The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-15
THAT INTERSTATE COMMERCE. niL,

lla huhI ahttNfa va AA"htN.N' h"'' o. W.
Introduced it 10 true the country was M
planning 6l nut tue evils OF freight dlserim'
nations, iust Id TIE county has 1l""' D
b.en disturbed .ui Will ever be Ia the IA
iuro Of tA.ugs lblut this matter, tht'
matter, aud tlo ether, but which mN1tsrsln
lus tmsrgeUluts themselves 90 90 adjust
ments ulder tle power With tnole gt9'
rulers with tho Amer.c ~ people, common
ius.ico and common in,ereiL We utterly
IAN 10 comrTgheud Uhy tae "a lway intof'
est fho ulI DO made a matter Of special reg
u.ation py the United States government
beyond any other 10 the way o. adjust NJ
CHARGES, Ctc., except In the Tact
that the roads ase common car
rlors, wish certain privileges aud
government grants aud reciprocal
Civilizations. But the common law iteeitde-
anos the duty OF common carriers, and ~
rtquI rcmeuts quite cover o that any leg
iBla,lon ought to impose, viz: That they
arc % perform services Tor the people o.
reasonable coat. that the charges snail be
lust aud equitable. Now that law Is in'
sluq ualo or the provisions i1r is enforce
ulent Insufficient, then dcuo .c7, additional
| Legislation Is Ia order Mo-, NH NtAdAH
insists thnt his bin 10 absolutely iutlsponsi'
bic to prevent huriful Determinations be-
tween persons and d.Gelsnt placed and
rtlons OF The county. Lgeybody will
agree that the railway companies should
not be guilty Of unjust Determinations
But the question is, what Is unjust ais
erimi nation? Mn. REAGAN would say that
when the Missouri Pacific road, Tor in
stance, carries bushels OF grain from Dal
LAS TO New York or to Liverpool 1t must
TRANSPORT them for every man or lrm that
comes alon z, Whether IL be one oushel or
one ia oussnd bushels, an accidental sup
per or a regular patron, at the same price
IL It does not do this, 1t makes uni dsl dis
Grimm Gtion. Why not enact
law on the same principle
that the said road shall charge
only the same price for one bundle OF white
newspaper per week for an interior weekly
as Il cha.geB for one hundred bundles per
week sent IN car lots to q city daily iourna
Besides, where Is the unjust DETERMINATION
here?, The question is whether the charges
made for The one bundle DO or be not {
reasonable charge. Aud how can The
United stB,es government determine Ihi!
matter Andif be allowed TO insugu
rate this policy why thall It not onpc'
against telegraphlc charg' made more !oTi
sin gle mes ago TO an occasional patron thar
Ito a daily one who takes soyerpI
thousand words every twenty -iour hour
for his jouInhR
Ina train Of cars that leaves Dallas fox ST.
Lou with fifty cars loaded with corn there
may not be two cars which pay TO the roao
the same rate per uLi. oil weight The rates
won ia be higher on carload OF corn goinf
there from Galveston than ono going from
Marshall via the Missouri Pacific road aAd
vet II the Texas Central road ran from Hous
ton via Dallas to 81. Louis by ashorler route
the REAGAN bill would prevent the iormei
from taking corn from Dsllas via Marshall
for less than it would charge thu
Marshall shippers, in order to meet thu
competition OF the latter. And IN suci
10 wer charges no injury whatever is dom
TO NJ ars hall, as the rate would remain jus
the same il the Missouri Pacific road die
not seek to do the Dallas business.
In the matter OF pooling to which NE
REAGAN seems 30 seriously to object and
which be would put an end to in order tt
secure the benefits OF competition to the
gen ersl interest, the reply 10 easy. INT
fact is this pooling would seem 70 be IN
int
not q compact between the rosd
Ito prevent competition. And here'i
lurks the fal!scy or Misrepresentation by
which the public view is obscured POOLING
is an age een.ert to divide traffic between
the roads entering into the arrangemei .
Every now and then the arrangements n
altered, because when one road secures be-
ter facilities than its co-parlners for haul
ing ch eaper instantly new adjustments ar
dems nded and q revision insisted on. Thu
ia kept alive legitimate competition, ant
these rebates and drawbacks that so distres
Mr.. REAGAN, and which do indee
violate the law Of common carriers
have TO take back seat. AS in IN
rates OF interest, 40 in the prices OF good
go In the tariff of freights, 1t is stsbi it
of figures that the commercial communit
desire, and this same pooling, now ge,tin
, 10 be bet ter understood by .the public, pre-
vent 8 the constant and unexpected cu'tip
OF rates and harmful fluctuations to oil
This stability Of rate Is more important
farmer and merchant than the mere que
) ton OF regular rate. No one is hurt by tw
5 or :more companies having commo
Q termini agreeing upon reasonable hgui
. for handling articles Of traffic.
t The fact is, the old hue and cry again'
' the railroads, the great civilizers OF tn
age, Is now almost relegated into the pas
and the Haunting OF inter state commerc
bills, It id omne genus, at this late day b.
. fore the people, reminds one OF the poo
old crippled soldier who, looking back an
: dreaming alone OF the past, kept talkin
. continuously like q monomaniso on To
subject TO the rising generation, who care
J, nothing for 1t, about the battle oil Blel
!, helm.