The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-12

Cotton seed cushcrs Of Texas are
preparing To fight before the railroad
comm.ssioa the project for requiring
the comprcssing OF lnters at the
ncaros; comprcssing point before
shipment to the scaboard j. ) Nc
Clercq OF Paris. the president OF the
Texas association of cotton seed
crushers. r 4 Blun of Fort Worth
vice president, f. II. Bailey OF Paris,
former president Of the state and in
tcrstatc associations. +. ID. Matson OF
Dallas. Secretary Robert Gibson oi
Dallas. for the state association; Jo
W Allison of Ennis for both asso
Citations. and probably great many
others will attend the hearing in
Austin on July 10.
Concentration az the nearest point
is resisted by the Crushers 1t is
declared that it Will be detrimental
to the mills and to the handling OF
the lntcrs, product of the mills.
and that the only effect of the pro.
posed order will be the increase OF
the cost Of shipping and Of hand.
ling. II will tend to create the mid.
dleman between the miller and the
exporter, ii is claimed by the min
men. thing heretofore almost un.
known
1 fpf to A. ~
points take 75 per cent OF the rate
for cotton. Cotton the railways are
required to compress free OF charge
TO the shippers. Under the ruling
ot the commission. the railways are
mot allowed to com)ress hpters,
even at their own expense. but must
charge the shippers l0c a hundred
pounds the crushers say. The cot.
ton common points Is SOC hun.
drcd. That on linters at rs per cent
would make the DallasGalveston
rate ilc II l0c for compressing must
be added, the cost will be sic TO the
sea.
Several of the mill men in the
city yesterday declare that the ap-
plication 10 the commission did not
come from the mill men and that It
must have come from some OF the
interior buyers OF linters. DESTROYS
of concentrating their purchases at
inland markets instead OF at the sea
for export Houston and Galveston
buyers, they say, would have to bear
the expense OF compressing. instead
as AT present, method that per
mlts them TO see the samples OF the
lutcrs. The crushers declare that
no accommodations for storing lin.
tcrs exist at interior points and that
Houston and Galveston are prepared
for the handling.
Along with suc1l statement as
this. the following letter was ad'
dressed TO the mill men of Texas
yesterday and mailed out from head
quarters at Dallas
Dallas, Tex, July Q, l909-Dear
Sir: We invite your careful attcn-
tion to the matter discussed in the
interview inclosed herein.
This question has had the careful
consideration OF a number OF interior
mill men and their unanimous opin-
ion is that the change as proposed
would BE- greatly to their injury
We do not know from whom the
application arises. but It is evident.
ly directly in the interests Of the
/ interior Inter buyers and interior
/ comprcssos as opposed to the oil mills
/ and It's effect would be TO limit the
/ channels for the disposal Of our lin
| ter product, build up a middle man
/ between us and the ultimate buyer,
hamper us in the free handling Of
our own goods, and urthc~ 'eapen
a product already burdencd with
many difficulties and in consequence
~ their being sold for much less than
their intrinsic value.
ANY a'Nleh lnW VIII save us from
the wrong that II is sought to do MS
must be taken AZ once The hearing
IS set for Tuesday. the l3th OF this
month. and II you agree with the mill
men, who have protested against the
change, We urgently ask that you
will n once. ard I'm your own way,
by personal appearance before the
commission, by letter or by telegraph,
rs strongly as possible put your pro
test before the railroad commission
in such time as 20 reach them on
or before the 18th.
our legislative committee has tho
matter in hand and will have a rep
rosenta'iyc before the commission