St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-14

after he had made apologies and prom
ses for better conduct III the future,
etc. and he again obtained supply OF
coal.
IL Was a Combine.
The Minnesota Anthracite Coal aSs0-
citation. the predecessor of the present
Bureau OF Coal Statistics, was an lhSu-
tution formed for the same purpose, out
operated upon a different plan, VIZ;
maintain and enforce uniform price IN
coal 10 the consumer by system OF
fines deducted from guaranty fund TOT
a departure, deposited with the chalr-
man Of the association.
YOnr committee has caused the ar
rest of said Rhodes for perjury, ana
has also submitted the attorney gen
eral of the state portions OF the leSlE
mOny taken by 1t, with view CT lur
Their prosecutions, both for perjury ana
conspiracy. under the laws OF the state.
You are aware OF the succeSSiVe'StepS
taken hy YOUR committee, not only TO
secure evidence against these con-
snirators. but to retain the same after IL
had been secured. We believe that your
committee has acted strictly in accord
ance with parliamentary uSageS as con-
strued bV the best writer's on parlla-
mentary law and practice. and II there
were no precedent for the action OF
vour committee, in view OF all me CIT
cumstapceS. the COMMITTEES Stlll OelleVe
that the time has come when a
new milestone along the path OF prog
ress should be established, and the en-
five peOple. not ouiy of this community,
but of the entire country, AFTER care
full survey of the situation as IL con,
frOnted your committee, has lndOrSeu
and commended our action. Ii would
be strange state OF affairs II commit
tee appointed to investigate, VINO oeihg
aware of the existence, ana IN TACT
were, in view or the very evidence
itself, could not seize 1t Tor the lpoSe
of inspecting il.
Your are cOgniZant of the numerous
measures introduced from time to time
by either the committee or its members,
many of which have passed both houses
and become laWS-meaSureS Wnlch we
believe will afford much RELIEF 10 the
people.
We take this opportunity in thanking
YOU most cordially for the hearty man
ner in which you have sustained us IN
our every effort to rid our state or TINS
most perniciOuS and outrageous COM
bination which has done so much TO
blight the industries of this state and 10
impoyerlSh Is people.
Down with E1xOrbitaHt Tariffs. .
Your committee have had the matter
of railroad tariffs on coal IN this state
under consideration and would recon-
that the attention of the board OF rail-
road and warehouse commissioners De
called to the present rates, which your
committee believe are much too hlgn,
and we have been informed that they
have not been revised for years.
We trust a revision will be made and
this measure of relief be granted the
people.
From the facts aforesaid your commit
tee concludes that the consolidation or
the wholesalers controlling this supply
of coal at the head of the great lakes,
who would otherwise be competitors,
naturally and obviously result IN IN
creased prices for coal III this state;
That said combination may, at its
pleasure, if it has not already done so,
advance coal to an unreasonable and
eXtortionate rate:
That eYerSince the combinations here
inbefore spoken OF were formed, the
price of coal has steadily advanced ana
threatens 80 still further advance;
That these advances have originated
in the wholesale branch of the business,
and are not due TO any natural tiuctua-
ton in the value of the commodity, but
rather the result of the destruction of
competition among the wholesalers and
the uniform rate eXacted by the trans
pOrtatlon companies who operate in
harmony with the designs OF these local
coal barOnS.
That such combinations are contrary
to sound public policy, and are extremely
dangerous to the interests OF the state
and the welfare of the people thereof,
and has placed in the hands and within
the power of selfish, unpubllc-Spir-
tied, and cruel aggregation one OF the
absolute neceSsarieS Of life in this eli
mate. 1t would be very lamentable
state of affairs if our courts cannot rem
edy this evil that is rapidly reducing
our people 10 beggary, and of blighting
and bankrupting our infant industries.
Conclusions of the Committee.
That the question of fuel, in view of
the attitude of those who control the
supply thereof, is one that requires the
best thoughts of our greatest thinkers,
and combination Of the character here
in shown 10 exist must be dealt with by
those charged with the duty of enfOrc-
ing the law with fearless and persistent
energy and tireleSS activity.
That the effects of the formation of
this combination has been most pecul-
iarly unfortunate, as it has resulted in
fixing an unconscionably and eXtOrtiOn-
ately high price for fuel during the past
season, VIXEN the prevailing low price
of wheat and the lack of employment
among the poor in our large cities rem
dered its burdens dOubly hard to bear.
Therefore your committee report that
the attention Of the governor be directed
to the evils the people are now suffering
under from this and other like cOmbina-
lions, and respectfully urge that the
power of the state be eXerted to the ut
most. to the end that they may be re-
lieved from the great dangers that
threaten them, and, II no adequate rem
edy can be had in our own courts, that
these vicious and demoralizing comb
nations De prosecuted under the federal
law in the courts of the United States.
Respectfully submitted,
IGNATIUS DONNELLY,P. b. WINSTON.
r. A. WALSH, JAMES a. BOGGS,
II. Z. BJORGE, FRANK L.MORSE,
WM. LOCKWOOD, Ii. Ii. HORTON.
In consequence of a serious Illness
which prevented my attendance upon
the meetings of the committee for more
than a month, during which time its
most important investigations were
made, [ am notable to subscribe to the
foregoing report. / concur in the con-
Guiding paragraph directing the atten-
ton of the governor to the statements
set forth in the report.
WILLIAM 3. DEAN.
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