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labor at one-third the cost of producing ores in the state of Kansas; and

WHEREAS, The result of said importation of foreign ores is the curtailment of development and operation of zinc mines in the state of Kansas, and has resulted recently in the material reduction of wages, throwing out of employment a large number of wage-earners and the closing of many zinc mines in this state; and

WHEREAS, No tariff, up to the present time, has been asked on zinc ores, owing to the fact that no foreign ores have been imported until recently; and

WHEREAS, For the last forty years lead ore has been subject to an adequate tariff duty the result of which is that the state of Kansas is to-day one of the largest lead producing states in the Union, and since the cost of producing lead ore and zinc ore in the state of Kansas is the same: Therefore, be it

Resolved, That we favor a just and equitable import duty on all zinc ores and that we request our Senators in the Senate of the United States, and our Members of Congress, to work and vote for such legislation as will save this important industry from destruction and produce a substantial revenue to the government.

Approved February 17, 1909.

CHAPTER 289.

RELATING TO INVESTIGATION OF FREIGHT RATES.

House concurrent resolution No. 30.

By the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring therein:

WHEREAS, Under section 1 of chapter 270 of the Laws of 1907, the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the state of Kansas are authorized and directed to investigate all through freight rates that apply to this state, and where discriminative to take before the Interstate Commission for adjustment the matter of any interstate rates affecting adversely the general commercial or producing interests of this state; and

WHEREAS, In all cases heretofore brought before said commission, affecting especially the commercial interests of the state, it has been clearly shown that the interstate rates on a part or all of the commodities entering through our eastern and southern gateways are made especially in the interest of competing commercial centers in other states: Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the

state of Kansas are hereby directed to make a thorough investigation of the rates on all commodities that enter this state in car-load lots and in less quantities through the eastern, southern or western borders of the state, and to make up a tabulation of such rates as follows:

First. Upon car-load lots showing the rate on each commodity from the Mississippi river basing line to Missouri river distributing centers.

Second. From the Missouri river basing line, in car-loads, upon the same commodities to all of the distributing centers in the state of Kansas.

Third. The less-than-car-load rate upon the same commodities from the Mississippi river to the Missouri river distributing centers.

Fourth. The less-than-car-load rate from Missouri river distributing centers to each county-seat located upon a railroad in the state of Kansas.

Fifth. The less-than-car-load rates from the principal jobbing or manufacturing centers in Kansas to the same countyseats westward of their respective locations, and to such intermediate points as the commission may elect.

Sixth. The State Board of Railroad Commissioners, immediately after completing such investigation, or obtaining sufficient information as to any rate mentioned herein, shall commence such action before the Interstate Commerce Commission as may be necessary to secure just rates for Kansas and to prevent unjust discriminations therein, and the tabulation of rates so made based upon tariffs in effect shall be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission as evidence of undue discrimination. And that the State Board of Railroad Commissioners are hereby directed and required to demand of said Interstate Commerce Commission that the commodity rates so found existing between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers be extended through into Kansas upon a like basis of distance traversed and the cost of service rendered as applies between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Said state commission shall further demand that the commercial and industrial interests of Kansas shall have accorded them the same relative difference between the car-load rate and the less-than-car-load rate into their respective locations as is accorded to Missouri river distributing centers on the rates from the Mississippi river or other points of origin east thereof to their locality. The said State Railroad Commission shall make up the following additional tabulations:

Seventh. The car-load rates as shown by tariffs in effect

from the southern seaboard through the New Orleans and Galveston gateways to the Missouri river distributing points, especially to Kansas City, Mo., on all commodities entering through these gateways that are in common use or consumption within the state of Kansas.

Eighth. A tabulation shall be made upon the same commodities through the gateways covering car-load shipments to all of the distributing and jobbing centers of the state of Kansas. Ninth. A comparison of the rates so found according to distance traversed and cost of service rendered shall be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission with the demand that the rates on such commodities destined to points in Kansas shall be the same, distance service considered, as those applied to shipments destined to Missouri river common points.

Tenth. The said State Board of Railroad Commissioners shall make a further tabulation of car-load rates in effect on the various commodities entering in general use or consumption in the state of Kansas, and which are not produced within her own borders, originating in the producing districts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, including the coal and lumber districts thereof, and said tabulation shall be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission and an adjustment of any discriminations or inequalities demanded in the same manner as upon shipments through the ports of New Orleans and Galveston.

Eleventh. The said State Board of Railroad Commissioners shall make a further tabulation in the same manner and for the same purpose upon coal from the Colorado, New Mexico and Arkansas producing districts destined, first, to the same Missouri river distributing points heretofore mentioned; and, second, to each county-seat located upon a railroad in the state of Kansas; and shall demand an adjustment of such rates for Kansas upon the basis of distance traversed and cost of service rendered.

Twelfth. Said State Board of Railroad Commissioners shall make a further tabulation upon the rates in effect upon wheat and its products, corn, oats and live stock, using as points of origin six or more railroad stations covering the larger producing districts of each commodity within the state and destined as follows: 1st, to Galveston for export; 2d, to New Orleans; 3d, to Missouri river common points; 4th, to Mississippi river common points; 5th, to Savannah, Georgia, and common points; 6th, to Chicago and other lake-shore common points; 7th, to Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville; 8th, to Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York and Boston; and shall demand

of the said Interstate Commerce Commission an adjustment of the rates from the producing points in Kansas to the destinations noted above, upon the basis of the distance traversed and the cost of service rendered as compared with the rates existing on the same commodities from Missouri river common points to the same destinations.

Said State Board of Railroad Commissioners are instructed to have these tabulations and schedules completed within four months from the date of the passage of this resolution.

The Governor of this state and the Attorney-general are re-. quested to use the full power of the state, and of their respective offices, to assist in the investigations required to be made by this resolution, and in prosecuting all proceedings commenced as a result of such investigations before the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Approved March 5, 1909.

CHAPTER 290.

RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF FARM LIFE.

House concurrent resolution No. 32.

WHEREAS, Hon. E. D. Cameron, state superintendent of schools for the state of Oklahoma, has, in accordance with the suggestions of President Roosevelt, issued a proclamation calling upon representatives of the states of Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana to meet in Guthrie, Okla., March 10, 1909, to consider ways and means for creating new interest in country life and improving the social conditions of farm life: Therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That the members of the House of Representatives from the respective counties of Kansas are hereby empowered to select, by and with the consent of the Senator in whose district the county may be, one delegate from each county in Kansas to said meeting; provided, that said person so selected shall pay his or her own expenses in attending said meeting; and

Resolved further, That the Governor of this State is hereby requested to appoint and commission the person so selected as a delegate from the respective counties of this State, such commission to constitute full and complete credentials for such delegates.

Approved February 26, 1909.

CHAPTER 291.

RELATING TO PARTICIPATION BY NATIONAL BANKS IN BANK DEPOSITORS' GUARANTY FUND.

House concurrent resolution No. 33.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That our Representatives in Congress and United States Senators are hereby instructed to exert every influence to definitely settle the question of the participation by national banks in Kansas in the bank depositors' guaranty fund of the state of Kansas; and

Further resolved, That a copy of this resolution be promptly forwarded to each Representative in Congress and United States Senator from Kansas.

Approved March 5, 1909.

CHAPTER 292.

RELATING TO SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK.

House concurrent resolution No. 35.

WHEREAS, In the shipment of live stock from points in Kansas to the Kansas City markets the railroads of Kansas habitually and persistently insist upon writing their shipping contracts from the Kansas points to Kansas City, Mo., when, as a matter of fact, practically all of the live stock shipped from Kansas to the Kansas City market are unloaded in the state of Kansas and do not reach Missouri until they are driven into Missouri and yarded there by the Kansas City Stock-yards Company; and

WHEREAS, This practice of the railroad companies is an evasion of the laws of Kansas and prevents the application of such laws to the shipment of live stock from Kansas to the Kansas City market, although such shipments are, in fact, shipments within the state and not interstate shipments: Therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, That the Board of Railroad Commissioners are hereby requested and instructed to fully and carefully investigate this matter regarding the practice of the railroads in the billing of live stock shipments from Kansas points to the Kansas City market, and they are instructed to take all the

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