The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-20
COMMISSION
IS SURPRISED
BY ORDER
Makes Rather Tarts tdsxsr 10
Supreme Courts DlCium
in Cotton Case
specIal % the paily Leader


Special to the Daily Leader
! Oklahoma City, OKLA, Nov 90
| The corporation commission today
made a rather tart answer to the gu
preme ourt's order granting a writ ol
supercedeas to the HarrisArby Cotton
| company OF Oklahoma city in its ap
| peal from an order of the commission.
The commission, alter hearing at
| Geary. made an order regulating the
price for ginning cotton. and requiring
that the. company do custom ginning
| Upon application the commission had
agreed 10 supercedeas as 70 thai
| part of tho order fixing the rate, hui
| denied il as % custom ginning IN
| The order Of snpercedeas allowed bl
| the supreme calirt the company was
instructed to do custom ginning one
| day during the week, ana attention
! was called % the alleged refusal on
the part of the commission 10 permit
the company 70 cffer all it's evidence
Says EWdenoe Wasn't Barred.
The court orders that the company
| be permitted 10 offer lis evidence, and
| that all evidence taken by the com
mission be certified to the conrt with
i'll twenty days under the alternative
that after that time the courts super
| ceaeas viii be made perpetual anC
| the cotton company relieved from the
commission order
In the answer accompanying g
| transcript cf the evidence taken, Geo
A Henshlw acting chairman Of the
! commission denies that the company
was prevented from offering It's evl
deace On me contrary he SAYS. the
commission tqld attorneys for the
cotton company they could offer sd
| dtional testimony Al any time
Surprised at the order.
after the commission offered these
people every opportunity within j..
power to Introduce any, and all eyi
dence," SAYS the commissions an
swer, we were very much surprised
at receiving an order in the langu
age OF this one saying that ii we die
not perform certain dnty within, e
days that the farmers around Geary
should be perpetuaily debarred from
having their cotton gianed AT the rs
ual and customary prices at the de
| PENDANTS gin with the effect THAI
they must sell their cotton 10 this de
fendant al such ricea as may see
proper 70 give.
IT was thoroughly explained TO the
| defendant that IN the closing Of 1he
cotton season the cotton gin should
run al such usual time as is custom
airy Ihe order combining the custom
ginning 70 one day in the week with
I ont providing thar he shah store the
| cotton III his cotton houses. of whicl
/ he has plenty Notwithstanding his
statements 10 the contrary, is ~ prac
tieal denial Of the right Of the people
! Of thai vicinity ~ have custom GIN
ming done The answer also states
| Thar the commission has been con.
| ironted, in numerous situations with
facts showing that the farmer IS con
| tinuaIly being eucncred out oi his cot
ton at gins
Few Orders Necessary.
We have done much to relieve tins
situation in many instances. ana ia
| most Of them without making an or.
der and When MT Harris came to
| the office OF Commissioner Henshaw
| he was appealed to to reduce his Gin
ming price 10 the highest maximum
pfice charged by other ginners in
me state and to do custom GINNING
Tor the remainder o. the season This
ne ilatly refused to do The court
doubtless felt from the exparte state
nents made that the commission mad
tried to outrage this defendant. il
| such was the effect Of our action. il
was done in the interest Of protecting
taose VINO placed us here 10 protect
| them
Again referring 10 ihe alleged prac-
'lces ul glhners, the answer said If the
court could only know Of these things
IL would then realize the work this
commission IS actually trying to do.
ana orders on eXparte statements Of
c1rpofations would not be made by
mis- court