The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-20
BEAUMONT OIL INTERESTS
The "Pla,e" Bill ArOuses Grave Ap.
prehenslOns In Oil Circles.
STYLED AS VICIOUS LEGISLATION
The Weather flinders OIL Development
Ships Loading at Por Arthur
Trade Is Very Light.
STYLED AS VICIOUS LEGISLATION


reported at Austin IS arousing tho strong. |
est kind Of opposition here, The oil In. |
terests would be affected by a retroactive
clause IN the bill to an almost prohtbitory |
extent According TO its provisions il
would be absolutely impossible for an oil
company, no matter how small or Insignia
cant, TO have It's Office In Beaumont and
a we'll on Spindle Top. 1t would be im.
possible FOR tho Kirby Lumber company to
have Its saw mills in East Texas and else.
where and its office in Houston, and SO ON
from the largest corporation down TO the
smallest, The people here viii be inclined
/ 10 oppose the bill, even for future corpora.
/ lions, tor the reason that 1t would not give
them chance with the older ONES IL the
! retroactive clause - not paced in the BIZ.
/ In other words, " 81 goes in it Kills tue
{ present industries all through Southeast
| Texas, ana IL especially harsh on the oil
/ companies who own land AZ. say. Spindle
/ Top, sour Lake aud Saratoga and want
Their ofnce gt any one point retro,
I active, II kills all those here already AZ
not, IL kills any further development. The
btll is not at al 70 the liking OF those VINO
are Conyersant with It's PROVISIONS, and
protest go up from here against It's adop-
ton in ANY form. In speakng OF the plil
the Enterprise This Afternoon SAYS
A vicious measure has been introduced IN
the legislature that should meet with strong
opposition from Beaumont, and Senator
Beatty and Representative Dun should he
dcluged with letters aud petitions showing
that beaumont wants NO such rot. The
SIii is one providing thut corporations shall
not do business Ia more than ono place.
moment Glance TO Soc mat ii IS miEIicei
10 cupital, is a deeprooted piece OF folly
aud one That 10 destined to work Injury
~ ne Iiiyrtns OH Ana trpSl coSnnonv holm
urnbis to gaintain nm of6er i'm Begunont
Hnd bore Tor oil at Sniudle Ton. much less
Sour LIKE! Think OF the Sabine Tram
do any business in Beaumont and run its
, plant Mt pewcyville, or say they have Their
Z oihee at neWtSNille ana lhen plant ta'It,
Z i.a5rei fem mica n,yav T6mE of the
Kirby Lumber company. with It's saw mill.
q In beaumont heins enable 70 retalh them
, and hold It's ofhce in Houston ana alaC
4 being unable TO avn and operate the MIL
4 AZ Gail or any other OF the sixteen points
q The company gould not even log It's Beau
y mont mills II i We're 80 give up the Hous
h ton Once or the other MUS IN S2utA,eS l.l
> in Nc1uuiHnf Tail" Tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
\ OIL aud Development company. THAT IN
d stitution would have to move rs 5S of dn'
,oeM ''"gS o '" pSs'Ii n on nsnrati"ps ' tS
w9rd d"Ing business m Sour Like. Ev1r,
d corporation NO matter how small woul,
y one piace. il is true that tho buI in a.
i present form Is not retroactive, but II J
d merely le l9FftNhhSg OF one 'nn lo,d IL H
e The new c"rporntions a handicup agains
the 5000 others 10 Texas that the youn
y ones would never. overcome would u
4, In eject class legislation, for the new cor
e poraton would never bc, able TO gel on th
"a same I9oilng as vhe , Pt % STys " toTr
a nrlncinie in Justice and In policy. Go,
pc elnor LHnham has IN the Introduction {
10 iI The polltIciSn Hc has made a biund,
10 nnd tho legislative halls Of Texas shout