The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-29
RECEIVED INVITATION
BY ARpMoRE COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO INLAND COMMUNITIES
CONVENTION.

The Ardmore Commercial club has
been invited to participate in the
Inland Communities convention to be
held In Wichita. Kansas, on Satur.
day, November 16. In which repre-.
sentatiyes of cities. manufacturing,
mercantile and commercial associa.
tions will take part.
The strenuous efforts of cities situ.
ated like Muskogee on the Arkansas
river, Dallas on the Trinity, and
Shreveport on the Red river. which
really have no natural opportunities
for actual water transportation but
hope TO make "A purely artificial show.
ing for the purpose of securing
freight rate advantages has become so
apparent that the communities not
situated on one OF these spring
streams are beginning to awaken to
the danger that threatens them as the
water rate to cities not at all en-
tiled | pus every inland city IA
titled to 1t puts every inland city at
great disadvantage from a manufac-
turing and jobbing point. Shreve
port has seven large wholesale gro.
Gerry concerns and gets the same rate
as New Orleans with all its world
shipping and yet one can cross the
Red river at that point many months
in the year and scarcely get his
feet wet
The convention at Wichita will
take In all communities west OF the
Missouri river and will have for Its
| purpose the discussion of waterway
appropriations to the end that mem.
bers OF congress may be asked to
avoid favoring appropriations for wa
terways when actual regular trans
portation OF freight on such water
ways is not practicable. to the end
that th' anterior sections OF the coun.
try shall not 10 injuriously discrim-
mated against by railroad rates based
upon water competition which is pure
ly theoretical. and for the purpose
OF considering such further amend
ments to the interstate commerce
commission law as may be necessary
to alleviate present unjust freight
rate conditions produced and foster
ed by these false theories.
As is we'll known TO shippers in
Oklahoma products are often shipped
from Missouri river points through
Oklahoma and across the state &c
Texas at rate frequently cents
100 pounds less than Is charged
to the very towns In Oklahoma
through which the stun is hauled tC
port 500 miles distant. This is espe
cially true of grain and works grea
injury In many sections. The rightfu
claims of the Mississippi river cities
to river rates are not to be ques
toned as 1t is believed that the true
purpose OF these streams is to afonrS
an additional means OF transportation
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that the periodical congestion of traf
fic on the railways may be avoided
The convention will oppose the Ill
advised expenditure of money b!
, congress for the Improvement o
y rivers and streams which can neve
, be utilized for all the year transpor
4 tation as they consider 1t rank In
y Justice for cities situated like Ard
n more and Wichita to be called upol
J.. to pay their share of the expens
Of improvement when they will b
compelled to suffer by the low rate
gained by the artfcially favored l.
calities. 1t is hoped that a represents
tive delegation from all points affec
ed will attend the convention and b
prepared TO take strong ground In II
I. fight against the rampant agitatio