The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-29
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

synopsis OIL the bilI tO Regulate inter-
State Commerce Now Before the United
States Senate - Stringent Provisions
Against Unjust Determinations by Conn
mon Carriers.
WASHINGTON, d. c., January 1.-the
bill to regulate Interstate commerce
submitted to the Senate yesterday
by Mr.. Cullom, from the select Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce, pro-
vides that if any common carrier by
any special rate, rebate, drawback or
other device, shall charge directly or
indirectly, demand, collect or receive
from any person or persons q
greater or less compensation for
any service rendered, or to be
rendered in the transportation of passen-
gers or property than it charges or re-
ceives from any other person or persons
for like and contemporaneOus service,
they shall be deemed guilty of unjust dis
elimination, which is declared a mis-
demeanOr; and any common carrier found
guilty of any unjust discrimination shall
be liable to all persons who have been
charged a high"- rate than was charged
any other pers III for the difference be-
tween such higher rate and the lowest
rate charged upon the shipments during
the same period; or, if the lower rate
was made on any time contract or under
standing, the common carrier guilty oil
the Offense shall be liable to pay like re-
bate or drawback to all other shippers over
the same route between the same points,
who have shipped goods during the time
that such contract or understanding was
i'm operation. The corporation, its special
officers, traffic manager or the officer or
agent who made such rate, shall, upon
conviction of willful violation of this act
in any District Court of the United
States, be punishable for misdemeanOr
and be subject to fine of not more than
81 900 for each Offense. Itfurther requires
common carriers to afford reasonable
interchange of traffic between their lines
for receiving, forwarding and delivering
passengers and property, and forbids any
preference or advantage to any person or
corporation for long or short hauls, and
creates an interstate commerce commits
sion, composed of five commissioners,
who shall be appointed by the President,
BY and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, the Commissioners first
appointed to continue in Office for terms
of two, three, four, five and six years
respectively, beginning July 1, 1886, but
their successors are to be appointed for
six years, except those appointed to oil
unexpired terms, not more than three Of
the commissioners to be appointed
from the same political party,
and no one in the employ
of or holding any official relation to any
common carrier, or owning stocks and
bonds thereof or who is in any manner
pecuniarily interested therein, is to be al
lowed to enter upon the duties or hold
such Office, and the commissioners arc
not to engage in any other business, VEGA
ton or employment. The commissioners
are to receive salary of 1896
each, and are to be allowed
secretary at $500 year,
and such other employees as are necessary
and at salaries to be fixed by it. The
Commissioner will bring suit in thu
United States courts and have charge Of
the prosecutions Of cases by it brought
for trial.