New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-23

In ,,eh an mathematician rs for example from North
Adams. Mass, TO Troy n. Y, forty-two hiles i"nS,
coud not charge for local traffic any moro upon ln'
forty two mile. than it received as its proportion 81 'e
lowest rate the goods from l'o'"h 10 "
Orleans against the free routes although II
handled warchouscd loaded and unload'd INC p''l
traffic and simply acted bridge for thc through ,"
action to pass The two transactions cue" c'9
could have no possible relation t0 each other III" III H'
sense does either call for National legislative interference
TO That unjust extent II shown that the country ~
whole wa. thcsy strewn with such striking illu'tra-
tons
Public ANNOUNCEMENT or RATES.
Scfe.h The bill required the posting OF all rates pun
llcIy five DAYS before their adoptOn-wich was clearly
impracciblc and unjust when the parallel water ear
rcr, from Chicago to Buffalo for example" could change
RATE. on n moments notice AMI by always changing
immediately after The railways had posted their HcNer
| rates, the water transportcrs could Keep 'no"-"
under the railways 10 render competition piacu'a5 ~"
and the RAILWAYS empty of through trade. Ihe same
objection held rs to the international carrying com
peion Of the Grand Trunk Railway. "hch congress i
of course unable To reach by it, law making or enforcing
powers, aud il % principle and fact that becomes mon"
| important n the Canadian Pacific Io"i "Ipr""'u''' WIN
pIction and rivalry with our own Pacific lall"''S' !"
our present rivalry with the Grand Irlik l"hi""H w
now have three sources OF preventing 1t from uhouS
dvcrtinc traffic away from American rails lh''c 'I''
d,sf IN freight or tonnage pools; Sccoad, 10y mo pa!
mont of dra ebaols, II that company colnpcIS such
coursr; and third, by being able To meet It's i"''
promptly by telegraph If necessary l.ach ANA ''''' VI
these means al nccdful protection ana u'lohoo was
who'll, taken from every railroad Of the Union by tue
Reagan bill We could not pool with O'h'd''n cum
pany and 80 amcdbly restrict its traffic by "Sf''ucni
We could not pay drawback, however many II lu OUT
of it, earnings in Canada or however much rcl- / ~
diverted and being compelled to publish our l,9 wii IL
Iiutltinu. nf before could change tH' H. II
might change the part Of IT. rneS RGcrllng ~ onhu ~
moments motto" against MS anu V or W. v,ii',nai
i,I,, all
iu,tic'i
DAMAGES FOg VIOLATION az THE ACT.
E;gbh No damage for violating the proposed Act
coul De- less than $500 with further penalty Of - 900
one half this pcnaiy 20 De- paid to the human "ahru"
called norncr -; and the District Attorneys were re-
qurcd 10y hill to prosecute suits In hclr d''i,o
when ndy lscd OF the violation Of inc Acl pS tue @I,
of any reputable citizen -; and any Judgment -
was to be- against the person ~ wen a. We 90, l H.,
offending II only 10 require slInir,no w. ,r
star Chamber provisions 20 sunni ,n'I'. 49, r'ra,
awcr from Just mind. The 21,oOo OF lpI' i,'""y
station agents OF the country WIN niT mel to
secure Tromptncss. and al with vary s nrIt' ~ -,
crcon and intelligence, might commit cIroiTi IN r
Judgment. under instruction or ny M t ,vst'rs'
iy coIu- ion which would have created lie ~, tho
railway companies claim chat they are pciIorHG ~
public functions and vast bencnt7 hooI5Pl ''it
ricuil, jn t, main and rhoud not he treated III uS
crng her rates The preliminary methods OF the
Inquisition had been restored ny an AGt "i t1o
OF Nation that should be alike tree ana l,t To- I
These are the general provisions OF me PHI Ha,ca
onst fine condensed grounds FOR the direct business
and rscticl opposition them but there were other
and larger objections.
INE0CAITTY OF APPLICATIONS.
The Nry-York Central road il entirely WITHIN Inc
limits of one state in This respect sovereign from Bha!o
M ,lr. and Ncv York and tho Pcnnsy lyania Railroad
q entirely within one state PittsburS or Erie TO
pbodcpia thus covering both the vast river and lake
traffic upon which those great companies were l" c tee
the h an% f rF ir the b bound at NcwYork it
would naturally work against ~, Se% "I tSc namor nnd
Ohio railways parallel to the New orr 'Ghl IN ll1
PCnnsS rr p W." contra and for that interstate reason
only seized by the bill and oil their lhct lo1
rates were to be fixed and regulated ny In,lt h
charges in manner before REFEREED TO- II was ucoac
cpor that the Grand Trunk Railway the - Ia" IIo'
pivrr carriers those upon the Erie Canal ana he NeM
York central ana lGu' {i,c. mon nm immense ton
me prop' t crations Of the foregoing limitations
and pcuglties of the bill would. III many al esr,H'Lal
% tbrottle the equally useful parallel rail carriers
,i1P the West shore Erie. Lackawanna, Baltimore ana
| Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio raWa! v me alcbo"
legislative equality claimed by Mr. Reagan D,' H no
iucnuaIiy which was confirmed and perpetlat ~ ,a,
proposcd National enactment. Fore Xanple lf M
pany- rates from Buffalo to Now lOIh WEI, Yo,},
the i not 20 exceeded by IL local rates 20
from any points east oi bl,n Vol, ,tTol road when
o-J Therefore carry the JO.OOOOOO bushels oi gram ar
fNimg P1 direct or legal result upon It's local or
Wiv traffic Therefore 1T could get % per CEN more i ,o
,, re.,gni1ed and lust increased expense OF local ocr
tlrongh freight while the Erie Company oouu iO, . h
The same h S't Hhanicd s local freight twice its
throngh freight but 1t then became ollll I" Iyi
ilon Of time whom the tc tbr ipoToii"I II
Utt,c roiwoy If the state Of NcwIork or the
rnrt. did not interfere. Ia many other ca,rs thcIo
% certain 7,at carriers in various parts of the coun
try that by natural and legislative lli1; IT. .l t
i inUa and limitations OF the bill ana aIacied
others which fell undor s unequal anu unjust V f q
s' VI..inI River boats the Illinois Central roao the
LAKES and lie Ncw-York Central could form ilto
through line from Memphis to New ork tlI No t
all the business shGcklc their al lill 10
Vim LEGAL ap1clcs il the former routes were incI 10y lc
latter al equal Clearly the former c9n
their traffic at the expense OF the ldItcl anu I t me-
average rate per from their untouched i"cal 3.r
in prolonged period In the trst instance not local OF
way rate Affected In the latter an way ,1irS @
decided nv the through Transaction II taken a the so
through rates.
| ADVOCACY or 4 NATIONAL COMMISSION
To consider cqity and wisely these special and gen
cral views as applied 10 n vast variety "l country
rivalry aud tonnage. every railway oh'fu "'o ap-
pcarcd before the committee advocated National Kan
way Commission mainly OF inquiry into the vast posi-
biItics and ranges ~ the problem rather than enact mn
wise and surely jion, GHperm'I mali and ISOLATED
country like England governed ny one o rar1,I t r
forcing like laws over an undlNidru anu -
tory over 900 bills which bore upon this Suycct ma
cin Introduced and repealed since - 10 III tue pro-
lem was 80 difficult there II became lhuhitry on ~ ~
y t.Tritory vastly greater in extent and traffic and -
National. international and waterway colriiGat",a
the transportation question ia Nlalho Witt 9i ~ a m
mall manufacturers yield the principal franc uH'
from that in Florida The problem n rcn t ' that
Tex in the transportation OF live stock Ana inc prop
lem when nI s' or even ON thc Northern Pacific road
would differ essentially from Inc conditions 9
nantes running thrOUSh -i'ro countries WIN ulCIVn
ronli.c over long distances and connecting Foreign
countries and almost od "nhnm through thG ErSa
rrfic, Of locality cirCum,i auCc ana tIdHc "Ich 'o
,pand Thought and foTcthougt The question on interior
r.wavs differs from those parallel to wafer "a from u
Louis 10 Ncw-Or"1nS, ana me tlc1reh VI IN ~
castor OF solution the Pacific roads chartered N VIZ
t National Legislature than on the Ne" 1ork ''hll'
chartered only rs the State legislature For tht,a "'
many other cogcnt reasons commission was Htnh%N
II .gocoted Il was also advocated because the railway
, Icol with board appointed for the purpose an'
a. / charged by the Government with investigating HI'
Stopping IL found any unjust railway acton Under IL
rtt no less than to girrOtr any unjust dnti-mnnoo
Ii-iic or conmpulstc doctrines II l. fat better IVAN
20 i annually subjected 10 tho inpracticahc ana huftln
di.,D-tion ~ the questions suggested by Mr.. Reagan
- nntM -iAuhing lhn proofs IcncItCdly aNuuccI