Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-08

The Legislature Of Michigan and ether
States have given their people a 2-cent
fare; why should not Illinois do the
same thing? How niout this. Free r.
Morris: Are YOU opposed 40 2.cent
fare for lllinolsY Tho people, and your
own constituents. would like to know
why your committee doesn't report
Mr.. Weidmalcrs bill out. Perhaps Mr..
l.. .. Goddard, who II now. and has
been for some time. sojourning at
Springfield looking after meat inter.
csts. ana other things. can tell why the
I'LL for ?-ccnt fare hangs fire. rs well
as legislation In favor OF the farmers
against that nOtOriously unjust corpora.
tlOn. the Chicago Union Stock Yards
and Transit Company. The Grand
Army Of the Republic ut their cnca,iIp-
ment this week passed q resolution for
u 1-ccnt fare. and condemned the rail.
roads of this State for their cxorbitant
rates. The old soldiers In the House
should offer resolution compelling the
notorious Railroad Committee to report
Mr. Wcldmnlcr's hill for ?-cent mileage
10 the House. The travelling men OF
this state. rs we'll as the public at
large, demand the passage OF this bin.
They will hold Morris. l,ussc. Farrell
and others of the Railrond Committee
TO strict account FOR their Indifference
In this matter.
Free J.. Morris Il said TO know more
about Insurance matters than any 9th.
or member of the House. Others claim
Mr.. Norris Il no novice on railroad ana
stock yards legislation. The farmers
In your district nre In favor of Mr..
Elelstein's bill to compel the stock
yards crowd to do the fair thing by
them. They only ask for what they
consider common Justice. WIN you help
them. Mr.. MOrr!sI Or are your svmEi-
titles with the Union stock Yards ana
Transit Company.
Many Of our readers living In the
rural districts have written The Eagle
inquiring what hns become of the hill to
regulate the charges Of the Union Stock
Yards nnd Transit Company. which
was Introduced by Mr.. E,lelstcIn Feb.
.. 1897. and referred to the Live Stock
AMI Dairying Committee. To the farm.
crs who wlsl, to know whom To hold
to pass. and who have written us ask.
Ing about the progress of the measure.
we will state that ,le hill II still slum-
herring IN the tentallrs of the Live
Stock ana DalryiGg Committees Devil
Fish. The members Of this committee
are rs follows: Powell. of IroquO.s.
chairman: Olson. Th!enrinn. Schubert.
Miller, i. a. Busse Perrottet. Andrus.
Shanahan. Ncling. CavanaGii, NOlstetlt,
Brown. Hunter. johnson of WhitcslGe.
Rranen. Morris. Farrell. Bartling. But
Ter. Mcl;innis. Gall.gan. Those BEES,
posted say that Mr.. ElelNein's very
good bin Is not likely tn get out of the
teniacles of the Stock Yards Devil
Fish. rs all bills referred tn the above
committee are generally "pu, to sleep
In short order ana usually for longer
snooze than RIP Van Wrinkle took. We
print Mr.. Edel>tein's bill herewith. ana
suggest that II would be u good idea
for some honest membPr of the House
who has the welfare Of the farmers ut
heart to offer u resolution compelling
,he Live Stock and Dalrying Commit
tea to report the bill to the House. with
favorable recommendation, SHAT II du
pass" We believes Speaker Curtis
would gladly recognize any member
who desired to offer such II resolution.
The members of the House who desire
this much needed legislation should re-
member that "eternll vigilance Is the
price eli liberty"
House bill No. 1877. Introduced by
, Mr.. Edelstein, Feb. ., 1897. Read by
title. ordered printed. and referred ia
Committee on Live Stock aud Dairyinl
(where 1t still slunnbers). A bill for an
act TO regulate stOckyard charges aud
con missions ON sale therein ana to on.
, force the same.
Section I. he Il enacted by the PEG.
pie of the State Of Illinois. represented
| In the General Assembly. That 1t shall
: be unlawful for any person or persons
, company or corporation owning or Op.
. Grating a stOckyard or stOckyards OF
) doing business therein In this State
were stock Is bought aud sold. unlOaded
or reloaded to charge on collect great
er rate or yardage than Il cents per
head for cattle, horses or mules;
I cents per head for any such stock un'
der one year Of age; 5 cents per head
for hogs; cents per head for Sheep
nor more than 80 per cent. addition ia
the current market wholesale price for
! corn, hay, straw or other material sup