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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-20

When the commission came TO make its
class tarin, IL WIS their opinion that bct.
ter effects would be achieved and more
substantial relief afforded the shipper and
the public BY dsregardlng, In the main.
the maximum rates and making sharp re-
ductlolb where the bulk of the shipments
OF this class actually occur. For instance
the rates from all Interstate marketing
points are usually the same TO such places
AK Dallas, Fort Worth. Waco. Greeilyille,
Tyler. sherman. Wills Point Paris TO-
rel, Cleburne, Waxahachlc. Bowie, Gninre.
vile, wichita Falls, Texarknna, Marshall
and every other place In common point ter
iitory including Houston ami ''al ,tsiOn,
EXCEPT that Houston and Galveston lake 4
slightly reduced rate on tnr.,c ,.usses. A
and {. Wholesale or iobblng lnsI-
less extent Is carried on NJ most or all
The places named, and ut many other
places IN Texas. The maxlmun rate Is
reached at a distance Of 1sG miles. II
rarely happens that shipment OF mer-
chnndisu wholly within the State Is mu.ic
Tor any such distance The 4uir .hnnis of
your county do not, as u rule. apprs
bend, purchase their goods from points
distant 1855 miles: thai H., those articles
taking the merchandise rates aud pul-
chnscd from Texas iolibels. Dallas Is lust
as good II market as Galveston or any
other jobbing center In Texas. have
before me n special merchandise tariff hat
actually applied on the Texas and Pacific
railway IN 1883, also An 1887 auI then tie
commission tarjG. 70 Illustrate my mean
ing | Insert extracts of each tariff:
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sharp reduction by the present plan Of
making Joint rates:
3. The commission having made still
greater reductions IN freight rates by the
PRONUNCIATION Of commodity tariffs:
repeat. the first assertion Is not true.
Recurring TO the second assertion:
Tint thc cotton rate established by the
ronds In 1883. from Texas common points
to Galveston wns 30 cents per 100 pounds
while the commission rate Is 90 cents. |
presume .you likely misunderstood the
speaker. for | take II the statement Is
predlcntcd on the information contained In
the Texas Popnlist Campaign Book,
hive before me copy of that re
mnrt.o,Ic ~rriuetion and on page find
the following:
Rates ON Cotton
''In 1888 the rate of freight on cotton
per hale Of 500 pounds, was $3.50: cotton
was then hauled by bnic.' and not by 100
pounds The rate was 81 90 per bale hut
the bales In Texas that year averaged 523A
pounds and so pounds NJ SEQ Is SO 30 for
JD,nound bale or 80 cents per 100 pounds
common points Is - cents per 100 pounds
or $40 per m0pound bale. or a. cents
per mlc higher than In 1898 The crop
Of tSS1-SS was 1.34U.O 600 bnios. For those
1888 figures see page $50. Internal Com.
merce report. before mentioned
or why any self-respectlng individual can
he entity Of such .wilfnl pcrvcrslon ~ On
truth. have before me COPY of "1sS9
Report of Internal Commerce. issued by
the bureau OF statistics Of the treasury dc.
pnrtmcni.' tho authority given by tho. an.
thor Of the Popullst Campaign Book for his
astounding declaration.
! give verbatim so much of page $50 (the
page named as Is pertinent TO this Issue:
Page $50.
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According to this authority we have a
rate IN lSSS from certain Cotton Belt sta,
lions TO Galveston of q cents ner 100
pounds or Sa,oO per bale t1G0 pounds being
treated NJ an av6ragcl
Al the stations on both lines of rail-
way nre IN common point territory and
N 1855 neither of these railroads reached
either Houston or Galveston
Again looking at the purportcd tariffs
OF these roads you Will see that there Is
an exact difference OF 20 cents per bale:
that Is. the rate Is 50 cents per hnle higher
from Cotton Belt stations than from Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas stations. More.
over, II VIII be seen that from Suphur
springs, Waco, Grecnvlllc, Fort Worth
una illlsboro, each junction point Of
lhese TWO roads, the rate Is given 80 cents
per bale higher via the Cotton pelt. Such
q proposition IL n manifest absnrdity In.
yer such conditions the Cotton SIT would
haul 10 cotton Neither liue reaehinr
me points OF destination their connec.
IONS would not consent 10 the different
rhtes from the same stations.
- rms report on the Internal commerce Of
the United States, In so far as ii relates
70 IsNas, was prepared by j. J. Lane Of
AUSTIN, newspaper reporter See Dane
nSh OF said book. His two thrills may 30
rseonclleu when we understand that OUT
ot me Gotten Belt rate compress charges
OF 80 cents pct bale were paid and was
MOI no. paid out Of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas rate.
From common point territory the rate
now % Galveston Is 81 per 800. pound bale
Including 30 cents compress charges, or
$50 net freight rate.
nave gone into this matter deliberately
70 snow that onr popnlist friends ont or
their own mouths stand convicted OF wiIfnl
deceit. Tho truth Is this: In 1888 the Mis
aonft kansas and Texas, railroad was q
member Of the Gould system. That sys-
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Cafas.F.ks

The cause exists in the blood, in
chat causes Inflammation Of the
mucous membrane
1T is therefore impossible to cure
the disease by local applications.
II Is positively dangerous to neglect
u, because It always affects the stom-
ach and deranges the general health.
and Is likely 10 develop into consump-
ton
Many have been radically and perrnanontly
cured by Hoods Sarsapariila. II cleanse ths
blood and has peculiar Alternative and tonic
edect- X Long. California junction. io,ra
writes had catarrh three years. lost INV
appetite and could not sleep, Myhead painad
ne and ] felt bad all over. took Hooa,s
barssparilla and now have good appetite
sleep well. and bave no symptoms Of catarrh. |"
HOODS Sas.sapa~ilxa
omisss saIeure and keeps the prom
~ Il 'is@bettsr not to put off treat.
neR, ~ by Hoods today.
4..-- 49,. q
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Tho rate Is substantially the same for
the fourth class, and less In Texas for
the first, second aud third classes. The
difference In favor of Texas wonid he
more striking II the shipments pass over
more than Two lines OF railway. or II the
distance Is greater. No other State
railroad commission. Of which we have
any Information, has this plan Of making
joint rates.
There Is sim another feature about this
tariff that upon Investigation viii disclose
sharp reduction over the tarim of 1888
II viii he borne In mind that the tarln
under consideration and to which you al
rect my attention is the general tnriR Of
class rates. II Is n fact that commodities
shipped under this tarif constitute hut
railroads within this state, and that pro
portion has been steadily diminished by
the practice adopted by this commission ~
promulgating what are known MS comnlodi
Is tariffs commodity tariff never cx
ceeds the class tariff. On the contrary,
there Is usually very considerable rcduc
tion below the class tariff.
The PRINCIPAL design In making com
modify tariffs Is Ia reduce the rate, In
the main II Is hut another method Of re.
ducing freight rates.
This commission has promulgated thirty,
two commodity tariffs. and the greater
number of these different tariffs embrace
q large number of different commodities
Many or these commodities in 1883 were
shlpreu under the class t9rif
Therefore, for these reasons:
!. The commission having redured- the
class tarin far the shorter distances:
:. }he commission having effected a
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ciothiers and Hatters. Furnlsh!ns IA
5l2 and 614 Main Street under Riss I'D

title to certain lands granted by Il
lean and Spanish governments, y
tween the Nueces and Rio Grande
be made n special order for Tue
1890 a. m. The motion prevailed.
The chair laid before the hQnS1
third reading the bill by NJ
and Calvin providing that
school fund may be Invested
OF Independent school dlstrlc
was passed.
The following committee 7
made:
Revenue and Taxation. FAY
2S7 providing for the place
OF vendors lien notes.
Roads, Bridges and FerriS
on No. 313 creating a more
system for Pamela county.
No. $50 providing a general
counties; favorable on No.
the road law applying to ca
toria counties: favorable on
ing the road law Of Lamar
able on No. 800 creating
Matagorda county,
Mr.. shannon iBelp endeav
considerations, out Of the req
the "Hogg amendment, : put
raised. :,
The speaker laid before tae
third reading the bill by MI
viding for the regulation OF
Of medicine. 1t was passeui
provides for three boards q "
each. representing respect,s,aa
pathlc, homeopathic and eels
of medicine. All persons W.
practice medicine must pc g
licensed by these boards.
Judges shall read charges 70
counsel argue the facts was
The speaker laid before
regular order joint resolution
is the "Hogg amendment,
piause as he made the annouT5
resolution was read In full. i. ! r
session was taken up Win y,
Mr.. Thurmond offered sci
lutlon permitting Judge We
Of the Twenty-thlrd dlslrie,,
s. If from the state during ' w
of 1901 and 1902. Inc
adopted.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

Senator Dlbrell withdrew his substitute.
Harris (Bexan offered an amendment in
line with his amendment of the morning
session to strike out 1879 and insert
1851" Adopted
The house bill regulating the licensing of
physicians and surgeons was received and
referred to public health committee \ re-
cess Of twenty minutes was had in order
TO permit the committee to consl er the
house bin and thus sidetrack the senate
bill.
Upon the expiration of the recess the
house bill was reported favorably and i'm
medlately considered under suspension of
the rules.
Goss offered an amendment providing for
board of physlo-medlcal examiners. After
discussion of two hours concerning the
treatment by physo medlcos, the amend
ment was defeated. Tho bill was passed
to Il third reading and finally passed under
a suspension of the rules.
Committee on asylums reported favorably
the corrected house bill providing for tho
establishment of an epileptic insane asy.
lum at Abilene.
Adjourned.
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Everybody acquainted With the subject
knows that as a rule for the last twenty
years the through freight rate ON cotton
Is m ple on the sun OF the locals through
Galveston that Is bases on Galveston
So that giving the above purported tariff
liberal construction. tho rate to Calves.
ton is 60 cents per 100 pounds. or So per
the same as the rate now published
by the commission. II VIII he observed
that this document only purports to furnish
Information from certain stations on tho
line of the Missouri Kansas and Texas
railway only, and not the rate OF freight
on cotton from Texas common points to
Houston as stated by the popnlist cam
paign book II the author of the populist
campaign book had been honest he would
have also referred his readers to page 1888
Of this same internal Commerce Re
port, before mentioned"
] qnotc verbatim from page 7SS Of said
repolt SO much rs is pertinent to this
inqu95;
S. l., A. AND T. RAILWAY COMPANY.
Average Freight Rates, in 1888, on Cot
ton per Bale or 100 Pounds.
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ably the bill by Harris (Bcxar appropriat-
Ing $4,000 for industrial training in the
pubic schools of Texas.
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toned, and from the only reliable data
available or that has even been furnished
this commission, II appears that maximum
lmark the word 'nnxlmnm. for mure OF
II anon class rates In force at different
times from Galveston to- Texas common
point territory were as follows;
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Avoid Smallpox
Rely upon Platt's chior'u''
infectant,
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SENATE BILLS.


By Beaty-A bill granting Il right of way
Of fifty feet in width over all cut over
school lands TO all tram ronds while en-.
gagged in hauling logs to saw mills for
manufacturing purposes.
BY Staples-Relatng to seduction: to re.
quire defendants TO marry or offer to
hurry before the State announces ready
for trial.
BY MISUNDERSTANDING the filing Of
notice OF the tendency OF suit affecting
real property by the parties to said suit In
the Office of the county clerk in the county
where the property is situated making the
ming of such notice constructive notice
OF snid suit and its object to any purchases
or membranes of said property.
BY Goss-Creating King county into a
separate land district
Ky Goss-Prescribng the effect of
breaches or warranty representations and
conditions in fire insurance policies written
on property In Texas.
BY Potter-Amending the statutes reat.
ing to the method of transferring cases
from one court of civil appeals to another,
so as TO require transfers based on con.
vcnience OF locality rather than by docket
numbers.
BY Johnson Providing for the establish.
ing of kindergartens in the public schools
OF any city, town or Incorporated village
and requiring only local tax to be used
for such department
BY fotter-Incrcasing the fees of shcriffs
and constables.
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HOUSE piL IN
The following bills were NY
the house; ~
BY McMcans-To provide y, ~
ing of such convicts' anu
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II will be observed that for distances
less than 100 miles the commission has
made rates lower than were ever in force
In this State. SO far ms we have ever been
advised, ana the reductions have been
shnrpest on those classes that embrace the
bulk of the commodities shipped under
class tOrn. And herein Hes the lnspira-
tlon Of these wanton ana sinnderous as
Saults upon the commission, For my APP
prevail Of this plan have been accused OF
incompetency and cOwardicc. Commission.
or Storey Is denounced AK an iguoramus
and there is standing over him u, the
public print an appeal for cod Almighty to
strike him dead. Even Judge Reagan hns
not been spared. lie Is denounced as an
imbecile; and one monster, publishing Il
paper nj Vernon, has called for the blood
of this grand old man. and marks him
subject deserving 10 he burnt at the stnke.
This commission has eudeayorcd tn pur-
sue policy that affords equal justice TO
al and special privileges TO none, Wills
Point uIiler and ny virtue Of the plan OF
ratemakng adopted, has every oppor-
mnity aud advantage for conducting
lobbing business that Is Afforded Dallas
nhlcd many Of the smaller towns to on
gage In tho iobhing business, Mr.. Farley,
ns the manager Of the Dallas freight hui
renu, has come before MS asking that we
reduce the rates Tor the longer distances
and advance the rates for the shorter dis
tanccs Tho manifest effect Of his desire
being 10 drive the smaller towns from the
1ohhlng business that II may be concen-
tratcd IN the hands of his employers Such
especially was the nature OF the applica-
tion referred 10 as asked by the people"
on page OF the nopulist campaign hook
hut which was really made by him In the
Interest Of his employers, and which was
thoroughly exposed by the commission at
the time in public communication.
Another feature OF the present class tar
I'M that operates 10 reduce freight rates
and In n manner that affords substantial
relief 10 the shipper, Is the plan Of making
joint rates. Formerly. rs rule, the Joint
rate was determined hV adding the local
rates of each road participating In the
haul until the maximum was reached. I'm.
der the commissions plan Joint rate Ia
ascertnIned 10y adding 70 the single line
rate certain prescribed arhltrarcs that can
never exceed the sum OF the locals and In
most Instances result In very much lower
rate Let me Illustrate the commission
plan by comparing II with the plan adopted
from TYLER 10 wills Point must pass over
two lines OF railrond under separate man
ngement, and would he subject STOW joint
line rates. Tho distance being;
Tyler to Mincola .......-... o5mllcs
Mineoln To Wills Point. ...,...... 3tmilcs
Total Observation-Disclosures. 30 miles
Glasses .,..'".,,,..,,
Add arbIirarIes FOR Joint
4 To"a :..... sS g So cent.
Rates in Georgia: / 3 a
For 25 miles. - 20 is 10
For 80 miles ...,...,.24 II 10 II
Deduct 10 per cont for
Georgia Joint haul. 90 Al 81 80
Total ..........4i,i 800 $50 2e.7
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The House..

The speaker laid before the house the
quarantine bill, which was discussed yes.
terday Mr.. Schluter moved that consid
Grafton he postponed until next Thursday.
The motion prevailed.
The chair laid before the house. ms the
special order for the hour, DR.. Looney's
pil prescribing penalties for violation Of
lhe quarantine laws. The committee on
pnoilc health and vital statistics recon.
hlthded a substitute for the bill
"a nrssage from the governor trnnsuIt
llhE MISS Clara Barton's resnonse 10 Tho
beSo'utlon adopted by the house. thankins
r re iof her services at Galveston, was
The report of the committee on N.
~ tibuoi pS pill was adopted, 1t developed that
M me- plil mad been imperfectly drawn, and
upon motion of Mr.. Ellis consldcrotio
"aS postponed until Friday
- NJ Lame renewed his motion to tnke nm
NJ ,Apliehe asylum bill Mr. williams Of
im,uplP5ihs withdrawing his objection. This
~. hau gone to the governor and he oh
IeSteg 10 number OF minor nroyIsIons
iAHOther bill, meeting his objections was
ln,,To9uced, and the other measure WINS no.
oplled, Under q suspension of tho ruiea
'hs corrected bill was passed. N'
Mr.. Bean asked unanjmons constant Tor
M npnsiueration Of his hill prohibiting
hut ph hf,nght OF wages with time checks.
NJ 'uIeclloh was raised.
sif. Garner moved that his hin to ,,io,
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a reduction since 1870 and iSsli of nearly
?2i, per cent, II the railroads In Texas
had, during the year ending June 80, 1897
as WIS charged for the year ending June
30. 1891. their earnings would have In
creased more than Ss.O00.0oo- OF course.
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TO PREVENT THE GRIP
Laxative, Bromo- ouinine removes the
cause.
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title to certain lands granted BY ne Y
lean and Spanish governments yns
tween the Nueces and Rio Grande nIs
be made n special order for Tuesau
1870 a. m. The motion prevailed. a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-15

Schley had sent him on this mission.
and ne had then been told by, CebeTeco'
that the Spanish fleet was in the har-
Dor. This Information Nunez said he had
carried to the Admiral Sampson under
the direction of Commodore Sor-,.a1 -
,a Gapt. Parker then re e..a COW Of tbo
letter lett which the pilot said he had d. c tne
- an commodore Schley to the On
bans, in which he suggested a code of
signals similar to the code arranged nv
Capt. McCaila at Cienfuegos.
On cross-examnation the Witnes said
that Cebereco had given him the names
OF the Spanish vessels inside the harbor
lie gave the names of those vessels, say
ing that they were given to him at that
time by Cebereco.
Inc witness also said that prior to 90
ing ashore June l, he had not seen fine
Colon. He had not seen that vessel in
ueeu, until July g. He said that his rea-
get INTO the harbor at Santiago was that
sLcl large vessels as those of the Span
}sp Meet qad never before been seen there;
ne thought the harbor both too narrow
and too shallow. He had expressed the
OPINION that unless they had "double
machinery twin screws they could nof
get IN without the assistance of tugs
Nunez was then excused, and the iudee
advocate was about to call Commando
Mason when Admiral Dewey suggested
that as it was then ten minutes to 4
the court should adjourn. Accordingly
the court adjourned until IL O'Clock to-
morrow.
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ence of the railroad pool the best asslr-
ance of fair play at least in one prin-
cipal direction for the independent pro-
Queer who is in opposition to the trusts.
In this behalf he says:
"If the trust gets a rebate which he
(the independent producer) cannot get, it
has him at its mercy. 1t may ruin him,
even though he may be able to make
goods more cheaply than the trust itself
can make them Moreover it is the pre-
hibition of pooling by the railroads them
selves that subjects them to the tempta-
ton to make the discriminating charges.
In a pool they would have no reason for
trying to lure away from each other the
traffic of the large shippers. Yet the
liberation of pooling means the regula-
ton of freight charges by the state. 1t
has lately come about that the attempt
to preserve competition among common
carriers has gone far toward eXtinguish-
ing it among manufacturers. Competing
railroads, a struggle for the business Of
the large producers, the extinction Of
small rivals, and an approach to monop-
oily in many branches of production
this is the series of phenomena that we
have recently witnessed. Railroads in
pools, regulated charges and a fair field
for the small produeers-this is the al
tentative series, and it is the one end
We shall choose, unless we are driven to
a much holder course-the giving over of
railroads to the government.
Until assured of equal rights from the
common carrier in the shipment of his
products there is little hope for any man
or number of men, however well backed
in skill and capital to meet the competi-
ton of the trusts which in the end is
shown to be a settled attempt at destruc-
AZ ot,,a4 1s,al,
the railroads have INDUCED in. they have
been driven to resort to by unregulated
and cut-throat competition among them
selves.
The pooling process has a bad name
among the uniformed. But it is the chief
factor in the equitable adjustment of
has frequently pointed out, it is the only
effective antidote against unjust discrim-
ination as between individual shippers
The alternative of state ownership which
Prof. Clark refers to is hardly wor-
thy of consideration. The developments
which have been in progress in recent
years in railroad management show con-
clusively that when left to the exercise
of an intelligent regard for their own true
interests the railroads are better able,
than when interfered with by ill-advised
public regulation, to bring into existence
the conditions in the great transportation
industry which are at once most promo
tive of the general welfare and of the
roads themselves.
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RA1LRoAD Poo11sq IND rnUsys.

RAILROAD POOLING IND TRUSTS.
a rather interesting and novel view of
the trust" question is presented by Prof.
John B. Clark in the Political Science
Quarterly
Prof. Clark is recognized as among the
leading students of the great economic
and social questions which are involved in
the existence and operation of the
trusts" His views are accepted AS he
ing among the best thought out and prac
teal of those put forward by those who
have given special study to the subject
He takes the position, which is bevond
question regarded as correct, that the only
protection in the end which the consuming
public have is to be found in the exist
ence and successful operations of the in
dependent producer.
The great danger which Prof. Clark
believes to stand in the path of the indie
pendent producer is that of being made
the victim of special rates by the rail-
roads. That danger he believes to be
ever present as long as the railroads are
themselves the Victims of unrestricted
competition The temptations to grant
Ing Special rates to the large shipper by
the railroad in competition is too great,
and the demand for business at all haz-
ards by the competing roads is also too
great. To admit of subsection or even reg
ulation by the state. Accordingly Prof
Clark ie!icYes that he sees in tie exist