The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-16


ltiou OF the same in this report
While ihs Commission has accurate figures showing I.e
amount OF freight saved 70 The shippers o Oklahoma BY virtue Of The
sSt i s yoei. 4 /" II III s $sX ~ Xs I'D ss Al s,S%S
% savings s shpcrsure Between As gd two p9li9e dgars
Iuc Increased population 81 The State Of Oklahoma.
made the duty Of Tic Commission by tic Constitution fc
IncrSac Commerce Commission The Commission pursuance
this aulpry was preparing iie suits bcipetse Interstate Com
nd grain products and lumber and instead Of bringing liz suits
conference was held with The officials Of the carriers ~ Kansas City
which resulted IN substantial reduction ~ Interstate lesa
commodities ranging on ten 2 twelve dollars car on hogs %
Wichita and ~ Worih from fifteen to twenty dollars car on
nmIcr from Texas onsana and from twelve fifteen dollars
grain from northern Oklahoma 70 Little Rock and Memphis and points
south and also reduction grain from the extreme northwestern
Oklahoma ponts 70 Kansas CITY, and Galveston from twelve to een
ohFs PSF ear hs may e roughly estimated as SAVING % ue
psop Of Oklahoma little less than five nunlrc thousand dollars
m gaiea annually This also does moi necessarily mpy this anou1
mentioned
Sector As article IS q the Consultations provides in substance
that when h Commission makes report the Governor
shall recommend such new additional legislation in reference % is
powers duties the creation supervision regulation control 81
corporations ETC.
81 compliance with this provision Of The Constitution ihc Com
msor has the honor respectfully recommend o 5our Exeencg
thai laws should be enacted as follows:
ssalng Section Article IX Of the Constitution vsng tic
public service corporations organized Of doing business in this State
to MAINTAIN public office place IN this State for the transaction o
s business wncrc transfers 81 stock shall be made etc.
Section ~ Article X provides in substance that before enter
rg pon the duties OF his Office each Of said commissioners shall
lake and subscribe the oath o. office prescribed in this Con-
itlion shall II addition thereto that he viii
10 Inc pest OF his ability fairly and justly and enforce the
provisions Of chic Constitution and all the laws oi this State con
rcming railroads, etc.
Mc respectfully recommend that the Legislature conc upon the
Commission the power aud authority enforce all provisions Of the
Constitution and al laws 81 this State pertaining the public duties
OF public service corporations that the Commission may have usd
ton carry out The oh required BY The Constitution be taken nv
each commissioner before entering upon his duties
lat Section 3s Article N Is part Of the Constitution chat
bs amended after The second Monday January oo9A that thc Com
mission recommend al this Section be amended that the Commits
sion may M discretion require railroad company pay tot swlci
tracks o nyac Industries o sc norton thereof AZ may hc OH
particularly desired because railroad companies have permitted iii
dtses o be constructed on their y and switch tracks and
prevent shippers establishing sucl industries and refuse
10 build switch track q industries adjoining the ofway wicn
pay therefor That This legislation is desired that the Commission y
require The railroad companies 70 mal shippers afcqn as
The Commission recommends la law BE- passed, giving The
Commission jurisdiction aud powe e limit prescribe h annp q
hoss which tie owners O public service utilities may uc agans
lsns Wolsfhes ms essnuVh faluersfY aeStea ase'ue -
excssc charges that he otherwise placed such ulcs which
aef goag ao the hands O innocent purchasers may become barca
Section 90 Article * 81 The Constitution provides haeao. cor
actually received 70 the amount Of par value thereof e5 This pro-
vision MOI been ya2ed by legislative enactment and the udg
lnen o te Commission is not sefe2ccutng
Section A. Article * Of he Constitution provides that
Ipofaiof chartered licensed do business this State shall
hold control al manner whatsoever The stock Of competitive
Corporation etc bis provision carries with It 10 authority a any
department o c State government to investigate for determination
relative 70 the prohibition contained therein This provision should
Section AZ Ariglc tx Of he Constitution provides that
corporation foreign domestic shall Bc permitted DO business
this State without first filing the office Of the Corporation Commits
sion list o its stockholders officers and directors, The filing
of M information By the various corporations doing business the
State las been found b the Commission to be very valuable and most
sought after by citizens and county and State Officials Under the
terms OF this provision there Of enforcing compliance
and clear when aud how often these reports should be
lc and Is the judgment of the Commission that in order
the purpose iur which embodied III the Constitution should
le va7ed by legislative enactment providing that such reports shall
lie filed annually doubt the stock will change hands often and
unles The REPORTS filed stated intervals the provision wH prove
lrleiieSusc anf vaucless
The Commission las made effort 70 obtain compliance with
he requirement that al corporations doing business the State shall
e with he Commission lists Of their stockholders officers and direct
es and OF approximately 1880 corporations licensed 70 do
business the State thousand have complied with this
requirement.
The Commission caused 10 be printed blanks for convenience
accuracy ard uniformity these statements and has mailed out for
ontc corporations 600 blanks and for foreign corporations
tanl with letters 81 explanation and urging compliance with l
requirement Some four hundred of such letters Of The Commission
have hcen returned with notation BY postmase Unclaimed De
ien CUT Of business ce complete ss has been Kept q
e corporations haze been requested to file This Information and
many nl them have niade no response.
The omoi blank used for domestic corporations IS practically
identical with that used ur foreign corporations With the exception
Tint bnks for foreign corporations there additional clause