The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-09
SENATOR vesr's BILLS.
1~of Nsassr~s 1ntrods ~ed lasc the senate
Weassine To the Great B~~s Com,sw.,

Ceo"P""i'u nis refott from the Select
Committee ON Mea, Product, ycS.
terday with an explanation. lie
aid h \ the committee had inx.s,,.
gated the subject very fully and had ~.
ported four measures for the considers.
ton Of the Senate.
The first was q coucurr,n, r,~solp.i,n
asking the President o, the United
States to i%nauguratc diplomatic CORE.
spondcnce with the authorities 81 Gr-a,
Britain to bring about a repeal or muii.
ncation OF the existing quarantine
lations OF the United Kingdom.
The next measure was one proyidln.
for . National inspection law and re-.
curing that all live cattle should be- in.
spectcd when exported. and also tina,
cattle intended for expectation or tho
meat OF which was Intended for
ton. should b~ subject 10 inspection at
the places where killed.
The third measure was intended Ia
prohibit the monopoly now practlccd a..
Ia h storage capacity Of steamships
carrying cattle Ia foreign countries.
The evidence has shown very conclu.
Sively thai in the port Of New York the
practice lad obtained among the steam.
ship companies belonging ~ foreign ma.
tons (thcrc being no American line,l
Of leasing or contracting sometimes
. single vessel, sometimes all the yes-
cells Of the linc for y number ~ months
In advance, To person, and the re-
suit was that the shipper who Was no,
the favored contractor had no optor.
tunity OF putting his cattle IN the FOR.
eiRn market ~ oil. The agents Of tho
steamship iines had appeared before tho
committee and had frankly a,ow.d that
they did not propose {, divide the stow.
sgc capacity OF any vessel between two
or more shippers, and had given a. q
reason for 1t ~ ason no, satisfactory
70 the comm ittcrl that when they had
divided up their stock capacity between
two or more persons IL resulted In dim.
cultics and s~quabblcs between the EN-.
ployes Of the cattle owners 10 the annoy.
ance and Inconvenience Of the officers
Of the vessel.
Tho fourth ~ the bills reported was
n intended 90 prevent the di~crimina.
tion VIII Oh now existed on all the rail.
roads belonging 10 the Trunk Lines AS
ISOLATION land that embraced all tho
roads running from Chicago east under
which no mileage was given "a any Of
the improved cattle ears CARRYING live
cattle from the West 10 the East. Tho
evidence showed that On the lines vest
of Chicago belonging % the Central
Traffic Association mileage Of from one
"a -. cents q mile was given "a cattle
carried. whether improved or unim.
proved, that belonged TO private In
dividuals. A. between railroad com.
panics . custom had obtained and MAS
generally observed by which . company
using tho cars Of another corporation
paid . mileage of thrcc-quArtcrs % .
cen each way for the use Of the cars.
The evidence showed that on the lines
cast Of Chicago the refrigerator cars In
which dressed beef dead beef vas coo.
vcycd received q mileage Of thrc"9uar.
ters OF q cent each way, although they
weic hauled back empty. but improved
cars in which the live cattle were trans
ported. ON the same roads. received no
mileage Ut all since June, lsss, by resp
luton Of the Trunk Lines Association.
The Judgment Of IN" committee was
that this Was an unjust discrimination
against live cattle and the committee
had reported a bill amending III" Inter
STATE Commerce act ~ a. to proAibi,
that abuse. Tho bills were subma tied
With the report.
Mr.. Vest called tho attention q the
cOmM.ittecs on eac h side Of the chamber
which had control VI the order Of bust.
ness Of the senate "a the importAne" Of
those measures ~ the cattle iniereSs Of
very depressed condition. The select
,omnittee WAS powcrless 10 bring shout
IN early consideration Of those tills-
The matter wsa entirely under the con.
troll e those two committee and of che
Senae eventually. and he asked in tho
namA Of the cattle rAisers Of the ceun.
Try tA1f the bills bc taken up and con
siAeseA 81 IN early day.
Mr.. flstt said he regarded tho susy-s-
which ought 70 b. considered by sh~
senate ~ On early day. He assured the
senator from Missouri that 80 far - he
vas ~c.ncorned and 70 far - be rrwe-
sentsA his friends on his aide 81 IN"
chAmhrr he would do his best In tAst
directtm.
Mr.. Cullom, chsirmsn ~ tho Commit
to on lsseY-Staie Commerce, recognised
the Importance Of the measures ~ torted
sad DECEASED himself anxious To ~cur
tAsir css,y consideration.
noiiWsy savgeo~s Moot
KASsAs CRY. Mo-. May ?.-The third
annual oSossn,ion Of the National AZ.
s~nriAtioa - Railway Surgeons a.
srmbled - the Gillis Opera Houss.
About iossf che bleeding railway surgeons
NJ the Catssl States are In the city
- stt~nAasre upon the Convention.
The sessios 49, opened by . prayer by
d. .- a.. Hax-s ss