The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-20

has been seriously retarded by hay
Ing to pay tribute to your whole
sale AID manufacturing interests and
| because products and raw material
cauld be hauled right through Lake
land to Tampa at Il lower rate than
to our city. What you see, Mr..
Ioskins, in the fourth section is bust
ness slipping away from Tampa but
apparently you lack the vision to see
that in the building up of the interior
as result Of this very fair prin-
ciple, that Tampa in the end is going
to benefit because if your port. Mr..
Hoskins, is ever to develop into
p-etentiuus port, there must be com
MoGitie5 Gil your wharves and piers to
/ load into vessels for the return
journey q ships if you get proper
coIst"ia2 transportation into Tampa
10 mthe eastern markets. The great
uuuhle you are experiencing and
nave experienced il getting the
proper water transportation is not
50 much due to the fact that there
IS any secret understanding between
the water and rail transportation in.
4. tereat, as It is due to the fact that
While the ships may ne able TO bring
,'"n luii cargo to Tampa, you
i!~Fe Ao'hins 10 send back in those
a'',Pa' l5i mat llct' ny. Hoskins?
10" W. h0SAlhS' II yoG can get
che2p water transportation, If it Will
save you from the penalties imposed
by your section Uhe long haun. pray
,o'' L. wherein Tampa Will be in
1"iS
81, i'' inc u1th oil the matter, Mr..
i'oa"'Hs, u4e TACT that Lakeland, Or
- 49,, H.'i i'"' CcaliA Galnesillie and
al Inferior points are going to at
- ENJOY an equal showing and are
NJ i.'1 as result going to take
IVY from tHe wholesale and manu-
occurring interest Of Tampa (whO pay
~" our S'Iary) large part of the
l.1ds lhat tAey now enjoy through
'ei' -i'iH.oIa rate structure. Isn't
80 .'i' '"'He lhat sucks in your
~. ,.,..
"-' @-"4 YOU Nr, Hoskins, when
Ga tu"'I4 the proposed rates rs
-. 49, ~ reply 20 Mr.. Spencer. quote
'"e PUFo2e" rate 10 Tampa us well
d. 90 L-aAe!"hd, thereby showing the
=. =. ."~4p.G q t.'e long and shOTt hauls.
~ ~ HiiH EOd state, MIR. llosltins,
v"dl 4@i!pa VIII pay more than will
t-aAeiahd' and the reason is. Mr..
''uSA'hS' t.l"t Tampa is thirty-two
..l'!e9 SGuth o. Lakeland. Why didn't
you say ih2t tUday the rate to Tam
pa Oh 'h!5 commodity is lower than
''e rae 10 LakeiaId or 10 kissim-
nice CT OE!anGO, although these
.'~i,ie' are shorter haul. and that
Ua0 II me fourth section principle
~, ,t'G RACES 10 i-aEeland, kiss.mmee,
~ 'aE''o' exc, &c, VIII be lever than
l"c rate 10 Tampa?
~ #&y OF introduction. Mr. Hos
A,!nS' let me iatrOdu, to yuu Mir. Ed
WA Spencer, Jr, attorney for the
40 -, .,' i!"hic LlUaNza-ion League.
i H''';e 'ti5 introduction 20 that you
-'l"F hLo" WAo Mr. Spencer is and
MNoHl ne represents. The Traffic
- 'taiilaiion League is an Incorporate
lu organization whose i!emberchip
!.PFesea5 tie business aad profess
sl0i-FI men, Inc wholesalers and manu-.
.%ctuteIs OF Interior points of Flor
lud' Whlch points, Mr.. Hoskins, rep
ie,eHU me larger part Of the popu-
atlCa OF the state, and probably, Mr..
tiosNns' II may interest you to know
l'.tt 'hls institution was born as
lF@GiI CI the recognition on the part
VI I"e people OF the interior that they
n"u palu unfairly and unjustly thou
mus upon thousands OF dollars trib-
u'c aHnuai!y 10 Tampa and to jack
. .,.l i'-iio through an inequality in
- go i1oi,ol'oh Tdtes-and because, OF
on11 'Aelr Growth mad been very seri-
o@"Iy Ietatded-and that this unfair
Inc If y','r'.o -iau aIaeu IN the build
~ mo eo'''iii~ Unity at the expense
T ',' w. .o',
fonrtb 80 WorA you now that the
onaratjve s ',G'' ,hn IS go'hs 10 become
inter,or If ~, Tio' .is' . .io people OF the
Of their time and o. ~ Az s2rns 10 givs