The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-17
RIILROID TR4NSPORTATION.
The Commercial Congress Discuss the Quos
tion Of the Control of Traffic.

Kansas CITY. Mo. April ga heavy thun-
der storm caused delay in the assembling Of
the Commercial Congress this morning and
it was 10 o'clock before the gavel fell.
James Peabody. Of Chicago. read paper on
rnilroad pools HIS argument WAS on the asser-
ton that 10 was not 50 much low rates that
people needed AS II Wa, stable rates
1. W. Blair read a paper on 'Innsporta-
ton He branched OH quickly t. the ques-
ton Of currency ana advocated initiation. He
prcdlcf'd that II "a change was not soon made
there wlnld come q total loss OF foreign trade.
He said he wanted free trade but wanted 1t
qualified bv reciprocitv Wealth was the bauc
OF commerce at present
Delegate Brown. If Arkansas announced
that he Lad been -udlenly called home and
was excused from the Committee on Resou-
tlnns
Amemoria was read from he Chamber Of
Commerce OF New York lily on oyeriows ana
one from san Francisco.
The Committee ou Resolutions adopted
resolution asking for the free and unlimited
coiutg, silver asking that the Government
issue n lcgal-tendor note. which shall be pny
able ln goidor silver. sufficient to- do the busi-
ness of the country and asking that tarh
for re'cnuc only bee passed.
TRANSFORMATIONS DISCUSSED.
Mr. ~ H. Schewppc president If the
Wholesale GrOceIS A--0clatiOu. Of ~. LOUIS.
spoke ou TRANSFORMATION. He said the prob
lem # railroad rates was one long struggle
involving intrigue and hypocrisy ON the part
of officials and shippers IL was not rccoe-
nlrd that railroads were public trusts :, ana 10
was right and just that they should bee rcgu-
lated for the benefit If those who held the
ponds. HE great danger. hr SAID, ot pools Is
the tendency 20 ccutuli1atlon and IL does mo-
good % any one. lle thought the National
government should control the triihc Oh AL
Taiiro1is, AS It now control, the interstate
uaihc-
senator '"riiah S'.1 lH"' .3"Io"is "et'
l'H '' lh' ur'' 'lil'"l Oh 'H' Pee P'' pMluE ~
lle t'IihS oil 'Ae 'lo'A ana the loha anu
sA,i hiaL o.
John L. Coniorih. of Denver. Col spoke,
Yl tH' nchrhi9 OF iulipaI7. Npee'He9 H1'
b'r- mhde hriof' ihr uhTTc-3 10y men WHO
condemned me railroads.. hc snn. ana lnese
same mon hHd come west ana pyuEAl INV
einment land at -l.Z5 per acre; and were DO"
Offering it for sale for =. 90 amt = per acre
ana giving MS an excuse for the hien price the
single iact tlot a railroad passed through
Their land MlS-.url, Iowa. Nehrasha Nan
sas and several Of the Northwestern state
had naugahie waterways ana were lhd'-
pendent oi fmir'ade. but 'he1e was Nasl
domain west oi the most eastern nav Sa3ie
Nyul,I-Nay that COMPRISED on h'-H"n oL lle
IN. o,'..'A ''-''-9 ''ii''"'9 "N''H H''7 i' "''''
M""f HAiAh'A"9 NEhDiD'
Railroads Jed the advance of civilization
and industry and IN the western country
they should be- built so numerously that they
would make MS surface hbrous with rails.
G.. 5. Dietrichs. Of Hastings. Ncb.. read
paper on transportation m support OF
resolution offered by him. providing that the
Interstate Commerce Commission should
have supervision and a limited control Of
railroads
State Senator Swiizor. of Nebraska. thought
that thi. question of transportation was the
most important before the Congress. lie
advised tha, the Congress consider the mat
ter thoroughly and attempt 20 propose
remedy.
James Madison. Of Massachusetts,, Speaker
of the lower house of the Legislature of the
s. 'o loped tho Congress would be liberal
with and tolerant ot railroads. Railroads
had made the West what it was. II hnd made
% garden out 0f the great American desert. Il
had dotted the plains with cities. and had
formed au empire iu th" West. lie hoped,
Therefore. the Congress would treat the rail
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