The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-06
ON RATE POOLING
Mr.. Patterson Makes a
Speech.
HE FAVORS THE SYSTEM
AS Being Rather More Fair to
the Shipper.
VEST BECOMES A CONVERT.
Now the Most Enthusiastic Advo.
cate of Changing the Rules
of the Senate.
VEST BECOMES A CONVERT.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 4. - Immediately
after the reading of the journal in the
House to-day English of North Carolina
asked unanimous consent for the consider
alton of bill. SayreS Of Texas objected,
whereupon English promptly objected to a
resolution offered by Blair of Ohio calling
on the President to furnish the House, il
not incompatible with the public interest,
with all correspondence, Geographic and
otherwise. between this country and
China, relating TO the war between China
and Japan. The resolution went TO the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. English
then demanded the regular order of bust
ness.
In the morning McRae 3D. of Arkansas,
from the Committee on Public Lands,
called up the bill to prevent the free use of
timber on public lands and to prevent fur
Their issue of permits for cutting timber in
Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona. The
section Of the bill repeating the act of
Marcn g. 1891, fixing a limitation of five
years against the United States for the in
stitution of suits to vacate land patents
met strenuous opposition, and 1T was
amended so as to exempt patents issued to
individual settlers. As amended the bill
was passed.
a bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to receive I'm satisfactory military
bounty land warrants under the act of
1858 at the rate of 81 % per acre in pay
ment of lands located under subsequent
acts was also passed.
Richardson 3D. of Tennessee called up
the conference report on the printing bill
which was under consideration yesterday.
The report was adopted-136 to %.
Cultivate, from the Committee on
Rules, presented the special order for the
consideration of the railroad pooling bill
each day after the morning hour until dis
posed off. The order was agreed to with
out division. The object of the bill is to
authorize competing common carriers, sub
ject TO the provisions of the interstate COM
meree act, to enter into contracts for the
division of their gross or net earnings and
TO secure more expeditions and efficient
enforeementof that law. Applications for
pooling, together with copies of the con-
tracts. must, according TO the terms of the
bill, be filed with the commission, and IN
less disapprOved become operative twenty
days after filing. Another section requires
annual reports from railroads, including
answers to all questions asked by the
com mission, with fines for defanlt.
Patterson 3D. of Tennessee, who was in
charge of the bill, dwell al length on the
oppressiveness of Illegal tting for
the benefit OF large shippers, citing as an
example the Armour Beef-Packing Com
pany at Chicago. That com Dine, he said,
handled In dollars more beef than the en-
tire cotton crop of the United States
amounted TO. The rates made for this
corporation practically drove small COM
pettors from the field, and fixed the price
of every bullock on every farm In the
South aud West. Under the present law,
he said, IL was impossible TO secure con-
victiGns for violation of the anti-pooling
section because both parties to the cut
rate were equally guilty before the law,
and one could not be made to testify
against the other. The pending bill would
compel testimony. and did not aim at the
punishment of the clerk or agent. but of
the railroad company itself. Cannon did
not think administrative functions and re-
spOnsibiites should be shouldered on to
the courts. but that the revoking of pooling
arrangements should be within the control
OF the commission. Upon the conclusion
OF Patterson's remarks, the House, at 5
O'Clock, adjourned,