The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-09
REPRESENTATIVE OF A HUN
DRIED THOUSAND SHIPPERS
APPROVE SUCH A Law.
MO IMPRISONMENT CLAUSE.
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE
FORAKER BILL IN GENERAL
is SATISFACTORY.
FIRST COMMERCIAL CONVENTION
It's Result Expected to Bring All
business Organizations More
Nearly to Unanfmity.

CINCINNATI, O., June B-In re-
Spouse to the calls of the freight bur-
eaus OF Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Nash
Vile and Memphis, with other bureaus
since cooperating, the subject Of rail-
road pooling legislation was discussed
at a large meeting here today Dele
gates We're present from the freight
bureaus of New York, Chicago, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Louisville, Indianap-
Oils, st. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City, Sa-
Vannah, Milwaukee, st. Paul and other
cities. These delegates favor legisla-
ton that will legalize pooling, but there
is divergence of opinion as to the form
REPORTS were presented from 2,100 or
CARNATIONS of shippers favoring pool
ing legislation, and from thousands of
individuals and organizations in favor
of the Foraker and Chicago bills for
the governing of pooling by the inter
state commerce commission
After a general discussion of the
Foraker and Cullom bills and the SEN
ate substitute for the Foraker bill, the
whole matter was referred to the COM
mlttee or seven on resolutions, of which
Il. t. wilson was chairman. This com
hnlttee was in executive session during
the afternoon considering these bills,
section by section but was unable to
draft report. The committee finally
reported the import of it's findings to
the full conference, and the Same wero
all agreed to- The senate substitute
was agreed to, together with the recon-
l'Ieliua tioils IN the report Of the senate
~, Io-i.iiiCeee on commerce, with the fol-
lowing additional amendments:
frst-The elimination of the imprisonn,e,+
cause, and the substitution. in addi9ion ~
Tue % penalty for the first offense a nenaltv
tiiiee tunes the amount of the freight rate or
Tue 1ne rare, against corporations violating the
Jaw or involved in any connection with m
lawful transactions
oecond-Io make all agreements. authorized
DetWeen railroads, subject to the same pro
FlS1ons tnat are stipulated for pooling itself
Th1rd-To authorize sufferers from snv m
just discrimination to sue for damages in
CURED through the use of private cars as a
ferers. ~ sui
Fourth-For the punishment Of the railroad
eoinPa pa Tor using private cars in any man
ner on discrimination, the degree of punish
Hent 10 be nXed as other pena' ties
F1fth-Providing that when the Interstate
commerce commission has made its report
ana mas ordered reparation by which a change
pack to an original rate is ordered it must
specify the rate and also the rate to which
1t is ordered to return
me sixth amendment recommends provis-
IONS Tor national and uniform classification to
De entirely IN charge OF the interstate COM
merce commission.
After the proposed amendments of
the committee OF seven had been agreed
to, the following were adopted:
resolved, That the report of the commit
tee on resolutions, which has been approved
by this meeting, be received for information.
ana copies OF the same be transmitted to each
OF the organizations represented and that said
( 10 0fd6 70 fol~0
action upon the recommendation of the COM
mittee and forward their action to their SEN
ators and representatives in congress and
also file a copy of the action with the secre-
tary OF this body.
That the action of the committee in it's
amendments to the substitute of the senate
committee on commerce be given to the public
through the press.
No name was given to the ass NIB e
It was simply a national conference of
freight bureaus and shippers, and it
adjourned tonight sine die
The conference today was not as large
in numbers as it was in the represent
ed interests. 1t was decided that all
Of the representatives present should
proceed at once to work through their
respective organizations to present the
demand for pooling legislation to the
senators and representatives in con-
gress. It is not expected that there
will be any other meeting Of the con-
ference. Among the twenty-five dele
gates to this conference were a repre-
sentative of the National Board of
| Trade and one from the National
TRANSFORMATION association. These
twenty-five men represented 100 900
shippers, connected directly or indirect
ly with the home bodies which sent
delegates. 1t was the first commercial
convention to express views on the
pooling bill, and that the result Of this
meeting was the one thing to bring all
the business organizations more near
~ to unanimity as to what sort of a
pooling bill would be best for the gem
eral business of the country and most
satisfactory and equitable to all con-
cerned.