The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-15
FREIGHT RATE ADJUSTMENT.
Propositions Submitted to Texas Railroad
Commission for Consideration
Representatives OF Roads Differ Widely as to Adyar
tage OF Raise OF Rates-Matter Was
AIKEN Under Amusement

q nearing for the purpose OF eoualizIns
leAas merchants With the outside 20 ina
extent that the difference between ,nter.
state carload and less than carload rates
mas been narrowed in the past twelve
months 'o
General Attorney Freeman OF the Texas
ahu racine asserted that having ascer-
.aineo tnat IeXarkana is entitled to
cents dtfferential the only question was
whether the commission had nerve enough
80 raise rates out of Texarkana to place
competitive jobbing points on an equality
with Iexarkana on this differential basis.
10 do so would track the law The nron
ostlon to disturb the entire body OF State
rates Is alien to tina matter at issue. ~
an equalization Is all that is really wanted
why make of the TeXarkana situation the
preteXt for a decentralization OF common
point rates.
secretary Gill Of the Paris Commercial
club said that all Paris wanted was equal
| lzaiion with Texarkana and Fort Smith.
was satisfied to concede Texarkana a
cents diherential and thought the plan
OF raising rates out of Tcxarkana on that
basis the simplest solution of the matter
Had no suggestion to. offer however Was
willing to let the commission adopt such
measures as 1t thought best to reach
the object IN view. Paris was at great
NA AloduNdutdGe against the water rates
to Fort Smith than against the water
rates to Texarkana which the commission
could not help. If Paris had an in rate
preserving the d cents Texarakana differ
entail II would be all right aud the com
mission could protect Texas towns COM
peting with Paris In the same manner
that it. protected Paris against Texar-
kama. That was the only way the com
mission could help Paris against Fort
Smith
Mr.. Farley filed figures with the com
mission to sustain the assertion that UNI
der existing rate adjustments Kansas
City distributes more agricultural imple-
ments in Texas than Dallas.
MI Sanford hardware iobher Of Sher-
man, said that under existing rate con
ditions he covers the entire Texarkana
territory and never hears Of Shreveport.
Ninety eight per cent OF the goods he
sells is handled from sherman. lie
business was in no wise affected by the
Texarkana situation. MIR. Gill's proposi-
ton to transfer the TeXarkana situation
10 Paris with differential attachments aid
not strike Mr. Sanford favorahy. A raise
of the local rate out OF Paris would not
to his notion protect Sherman as a large
per cent of the goods jobbed by Paris Is
hauled out on wagons,
Recess to 2 p. m
At The afternoon session Mr., Tilson for
Texarkana protested against anv raise Of
rates out of Texarkana He called atten-
ton to the existence of-a furniture and
wagon factory at Texarkana which had
no outlet on the east owing to Little
Rock, Fort Smith and Shreveport COM
petition and which must depend on Texas
business, which il would lose in case Of
a raise OF distributing rates from TeXar-
ksns. Did not thtuk a differential Of >
cents would be sufficient to protect Tex
arkana 1t was suggested by Mr. Love
that whatever adjustment be agreed
upon, be made effective September /, 50
as TO give the iuterstata lines an oppor-
tunity TO put the. proposed rates to Tex
arkana and Shreveport -T'so effect on the
same date and the matter was submit
ted and taken under advisemert without
further argument.