The times., 1897-12-17
FAVORING RAILROAD POOLS.
NATIONAL Board OF Trade Adopts a
Resolution 10 That End.

Nationab Board of Trade Adopts "a
Resolution 10 rhat End.
The National Board OF Trade, after a
warm and prDtracted discussion, yester-
dav passed Il resolution recommending
the amendment Of the interstate commerce
act 20 the end that railway pools be legal
lied. The resolution, reported hy Mr..
Thurber Sli behalf OF a majority Of tine
COMMITTEES on railway pooling was as
follows:
Resolved. That Congress be respectfully
urged TO 50 amend tfe interstate com
mere law > To permit railroads engaged
In Interstate traffic 20 enter into pooling
ARA uEefnents. sO-Cdiled, under the super
vision and control OF the Interstate tu!h-
merce Commission.
.,t. ...i..tl...si.a.,aiu of 81. Louis, presented
III. minority repor, OF th@ committee. He
! denounced railway pooling rs ini'uieal 10
trade and hostile 10 pubic interest. II pro
t,cte5t railroads FROM that competition 10
| which every other fue Of trade must submit.
Mr. smith, OF Toledo, read long euloEN u
railway poois and declared that if ra!l|i -
| were allowed the privilege Of pooling uu.itr
restraint Of the Interstate commerce coif
mission, the idea OF pools would be at
| tanned.
| Mr.. jenkins, of Kansas City, attacked he
proposition with vigor. II would mean
| mayitll ru cE argos and Iutuuuum service. 1t
| would erect the greatest Of all trusts
| gigantic transportation trust
Mr. Kelly read an editorial from Nsw
| York trade paper advocating pooling.
| NIr. stone OF Chicago. denounced the pl1n
| sSfph4rrroniousw with American institutions.
| He mali tafnedthattre people were not made
| for the railroads but that the railroads
| were made for tine people.
| Mr.. Berry, of PENNSYLVANIA, did not be-
| Heve a railway pool would benefit ground
| floor producprs, and he would therefore op-
| pose it. The producer was the engine Of
our national train, and until the engine
moved the train must stand still. II was
useless to try 10 move the train by the
! use of the jacK-screws of protection and
| other forms Of subsidy. Build fires in the
| fire-boX of the engine. Corporations could
| not be- prosperous till the producers, on
| whom they depended for support were
PROSPEROUS. The one great remedy was
! an increase in the volume Of money. He
| offered as d substitute for the pooling
| resolution one recommending the coinage
OF silver iEto legal tender money at tue
| ratio of 1G to l, His resolution found no
second.
Messrs Leeson Of Boston, Coates OF Bos-
| ton, Anderson OF Pittsburg, Campbell Of
| New York, HoC per Of New York, Tucker Of
| Philadelphia, and others spoke in favor
| of pooling. The resolution was carried.
| Reports from comnittees favoring the
establishment OF a department Of com
! merCe, a IerIDa neut tariff commission, an
| international monetary unit, the use OF
| English terms for the metric system, meas
! urement BY weight more accurate crop
reports and the protection of forests, were
! adopte0 The report OF the cons sular
committee, recommending that consular
| offices be Withdrawn from politics, was
adopted.
zen. George II. Harries, representing the
WashiE gtun Poard of Trade. offered a res
| olution indorsing the merit system in the
| civil service OF the Government. 1t was
adopted The following resolutions on
the same subject presented by the Gin
| cinnati Chamber of Commerce, were APP
| proved:
Resolved, BY the National Board of Trade,
| that its declarations in favor of the merit
| system III the civil service be rea ffirmed,
and an earnest appeal he made to Con-
gresS that, instead OF its ahrOga ton in
! the offices controlled by the National Gov
! eFnment, its sphere OF application be en-
| larged.
Resolved, That the legislatures of the
| various States where a civil service SyS-
| tenn is not now in force, be memoriaIiZed to
consider the advisabiitY OF provicfng such
| legislation as win establish the Competi-
| tive merit system of appointment in all
| State, county and municipal offices under
| their jurisdiction.
The National Board called on the Presi
dent at 9 O'Clock, and at ) O'Clock ad
journed tomeet neXton December 10, 189S,
| at Washington.