Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-16
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
inter STATE COMMERCE.
The Senate Committee Re-
sumes Its Work.
IA DISCOVERY AT J0HNST0WN.
The Annual Regatta of the
Eastern Yacht Club.
DEVASTATION IN MARYLAND
GhOuls Attempt to Steal a
Suicides Body.
DEVASTATION IN MARYLAND
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..

The Senate Committee Resumes Its
work at ChieagO-The Hearing of
a Special Committee OF the Board of
Trade.
CHICAGO. July, 15.-The Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee resumed its work to-
day. It began with the hearing OF special
committee of the Board of Trade. Secretary
Stone read a report on questions submitted
by the committee to the board of trade on
the tenth inst To the question 'Do Cana
dian lines of transportation in the United
States affect the commercial interests of the
United States favorably or unfavorably?,
The reply was: Probably as whole they
affect it favorably in 30 far as commerce is
favorably affected by having open to 1t as
many channels of trade as possible"
Gin what manner does it affect such in
terestsa"
"First, by smashing pools and all traffic
ARRANGEMENTS that have existed between such
roads as the Michigan Southern and the
Michigan Central, and second, by the equal
ization of freights to points in New England,
when American lines charged exorbitant
rates under the Interstate commerce law.
The Grand Trunk line of Canada was the
pioneer in the dressed beef trade which, be-
fore they encouraged it, was continually dis
couraged by American roads in the interest
of their live stock trade and yard commits
sioners."
els traffic originating in the United States
and which naturally belongs to American
roads diverted from them by Canadian
roadsa"
sit has not except in the case of perisha"
BILE goods. The Canadian lines were among
the first to build and operate transfer eleva-
tors for the preservation Of identity and the
weighing of grain in hopper scales, as re.
CURED by the law Of the State, which law is
now openly detied by some of the American
| lines centering here. The Canadian lines
have won the larger share of this business
from the West by such and kindred meas.
ures and by uniformly just and equitable
treatment of their patrons and not by
favoritism to one shipper over anoth-
er, as is evidenced by the popular regard
had for these lines by western merchants.
We do not consider any additional legislation
necessary No further instructions upon the
| commerce between the United States and
Canada by the water routes should be toler-
ated, but this committee would recommend
the enforcement of the interstate commerce
act and such laws as pertain to the bonded
regulation of the United States products
l passing over the great commercial
highways of Canada as will allow them to
pass untrammelled in the future as in the
past The adoption of any legislative meas
/ ures calculated to restrict the transportation
facilities now enjoyed by all will in the opin-
| ion of the committee bury in impenetrable
oblivion the party that accomplished 1t. u
The committee also suggested additional leg
isIation to make it unlawful for railway cor
porations to combine for the formation of
railway associations like the trunk line, GEN.
trail traffic, southwestern and Interstate
l commerce railway associations or railway
trusts of any description, believing they de-
etroy competition and evade the law.
This statement appeared to come unex-
pectedly to the committee and created SEN
sationy. The Immediately abandoned tempo
| rarily the consideration of the relations with
Canada to develop the board of trade idea OF
| traffic associations and pools. 'This is in
| deed an important question:" said Senator
l Hiscock, ''and the attitude of the board of
l trade in this city is considerable of a sur
prise to me. The consensus of public
l opinion, both among railroad men and ship
| pers and particularly in Boston where we
| were last in session Is that these associations
! and agreements are the only solution of the
present complication. I would like to ask
whether the denunciatory sentences In your
| report are deliberate opinion or are merely
| rhetoricsli' .-.
| The committee evidently did not anticipate
/ this turn of affairs and evaded an immediate
II answer on tU0 pIOtSsU Uuht tucy ulu NV ua~
derstand they were present to consider the
question of pools. Individual members
| of the committee were then examined
on this and other points and from
each was elected the strongest oppo
| sition to any traffic agreement or differ
entails after the weaker roads ON the ground
that it prevented free competition. Mr..
Clarke was asked if he thought present traf
&c and differentials should be abandoned fol
the old rates. He replied, saying he though
| the traffic associations had never been sue.
cessful. He also said he thought rates were
higher.
Senator Regain asked: sis the policy of {
stronger road allowing differential to g
| weaker road good ones" ''It might pre-.
vent a rate war;" said Mr.. Clarke. VIM. j
Polk, opposed traffic associations because
they were un-American and induced ar
Indifference to the wants of the
trade. A. NJ. Wright formerly presi
dent of the board of trade, said pool
ing bad always operated against Chicago
affording the lines opportunities to cut be-
fore and after the adoption of the inter state
law. HI. F. Dousman and w. W. Wicker
traffic manager of the Chicago and North
western railway, were also examined. The
latter explained the making of seaboart
rates. The committee finished Its work this
afternoon and left for the east, with the ex
i oaDtio, Of Ghairna Cpllopo