The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-25
STUBS AT HOME.
Goyernor Returns From Texas
Still Belligerent.
Says He'll Keep Up the flgnt
on "RObber ates.
CITES INEQUALITIES.
Calls Attention to Grain Sehed-
ules to Texas.
Wrote Resolutions Adopted by
the Congress.
CITES INEQUALITIES

Governor ". P Stubbs returned TINS
--r-rtrz from san Antonio, Texas
uh=re he spent most of the week IN al
tendance a- the sessions OF the LTsiLl7-
--f-sf-sir1I congress The governor
zra-- Than ksgivi1g day On the tram
esr+-g his turkey dinner at benson
rrfTs z- -1rre He declares that ne
Fff not z-- any the worse 1ll17L u-
mas account as the railroad eating
house at thar point served 4 n7y
dinner on an elaborate scale
According to the Texas papeIs tL37
L-z-s4s governor was one OF LGe PROM
rz-- Hzurzs Of the congress- re vas
rafIr1 ur0u 10 draft the resolutions
and thew were adopted without d us
s2r-7rz vote. Speaking today OF the
work Of the congress the governor d9-
,-rz-41 that II was of vital interest 20
kansas The resolutions that 1 Ore"
he said were directed against
the railroads for the reason [LlAl ---s
state suffers from unjust ana 1AC17-
Sfva rates 20 the gulf. her LaturaI sea
mort and outlet and inlet for grain anu
Trar- han, ,ffse We are held up oy the
Atlantic sea board rates. They want 20
continue 70 compel Us TO ship 10 New
YORK 70 reach the ocean when the gun
- rrry- seven hundred miles rom L1-
Kansas line The men who impose
these rates are lust as much ROBBERS as
the man who steals morse LHeE
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Pr instance. the rate on grain
snfruerts from Kansas City 10 the
zrrIF is cents From wichita, kan
sas the rate IS > cents and WIchIta
is closer % Galveston than Is Kansas
CITY But the worst Yet. Is the rate
from Den Isou where there is hot com
u-+f-71r in contrast with that from
wichita Dauzsou Is about half way
between Wichita and Galveston. and
Il
and from Wichita twenty-five cents
VIZ should Kansas be held 10 IN this
<eS6f1r7 The gulf IS the natural out
fe- for our products and the EaIUraL
inlet for our inpOrrati0rs- I propose
to do all Z can TO keep Up this fight
against these robber rates until the
railroads come across and give the
state a square deal VIII tight 20
finish on the proposition. If publicity
viii not cure the evil I do not know
what VIII We Will give it publicity
until the rate is changed
The resolutions adopted by the con-
gress as drawn ub by the Kansas gov
eruor and defended by him On the f0or
Of the convention were as follows
1t IS hereby declared and resolved
that it is the duty Of the national
congress TO enact a mandatory law dj-
rec-IrE the interstate commerce COM
mission TO make the most searching in
ves- cation into the actual physical val
United States
We urge upon the congress Of the
United States the enactment Of q law
10 regulate the issuance Of stock and
bonds If interstate railroads without
i1treuehing upon the rights Of the state
TO regulate their corporate and d0ues-
Tic affairs. and We urge upon the sew
erzI states that they each regulate the
issuance Of railroad securities within
their Jurisdiction
r7s14-Tz-z IL
v1r OF a rigid enforcement Of the anti
trust laws against all combines trusts
and uouDpClies in restraint Of trade,
and petition the president Of tha Uni
ted States ID enforce these laws vigOr-
oCsly and equally aEa-CSr rail and water
carriers as we'll as other persons OF
corporations who violate these laws
We further declare and favor i'm
pr-s0lUH1r as the only effective reUe-
dv for such violations
w rereas- The system Of rates 10 and
from interior points made by the rail-
roads and permitted by tire Interstate
commerce commission CoupeLs p-Oduc-
ers. consumers and shippers Who are
tributary 90 the gulf ports % pay rates
10 these ports based on rates made Dy
the railroads through Ea-eWzys leading
to the Atlantic sea ABOARD and BY this
means TO force traffic like grain and
other products TO Pay much higher rates
for shorter distances to the gulf than
in charge from these so-caIled gateways
10 either gulf or Atlantic seaboard. and
Whereas. Such system Of rates :
wholly unjust and unreasonable u
those who Pay the higher rates for the
-e7ser anu - expensive service and
are unjust Discrimination q Nd deprive
rne people OF free and 1a1r access on
re47o 1a3te terms % l1e cuff ports.
nov. therefore,. oe IL
H7s2-Vel' ~ the IrauSr1tsszss szssipQi
to---II. .7rcltl congress mat We urge
upon the interstate commerce ccunls-
sion l1ar II correct these abuses by
LC7@cT-1-L-s ral7S % the Gu-- ports.
---A- VIA dIe regard % cost Of ser
E--e ana alSIaHe7- are reasonable and