Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-14
COMMERCIAL MEN MEET,
REPRESENTATIVES, GATHERING IN
WASHINGTON YESTERDAY.
MANY Leading cit's~ns Gather To-
ssthcr--impcrtant Proposed Leg
isiasion = Contracts netween
Common Carriers Discussed.


ny Assocfntcu t'rNfa.
Washington, June -s.--Reprcsentn-
tives Of various commercial bodies mot
here today Tor the purpose OF express
ing the views OF business interests on
the Patterson railroad pooling bill. The
gathering incluucd members OF The ma
tionai board of trade, the national
transportation association and the in
tcratatc commerce commission. 4 per-
mencnt Organization WIS erected as
follows;
Prosident--Aiden spear. Boston; vice.
president. y. X. Francis st. L,iuis.
secretary, Edward A. Mosely. Wash
ington. The following persons are In
attendance: ID. @. ball and c. N.
osEood, Merchants Exchange. st,
Louis. Jerome Carly, Manufacturers
club OF Philadelphia and general coun-
BEL OF the National Transportation as
ISOLATION. Charles IL CLARK. Mnnufac-
turers club OF Philadelphia, John j.
curlcy, John Fiold, Walter " HaKnn
and ~ q. Elliott. Union committee OF
Philadelphia; u. y. Erwin. Indianapolis
board % trade, Charles ", Wheeler.
Cleveland chamber OF commorcci IL. r.
pousuan OF ChcnRo, Ambrose Snow
OF New York aud John a. Gano. COM
mcrcial bodies uf Cincinnati, were also
among those prrsont
Aftor the reading OF the report. the
remainder OF tho time before the re-
cess was connuincd IN a discussion of
the bill OF Commissioners Morrison,
Voasy and Knapp,
After the rocOes considerable atten-
ton was given tc The consideration OF
the nrst section OF the bill, which per-
mita conmon CARRIERS to enter Into
contracts agrccmepta or arrangements
enforceable between themselves. Tho
main objection pointed out by the dele
gates was TO parenthoticAl clause
(which has NOT been dlsnpproNed,"
referring TO contracts, the operation
OF which the commlaaion Is 10 observe.
Y waa held generally in the argument
thnt tina clause was ambiguous The
argument was participated In by ok
Gov. Francis, Chnrlrs Heher CLARK, Jc-
rome Carly OF Philadelphia and Cone
fnisaioncrs Morrison aud Knapp. Tho
matter was ilnnlly concluded by chang
lng the clause ~ na to reads (which
has gone into eject"
John A. Gano OF Cincinnati repre-
senting the national board Of trade,
charged that merchants usually tnkc
advantage Of the railroads aud honenty
on the part of both would result In the
upelcssnoaa OF the Interstate commerce
commission an well na Of mercantile nn-
aociatlona, Ex-Governor Francis OF
Missouri also spoke In favor of the
bill. The following resolution, re-
ported by Gov. Francis, YVES unaimous-
iy adopted,
"Thc representatives OF commercial
interests and convention of railroad
commissioners here assembled thor
oughly believing In the principle UNI
DERIVING the intcrntnte commerce law,
and that ita rigorous enforcement would
be equally conducive TO good
business mornls and financial health
OF the corporations subject to Il. yet
recognising the fact that this law. deal
Ing with u great subject IN new way
IN largely tentative ana must there
fore be strengthened and improved M
time and trial ahow the need. und
point out tho way. Therefore be II
Resolved. That we hereby npproye
of the provisions OF house bill f27J. en-
titled - bill 60 amend an nct entitled
An act TO rcgulnto conanrca,' APP
proved February 4, 1881, commonly
known az the Patterson bill.'"
The convention adjourned late In the
afternoon. Tho following were APP
pointed n permanent committee to cons
fer with representatives OF variouR nH-
sociationn ana transportation interests
~ securing passage VI amendments TO
the interstate commerce laws; Alden
Spear OF InRton. chairmnni w. q.
Bishop, Baltimore; u, T., Wilson. Gin
cinnau; J. H. Paddock, Illinois; and
Charles n, Wheeler. Cleveland.