The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-22

ail o adine NOT ,a exceed one per
cert t0r q haul Qt 5H miles 81 less
laHd ne' % exceed one and 0ne-hait
e cent Ter a longer han
AS eoncfete example Tie King.
asher Ice company recently ree eiye&
@ can 3 e0a weighing ar re mines
100000 pounds AT Kinsfshef the
c Welghea $4,000 rhe gairoad asa
oouafiAs "a agt Uaey aQth0vily og
fAe statute above rierrt i0. added
ane and eliehAll per tcal 90 the des-
taaga m tHp'sAs maAlne itAe eae
eik go ae bounds ana shllttt
40 fafiaask wes41f. la tf
vfas tise sAfape aAs compelled ta
lay ifeisat an $40 noinds % cuaf
t9al never Was paI iAlu tbe car
TIE dgm ol PAYNE & lamis0n ot
Frederick recently bousht 8 car ot
h ai Weighing at tHe mAes G4 700
pennds 8t SNYDER the last rail
ir8d scale reached hy the shipmeat
before destination Ihe shipment
weighed something less than 5000
pound Assnming fo act Nnier the
gatG0riir az the -h0ye statute the
mpany added one and one haf par
cent no this weight and compelled
tre shipper io pay freight or 6s.265
pounds The shipper was forced 20
rag freight aa 565 poinds " coal
taai De never bought
a similar Injustice uMdeg The same
pretended authority was perbetrat.
ee against the firm Of G II can.
pan az Soa 0f Chandler recently aud
after q complaint 1ad been filed with
the corporation commission and
hearing held the Frisco Railroad
company was aned 5000 for contempt
eG ihe commission order TIE fait
0ad company now refuses 10 pay tile
fne and dehes The commission, TAX.
isg the eround that the order allegea
10 have been violated was NOT tn
force aud effect 40 the time O the
hearing 0g 0f the shipments in qHes-
ti0n the compassion having been
specifically eniGaad and restrainet
Gy an order ot the eirCnii court on the
United States for the Western dis
trct of Oklahoma issued iune Z 1870
li0m enforcing said order OF proyi.
slons thereof and from taking any
steps or proceedings tn punish the
defendant III such case for amy vic,
lation thereof This order was THE
Hook Injunction secured BY the Fwi@'
ca company.
AS 70 the Injustice involved IN THIS
eral courts, there can be no question
The e0rrts rush to the aid OF corpora.
tons ann save Them from alleged tax
ing OF thel property without process
of Jaw, where there is abundant room
ior argument whether anything in the
nature OF coniisearion exists This
II. technically at least. q proper pro-
cedule IN protection OF the rights o.
property
But what II the public to think OF
the sort Of Justice meted out by our
federal courts when they create con-
ditions that shield such corporations
AGAINST punishment of any accounta-
blitq for placing their hands in the
pockets OF private citizens and tax.
ing thefetrom money for services
never performed, and concerning
NnlfN lHtft GID lN liu P9Si3tt hi9
pute, AS now being done IN Oklah1.
ma
President TAFT pleads that the
courts be not restricted IN their pow
ers, and urges that the people stay
the hand that they are reaching ont
for d larger share IN the management
Of their own affairs
Ii win he interesting 20 kno~
whether Judge Hook regards the i'm.
posing OF fines by the corporation
IN eases like the above
as Z contempt Of this notorious writ;
bna in tae meantime 1t is crafty
inc 10 n0te THAI Oklahoma has some
public officials who will not bend Che
knee before the whip Of g court
whose justice Il hollow mockery