Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-12-17
HNTEE-STATE COMMERCE..
The AInalsamation OF the Regan
and CuiiorM Ellis.

The House OF Representative
has repeatedly passed what i
known as the Regan bill, to regulat
commerce on inter State railroads
but the Senate invariably pigeon
heled it until the end Of the session
of Congress, thus virtually killing
it without getting Senators on rec
ord for or against it. Last Sprin.
the Honse again passed the bill
and about the same time the Senat,
passed the Cullom bill for the reg
ulation of inter State commerce
and as neither body would pass the
bill sent from the other, a confer
ence Committee was appointed by
both Houses to consider the points
Of difference in both bills. This
committee has reached an agree
ment, and its report will be pre-
scented as soon as it is prepared and
signed, and its adoption will be at
an early day.
/ The Regain and Cullom bills pre-
posed different plans for the regu-
lation Of State traffic, the Regain
measure being much uore stringent
than the other, Both prohibit I'm
just discrimination between persons
and places, and require the rail
roads to publish their rates, and adj
here to them when published, under
penalty, but they differed widely in
the methods proposed for their en-
forcement. The Regan bill gives
every shipper with grievance the
right Of action in the State or
United States Courts, on his mo-
ton, and to recover damages that
he may have sustained. and a rea-
sonable allowance for attorneys
fees. The Cullom bill provides for
the creation of commission to in
vestigate all complaints, and settle
them by arbitration, if possible, and
if not, to prosecute the cases in the
courts when they find the shippers
entitled to redress.
The conferees propose to put both
these plans of regulation into opar-
alton, by retaining the remedial
measures of the bills. They also
effected a compromise upon the
yexed question of long and short
haul., by making it unlawful for !
any railroad to charge more for
transportation of passengers, and |
Of like kind Of property, under
similar circumstances
and conditions, for shorter than
for longer distance over the same
line and in the same direction, the
shorter being included within the
longer with d proviso that in spe-
cial cases, upon application and af-
ter the investigations, the commits
ZION may prescribe the extent which
A road shall be relieved from the
operation of this section.
Tie Regan bill absolutely pro-
hlbits pooling by roads. while the
Cullom bill provides fer an investi-
cation by the Commission Of legis-
alton upon the subject. Upon
his point the Senate conferees
,ielded and accepted the provision
# the Regan bill, which Is, that it
hall be unlawful fer any common
,arrier subject to the provision Of
he act, to enter into any contract
greement or combination with any
,ther common carrier for the pool
ng Of freights Of different and com
,eting roads, so as to divide be-
ween them the aggregate or net
proceeds Of the earnings.
The Regain bill required each
abroad to adhere to its rates be- ,
ween points on its own line, and {
he Cullom bill made it the duty of
he Commission to enforce the pub .
cation of such through rates as it
nigh, be found possible to publish.
he substitute agreed upon by the
onferees requires each railroad to
rint and keep in every depot for
nspection the public rates it may
stablish between points upon its
wn line, and to file with the Com
lission copies Of all joint tariffs Of
through rates to which it may be a J
arty. .
Other notifications of minor i'm t
ortance have been made; and when a
,e sustitute bill is printed the con !.