The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1896 Page: 3 of 16
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JULY 2, 1896.
SOUTHERN MEROUK*.
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tin and tinware and crockery and glassware in com-
petition in Texas with St. Louis merchants. Our
merchants can only now distribute these things in
competition in rates with St. Louis, and go out 30 to
80 miles.
The hearing was had May 18, and nothing has
been done.
A wholesale dealer in dry goods, boots and shoes
or hats in Texas, outside of Galveston or Houston,
cannot distribute his goods a foot in competition with
distributing rates to Texas from New York, St. Louis
or Chicago.
I brought this matter before the commission more
than a year ago* The chairman told the railroads it
must be fixed. They promised to do it.
Nothing has been done.
With the help of the Texas and Pacific railroad, we
forced some reductions, both into dnd in Texas, oiit
of the other railroads.
In litis partiál adjustnient, alí the Texas rdilróads
proposed to the commission a rediictión óf the rátes
iii tne stdte. The ratee the cómniissión made Were
higher than those the railroads proposed.
I called the attentiori of the chairmañ to it He
tiiOiight í wás mistaken, I showed hini. He called
iti the expert the railroads furnished the commission
árid asked him about it;
This expert Of the commission said "it Was nec-
essary to the symmetry of the tariff." Welltlie taritf
looks now like a rail fence hit by a Cycloiie.
No change was madek
The Dallas Cooperage company manufactures bar-
rels, and kegs. They cannot ship a mile and com-
pete with their Arkansas competitors. After trying
to get relief for this concern for a year, we asked the
commission to make for it on the other roads in Texas
the same rates which the Texas and Pacific road had
kindly made on its road.
I sent the Texas & Pacific tariff to the commission
with the application. The commission has put out a
circular, asking the opinion of everybody interested
as to what to do, and this on the ground that the rates
asked were not good enough.
A dealer in agricultural implements can put a car
of his goods into his house in Texas and ship out
more than 125 miles and meet the rates of freight of
the big factories up north on only one thing, and that
is wagons.
It is generally known that the cotton mills of New
England have found that they have got to get closer
to the cotton fields, and people wonder why they all
went to Georgia and South Carolina, and none came
to Texas.
We have shown the ungodly rates in Texas on the
cotton bales and the following freight rates will ex-
plain the rest. They are the rates on the goods made
by the cotton mills. The railroads haul the cotton
bales to New and Old England and the goods back
and you pay the freight going and coming, both
ways.
The following is self explanarory of the matter dis-
cussed:
C. A. Keating, Esq., Chairman Ex. Com. Dallas
Freight Bureau, Dallas, Texas:
Dear Sir—I hand you a sheet showing rates on cot-
ton factory products in Georgia; as compared with
Texas, asked for in yours of yesterday. St. Louis
Jobbers claim that they can ship from Georgia to
St. Louis, and thence all over Texas and knock out
Texas jobbers. This is probably true, as their rates
into Texas are blanket (the same all over the state),
and ours are mileage, and grow on us every mile until
the maximum is reached. As I have seen some very
foolish talk lately about rates on two or more lines of
road in Georgia being a combination of locals, less 10
per cent, but no figures made, I give you some figures
on this sheet to show how this works. Yours very
truly. J. FARLEY, Manager.
P. S.—-The state commission of Georgia makes no
discrimination between jobbers or dealers and facto-
ries.
Rates in Georgia on cotton factory products, inclu-
ding domestics, denims, sheetings, shirtings, tickings,
cotton jeans, checks, cotton rope, thread, yarns and
other c otton factory products, on all roads under the
same management or control, without percentage
added. Carrier's rjsk in cents per 100 pounds:
From
In Texas cotton mill
Jn Georgia Jobbers. direct alone.
69 Wiles 14 cepts 30 24
80 miles 16 cents 40 32
100 miles 18 cents 50 40
150 miles 22 cents 75 37
200 miles 27 cents 88 65
250 miles 30 cents 88 65
300 miles 33 cents 88 65
400 miles 36 cents 88 65
450 miles 38 cents 88 65
60 miles in Georgia Í4 ceiits;
80 miles in Georgia 16 ceiits.
14Ó niiles in Georgia ........ 30 ceiitá;
Less id per cerit :; 3 ceiits.
Rate 140 miles in Georgia 27 cents
jdbber Cóttoii mill
14Ó niiles iii Texas.. .; .. 70 35
Add 2-line differential.... 7 3
káte 140 miles in Texas.. .. 77 60
This second Comparison is on two íiiies not liuder the
sánie management and controlin Georgia and Texas;
Where are now the great reformers of a feW ^ears
agb, who talked in a general Way so eloquently aboiit
all these outrages and abuses and fairly set the state
afire?
Are they now in the employ of the railroads they
were pitching into then?
Are they telling the people about these sliainefiil
acts now?
Not a word! When a man is hired by another, the
man who is hired does not abuse or work against his
boss. He cares too much for his job and his salary,
Some of them are now general managers of rail-
roads, some general attorneys, many are. local attor-
neys at the county seats of the different counties.
How is it in your county? Are the leaders of the
Dudley free silver people railroad attorneys?
Is there a deal, a combine, between the Culberson
people and the railroads?
I believe there is.
What are the proofs of it?
The administration crowd have got money to throw
at the birds. Where did they get it?
Their strikers and speakers all have passes 011 the
railroads. Why?
I know all these railroad schemes. When the roads
agree to help elect an administration, the agreement
is a funny one and shrewd.
The politicians say to the roads: You put up the
money for the campaign and fix it so we can get it, as
we need it.
Then you abuse and "cuss" us; miss 110 opportu-
nity. Doit loud and openly; let everybody hear you.
Then the people will believe you are against us and
fighting us, and they will flock to our support and
the papers will publish it as a fact everywhere.
The railroads agree to this, but say to the politi-
cians: You must not pitch into us before the people.
You might raise a storm.
What are the railroads to get in such a deal? Well,
nothing further is to be done to them. There is to
be no further interference with them. They are to
be allowed to go in peace and collect these terrible
rates of freight shown in this book and plunder and
rob the people.
This scheme is as old as the railroads and has been
repeatedly worked.
What are the evidences that there is such a com-
bine in Texas?
Every railroad man, general manager, general at-
torney, local attorney, general freight agent, even
clerks, have been for a month past taking pains to
pitch into Culberson, going out of their way to tell
you he is going to be beat, and ought to be beat, and
they would see him in h—1 before they would support
him.
Their attorneys get up sound money meetings (so-
called) and elect delegates to be voted for in the Cul-
berson primaries of June 6, well knowing that they
stand no show in the state convention, and that the
only result will be to force sound money to vote for
Culberson and his administration crowd as nominees.
Then they resolute against Culberson and instruct
their delegates against him, and go out and abuse
him.
How does Culberson and his crowd stand all this
abuse? Do they strike back? Do they show up any
of these terrible rates I have shown you like they did
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1896, newspaper, July 2, 1896; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185666/m1/3/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .