Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-03
'OA THE ATLANTIC SIDE.
Csrporatisna In PennsyH-
vanIa Resfricsed.



HAnazHn1ko fPA-J, Ost a--0osaRnas
PataAxsua has aadssanea 9 isessr 10 A.
tornay GensRal Cassidy on the aotlon of
ne anthranite pooi and neanasfinR HIN
to move naAinat Il IN tha eonKtA Ia TIE
nnnrsa of his Letter tha 0osernar nays
Nv attention hes haau direoeed % 1he
eafn eaEporaticnz, chartered by TIE
il aoncext, haga aEderad two advaBoes
been aseeTtai1ed upon inquiry khat
thesa ooEpoEaiioug eompElss uhat e
known as the AnlhKaaifs Coal Com6i-
nation, whieh uas oEaatsd II its present
iofm a q Eaeeting held II ksu York on
Deoembsf 81. 1854.
aAt that mestinR there were pReaeul
rsprsssntatlgea q The Delaware Laak-
awanHa q Western RailEoad Company,
Lehinh VALLEY Railroad C0msany, phi
adeiphia 4 Reading OoDpang, New
York, Lake Erie q We4taFn Raiiroad
C0mpany, Delaware q HndsaR Canal
CompanYs Rennsylvania Coal Company,
Lahiah Ooal B Navigation C0mpany and
PennsyiSaniA Railroad Oompany. A.
that meeting an agreement vas entered
into b which nix Of thess coEpofati n
we're Ii aAaea pledged n wFiting % ~
strict aud regulate the pr0da1ti0n Of
coal and 10 maintain and 20 advances ~
prioe. An superintendent of the total
prDdaeaion vas then allotted % eaeh
company foR the year 1855. and On 1an-
nary /, 1886. naw allotmont went imto
operation, based oa the annual prOdue-
tion Of 1a0o0,000 toaa.n Aftsg EefsRFinR
70 the adVAnooa Of 80 oenta per ton in
sks pries oe coal since July 2. 1855, The
00VsRnog SAYS: Recently thsoueh the
Offices of ayndioaAsa of capital the Al.
thraaita Coal Combination has been
strengthened and the eiaiu isnou made
by eomo Of its members that they can
mark up The coal prieos 20 any figure
they please, thereby aahieeting the Dab-
lie fe their mercy, thns infariously and
unumrEantably taxing eVeFy hregide and
imposing upon The coal osnaameEa.
Srha State Oonsltluiion declares that
no eosporata company, doing che husi-
neog of q common carrier, shall directly
o. Indirectly pgosaoata % engage in
mining or manufacturing articles for
transportation over its works. Tet al
% nearly ell Of the eommon carriers
represented In the anthFAcits oeai eom-
hinaaion are engaged diFoatly OF indi
rectly u the mining Of oeal- By re-
duoinR the pFodnoti0n and advancing
prices, it has crippled the vast iron In
tefesia They are thus deoEeasinR the
demand for anthracite coal. and In the
reduction Of iron ores they are fsToing
furnsoee out Of blast and are placing
nearly all the industries Of Eastern
Ponnaytvanis At The mercy Of the man
ayers Of these oompaniess
The Governor also called attention 10
the Trunk Line pool. which be says, oy
its arbitrary poser, holds q peFpstual
menace over the material interests Of
the country. In closing the Governor
says: "Againgt such combinations tue
individual Is helplsaA The oommon-
wealth Of Pennsylvania In creating the
corporations that are members Of the /
anthracite coal combination and Of the
Trunk Line POOL, vested them with the
right Of eminent domain and other
franchises Of q public nature. They
Swo oertain duties 10 thsiF Greater, and |
one Of shese 70 % avoid any infringe
men,s upon the rights of individuals or |
the general well being Of the Stats. |
Their inteEfeFeuoe with the naiaral our |
rent and condition Of trade has been Ia
violation Of what d believed 90 be sound !
public policy and against the best inter
sats Of the State. II pFeiudioes the |
pahlio and oppres8es individuals. Il is
: pervogai0n Of the purposes for which
they we're created. These facts, which |
have hsen reported 10 me and measuE-
ably nnthenticated, deem ef snfAlcient |
Importance te refer 10 yon for your con-
.fs4nPnkfsn and nsah anffns A. afeNr1rsa
stances may warrant
sral Cassidy vii 81 onoe proceed |
Againsa the e0al pool, bat 10 what man
ner be has not yet decided. Thisis co.,
sideree one % The most Important |
steps taken by The Stats Administration
and Was nos decided upon until after |
caFofuI consideration.