The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-27
DECISION IS DISCUSSED.
Commissioned bIsacAard Says Il Nay sin
ulatc NekPernsaenl Rates
eDOD LEGISLATION Will NOW &c SECURED
desperation Il Nccessary 20 Protect
ShiPrcra ~ Welt m asailwaya,
lng~lis of the samc view.

New York. October :s.--Commisssoncr a. n.
Blanchard Of the joint Traffic association,
after reading tho full text Of the supreme
court IN the joint traffic cases. said today.
The decision OF tho United statrs su-
preme court IN the Joint Traffic association
case has attracted widespread attention BY
reason Of its Influence on the railway earn
ings and securities OF tho conn,ry and also
because Y may affect their patrons By slim
uiatinG disslmilar and nun-permanent rats
aud fares undcr tho misnomer OF 'compeu-
tion.
while | greatly regret the Decision. 1t IL
now tho law % tho land. and must rs OBJ
served. 1t nevertheless forcibly Illustrates
tho power which may be exercised by one
mind which becomes a majority IN the para
mount court OF the land | ana mol, however.
critics are to be Immediately damaged thcro-
by. Our contract did not accomplish nil its
purpose. because fruni the first II encountered
the opposition rather than the support Of
the government authorities, II will. there
fore. continue for the time being an anomaly
that the law OF tho land. passed for the de-
clared purpose OF securing uniform methods,
lis SUBSTANTIALLY declared void and Imperative.
Evcry member of the Interstate commerce
commission thoroughly understands that even
the most reasonable rates can not be main
tanned without railway cooperation and un-
derstandlng OF some sort. For example, tho
interstate law provides for non discrmination
between localities. How Ia this parity OF
cities aud distances to be applied unless tho
| lines leading to and from localities substan-
| TALLY agrecg The came law provides for
lnon-discfimnnt,cn between individuals. How
| Is this to be achieved except by conference
and an aggregated determination to stop the
| Vices which produce such reprehcnsibe dis
ordinations,
| II quito concur In the view expressed by
| President Fowler OF the Ontario and West
cfn company that the ground Is now bcins
4 cleared for endeavcr to secure anrh legis
| lation at Washington ar will remove thcs,
| arprchcnsions In this country as they have
! been In England, from all uncertainty ans
4 doubt. ! believe that in the evolution OF TN
/ railway problem IN the United states, whiri
! is the greatest one presented for solution, th'
| ultimate result will be To convince the gen
| eral public rs our patrons and as most trad
1 bodies are now fully convinced. that uni
! formity OF rates made and secured by reason
! able and properly guarded cooperation an,
| approval of an intcrrtntc co'nmerce commits
| sion Is better than the demorolzcd, uncer
| tain preferential and spasmodic rates mad
| Mt the will OF small individual companies, hu
| involving nil other companies and patrona u
| the results under the cloak of competition
| When these fair purposes and proven result
! shall bo fully explained aud understood
| have no doubt that legislatures viii be per
suadcd by the railroad and mercantile inter
| ests that the purpose OF tho Interstate actul
will surely be fuinlled In a spirit OF co-opera
ton with the carriers rather than by nntagon
ism I have the pleasure Of noticing ina
Chairman Knapp Of the Interstate commero
commission. has already announced siniia
views generally