The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-19
ALSO BELIEVES PRESENT
RATES WILL REMAIN
Cites Three Potent Reasons Why
Railroads Will Hesitate In aii
Making Change


That Oklahoma will get a decision
from the United States supreme court
as to ihe constltutionality of her Two
cent passenger law before the Arhan
sas or Missouri two-cenl rate cascs
are settled, and that The thfee-cehl
passenger rate mny SO BACK into eI
iect in Oklshoma temporarily or oth
erwisc unless The Supreme court
hands down decision az Washing
ron deciding he question adversely
to the state and finally Is The opin
ion Of Chairman Jack Love Of the cor
poratiOn commission.
Despite the fact said MI Love
that the oklahoma case is the lat
est we expect 10 get it into the su
nreme court OF the United States long
before Missouri or Arkansas @9tS
there, we have appealed TO the clr
cult court OF appeals for stay oi
execution Of Judge Hooks temporary
Injunction against the two-cent pass
enger rate and the twelve freight
rate orders, and should the clrcui
court Of appeals refuse us this stay
Of execution, we will appeal at onc'
from their order Of refusal to thu
United States Supreme court. W.
will not wait the final termination
ci the eases in the lower courts. W.
will have hearing Match / in 81
/ Louis, before the circuit court OF ap
peals, and should get a decision from
that tribunal on The application TO
la stay Of the temporary injunction
within a short time.
/ Railroads May Hold up order
In the meantime, | do not belleV
the railroads which have obtained N
/ temporary injunction will put the oil
and higher rates back into eflecl
/ There are three principal reason
Why it might be best for them to wal
rntil the final termination of tn
case. In the first place, the eyidenc
gathered by the attorney general an
corporation commission within III
last three or four months, and perfect
ed within the last month, showing
remarkable increase in business IN
profits for the railroads within IN
lest year over preceding years give
The case an entirely different aspec
from that presented TO Judge Hoo
and on which he based his decisio
granting the temporary Injunction.
makes the position Of the ralioau
contesting our rates very uncef,ai
on appeal. Their chances OF winnin
fnlally are so much reduced by ol
evidence OF increased profits dulln
ly09, over 1908 on which they base
their case, that they are now heslta
ing whether to go to the expense
putting the old rates back into eflec
for this reason alone, even ihouf
they have q temporary injunction
lowing them 70 do so.
Big Item of Expense
This Item of expense IN resumlI
the old rites Is the second reas(
! why they may contnuc the low
tWo-cent raio and freight rate order
Thov must prepare coupon tickets al
receipts for every passenger purcha
ing ticket, in order 10 preserve u
+ record OF tho transaction 50 that
| The case finally goes against lhe
thoy can comply with the terms
l their indemnity bonds aud reftnl Z
! excess fare charges 70 oil passenger
( The same applies 10 all freight shi
uents. This additional work
{, call for increased clerical aud =
+ counting forces, and entail ai j
+ mense additional work The prepal
, ton Of new schedules OF rates is al
Z an item 20 be considered. The
pense of this work alone might mo
Than overcome the difference
tween The state and conrl rates
"a third and most potent argume
Wbieh the railroads are consldeFi
Who have sought and obtained
temporary Injunction. is thai II d
pnt back inio effect the higher raj
n Tho other lines, who are III court a
\ muyt keep our low rates into eff
U until they should have obtained
same temporary Injunction. VIII
would take months. VIII monopol
n the railroad business of me sta
Iy The Frisco and Rock Island railroi
combined have within a
OF one half the entire railri
trackage Of Oklahoma. are not tn
rs contest and must continue the Z
y. cent passenger rates and 10y
e freight rates imposed By the corpt
Ton commission These two syste
2. as any one can see from looking Q
map of the state. tamify into ey
Il nook and corner Of Oklahoma.
a. practically every point that could
he reached by the n. X. 4 r. and 81
In Re. the systems who haze oblai
w TIC temporary injunction. could
he reached BY the Frisco or Rock
land. This is entirely true when