The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-18
COMPLAIN TO INTERSTATE
COMMERCE COMMISSION
AIIsge Discrimination IN Favor
! Of Cotton Seed OIL Mills
Outside Of State


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Washington. May is-The biggest
case that has ever come an from OK.
lahoma mas been filed before the In
lerstata Commerce commission, ask.
ing tor an adjustment OF the rates on
cotton seed and the byproducts. Il
shows practically all Of the cotton
seed oil mills ia the stale as plant
ifs, and every railroad IN the state
as well as those running TO the prin'
cipal markets for cotton oil outside
the state. are made defendants. The
general allegation Is that the rail-
roads are discriminating against the
cotton sted oil mills Oi the state IN
favor Of points outside the state on
cotton seed thus inducing the owners
Of cotton seed TO ship TO cotton ola
mills outside OF the state
The plaintiffs are the cotton oil
mills al Anadark0. Ada, Altus, Ard
more. Tire Commonwealth, Chandlef
Chlckasna. Durant, Duncan, Elk City
Clinton. Eufaula, Frederick, Musko.
gee, ManRum. Oklahoma city, purcell
Rolf, Sailisaw, Stroud. Shawnee, Tlsh.
omingo, Tecumseh, Union, ygagoner,
Weleetka and Wynnewood. Also the
Farmers COOPERATIVE the Hought0n
& Douglas and tie Southwestern
The defendant railroads are the San
ia Fe, Frisco, Gulf, G. 4 I, Rock Is.
land, NJ. X. 4 r., Burlington, Chicago
F& Alton, Chicago and Northwestern.
Kansas & Southwestern. ST. I.oouls.
I'll Reno 4 Western, Ft Smith &
WESTERN Oklahoma Central, Midland
Valley. Oklahoma Central. Union pa.
eiflc, Vandalia. wabash, Wichita val.
ley Illinois Central
The plaintiffs allege that these rail.
roads discriminate against the plant.
ilfs In the matter OF freight rates TO
Fort smith, Kansas City, Little Rock,
81 Louis, Memphis and Texas mills.
This Is done hy giving the cotton oil
mills al these points q better rate
on cotton seed than they give The
mills within the state, and then after
The seed is manufactured Into oil,
meal and cake a better Ate Is given
on these manufactured products to
points Di consumption than are given
the mills within The state 0t Oklahoma
This, according 10 the petition. gives
the OH mills outside the state an ad.
vantage over the oklahoma mills that
shuts them out from competition IN
the mari cts for cotton seed oil, par
ticularIy. and they want reduction
IN the rates that will eEabe them TO
haul the seed to oklahoma mills. and
then deliver the oil and oil meal aud
cake to the big consumers for the
same rate that ia charged 10 com.
peting points outside the state mem
TONED above. For instance, the petl.
tlon sets forth that the railroads will
have cotton seed from the gin In Ok
iahoma whore The shipment originates
70 Memphis, where It Is made into oil
and meul. and then carry the oil and
meal on TO Chicago, for much less
money than tine same road will deliv-
er the seed 70 a mill In Oklahoma and
then carry the oil ard meal from that
point to Chicago.
The principal markets f0r cotton
seed Oh is IN packing ceniers whore
II Is USED With little hog fat TO make
lard. An Of the cotton producing
states produce sufficient cotton oil 10
supply he packing plants within their
borders. 80 Oklahoma has 10 look 10
the north and east for a market. That
Is why so many railroads outside the
state are made defendants In the case
A long list OF figures are set forth
showing rates from Oklahoma points
10 the markets for oil, and these com
pared with rates from competing
points outside the state show q dis,
crImlnafion in favor of the latter The
plaintiffs ask for a reduction Of two
cents on a haul where the rate IN Ok
lahoma IN now seventeen cents pound
three cents whore II Is 22 cents and
cents where the rate ls over rs cents
per hundred pound, with rate Of
ten cents for oil shipments original.
Ing 10 Oklahoma and shipped TO Dali
laa Fort Worth. Sherman and Green.
Vile, with q minimum charge Of $500
for G stopoves 10 manufacture the
seed lato oil al tie Oh mills.
The following shipments are asked
on all shipments Of OIL originating IN
Oklahoma. To Kansas city 20 cents
per hundred, 10 St Louis. rs cents:
Chicago. 80 csnss; Louisville. 80 cents
South omaha, % cents: New Orleans
30 cents. Cincinnati 2t cents; Gel.
weston. es cents.
All of the cotton companies that
are plaintiffs IN the petition are cor
poratlons and theg are all represent
ed hy Flynn a Ames, Of 0kiahoma
city NhO filed the complaint. II ii
apparent that the mill men are DE-.
lermIned 10 make I fight against the
railroads because they put into effect
rates that would give them chance
for a longer haul On the cotton seed.
and At the same time sake The seed
away from the local mills and force
Them "a pay higher prices 10 retain
IH aud after making seed Into al
hRaln pay higher freight rate n