
The facts In the case are, as printed by
the New York Commercial
! The prospective shipment at this season
of the year OF large amount ii ma
chinery to Texas by the Lowry round bale
| people of Boston. and the American con-
Germ at Chicago. has resulted in such sharp
| competition that a rate war has been poo
voked which affects rates on other ciasses
of cotton machinery. The roads interested
in the business have gone 80 tar as o
| grant stopovers for the unloading of ship-
ments at different stations. The cutting
| applies to carload or mixed carload ship
great, 1t is asserted that the rates have
dropped to such a low figure that the rail-
| roads are not likely to make much money
out of its transaction, In spite of the tact
that 1t will be available throughout ths
| summer.
The normal rate on round bale COM
press machinery from soaboard territory
to Texas common points was Sc cents; Chi
cago, SO cents; st, Louis, "a cents an /
| n oI. rha arI
was cut % cents bringing it down to 81
cents. ST. Louis saw this and went II Ia
cents better, making the rate from that
point "a cents. Chicago came up with q
cut of Al IL cents, which was equivalent
to 80 per cent. whereupon st. Louis sized
off 1-2 cents more, making the rate 81 =.
cents. Galvestons differential under ST
Louis is 33 cents. If the Texas railrcc,
commission should order an emergency
rate from that point, which is possible
observing the proper differential would
make the Galveston rate half cent les
: than nothing, and that from Houston an
between points in common point territor,
would be considerably less than nothing
1t is understood that not all of the Texa
lines have participated in the cutting The
original notice was given through the
+ Southwestern bureau on May by the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas which arrange
to apply the rate OF ol cents via the 6ul
? routes, and II cents all rail, on cottol
= compress machinery, seaboard territory
, to Texas common points. The rate wen
into effect on the Sth and included tn
q privilege of three stopoyers on shipment
a without extra cost. On May 10 the burea
ruled on the Interpretation OF cotton com
press machinery, and 1t was made TO com
prise all cotton COMPRISING and Slnnn
machinery both of the round and I'M
square bale processes. On May II the MIS-
= souri, Pacific gave notice that on May
a rate of 30 cents, with two stopover'
would be made from st. Louis to TeNa
= common points via the international an
Great Northern and the Texas and Pacih'
. The next day the Southern Pacific an
! nounced that on the 18th it would make
y rate of Al 1-2 cents from Chicago to TeXa
= common points on the Galveston, Harris
, burg and San Antonio Houston and TeXa
Central and San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
> with stopover privileges. 1t was TINS nc
d tice that carried with 1t reduction In IN
St. Louis rate to 80 IL cents.