. Railway problems; . it these territories tomarket their products in Texas in competition with the ratesfrom the seaboard fixed for the rail carriers both in and outsidethe state by the Texas Commission and the steamship lines. It necessarily follows that whenever the Texas Commission re-duces a rate from Galveston the revenue of the state carrier on allTexas business orio-inatinfj at the Atlantic seaboard is lowered,and the interstate carriers are compelled to make corresponduigreductions from every other basing point. The immediate effectof a reduction of 5 cents in the Commissions iirst-cl
. Railway problems; . it these territories tomarket their products in Texas in competition with the ratesfrom the seaboard fixed for the rail carriers both in and outsidethe state by the Texas Commission and the steamship lines. It necessarily follows that whenever the Texas Commission re-duces a rate from Galveston the revenue of the state carrier on allTexas business orio-inatinfj at the Atlantic seaboard is lowered,and the interstate carriers are compelled to make corresponduigreductions from every other basing point. The immediate effectof a reduction of 5 cents in the Commissions iirst-class ratefrom Galveston to Waco is outlined in the following chart. olS i;.\iL\\ .w im;()1;iJ:.ms I\\as is altovf all a cotton-niou Iiil; state. Tlio wealth of itsrariniiiL; (•oiiumuiitics aiul the Imsiiiess of its cities is founded onthe productioii and marketing of this staple. The reveiuujs ofthe c-arriers wiihin the state are largely dependent u[)on thenio\enient of the cotton crop. Texas produces one (quarter of. This chart shows the reduction in interstate rates wliich would follow a reductionof five cents in the Texas Riiilrnad Commissions first-class rate from Galveston toWaco. (Tlic rates sliowii a|i))ly only from tlie liasini^ points. All other towns grouparound these and the reduction from all is the same as from the hasiug point.) Upper Figures = Rates at Present in Effect Lower Figures = Rates which would atily following the Above-Mentioned Reduction all the cotton grown within the United States. It has, however,no cotton-spinning industry worthy the name. Probably 99 [)ercent of the cotton grown in the state is sent to New Englandand southeastern spinning points and to foreign countries. The INTERSTATE RATES 549 revenues of the carriers on all this interstate and foreign cottonfreight are absolutely dependent upon the rates fixed by theRailroad Commission of Texas to the port of Galveston. Three years since, the Commission ordered a reduction in cot-ton rates of
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