The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-21
HEARING BOTH SIDES OF 1T.
Commission Spent the Day Listening to
Arguments on Class Rates.
J. II. REAGAN MADE A STATEMENT
The Railroads Had Many Persons on the Stand to
Present Their Stockholders Were Also
Again Well Represented.

Austin. Texas, December % lmme
ulately after calling order this morning
Tor the second days proceedings IN the
matter of The proposed general reduction
III class rates chairman Reagan announcer
that he desired. IN justice TO the railroad
commission 10 make a icW REMARKS tic
seemed to he laboring under me 'mp'e'
SION tbat some person unnamed hHa oeeu
enaeaNoring to rob tue commission 'h'o'sA
tle medluni OF newspaper articles OF snch
ctedit as II may be entitled TO Tor en-
a'aIoFlns to ma out why st. LOUIS sue
c'eus IN maintaining itsei as usinont-
ing center Tor IeAas To the d'tIim'ht oil
H'H'e points entitled 10 ENJOY ih"l 0ls
uue'ioh'
proceeding upon the hypothesis that the
aforesaid unnamed person was writing IN
the interest oi some probable candidate for
railroad commissioner N not IN the 10
terest Of his own candidacy and was trying
to drag lhc commission into politics, the
chairman Fchomcutly declared That the
commission had long ago realized the in
Justice OF the narrow difference prevailing
between carload and lass Than carload
rates from the outside and bad eXcrtcd IT.
self to bring about beneficial rcadjust-
mcnt in the premises Furthermore, he
said the readiustmcnt Of class rates now
under discussion had been under ronsd-
crauon by the commission for quite
While and had not been submitted out Of
respect for newspaper suggestions. In con
clusiun. tho chairman said that he made
these remarks TO show the difference he
tween duty aud acmagoguery, after which
the regular business in hand was taken up
aud proceeded with without further inter.
ruption
'"' u'' was NANNY 'onS"''''u 'n F'''i"B
'"' '"'',''t s''' vi ''e iu','' NS pre-
/ se"''" II was "'' WY "''+"'' '7 '',',' vi
'ne runway REPRESENTATIVES, We're '""''' 10
''''t any 'Ai"s n'"'' '""''N''"7 ''"n
'""' ie""v,''u W l"''I s'''' Iu'eS must
S'"lt'S "'"" r'uuSH"u o' 9'"t' '"''S
~ oppo''l'on 10 'e""' Vi '"e '''''
'"u''uise 'u,'u'
Ho'ue oi '''ei' went Lu''"er an" s'uS", w
"pp'"' ~ ,ie Pi'J'" VI t'V S,ii"i''i
.o"nS W r'.es'us 'l'' u ,'p lI ', 70
( made the larger IeNaS cities VIII be able
/ to deprive them Of their business without
cbnnglnc tho relative nosltion Of the Stote,a
''.'s '-e ,.'t' -
| comherclhl interests 10 lhut OF competing
outside interests.
NJ, hobotF 90 tho Soptbar, pociOc and tha
,., -. -. -
ever, II was logically contendcd that the
necessary exnendtture for bettcrmcnts md
o,,i,r,o,,ts - oyory d,ro. oorr,d oh,yo
fixed charges by those lines left them in a
moor posltlop TO stand amy reduction Of
ro,,, a,d r,,.o,,,, ~ t,t, ,t,,o
lH'ps anu IcNeu"' ~ '"'s UNIV.
On the whole, what the railroad repre-
, Sentatiyes said WINS but Il confession Of fear
: ~ tI,o t,,,,r.t,,, tt.. 49,, ,,.,,tR
w 'nc in'''N'"'' uu'S anu IMMUNITY l" sue
]
trHry participation In Texas business
Hearing Of the matter Of reducing class
rates bnyln1, horp resumed b,foro ,bo rail
'''' Wv '"''
loau commission lhlN morning, Assistant
General Freight Agent Bartholomew OF the
international and Great Northern ovnlatnad
49,. M. -, - - 'NP''''''
Wv '"'V'' upon "H'th SOUTHWESTERN rates
are made He stated that II the St Loui,
lines observed tho established diryorcnti,l.
,n, o,,o..,, .,1,,..t, -, '''
""' h'"'''' IeuutHun OF oIa'e rates sucu
as the one proposed by the commission
would be followed bv n reduction or hmm.
stoto r,tos M w., VI '"','
9Htomafi, how ~ te"uVutoh wouia not nt
lines could re' Y%' raes o wtho nt st. LgM,,
80 81 'V H. 1870 '"IeS "I'n1ut me consent
a. R,rt a., ,nc lvHa5 ines, Sonuhulng Mr.
DIV p"t s"oIuluyW u'Clareu ihat the proposed
Stances in whinh tbs thG mnm i, OF IN
,rastiait ~, .uV 81, LOUIS illes Woulu
prartIcailS hare TO observe higher differ
V ti,ns shan Ian. we one established as these
tti n" no, "IuVm ine Sslaotshed dlueren
tlal wnSre tne comnlnauon through Calves
t"u n'ohuv leSS iuNu tue NJ, Louis common
pg9t,th1 I"te, anu US ine proposed tarin
h NI,"uIioa W. terrto9ry IN Whlcn INA com
"',"'Vn NVu'u uahc against 81 LOUIS.
, ~ IGPV 10 question ny commissioner
i MfuN MY, MI hattn9lomeW SAID he be
,lt.'Nu thnt pIlo' 10 tue agreement entered
ahout by the nntry I of ,a'G war Trough,
R Sr9drb rae e,y was the sum Of the LOCALS