The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-14
STAND By THE LAW AND EACH
OTHER.

OTHER.
President Adams, of the Union Pa.
cific, has the correct idea Of the obliga-
tons Of his company 10 the public, and
to other railroads, and he therefore re-
fuses to enter into conspiracy with
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
glneers, to boycott the G. B. & Q. When
Mr.. Adams was approached in the
matter, and asked to refuse Burlington
cars, he emphatically declined ands'
that under the law his compar AZ
compelled to transport the CO y was
ever tn are Offered. Sal 80 "nen-
cannot lay ourselves oper :" me- we
ties of the interstate 20 the penal
and the possibility of :, fo os If i am,
charter by ref. asine 70 in,srcbanss ~ hn osl
,sno. II al Connecting lines in the
Il way. Flint this out to our men,
Snd show Them that it would be nc
more illegal for them to call
upon US to burn the BurIiogton
freight house CT murder its Off
eials than to make the present
demands. They will recognize that the
sauce for the Burlington goose must be
the sauce for the brotherhood gan
der" This is the position which every
road connecting with the Burlington
should have taken at the outset. Not
only does the law command it, but self
protection against the assaults of what
| may develop into a common enemy
suggests it. If the railroads, led by the
Brotherhood, were to combine against
the Burlington, the latter would be
forced to the wall, no matter what the
rightfulness of its position in the con-
test There is not road in the
United States which can stand up under
the boycott of connecting lines. The
sections of the inter state commerce
law which refer to the interchange OF
| business between roads are as follows:
SEC 3. That it shall be unlawful for any
common CARRIER subj cJ to the provisions OF
| this act to make or give any undue or IN
particular person. company, firm, corpora
| tion, or locality, or any Particular descr1p-
| ton oftraffic IN any respect whatsoever, or
| to subject any particular person, company,
ticular description of traffic, to any undue
or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage
in my respect whatsoever.
Every common carrier subject to the pro-
| visions OF this at shat , according to their
reSpe Give powers, afford all reasonable,
/ nFnpnr and pn0aI facilities for the inter-
| change of traffic between their respective
| lines, and for the receiving, forwardlng and
| delivering OF passengers ana property TO
aud from their several lines and those con-
Meeting Herewith, snd shall not discrimi-
nate in their rates and charges between
such connecting lines; but this snail not be
construed as requiring sny such common
Carrier to give the use of its track or termi-
nal facilities to another engaged IN like
business.
"SEC 7. That it shall he unlawful for
any common carrier subject to he provl-
sionS Of this act TO enter into any combina
ton. contract or agreement eX ressed or
implied, to prevent, by change of time sch =
DUE, carriage in different cars, or by any
other ems or devices the carriage of
freightS from being continuous from the
p ace of shipment to the place OF destina-
ton; and no break of bulk, stoppsge or in
terruDtion ma by sucn common carrier
shall prevent the carriage of freights from
being trea ed as one continuous carriage
from the place of shipment to the place of
destination, unless such b. eaK, stoppage or
interrupion was made in good faith for
some necessary purpose ana without Eany
intent to avoid or unnecessarily Interrupt
such cootiuuCuS carr age or to evade any of
the proVisio IS of the act "
The penalty for the violation of any
of these provisions is fine of S. 600.
1t might have good effect if some of
the companies which are defying the
law in obedience to the threats and
commands of the Engineers were pun
isbed as the act contemplates. The
railroads have it in their power to put
an immediate stop to this needless if
not malicious strike and if they do not
stand together in support of the law
and for their own protection it will
serve them right if the are punished.
HORACE A. HURLBURT, late receiver OF
the Chicago Times, and A. L. Patterson
long the managing editor of that jour-
nal, are ABOUT to start a new Demo-
cratic morning paper in Chicago. MIR.
Hurlburt is an excellent business man.
and Patterson is among the best
newspaper fellers" in the country,
hence their venture should be successful
It Is Curious Fact