The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-22
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a Washiuptln special 10 the New York
Post ssys: The house committee on COM
morce /. proceeding with the bill intrOduC.
ed rso,ntly by StewSrt. OF Vermont, as the
hasis OF us interstate commerce bill. The
R.sgan bill Las tor the most part been
voted down. The only principal feature
/ retained is iha' which absolutely fofbiis
pooling, aud IL rs expected that a lin ts.
ton may BE put on the provision % tine
| O. Meet that suon pooling only shall be pro-
| hihitsd, tho intended purpose aud oileot o.
Pbioh IS 20 rai1e charges above reasonable
r2teg, or 20 divide egrHinRs on any other
| basis than reasonable accordance vi %
service rendered by tho roads, or to lmpsir
reasonable competition. This is designed
10 allow pooling which assumes to have a
contrary purpose.
| The Stewart bill embraces many iea.
tures Of the bin introduced ey Ex-Governor
Long, Of Massachusetts,, and resem Dle1 In
some respects the Henderson c0mmisson
bill of former congress. The baeiB Of these
bils-tor they are nearly all alike--is the
bill which sets forth the com mission plan
OF Mr.. Adams. OF NGssachusott. They
differ In most part In detail. The house
com mittee has adopted the Stewart bill 80
far - section 0. with the exceptions here
alter indicated. The remainder OF the bill,
which relstes more to the machinery Of ad-
ministratton, Wi probably be agreed upon
Il
upon ara these:
Fhs,, thss Ill chsrges OF transportation
BEL veen the states rhall be reasonable
Second, that there ehsH be 30 discrimi-
mating rates in favor OF one individual
against smother for like aud contemppre-
neous service, the language being: For
like and contem poraneOus service Ia cary
lug. receiving, delivering, storing or hand.
lug the same under subitEntisly similar
circumst stances" That there shall DO mo
discrimination in the facilities for carrying,
storing or handling property, that the SER
vice ahsl DO performed with equal expe.
dition, and that there shall bs no Interrupt
ion to prevent the carriage Of prooeriy
from being treat cd as one continuous csr
rlsgo from the plucs OF shipnont to desti
nation. The phrase under substantially
similar cifcumstapcesh makes the radical
difference between the principle OF the
Resgar bill and the bit which the com nit
tee will report. The Reagan bill absolute
~ forbids Determinations The bill which
the cora nttee WA report has this qualify
ing clause, which the railroads may con.
s.fuo for themselves until the corrts inter.
pref Il. This is, OF course, a very radical
difference. Il Is, doubtless, in great mea,.
ura "A provision destructive Of tho Reagan
bill as To the long aud sbor. haul.
Third, that there shall be no rebates or
drawbacks given one person which under
similar circumstances are not allowed 10 I'll
other persons. This does not absolutely
forbid rebates owing to the qualifications
OF similar circumstances.
Fourth, that there shall be no pooling.
Fifth, that the law shall apply TO one
substantially continuous carriage, no mat
ter over how many railroads freight m 8y
paes.
Sixth, that any railroad company violat-
ing the act shall be liable to the person in-
Jared, in actual damages. Tho provision
OF the bill which provides for three times
the actual damages Is stricken out ~ Is
tina whole OF the eighth section. which pro
vides that any corporation violating the
act should he guilty Of q misdemesuor and
su hieot to large liue. and that 1t should BIZ
the duty OF tho district attorneys OF the
United States to begin criminal proceedings
for such violations. This measure Of dam
ages seems TO be no ereater than that o.
lowed at common law; the criminal pen.
atty, which Mr.. Reagan considered would
alone make the law effective, is stricken
out.
The committee did not finish the bill this
morning as had been expected. One men,
bar OF the committee expresses the opinion
that there will be no legislation on the sab
iect