The Harper County Democrat (Buffalo, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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SO SAYS CHAIRMAN JACK LOVE
OF STATE CORPORATION
COMMISSION
INDORSEMENT IS
Willmering Helped Lay Foundations
of Present Commission Efficiency
and Has Demonstrated Hia
Ability and Fidelity
The following letter, relating H
Henry Willmering, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Corpora-
tion Commissioner at the August pri-
mary, tells what the Chairman of the
Commission thinks of his qualifica-
tions:
February 21, 191G.
Honorable S. P. Freeling,
Attorney General,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
In the interest of the state’s position
the passenger and freight litigation
now pending in the United States Dis-
trict Court the Commission Is prompt-
ed to suggest to you thp advisability
of securing the services of Mr. Henry
Willmering, formerly connected with
most of the important results secured
later. His personal part In this foun-
dation work was very important, and
has in every instance stood the tests
of practice and litigation.
Helped Write Present Rates.
He was the author in part of the
express rates now in effect under or-
der of the Commission as sustained
by the Supremo Court and on which
that court has ordered a refund to the
shippers of the state of more than a
half million dollars. These rates are
from 15 to 60 per cent lower than the
rates previously in effect, the per cent
of reduction varying on various com-
modities. He was the author in part
of the freight rates originally promul-
gated by the Commission, annulled in
the present litigation, and of the mod-
ified rates now In effect and under
attack in the same suits. In our suc-
cessful efforts to sustain these rates
when assailed in the state Supreme
Court he was In consultation with the
Commission in an advisory capacity
frequently, though not employed by
the state and receiving nothing for his
services. He devised the system of
annual and monthly report forms by
which the Commission secures the in-
formation from all public service com-
panies on which regulation of rates
and service is based, as well as the
author of the classification of accounts
for revenues and expenses prescribed
by the Commission for use In the same
work.
The Man For the Place.
Mr. Willmering is a true exponent
of fairness and justice to all concerned
In utility regulation. Especially since
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Henry Willmering
the Corporation Commission and IIB
enforcement of the two-cent passenger
fare and promulgation of the freight
rates involved in these cares. I am
informed that Mr. Willmering is in a
position to serve the state in this con-
nection if you agree with tis that his
services would be a valuable re-en-
forcement of the state s experts now
working on these cases.
Helped to Lay Foundations.
Mr. Willmering was connected with
the Corporation Commission, from Us
organization in 1907, until 1911, in the
capacity of statistician and rate ex
pert. He is a true and fair friend of
the people in his attitude toward rate
and service regulation as applying to
all utilities, and has demonstrated
both his fidelity and his ability. He
is especially anxious, and always has
been, to develop the basic facts In-
volved in these railway rate cases,
and this department never had reason
to abandon or modify conclusions in
these matters to which his judgment
contributed.
The period of his active connection
with the work of this department was
i the pioneer period when the funda-
^•mcntal work was done on which rest
the scope of the cases In the federal
court has been expanded to involve
all the rates that the Commission has
promulgated is the service of just
such a man as Mr. Willmering needed;
and the only such man within my
knowledge, endowed with the natural
analytical ability of an expert account-
ant, the technical knowledge acquired
in sixteen years of active railway ex-
perience, and a familiarity from their
beginning with the specific questions
now and for the next three or four
years likely to continue to be in con
troversv is Mr. Willmering himself.
In the judgment of the Commission
he is needed by the state at this time
if the interests of the shippers of the
state, and of the vastly greater number
of citizens of the consumer class, are
to be most effectively safeguarded.
I also call attention to the fact, In
connection with our litigation, that Mr.
Willmering was used as an expert wit-
ness for the state of Arkansas in the
Arkansas railway rate litigation which
was carried (o a successful termina-
iion in the United States Supreme
Court. Yours very truly,
J. E. LOVE
I ~ Chairman.
The Daily Oklahoma*. March 21,
carried a news item of which the tol-
lowing is a part:
WILLMERING ASKS
COMMISSION JOB
Former Corporation Board Expert An-
nounces His Candidacy.
tUflllB SUCCEED HENSHAW state affording this opportunity. My
IVUVLI tUvVtCV ntnanHM MteMlva technical trainlnB ha., been
such that the members of the commis.
sion have seen fit to approve my being
retained In the rate cases temporarily,
and I feel that, considering ail the
facts, I am justified in offering my
services to the people as a commis-
sioner. 1 have been encouraged in be-
coming a candidate by prominent men
in both public and private life.’’
From the formation of the corpora-
tion commission, in 1907, until 1911 Mr.
Willmering was statistician and rate
expert.
Henry Willmering for several years
statistician and rate expert for the
state corporation commission and now
assisting in the preparation of the
state's case in pending railroad rate
litigation, announced Monday his can-
didacy for the democratic nomination
for corporation commissioner to sue-
reed George A. Henshaw. Mr. Hen-
»haw has announced that he will not
seek re-elect Ion.
In regard to hia candidacy Mr. Will-
mertng said
"It has always been a pleasure to
me to be able to work on the propo- ,
sitions that the corporation commis-
sion has had to deal with and my can-
didacy results from a gradually de-
veloped ambition to be able to apply
my ideas upon my own instead of oth-.
era’ responsibility. The place of a
yom miss toner is the only place ia the 1
Former Attorney General Charles.
West, who was in charge of the Okla-
homa rate cases during their early
stage, is an enthusiastic supporter of j
Henry Willmering. rate expert and
auditor of the Corporation Commission
from 1907 to 1911. for the Democratic
nomination for Commissioner, to suc-
ceed George Henshaw, who retires this
year.
45 H. P., 115-inch Wheelbase, 5-Passenger, 32x4 Tires, $1090 Detroit
Quality First
I Have a 3400 r. p. m. Ready This Minute For You
This certainly is a great year for selling
cars. Most everybody has had success.
Some more than others, as is always the case.
Chalmers sales are running900 percent
ahead of last year all over the United States,
mg against a shortage of materials has won
a great contest.
It has enabled the Chalmers plant to
keep on building cars when one or twro
have shut down or others have had to cut
down on allotments to their dealers.
Here it is June and the great Chalmers
plant is running day and night, three shifts,
turning out more ears than ever before.
How long can Chalmers keep filling the
demand?
I don’t know. I know only this: the
plant is turning out about 125 a day; Chal-
mers dealers are selling about 425 a day.
The only reason I or any other dealer
can supply a car now is because during
December, January and February the
Chalmers plant worked day and night like
Trojans and built about 125 cars a day
when the dealers w'ere selling probably only
about 80. Soon these 425-a-day sales are
going to eat up the surplus made during
the Winter months.
I got a letter a few days ago from the
Chalmers plant which simply said: “We
have on hand orders asking for immediate,
whose value is in excess of
I need not narrate wm ~-------—
which was so obviously subtle that I got
the telegraph operators on the job right off.
I’m making my promises on delivery
from day to day. I’ve got cars or can get
them now. This may not hold good to-
morrow".
Next week I shall cut my promises down
still more. Remember, there are only two
things that I concern myself with these
days. One is to get you to take one ride
in a 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers if you have not
done so already. That’s all I want. The car
speaks in a language you’ll understand.
The other thing is simply one of math-
ematics: If the Chalmers factory can turci
out 125 cars a day and Chalmers dealers al
over the United States are selling 425 a
day, how long will the supply last?
Price still unchanged—$1090 Detroit.
buffalo motor company
Buffalo, Okla.
Your wife works every day.
Let her rest on Sunday. Lat
Robert Dunlop, of Newkirk, former
state treasurer. Is among the many
men in public and private life who
have avowed their intention of sup-
porting Henry Willmering for Corpor-
ation Commissioner on the Demo*
tirket this rear.
Remember the t ential Hotel when
you ere hungry and want a good meal ^ ..c. ~~--- “
Don’t forget our spet iai Holiday aiui dinner at the Harper Hotel. 5-26
Suuday dinners, * =
__1 WANTED, stcik to pasture
Good grass and plenty of living
water, 2 miles south of Buffalo,
Address, O. D. Williams.
5 26-3L Buffalo, Okla.
*u lan teed for 5c per pound
in any quantity at Kibb, store or
Devores hardware store. Supply, or at
m, ranch 9 J Coon*.
Bilious Attacks
Whan you have a bilious attack
your liver fail* to perform its
functions. You become constipited.
The food von eat termenis in your
stomach instead of digesting This
inflames the stomach and causes j
nausea, vomiting a terrible headache >
lake Chamberlain’s Tablets. They 5
will tone up your liver, cleen out your ■
ocmach and you will aoon be as well j
as ever. They only coat a quarter.
1 obtainable everywhere. I
books! books!! books!!!
Biblea Testaments Religious and
inspirational Rooks by any writer.
Arrangements with the largest
publication houses, makes it poasin'e
for us to handle any book order at aeon
tiderahle saving. Tell us vour waits
in the book lice Kdgar T Thom,
5-5-tf Buffalo, Ok I ahum 1.
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Adams, E. Lee. The Harper County Democrat (Buffalo, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1916, newspaper, June 16, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc942330/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.