The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-10
Chairman Loue To
Texas Grain Dealers



Address OF J. r. Love, chairman
OF the Oklahoma Corporation com.
mission. before the grain dealers Of
Tesas al Mineral Wells, Texas, on
June 3.
Mr.. President and Members OF the
Texas Grain Dealers Association. !
/ deeply appreciate the honor and
/ courtesy extended 10 me In inviting
me 70 address your organization 10.
dag. The grain dealers are the pe0'
Die who are looked TO for the stan
| Of llto ami when Mr.. Patten and
others play with the market use soiEs.
times glance az you with eyes That
contain bit OF fire; yet, VIXEN our
| rasslen subsidies we know that We
are dependent upon you for the mEr-
keting and handling OF the products
of the soil.
My subject today Is What can be
done 10 secure TO the people Of Ok
Iah0ma and Texas the same rates on
Interstate shipments of grain as
would prevail should the combina
ton Of locals apply?' Tiis Is sub
leci on which liitlo can be said but
much can DO dome. You gentlemen
are familiar with the efforts put for.
ward by your commission to secure
a basis for using commission rates
on shipments originating In other
states. Cur commission IS barely
eighteen months old, but this was one
of tIe subjects that called for our
intention from the moment Of or
ganlzati0n and whiClA has never been
lost sight OF.
There appears to be but two ways
n secnre combination OF locals as
lho through rate, or 10 secure q
lnl0ugh rate that VIII moi exceed
ne combination Of locals The In
rslatp Commerce commission has
Jurisdiction aud control of all inter
state shipments, ana one method isl
q 10 before dai commission ana ask
that through rates be established
that win not exceed the combination
of locals.
The second horn Of the dilemma Is
tho state line depot. | am glad toI
be allie To advise you today that the
end of this question seems near at
hand Some years agO your commits
siun, after due Nearingy ordered the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railway to build state line depot ai
t.ie Oklah0ma.Texas state line near
ihe tlRn of TeXhoma This case
was appealed 10 the supreme court
OF this state and | presume all Of
sou are familiar with the details OF
that case ana know that the final
decision was IN favor Of elie depot
In our state there is now within
about five hundred feet OF the state
line depot and the order Of your
commission calling for state line
depot served the question Of state
line dcpDis at that point. ine Idii-
roads have recognized the principle
Of state line depois and In order 20
avoid the necessity OF building the
second depot at Texhoma Mr. W. \.
Tinsman. manager uf the Rock la-
land railway. on last Tuesday called
me up over long distance Telephone
making the proposition that instead
ai building the second elepot, that
the oklahoma and Texas commits
slons allow the Rock Island railway
TO consider the present depot al Tex
huma as a state line depot and he
agreed 10 bin shipments from that
depot into Oklahoma on our com
missions rates and from that depot
Into Texas on the Texas commits
slon's rates. This Is the result we
have stFiven for and II means the
application OF combination Of locals
on shipments between Oklahoma and
Texas mevlng via that gateway lt
means that we al home can control
our own rates and not be entirely
dependent upon gentlemen, who, no
matter how honest their Intentions
may be- cannot as thoroughly under
stand the conditions as can the lRo
commisslnns IN Texas and Oklahoma
As s1on as arrangements are com
pleied shipments billed through this
gateway viii tate combination Of
locals al the through rate II may be
necessary 10 establish an agent at
lhlt point to attend The reconsign
Ink Of freight bat tlhis will only be
4 maitev OF form as the desired re-
suit combination 0i The two com
missions locals VIII apply as The
through rate"
The state line depot al Texhoma
win cf course onlg afrect ihaso ship
mcnls moving from that part OF the
Rock island IN The northwestern paH
Of Oklahoma and the next step that
ls necessary win be 10 secure state
inc den0ls between Higgins. Texasl
and Goodwin. oklahoma and another
al Texoia oklahoma, which will take
care Of the western part Of 0klahu'
ma aud Texas Depot has already
been ordered built al state line be-