New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12

scheduIe carriage in different cars breaking carloads
into less than carloads or by any otner tom he,ne
continuous from the place OF shipment 10 inc
whether carried on one e OF op persons car
rying property aforesaid 10 enter INTO any I
agreement combination for the pooling OF W.
to pool the reghts different and competing railroads
by dividing between them the aggregate or net
OF the earnings OF such railroads or any Poruo" VI
SEC L. Thatit shall be unlawful for any person OF
persons engaged in the transportation Of property as
provided i'm the first section this act 10 charge or re-
ceive any greater compensation per carload OF ~
property for carrying receiving storing, forwarding or
handling the same for shorter than for longer u.s.
lance in one continuous carriage +, -.,,,. ,-or-
eriy as provided in the first section o. this
act, shall adopt and keep posted up schedules;
kinds and classes of property 10 be carried second
the different places between which such properly sun
be carried Third the rates OF freight ana prices OF car
rage between such places, ana i0r az services
neced with the receiving, delivery, LOADING uhloauihk
storing or handling the same"
The remaining sections of the bill provide meth
DDS for enforcing and carrying out the foregoing
provisions. As a penalty for the violation OF any
provision of the bill, the person or corporation
found guilty of such violation " shall forfeit ana
pay to the person or persons who may sustain dam
age thereby a equal to three times the amonntOl
the damages sOsustmned, to be recovered by theper
OF persons damaged by suit in any District OF
Circuit Court of the United States where the person
or persons causing such damage can be found OF
may have an agent, Office or place of business ana
the person or persons SO offending shall for each Of
fenco forfeit and pay penalty OF not
less than 81 900, to be recovered by the
United States by action in any Circuit or
District Court aforesaid, one-half of such penalty
OF penalties when collected to be paid to
the informer"; and any director officer Of any
corporation who shall permit or advise any viola
ton of the provisions of the act "shall be guilty OF
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than $1,000" The concluding
section is as follows:
SEC o. That nothing In this act shall apply 10 the
carriage. receiving, storage handling, ar forward
wholly within one State Territory, and not destined
for carry another state Territory or going To q"
for The United states at lower rates OF freight ana
charges than for the general public or 10 INC
ton of articles free reduced rates OF trcgt Tor
charitable purposes or TO or from pubic Is ana cNFo
sitiOns for exhibition.
This bill was passed by majority of about 40
Messrs. Clarkson ~ Potter and Abram S. Hewitt
of New-York led tine minority in opposition
to it, and maintained that it could not stand
before the courts. In this opinion they were
supported by Messrs. Cannon, of Illinois, and
Phillips, of Kansas, but the pressure to
pass some such measure as this has been
so great especially from the agricultural
regions of the West. that nothing which could be
said about it seemed to have any influence upon the
votes of members. Mr.. Hewitt believes that the
enforcement of such law as this bill contempatcs
would destroy the commerce of Ncw-lork
Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. The rates
Of freight charged by the railroads for
the transportation Of grain for export are
made, he says, upon information obtained
from the London and Liverpool markets, and unless
exporters and railroad companies are enabled To
take advantage of the fluctuations IN the market
by adapting he cost Of transportation TO the price
Of grain abroad this business VIII Ge greatly inter
fcrcd with. if not DESTROYED
The opponents of the bill will now probably con
ccnrate their efforts upon the Senate TO prevent its
passage by that body.