New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-18
oprosED 10 TIE HEPBURN BILL.
II. PRODUCE rNCuA>GE ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS
AGAINST IHE MEASURE.

AGAINST IHE MEASURE.
I'm unusually lar-c meeting OF the members
OF tc P.oI... IN Iugr WAS u,id yr-tcriay To CON
si.rr .lr so-cIl,.d Htp,urn hil," uow before the
LEGISLATURE. \. T. or o. David pows Co.,
made an address. IN opposition To- thc anti discrim.nl
noa ill lie said tins measure would handicap The rail-
road, terminating at Ncw-lork, while those terminating
al other points would not D. affected. LeRe-
luYn should br sought no Washington, IL at all
NJ -tn.rs 81 the Chamber ~ Commerce might say That
tire prcrondrranco OF New YORK capital VIII attract the
gram trade OF the great West but member OF the
Produce Exchange knew that that time had gone n.y.
ao tnnt the W,s had grown rich That 10 was now tie
uct,tius power The cleauost route TO The scahOdd
would attract tina, trade. Tho competition with seI-
bonfd markets made demand upon New-Nork meg-
chants TO meet thlt competition. Mr. Orr presented tho
follow Ing resolutions:
Rsorcd That 1t Is the sense ~ the NcwNork Produce
Ercnaugc. thar wnilc sono irrcguhriue' may cNst III
our present transportation system u Is never I'M
hy IrCi.ltou the Ncw-fork railroads, III uelt con
test with connecting roHas mh"seu .i
inland trans pOraton trade OF the Uultu StaeS Ihat
The fti-r Ortatlun question has OutgrOwn Stae lines
ana 4. now - National problem, AMI any legislation
should be Ofa National character in WIN "hec, aa
rods alike md H. importance demands me broadcast
most onIcidly dgcstcd aud earnest consideration OF
Fsorsd That We protest against tho passage Of any
bu regulating such uaic omanating from the state OF
Y,rk aq we be i.yc o. wound result dsastrously 10
ine commerca l prosperity Of the city Of NewIork She
manufacturing ana ihlolVnV' VI
rho State aud tho best hi ercsts OF ls ciilZehs'
T. g. Thuroer, WHO was admitted TO he floor by vote,
made an address In favor OF State legislation to correct
railway abuses and offered resolutions declaring that
IN the opinion Of this Exchange, the principle enutci-
. Caruel, Ia his message 10 tue Lcsl'la-
tnre that the pubic have the right 10 demand mat
frrtgnl tnIiH, should bo UNIFORM Tor nAo SER
90, rithuut discrimination between citizens or
communities embodied substantial principles Oh Jus
nee ygnicn we hope embodied IN tne statute law
AZ The STATE aud that the bill reported by the Hepburn
Legislative Committee, known "a tue AntDscllnilnd-
tt htl should amended ~ tn emOOdy these prin-
cnI without Introducing pro rata features and with
any Other Just and reasonable amendments sho-la De-
law" a., .,,.-,..-,. ..-.,..,,...
were rejected by twOihirds yOte, and Mr. Orrs reso-
unions carried by the same vote.
me bufter and cheese trade fmet at thu American
Excnouge Yesterday hear the report of The committee
to hat action shogid be taken VITA
reference " the Hepburn antdlscrimnati OIL Tue
committee presented minority ana majority report
The minority report, made BY Messrs Douglass and
Seayrr favored leg saiOn 10 prevent furtner ABUSES
mo majority report deemed II ineXpedient 10 recOh-
mend The adoption OF the Hepburn Dill, on
the ground that 1t would deprive the railroad
interests within this Sato OF their Just
right and so cripple them that would b. unabo 10
witch are not subject to hse egisatlon ana thereby
Greatly impair tue facilities now offered. not
only OF the butter and cheese trade, put
alsn 10 all the commerce 81 tic cav Resolutions
were adopted acknOw dging that unjust dserlnnatOns
nd been made, deciarinE sOuctung should he
done To prevent recurrence or such lnnsc Dut that
no action should be taSou by te state ~ tue pres nt
time all legislation should toe National that all rail-
roads might be placed an equal footing throughout
the United States.