El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-21
To FIGHT
EXPRESS RAISE

The traffic men Of Texas will not
let the American Railway Express
company increase its rates in this
part Of the country If il be possible
TO prevent It, That much was def
nitely decided on al the recent con-
ference held by officers and members
OF tn State Industrial Traffic league
in Dallas. The meeting was called
at the suggestion Of A. q. TadIock.
manager OF the traffic department OF
the Fl Paso chamber Of commerce.
M. Tadlock has just returned from
the conference and Friday announced
he and his associates would be ready
for the express company when the
hearing came up before the interstate
commerce commission examiner in
Houston June Il. The express COM
pany proposes to increase its rates
90 percent and its commodity rates 10
percent.
At the same meeting at which the
proposed increase in express rates
was discussed, plans were made TO
20 before the Interstate commerce
commission and fight the increase in
express rates which the railroads
have asked permission 20 make in-theI
territory west Of the Mississippi. The
freight increase asked is 1891 percent
Conference Names Committee.
A committee was named 10 fight the
express rate increase as follows: A.
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Orange; L. S. Pawkett. San Antonio;
h G EarEle, Houston: and A Z Tad
lock, Fl Paso. This committee will
take up certain matters relative TO
rates with the Texas railroad com
mission before the hearing in Hous-
ton, The freight committee consists /
Of J. A Morgan OF Houston and Ed
P. Byars, Fort Worth These two men
VIII be IN WASHINGTON on May "a. the
date OF the freight hearing. so viii
represent the state without the extra
EXPENSE Of sending representatives.
The freight rate increase asked for
Texas IS lower than that asked for
the southwest and the east The rate
increase asked in the southeast is
sos percent and in the east 30.4 per-
cent
At the traffic conference IerisIa-
ton was considered that will have for
its object the settlement Of wage dis
putes between coastWise steamship I
lines and their employees. similar 10
the provision in the 1920 railroad act
which provides for adjustment Of |
wage disputes between railway COM
nanies and their employees The mat
ter was referred to the legislative COM /
mittee which viii take the question !
up with Texas congressman
EnerOaeh on Ell PasO Territory.
It was brought out at the confer
ence that an effort is being made by /
ST. Louis and other eastern and north |
ern 5obbers TO encr0ach on Fl Paso's /
trade territory and to use river lines j
as a means OF doing II. The Mis-
sissippi- Warrior section CT the war
department which operates barges
from St. Louis and other points and I
handles freight 10 Vicksburg and New /
Orleans has asked congress for an /
tbs section proposes to improve dock !
Ing and terminal facilities at Vicks- /
burg and other places 70 connect /
barge line terminals with railroad I
terminals
As soon as this IS done the river I
lines propose to establish through, /
lass than carload rates from St Louis 4
and other jobbing points 10 Louisiana
and Texas points These less than
carload rates would be considerably I
less than carload rates from St Louis /
carload rates But the river lines
would not. because they could not,
handle carload business
Appropriation Is Opposed.
This would mean that only the
railroads would handle carload bust
ness to Fl Paso and as there would
be no carload competition on the
water routes FL Paso would get no
advantage from the barge line ser
vice. For this reason Fl Paso viii 4
oppose the appropriation asked for II
IL is granted Il would mean that st.
Louis and Memphis jobbers could
come right to Fl Paso's door and sell
goods 10 dealers lower than FL Paso's
jobbers could do II and virtually /
squeeze this city out
Along with those rate troubles
which e Paso must always be on
guard against. comes the announce
meut OF the filing OF a complaint by j
Douglas. Arizona, against the santa
Fe railroad in which FL Paso's rates
are attacked No date for this hear
ng has been set