New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
ANTI-SCALPING HEARING.
.-p7urR TESTIMONY TAKEN BY THE
SENATE COMMITTEE.
,,or Il. MKENzID ADMITS THAT TICKET
usoXEKs IGNORE THE LAw-sTATEMENrs
~ prIAIF or COMMERCIAL TRAVEL

,voyERs IGNORE THE LAw-sTATEMENrs
~ prllAIF OF COMMERCIAL TRAVEL
LrRs AND THE RAILROADS.
.A.,-,on Jan. 15-The Senate Committee on
,-.a-s,ete Commerce resumed It's hearings on the
,,.-scalpirg SiN to-day.
An'- -, resumption Of The testimony OF George
=, Mckenzie OF Chicago a statement was sub
r., 20 the committee by Bert w. Lyon, Editor
"s-Ao Commercial Traveller" Of 81. Louis. Mr..
O. ..;, hat he made me statement; in reouttal
-. assertions heretofore made 70 the COM
-. ~, = J Feely. Of Chicago. and p. f. Dow.
= xsu-York These gentlemen claim, said Mt
-, - represent three hundred and fifty thousand
- ,,y s-,4snen u: The country. That statement.
-, 10, said WIS ABSOLUTELY false While ne did
o. 4esi-e - be understood representing all the
.s-,,ol travellers OF the country. he was aoso-
-. sa-sfai that a great majority o, these
i,s-s were IN favor OF the pending bill He
LIGHT T. absurd 10 suppose. as Messrs. DOW ana
~ would have the committee believe that -"
A,s-ess y thousands O: commercial travellers
- 10, make arrangements with the railroads as
c.. c. - themselves as the few thousand ticket
- ,o-5 make for them. The trouble WIN
-. o, cha men Ike Dow and Feey was that fhey
$50 20 ~. carload rates on case lots twenty
- cant OF the travelling public were comInerci'll
jewellers .,.o.s -.
-atl-pa Is lDC@4 rates iha'V 10 '-''-''
.s,ass ot the ticket brokers. II would be possible
=. ,-.-,.-.ial travellers 10 mako much better ar
n-,s,+s Tor their transportation than they are
~ abb. 70 make Mr Lyon held that as Dus-
VS. rroooeition tire railroads could AFFORD 20 sell
.-a,s-.,-ratio- In large quantities al lower rate
,hsn they could SCI. small quantities HV -
,,s-e,o-e taat he commercial traveller VINO
- .he -a,,-os4s practically all the time was ei'4
% lov-a- rates than the person wAo traNe"e1 '-'''
occasionally and then short distance
THE rICKrT-B ROKERs' SIDE.
W Mckenzie. The Chicago ticket-broker then re-
,prcd ms testimony. He presenie- Alnua' - -
,r-ogs II! k.t- brokers IN Chicago, 81 LOUIS "'s,
Louisville and other cities setting loI '''"'
- rrc1asef tickets directly from the au'''O'l|e1
- ~ railroads IN some cases RECEIVING coii-
missions thereon. -, ,,
:, ,.,.y 20 injuries ~ Senator Cullom' MY. NC
~. named among tie lines with which ne hau
done bushes. IN Chicago the BIG -Four Chi'a A''-
Great Western. Chicago. Burlington ana 0-''0'
Chicago ana Alton. Union P4cfe. MohoH NoU'V'
Wisconsin Central Canadian Pacific ana 10 On
Island lie was -naD4e 10 stNe 80. - TDsi~tss done
isI.s and particulars concerning the OuS'-''7S '
vs." sln.or S.ns inquired what the annual yoqn ns
o. Nj McKenzes business vas, anu '0
Tia, X aggregated last year $6oevs. ara,,st This
No Nca LEI yol are nl'-AiAs d Hei'' 7
bi saa ~ r5- - Mr. Mckenzie brought out the
statement hat the ok Of MS ouSihC 5SY 10 little
S~sns.s MIN tae Cans tan Pacific. because law o,
Cenada prohibited bsoAerase IN rA ar MA
", ~, esv nat he himself rad received commits
sons from he railroads Ter the SAFE OF ,bat
~ tsc rsce,ye5 COMMISSIONS from various roads
n, mileage books 10 cor mission was ~ eT pall ~
the railroads the brokers having to pay pay a Sa. the
statements which ne mad submitted shows tna'
the comm ssions had been PAID on coupon ucAe's'
MKENZIE SHARPLY QUESTIONED.
Senator T4,lman asked sharply: Cant you pro-
= fh.
cbAeks or some other kind that these railroad men
vbo have anpeared have lied? That's what We are
trying O. get at
My Mckenzie then submitted some further state
,uents OF brokers. a few Of which had cance4'e1
'n Cs5 v81 .ta,e inquired Senator Culom. what
A'TS 81 - heTe several weeks" replied NJ
NcEenzie and I cant say what the exact coNdI-
nov II 5G-'t YOU kn6w'' persisted Mr.. Cuor
"gha. Is beng done in your ofhce ln T. n. dsO-
- -e.u, ca,-of say was Mr.. " KenZies reply,
"whe.,-r ny orl.e is now receiving commissions
Tr N,Ker,,e 80 that since the present discus
son Va opened some OF thr f'i h~s ''O When
pressed :1r The names Of ne IT, ne ~ was VAS
ne W..on-n Cea "a Ia n6, Zee, for long
time witt tHe Pennsylvania, haluNor" ana O"'o
sna other lines.
no ATTENTION PAID TO THE LAW.
DO vo, as a broker" inquired Senator Cul'om
"pev he'll 20 the STATE laws requiring that no rail-
road ticket shall he sold except Oy au'"O4i@N
sgens y The rairoads?'
we pay no attention 10 that law" replied Mr.
NeKenz.s ~ c,,,,-o
W. d3a't mink II + good law vac me repiy
We " saIa NJ Cullon' We shpuo ,4aNt ~ -
con5lti5 Of aTairs Z al people snoui1 pioc.I On
nat rLr what explanation have you 10 oNer on
W. -NcKe,z,e said that IT seemed to be the re-
SUI o, pun Saye H. law, submitted 10 the
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