New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-23
RECOMMENDATIONS.

The question we aro called upon to consider - as
broad as commerce, ani commerce Is king with the
whole world yassas II has kept pace with progress
and grown with civilization IL extends ts blessings
and It's burdens alike the remOtest hamlet The cost
OF trausportaon enters INTO what eat and what We
wear that which preserves and nourishes physical
nature aud that which administers to spiritual It
enters inc necessities OF life, and equally potent
I'm determining uxuucs. Though II only affects
ram Industries and certain interests directly and per
ccptby IFS influence equally potent IN all the ramIf
ctiOns OF society The problem or transportation Is an
uusoyed and from its very nature must even remain
So Eacn generation must determine for Itself. The
constantly Shilling conditions wDich surround H. the
evrr-changng ciemeuts that enter into H. the
continual offerings winch genus contributes to cheaper
aud ihcllltae iihhsP"rlhil present h tlhe
phase thus kaledoscopic question, calling Tor an ever
varying solution. The telegraph. tue steel rail-, The
improved motor the Alhtlc caDIe ana Aihdteu causes
have revolution zed and are continually rcvoutionZng
commerce The tarih OF dozen years ago seems
eXtorton IN In" night of present charges Caed from
various pursuits 10 consider this question, we were
naturally embarrassed by It's magnitude and the vital
Interests involved; ana nov" ~ Tue POM o. suggesting
remedies for the wrongs proven Ia exist. remedies IN
Themselves difficult OF suLg stion We are eonfI onted
with pra cultcs OF very embarrassing nature.
The Jurisdiction OF this state Is TOO limited. Proxies.
watered stock annual reports ana other matters within
out state limits within our control ana should be
fully and properly regulated. The New York Central Is
the road enAged In the carrmge OF rrglt 10 and
irom the West wholly within our jurisdiction Tue Ere
l. II New-YorS corporation. but runs through three
states and has It's terminus IN foreign STATE Even ne
port WORK. that contains the city or our pride
aud our sollcItude, Is not wholly within our control
The eastern borders OF her h rbor marked by the
coast OF foreign state. ry-iour pei cent OF New
YorRs business Is done by powerful! rivals of our own
roads the granars or the West by the shortest
most direct route We might enact Jaws mat 'ud
the condition OF affairs In this STATE Indeed such
course would aggrayac matters for the Interests OF
these rival roads centre in rival cities
We might cripple the prosperity Of New-York; we
transfer the Legitimate growth OF New-York to the
Jersey coast II imperative that such sequences
avoided rs Il Is that present wrongs De rearessed
While the laws Of commerce ignore political divisions
wholly our jurisdiction ~ circumScribed by the limits OF
the state OF New-iOrk.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
states divided by navIglble waters which every
bodys highway present borders which the two systems
or traffic must respect. and the breaking of bulk and
terminal expense incidental thereto is unayoidable hut
the artificial line OF the surveyor marking political
boundary though IL may determine where a man saall
vote or pay taxes, least OF all lines has neither
breadth thickness In determining the currents
NJ trade Whatever prominence may be attached
10 state individuality and state rights IN
commercial sense Cmlncnty a Nation, and the
er hat aet 4. recognized the better II will be- for
our commerce. There ia not the slightest reason why
rodr IN Kansas CIV by cable and nave placed
"ng side tue dock AZ Liverpool with but one tncrme
,afe handng-the transfer from car To vessel at the
seaboard. the close completion of the present
TRANSFORMATION must be cEeapeEcd to that
tent ana It were absurd to expect produce TO
s be nnpu'' those who handle It to make a
proht. The point Of production Will seek the point
of consumption by the cheapest aud quickest
route and kings and parliaments are p0weress pre-
vent The complaint that New ork makes as To the
loss OF nbhng trade. Chicago must make aud ST. LOUIS
also Certainly percentage OF the complaints lodged
against railroads is due Ia the neXorabe laws ot trade
Congress with power commensurate with territorial
limits in cOnioht action with the States regulate
tins m0ttcr Under the Federal Constitutions Congress
may 4, gulae interstate commerce while the states only
can re- guate that within their borders.
The complication OF jurisdiction empha bY the
ppcularites Of geographical position. The Balt
more and ONO and Pennsy wanna Railroads reach New
York city by hghierage and ferry from the Jersey
coast without any where coming within our uriset
The Erie Road has thlryhVe points OF actual contact
and competition with other roads Testimony ?.
2Si5) Many ~ these points OF contact with roads
leading TO Philadelphia aud Baltimore The New-York
Central has nine points of actual contact WIN roads
running or connecting through to Philadelphia and Bal
timure. Many or these competing roads are foreign
pOraCOns. running but few miles within this state
and therefore, could controlled by absolute to
but "A limited extent
RATES SHOULD BIZ PUBLIC.
Rates ought not to DO secret but TO go to the extreme
urged some and compel the publication and posting
OF rates at all stations within this State aud prescribe
nxed period that all must be posted before they
could go effect, rule that would be cmineutly Just
and proper could il be enforced generally throughout
the country, would not only give notice 10 the pubic,
but also to all competing roads, And at all points of
contactand there are many along he Erie ana Central