The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-06
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United States Senator lho G. PIatt receives salary $zsooooo
T< shu that his Edw T. platt salary Of sIs-
tel prsss Company ue corporate stock but BY the
terms o + q ss,s.Sn the % eS : S 1asS s n'9 sn, Gs
fsrzb For convenience these shasss called stock and are no
hay valued their face par value Of hundred dollars eseh
This would indicate that they eapa stock of
outstanding They declined to whether not single dollar in
simpossible 10 They paid annual dividend May
s. 1905 Of szoo share they snow what Is actually surplus Of
mortgage on Express Realty Company From the
Seen declaring yearly dividends Of eight twenty per and
after the have been paid able carry forward each sar
All companies report that they have funded indebted
ness or outstanding obligations of any kind whatever
COMMISSION HAS DONE
After hearing, with evidence submitted under OATH the Com
mission has issued orders requiring the railroads TO ouhu oepo anu
Seminole Troy Eschi Blue, Waterloo Goodwel Lookebs,
sssdna HS~ood savanna Nisou Maize Tbbe Oakland Clay
TN caddo tallahassee Milton Marble City Brtton LsqaTe Chant,
Tie Commission has ordered additional passenger train ;ssse
ot1sbomaushe Saltwater and fswnceGuhrie and Marietta
Lindsay CcashaYslc, Menac and StlwatcrCoa Creek
stop at Ryan, Mudrcw Wan Esi.ile and other points
Tawnre and Award Better facilities at Apache we Capital Iill
Jennings Snyder skedee Carnegie Tort Cobb Ferguson Payson AMI
S"iSst lie Commission has issued orders naming rules and rcg
transportation OF the following ctOI'
Coal Lumber Tics Logs Asphalt Brick Cement Canned Goods
Cement Building Blocks, Succo Lime Plaster, GYPSUM Cordwoo
Saw Dust and holdings and doors woodwork for 0Eeu
nfa upenents The roagt) Fruit Vegetables Hay Grain ronl @
Ses Chop Feed Straw Alfalfa Stone San Gravel emdsr Sne
and refined oil, etc
shipper exactly what he pays, and what s competitors pa
The absolutely the body rich or poor trust
no nst millionaire farmer Armour Packing Company or Bd
Iones'- The the
Tie Commission had fled with hundred and twenG,e
formal complaints, asking for cots stock pens telegraph Offices sue
tracks crossings trains to be properly buuemed trans 70 sop
Rag wanting physical connections telephones depos and COM
faning OF ovcargc dcourcous treatment on The part o. e
poye pots and Over hundred ann
hy complaints have been settled either by hearings under
before The Commission OF by brgng the parties ogeieT "a
Many Of these complaints be adjusted by bringing The
together and having conference IN when al concerned are
present
The Commission used its good Offices in having hundreds Of
ovcags refunded shippers They have also given our
citizens every assistance possible in the settlement
claims which the Commission has TO direct urdc
The Commission has vouminous correspondence; It has
checked of freight bills and the shippers in Oklahoma
from points scattered all over the United States
The has been asked to the correct rates on s
points Oklahoma and to points in Oklahoma to and IRON
Union Many business men have formally ncnowl
epce appreciation of this assistance and thousands OF citizens
politics have endorsed the Commissions painstang
efforts useful all the citizens OF Oklahoma who make appca-
ton to them for information
The men who comprise Commission old pioneers who
grazed the territory when it bowling wilderness Two
these the country before Oklahoma was
op<ned for settlement before the railroads I'll e old
men Commission have judgment gained by long
experience knocks" Their rulings based common
their unvanhcd reasonngs have often Ousned the
"oden the learned reasoning OF the called Captains
Of Industry" and the Masters Of High Finance.
COAL RATES
comparison f psds By Corporation cADln snA 's '~ sha
ps sssSsS Il. essus F osl.l s out h aus Joint rates from "a.
oslsnu no 'as' sor" oH 0s o'"" 'e'"a'd J IN