St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25
FUTURE SESSIONS.

The Committee to Hold its Meeting
In st. Paul To-day.
The subcommittee will hold meeting
in st. Paul to-day at the Merchants hotel
to take testimony. The state rail-
road commission will attend the meeting.
The questions, by means of which the COM
mittee is gathering it's information, are as
follows:
Frst-The best method Of preventing the
practice of extOrtion and unjust dlscrimina-
ton by corporations engaged in interstate
commerce.
SecOnd-The reasonableness of the rates
now charged by such corporations for local
and through traffic.
Third-Whether publicity of rates should
be required by law; whether changes of rates
without public notice should be prohibited
and the best method of securing uniformity
and stability of rates.
Fourth-The ACCESSIBILITY of establishing a
system or maximum and minimum rates for
the transportation of Interstate commerce.
F1fth-The elements of cost, the conditions
OF business, and the other factors that should
be considered in fixing the tariffs on inter-
state traffic.
Sixth-Should any system of rebates and
drawbacks be allowed? If so should such
transactions be regulated by law and be sub
Ject to official inspection or apprOval2 Or
should they be entirely prohibited?
Seventh-Should pooling contracts and
agreements between railroads doing an inter-
state business be permitted, or should they be
entirely prohibited by law? If they should be
regulated by law, would it be sufficient to re-
qulre the terms Of such agreements to be
made public and subject to official approval?
Eighth-Should provision be made by law
Tor securing to shippers the right to select the
lines and parts of lines over which their ship
ments shall be transported?
Ninth-By what method can q uniform
system of rates for the transportation of
passengers and freights by all the corpora
lions engaged in interstate commerce be best
secured?
Tenth-Should corporations engaged in in
terstate commerce be permitted to charge q
lower prOpOrtiOnate rate for q long than for
short haul2 Does the public interest re-
qu1re any legislation on that subject?
Eleventh-ShOuld any concessions in rates
DE allowed to large shippers except such as rep
resent the actual difference in the expense of
handling large shipments over small ship
ments, and should such concessions be made
known to the public?
IWelfth-Shouldc corporations engaged in in
terstate commerce be required to adopt q
uniform system Of accounts?
Th1rteenth-Is it desirable that such corpO-
rat1ons should be required to make annual re-
ports to the government? If so, what inform
atioh as 10 their earnings, expenses, and Ope-
ratlons should such reports contain?
Fourteenth-In making provision for secur-
ing cheap transportation, is it or is it not inn
portant that the government should develop
ana maintain system of water routes?
F1fteenth-In what manner can legislation
Tor the regulation Of interstate commerce be
pest enforced? Should a commission be es-
tablished for this purpose?
Senator Isham G. Harris of Tennessee
will leave for Chicago tonight after the
session In St. Paul, but 1t is probable Sena-
tors Cullom and Platt will return to Mime
apolis as the guests of Gen. Washburn and
will visit Minnetonka tomorrow. After
the session yesterday at the West hotel,
Hon. c. A. Pillsbury drove the commission
to the East side and escorted them through
the largest Touring mill in the world.