, 1881-05-14

E,.: - s neess hsittles with tc".s,,w VII 10 no
q tact. f i. Of so,u n' ,@x's md il ff fsf9
nothing" md wnnlh 10 ,iow'r,hn,ss ,ihnss ltgaifyai,
,np i' tn atiennt 1ae ats,ta,ln a,,nn,n uio"" !"
soekor nftor juatce, nat f,t,n,aa III" aine i,nsen,
1ett, might posa!bty think tIn, With tho stn
stasoneh xrc ,r coataf'cd in ibis rcasl s1 It il,
Tho nxuros of the l.capuc ero ... SA0fs
ni,ln; thoy 1n9to no ttss nj, s%.s ,mHt rena,k.
oretars Mfn fos tho satcinean,D ha
nwnr re''s scnr M'Hsy Us !'ipnsc M our nat, tnat
amoilns 9 moro thin tsSI Isi,' pool l's slepsss
Tho faEts nfe that III Inn, MI n, -.
u%'ts !hn st 9sqh9s.. sttes s@sns q ~ sSsdt
but o5 Tho le''t"1h' ea'tH1fh''Gs n .e1s s7a
operation wns B5,Is1 nt}cs: rt,,,.is ,aalis in actu.
amount of ,ot tar,lInas rcprssee! prasnty liz
snme OF our ronda hnvu not cn,t am'ffa;h'ng hl,
aa this. Y n probable that, laknws ,s as lnura
ssso ss hso tho e;,ry liz sets1.
Toro wv w",, sce'1a Ia 70 a@9yo -, per s
INK tho statement Ut Mr.. Fiji ,he!s htas !ltcrrii.
a,iount n, y"LxGl ix ~ IN tho aasthon t oe 1es ens
n1 ,net ySp'y Sea,Ifev cvt M ,t.s ss
Window and tho ami. Naa";,.,Ma ia nn. ~; secreis7
GthSago w.fl iarily bo abie to ,hisasue 4
rremtor tbnm ,,n Mby my can prnyc hat nsr;
$:oO. .0NUN CAN be 'nnjt,stJyv vess "a;aw9t' w9t's lhst
tho ntlslnoss comprising tho vuru, w., oul ot
INC total carntt,gs IN This "pooicd dHIa fa,ncs sncs
Monopoly lnaguo stntcs in ,ts n: ',I,n.o,1 1e Anti.
runson Of tho pools tho rates buyc h"uss thath1
frotn ID fD tu per cunt, nut, citr. =. aasaaeea
sr"a. @ &c eh,caso to M aow 7 9o7k s ~, tIe !ae O.
hundred. while 1t hRs slhoe i,cen rn,;c cents PER
IN cents. ana that during tho lep1,rn 70 ~ md
SpRe a. rus Masy c Mos hnn proven y epcts ss
cents. have l,ocn Unable to tmd ! anS anso o. p
statement By exports Or nthers bcs4toI r IHy slea
pnr'l C0inmsttoo. Mr. Fink dill siy ihat NY tp Mtep.
thereby. as he has Stree statrI. tSat h'nnenanHs
ronti ltily eM1tppcd It might be bsii,crs Tssata 10y
tnhnneof 70 tako grail! At lcl' rates tbsn mn ts'
si,eb rata With t aq ny %svGry fMr from tays h
crs Of tho prpporty On Its cost; it ,nrH, tu' osa.
slight margin Ut profit nvcr ncims7 7Ae e,ppS! ~
handling but oven this is daubtc By ,nsns sgns o.
!: 1t would not seem that tho true lnere.,.., :,
the people or Illinois reglitru tho rmirosasus!
imno@vGIsa @ themselves by ,earrlny Kraia s,n y
to me that q fAtt and rgllsonAhp raie a,ttap
cnses anu 10 Att phrttes. Ia far mora is.i..tMi q
t,, ,9 ,rreslarltas IT. of past years when ,
individuals woro likely to ocer md ID ge'Tsea u ~
were praotfeca '''" ~ 'Aei
As TO tho question Of Interstate comu.,.>
tne rnnds ~ llinn!s @ Interested in tho so.eaIe
tntcnRc Within tho Ssnte. AMI, .norcnycr sha,!
hro surlO1a doubts whether tho lE,ar,l nj o HSas
foatl and warehouse Comtnlsslnners haye nm, M,
deed, the Senate Committee on ila}irnd1 rh"n an
Investigating tho chnrRes preferrg. n0nn,t tSn
commissioners, ruled nut NJ questions n!lcclin9
question witt. which tho CV;ntu,ssnners * r. !
n1lhtnX to do. ""s
,NnthinR, seems to me. Is clearer than TIM foc,
that railroad rntcs aTc both in winter and sum-
h1rr Kept within reasonable bnlln'Is Iy watrr
competitions: nor lg my combination Of xnrr.
carriers, whereby tho Muni0 carryltlE trlir shnsl
become 4 monopoly, nj MI probably ar ieas!bIe'
arc such as to mako 1t profitable 10 Tue uyncf IN
stnrc 1t until tho opening Ut navtgutInn,-af faSt
wolf Nttcstcd by tho rGpctn Condition nj ths
s4' chieng9 ,gs ELEVATORS during tho w'aters Of s
Stree the three Fent1ctncn Of tho Autl.,to.
nopnly LcnRflc think 80 highly Of Secretary
Windom. why Do they not quntc hin vi Ih!ss
~. 1878, no reH,nrks speaking 0f thB Mississippi
leivcr, md tho Kreat t.akes, nnd the Erte Caaaj:
"lt Will he us tMpu8sthfo Tor tl.r Railroad. 10
natlon or lntorcsts hetwecn ChIca3o and 81.
Louis. OF Now York and New Orlcuus. The III.
terests OF tho lines themselves Arc necessarily
nntaRnnsttc, ind aa each Will bc nn open. lrpe
yeBsol upon its Writer'S, comb!uAton will te tu.
possible and cotnpotltio!, the inevitable i. Il
their e1tstonco:', and further IN Mr. wfnfom
Rnd rail VIII necessarily 1e fell everywhere. nd
will regulate tho charEcs OIL evegy ratlroaI frou
tho Interior to tho seaboara:.
AAV kAkCI &EAkAGH4Gi1 VI tAu b.ehs lk ElN HA
tcntlon to tho nbuses cnused by tho ponl.
formed by tho raitroMd coupnntcs In this State,
but thoy do not state wGnt these atJuses sse.
5ayy 5nSy o ,npy Il ny tst By aSsS aysu sp1 n as IT,
100 per cont. This statement i5 10 rldcupu.y
prcpostcr0u6 that It - unworthy 0f notice.
Think Of tslilrond company advancing rs fale
;o9 por cent az q Junction point. whero Il i 80
altf1cult to maintain my rnto ut MI OIL account
of the itcroe competition prevailing.
l'oofs III this statc--i. O., oi, bl,sness carried
from ono pOtut to another In tho Sale
mostly ut small statioHs uni the result cannnt
ht Justly hold u bo detrimental to tho state ii
largo. 1h1 o!lcct Is to Rivo tho lunction P'!nts
ra '1ss pr au y gH o w rs ~ wprs
railroads II tutr chahce to compete tns tho tFa'a
Ut tho country surrounding them. Ihc:c poMt
also tcnd to Insure tho selling and handlinx 9, q
n fair proportion OF the Gr1ilI aIlG eloek WItaa
tho Hthtc, Instead Ut allowing 1t NIL to M hfa"n
TO mnrkots IN oihor stases ny roaMs having 1ai
4 worry etE,n1l mileage IN illinois, Tho ofn''n VI
tho pools nre illegal only when tho rites chareel
nrD extnrtinnnte. In other w0r,ls Tint rxtoFllon
is illegal, hut p0ollu9 Ii mt necessarily o.
In nearly every case where pools orc RnhSa
to orist the rites charged nre mt higher lha1
tho Commissioners schedule. nnd II is doubtful
whether acton BY tho ls4afsl looking to ing 'as
nhol!shment Of these p!s Mn,'m n@'u n.an' %,
used by tho rnilronIs to protect tnoEhse'es
against encl other.
Mr.. Fink. speRkIuB OF "pao!l1E, says tue w w,
3ect Is "tho maintenance Df PDrlnHnr't aaa
uniform transportation rites aud Is sithIy II Ia
ngreon,cnt botweoB tho railroads p dcal 'atsS
hlN2 Oppnly With zach 0thor anu win ino sup
purs.h 10 not In Tho lest understand It. as
combination Of tho nlilrtnts against tEo PhpI1t'
Competition has In many cllarA redutel falt,
roAd rAtcs IL point tar eW tho Attnt y a., e,,ss
ct h9 f s9ssa I Nsw Y ad ' o
OF Auch cotnpatttin! In any business, T. engd ~, d
tlon Or failure. The lnttrr IL certainly n.y. aT
airablc, and the former s nnt c9n.raty rsn ~ vas