The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
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The question OF reducing thu =.
lumber moved between points
State. Will which the railroad !,
sion is nov interesting itself /. NJ
ing considerable attention from ~
OF the fade. A well known So
lumbernsn said yesterday In a.
the subject:
1T IL not generally understood :.
call fr a meeting on wednesd..
to consider the matter should ~.
made by the commission or un,s Il
information it is based. AS far ~,
or have been informed there has !.
COMPLAINT made of existing S,s.s
! on lumber and the only infersrs.
| for II must be assumed thar ny
mission has some distinct nurno.
view, is that its attention has bsss
! tr7cted to the difference Which
between the State and Interstate ..'
The business interests of ths
OF Texas are entitled to considers,,. 4
the hands of the commission ~,
Ia being permitted to resist tba Y.
and participate in debates on az
l'ion, but also in the exercise =,
care before agitations are inaus...
One of the most serious drawhssl
uninterrupted and profitable bus;nss. N
tercourse is the popping I'D al nnssj
such az the one here under aisc,,'1
even IL In the end conditions CT
changed by the fiat OF the co,n,n;. r.
The question Of general reduct,ss
State rates on lumber is one Will
fects the future stock OF every H.!
yard in Texas and with this qas stion a
there will be an almost comirlete y
ton of orders except for the aern I.
OF the moment, until it has been 4
tied.
The lumpermen OF this State viii, n
1t much to their advantage to I'd n NJ
tin on the Sd and by their toi,t 80 -
ments present the serious aspects ~ ~
changes before the commission IN 4 N
vincing manner. The attendance sh.l
be commensurate with the grayfv
the situation.
The lumber interests OF Texas d.,E
that freight rates remain as the, NJ
not because they are too high or To-; n
but because they are SO adjusted i d
place yellow pine In every market d Y
country on a competing basis with NJ
pine and other woods One decade
yellow pine lumber was almost an n
known quantity outside Of localities
mediaiely contiguous to its growth.
now 1t is taking its rightful place M
uses where strength, beauty of figure
general versatility are required. M
used in its natural grain In handsS
structures not only in the United St61
but wherever the sound OF a hamnert
heard; 1t is used in all lines of la
structural work, for car building. Y
for every purpose for which torment
combination of many woods were nst
sary.
ITO meet this now terrific demand
yellow pine lumber mills Of Texas enrs
more men, pay better wages to skilledv
unskilled labor than any other indu.i
in the State. They operate the year ~
and work in sections that are non-proa,
tive of all else but lumber The and
universal distribution of this produc
therefore the wonderful prosperity d <
yellow pine section was only made "
sible by the perspicuity, not to say Z
crafty, of the railroads in making n
that would enable consumers to buy af
a low price and put it in comparison u
other woods better known BY thisst
tenn all prejudices against yellow n
have been met and conquered, and 4
by step 1t has encroached on. white &
milling towns and is used without {
tinction.
The question which seriously "a
fronts the State lumber interests is
effect which reduction in Texas n
will have upon interstate rates. and tho
fore upon the great open markets OF
country upon which they depend. Sh6
the railways raise Interstate rates beyp
what they are now in an effort to ~
loss of revenue from State traffic 1t wnl
be a calamity to Texas mills and a sew
blow to enterprises with large capl
invested in the greatest and most nj
ern lumber plants in the world; CAP
invested with full confidence that
manent conditions had been created VII
would guarantee protection and stabll
IL can be readily understood by the n
obtuse that any act which would ca
an increase in Interstate rates on 10
Der would have the effect of conhning'
product of Texas to State consumpH
The railroad commission has taken
matter up and is must now be cons
cred. The trade should leave no So
unturned to bring convincing arguna
TO bear on their position. The memb
of the commission should remember \
they are the servants of the whole PEG
and have 40 authority to tamper WITH
destroy the sreat and growing indusf
of Texas in the so-called interests
agricultural consumers Of lumber"
~
Mr. E. Speildoch, representative Of
railway supply concerns which not
ago purchased the old rails Of the re
Western company, returned yestort
from a business trip 10 ST, Louis, g
cinnati and Pitisbure. To Post p
at the Capitol hotel yesterday Mr. SRI
doch said that present conditions 10
Gated somewhat easier feeling In =
iron and steel markets and that the 50
city existing at present would proba
DO relieved somewhat following the
ginning of the new year Prices Just
are not quite as high as they have e
but they are likely to show disposiI
to advance before the situation is 10
oughly cleaned up.
The work of removing old rails from
Texas Western right of way, Mr.. SD
doch said. would probably be finisnea
about thirty days,
Messrs. Kane and Service, represent
scott's minstrel organization, which
be seen here on next Monday. the
instant. are in the city arranging for
appearance OF their attraction.