St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-06
SAINT PAUL.
A BILL D1SSECTED.
Mckenzie Wades Into the Pend
ing Anti-SCalpers'
Bill,
And Shows 1t Is Not Really in
the Interests Of the
People.

1t is expected that the anti-scalpers
bill will come up in the legislature this
morning, and in the hotels last evening
the talk among the members of that
body was principally on the subject of
the bill. 1t was discussed at length, and
all of the details were carefully can
vassed. George NJ. Mckenzie, one of
the members of the executive commit
tee of the American Ticket Brokers
association, is in the city for the pur-
pose of working in the interests of tn e
association, and explaining the points
in the bill as they look to the members
of the association.
lit is strange thing" said Mr.. Nc
Kenzie, "but the people, as a general
thing, do not understand The bill and
its full meaning. When the bill is care
fully looked into it can be seen that it is
not in favor of the people at all, but it
is against their interests. have studied
the bill from every standpoint, and L
have arrived at the conclusion that the
people will not be benefited in the least
by the passage of the bill. When you
take the BIZ. part by part it can be
readily seen that it is not in the inter-
ests OF the people"
Section l provides for issuing a GER
tificate of authority TO persons to sell
railroad tickets. The person holding
such a certificate is entitled to a license
issued by the secretary OF state on pay
ment of s.. Under the provisions of
this Dill this license is perpetual, and
even although the company might be-
come bankrupt and its property sold
and 20 out OF existence, and have its
charter forfeited, still this agent would
be authorized to sell tickets so long as
its trains ran over the tracks of this
load.
section provides that it shall not
be lawful for any person not in the
possession of such certificate to sell rail-
road tickets, even though the lines of
the company may be wholly without the
state. The person who violates section
, and sells his ticket, whether he be a
citizen pursuing some other avocation
or broker engaged in the business of
| selling tickets, goes to prison for one
year.
Section 5 provides for the redemption
of railroad tickets, or, rather, purports
! to provide for same. 1t must be OBJ
served, however, that only such tickets
! can be redeemed under this section as
! are sold by agents authorized under
this act. In other words, ticket issued
! outside of the state of Minnesota has no
| redemption value whatever, and if, per-
chance, sold by an innocent purchaser,
| such sale carries with 1t the penalty
| of Imprisonment for one year. He
! who buys ticket in Chicago or
J New York and arrives in St. Paul or
! Minneapolis can neither sell his ticket
] 10 any person at any price, nor can he
! have il redeemed under this act, be-
cause it Was not issued by an agent i'll
this state. This act completely perfects
| the trust or traffic agreement between
| railroad companies, and allows them to
| make and enforce such rates as they
| choose. Should line leading from
| Chicago to New York not completely
/ obey the dictates Of the lines leading
| from Minnesota to Chicago such line
; could be disciplined to the extent that
! no tickets would be sold via tue Min
! nesota lines over the foreign line.
| This foreign line might choose to make
; rate from Chicago TO New York Of
! $40, instead of $50, which is the regular
! trust rate. Ii might choose to give to
! people of Minnesota the benefit of the
competition existing east of Chicago, but
! in order to do so, their agent whom they
might send 10 st. Paul 10 sell these
! tickets would be compelled TO furnish
tickets f!cm ST. Paul to Chicago 10 use