Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-30
THE u. P. BOYCOTT.
The Management Not at All
Alarmed as to Results.
TWO FUNDAMENTAL ERRORS
Is Joseph Eimmos Text Tor an Article in the
Railway Aga Heroic hol unrewarded.
Danger Of Top Brakes Other Raft
road h0ws Of interest
THE UNION PACIFIC BOYCOTT

by the rvccnt action of the Union PaCihc
In refusing ~ interchange 0ue-Wuy pas
sanger business with the itOck Island.
the Atchisuu and Burlington. nys the
Omaha bee. This action on the part OF
tho Union Pacific furnishes subject
Tor conversation iu every railroad Office
in the country.
Both sides are loaded with facts and
6Eures showing that The other side b.
getting the worst VI tue con rst bus tue
one fact patent 10 all Is that 10 rs cost
ing much more to obtain business under
the present plan than before the trouble
began. Higher commissions are being
paid and rates are being cut ON the quiet
which. ~ course h1s q tendency 30 dc-
moralizc business. aud the outcome js
being watched with fevcrish anxiety 10y
those directly Interested.
IL Is really the harvest Of the coupon
agent, and he is cutting his hay while
the sun shines.
The assertion of n Chicago paper that
jay GOulls "lns' official ACT was TO APP
prove ihc subsequent notice OF the Union
Pacific refusing To- interchange onc-way
passenger business. except 90 Fort Worth
aud the Missouri afforded the officials
&c headquarters good deal Of quiet
fun
When one remembers that Mr..
Gould WIS never bothered with the dry
detail of business. such as this action
when the step was first tukcu Go meet
the boycott of the Rio Grundc Western
and allied lines iu Withdrawing round
| trip tickets ON sale Ht common points,
the humur of the assertion Dr. apparent.
The second stop. while contemplated for
long time. was iu nowi-r submitted
TO Mr. Gould Tie lpft tlp operation Of
the road entirely in The hands Of his
trusted licutonDut Mr. Clark. md to
him belongs the credit of innuwrntng
the wurlike movement on the part Of the
Union Pacific iu 70 muturl boycott Of
the largest proportions in railroad his
tory
Mr. Gould was mover consulted about
the first step tpkru tp meet the boycott
Of tho Rio Gruuir Western because he
had faith BOO the ability OF the men whom
he placed 600 the head uf the Union Pucif-
ic system. and hc did MOI want 10 be-
hnrricd with every trihiur detail uf buN-
ness GOuld's interests were tOu vast,
his mind was upon greater problems
than how 30 meet huvrutt Of rival
line. That belonged entirely % the exc
cutiyo department of the road,
The s1mc paper also SAYS,
The Union Pacific b, now rendy 10
tnkc still further action ON the offensive.
As soon as Worlds fair rates are spt-
tied tho rnnd will reduce the running
time of THROUGH trains iu connection With
the Northwestern from Nhiclru 20 Port
l land ~ thirtv-siX hours less than via any
other line At the same time II win
put on CORRESPONDING rain sprVrc
with The Alton via knusns CITY -
hours shorter than any other line. This
viii wnkc no thr Northern pnciNr 90 the
necessity Of faster train service and
involve ull the iruuscOnimcntul lucg In
l q contest ot time " not IN ono of rates.
Mr.. Dickinson, when shown 'hc Item,
/ said. There has been absolutely no
/ talk about the running hmc or trains
! We nrc now twcuty-fuUr hours nhCad
/ of the Northern pnciGr into Portland,
| and that win suffice for n tiuc at least
Some time ago tho northern Pacific
| WIS forced 60 take on one ri IT, trains
| presumably on account of POOR business
| aud lately we have seriously considered
/ doing the same thing. But aftcr think
| inr the matter over taking into consider
alton that quite often We would have 10
| put ON nm rNtrn tu tpEo care Ot the husi-
| ucss thut couchcs would have ~ be- Mt
! tarhol IN ihc rerWnr trnin to root tho
/ demands of the travelling public and
| that ueCrssnrilv irolus would Pee late into
| Portland because of the increased husi-
J ness decided 90 continue running The
/ rorllpr trains even Il no lose for the
! time being for travel has hopu cN-
| cccdingly light recently. However,
business 10 now pichiu~ mn pgRiu aud
| everybody rs correspondence happy
FUNDAMENTAL ERRORS.
In nm article In ,hc Hallway Axe and
| Northwestern RuilrOadrr this wpr, MIR
Joseph Nimmo, lr., viii point out what
| lac considers two fundamental errors in
! the Interstate commerce net. He says;
FIRST, 10 embraces provisions which. in
| q rather vague and uncertain manner.
seem 10 confer upon the commission the
| power OF rate making. Since is or
| gumiEatiuL thc Interstate commerce com.
! mission has been ailoat upOn a sea of
! speculation In regard tO The question ny
| 10 whether it does or docs not possess
| that power; also as 10 the conditions
Under which IL shall be- exercised |
maintain, Tor reasons for which II is un.
! necessary 20 elaborate here, thNl the eN,
| erp.Se ut such power 10y the national gov
| eminent b. m-Jcncrsonian, un-American
and opposed 10 sound principles OF public
| policy. The second error involved In the
! Interstate commerce act relates TO the
! equally uncertain function of forcing
| railroad companies TO connect their lines
! aud "a enter into these traffic arrange
meuts whereby the American railroad
system sprung into existence This Ia,
wolves the error of rate mahiug as we'll
as that OF meddliug with the course OF
the development of the commercial inter,
est3 of the couutry-a line of procedure
| which the lessons uf our political aud
commercial experience rcpel such inter.
ferpuCC with tho Industrial Interests ui
the country may respnnd to the ebulli.
lions of passion and To- apparent exigen,
cies which would hetray the law making
power into vain eXpcdients IN tho nature
OF attempts tu circumvcut firmly cAtab
lished principles of American liberty, buI
they can acquire no permanent place IN
the governmental policy ui thls country.
On this subject OF pooling agreements
| Mr. NimmO says:
| Tie agreement as 20 the nppnrtion,
ment of traffic is the cnrOllaly of the rate
agreement The former is no more In
restraint of competition than h the lat.
ter Both restrain destructive competi.
Jon, which runs 20 disorder This Is not
theory, nor can it be refutpd by theory
lt is a fact mcucated 10y the hard les.
sons Of actual experience. When the
people of this country come 90 realize
this important truth. as they certainly
will, and TO impose upon their representa-,
tiyes in legislative assemblies HE duty
Of conforming the laws OF the country
10 this natural law or the American rail.
road system, then, and not until then.
wiz that system become nm orderly and
self-regulated institution
HEROIC ACT UNREW AItDED.
The heroic act Of Richnrl Men recalls
n very similar but uureWardnd incident
In Il wreck ON the Alonon SOME wears npo.
The wcck before Chriaimns had been
one of unusually winy weather. Across
the little stream called Blue river, about
one milo oast of Salem, was a railroad