Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-28
From tho Press,
a GREAT FAROD.

house of representatives started ouV
with a great flourish OF trumpets TO
have an investigation OF the stock
yards at Kansas City, Kan. A day
and half was spent over the APP
pointment of the committee, and the
burden of talk was to secure a com
mittee whose members would not sue
cumb to the wlles and Establishments
of the trained bunco steerers OF the
stock yards. The committee was at
last secured. 1t marched up the
hill and marched down again and
yesterday handed into the house
what it called a report, which report
mainly consisted in recommendations
to kill the bills introduced to regu-
late the charges and management OF
the stock yards.
Yesterday afternoon Chairman
Powers carried an arm full Of rolls to
the desk. 1t was the stock yards
committees alleged report. Its only
recommendation was that the senate
stock yards bill be killed. The bal
ance of the armful Of paper was
worthless evidence accumulated by
the committee and which did not hurt
the stock yards bit.
MIR. Lambert wanted the report
printed SO that it could be read by
the members,
Mr.. Powers said that the only re-
port, aside from the evidence which
the committee had gathered, was
found in the unfavorabe recommen-
dation upon the bills returned.
MIR. Lambert, of Lyon, asked what
good the testimony would do any
member if hearing it and considering
it for three weeks had not made suffi-
Gent impression upon them to enable
them to make report.
MIR. Warner, of Cherokee, said the
form of the report was a great sur
PRISE to him; that any notary public
could have simply taken testimony.
Mr.. Tough, Of Labette, one OF the
committee, explained that after con-
siderlng the matter fully the commit
tee came to the conclusion that 1t
would be best to submit the testl-
mony and let unfavorable report on
the bills stand for the committees
report.
Mr.. Lambert-Did you investigate
anybody but the men who operate the
stock yards?
MIR. Lough-Yes sir, we called in
commission men and employees Of the
yards as we'll as officers. We were
not authorized to 60 further,
Mr.. Robinson, of Jackson,-Could
you draw no conclusions from the
evidences
Mr.. Lough-The evidence was SO
clear we did not consider it necessary.
Have the testimony read.
Mr.. Robinson~We will hardly have
time during the remainder of the
session to read the evidence it has
taken 10 days to prepare.
Mr.. Cannon, of Kingman, objected
to any further waste of time on this
question, and moved the regular or
der. The speaker ordered the regu-
lar order and a motion by Mr., War
ner to postpone special orders was
voted down, thereby sidetracking the
stock yards bill.
And thus ended the farce Of a leg.
islative investigation Of one of the
most stupendous monopolies in the
state of Kansas,
In this report the committee sale
that the stock yards people were
selling shippers hay for one cent a
pound and giving them water free
and then after the stock had filled ny
on them, weigh the animals and thus
buy the one cent hay aud free wate
back at three to five cents; and thu
the shippers robbed the Kansas Git!
stockmen, instead Of the stockmeI
robbing the shippers.
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