Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-09-22
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ent term or the the court so tnat II cannot 10
dOcketed until the October, 1899. term
The attorney general cannot escape any
responsibility for the consequence Of his act
by laying 1t upon associate attorneys as 1t will
be noticed that this stipulation was signed by
himself alone Of the attorneys appearing for
the state This stipulation and his concessions
are the only things which stood between the
stock shipper and the absolute enforcement OF
this law so long as the corporation was trans
acting business In the state OF Kansas after
October 4 1897. On account Of the stipulation
and concessions the stock yards company has
been able to charge what 1t pleased and has
given no other or different receipts for the
charges made by It than such as were given
before the law took effect 1t Is true thar the
stock yards company has made a small reduce
tion In It's charges for feed, but such re-
duction was not made because Of any action
taken under the law. 1t is not in harmony
with the law 1t was not made at the request
Of or after conference with any state officials Of
the state OF Kansas The stock yard S compa-
MES Of ST. Louis, Kansas CITY, Omaha and St
Joseph compete to a greater or less extent for
business and when one OF these companies
makes cut In It's charges the other companies
are compelled to do likewise, and the cut in
charges for feed was made because of a SINH
lar reduction In the charges made elsewhere
within competing territory, and the Kansas
statute and the Kansas officers had absolutely
nothing to do with 1t and are entitled to no
credit therefor.
THE LAW NOT PARTISAN
alt aiaip hat htu
law Is partisan one purely Every member
Of the house OF representatives voted for 1t
with one exception A number Of the repub-
Leans OF the senate voted for the law and a
number Of the populists of the senate voted
against the law The operation of the law was
upheld by republican Judge who is not only
strongly attached to the republican party, but
also belongs to that class known as gold
bugs" and II Judge Fosters decision had been
allowed TO take its natural course the law
would have been infOrCed In Kansas and the
people OF this state would have been enjoying
its bene fits
1t may be claimed that the state Of Missouri
will pass legislation which will drive the stock
yards company back into the state Of Kansas
to do business This cannot be expected, as
the large cities Of St Louis, St Joseph and
Kansas City each have stock yards interests
and the representatives Of those cities will DO
able to control legislation In that state Be-
sides, o law which would have the effect OF
again compelling the Kansas City Stock Yards
company to move Its business back into Kan
sas would have to be more stringent In its
terms than the Kansas law, thing which cam
not DO expected.
The populst party by Its platform Of 1898 has
admitted that this law Is a failure The Kan
sas stock shipper who shall go to Kansas City
with claim for few dollars over charges and
demand payment Of the same from the stock
Yards company after 1t shall have been de-
feated In the supreme court Of the United
States. II such Is the decision Of that court will
be met with the claim that the company has
been at oil times doing business in Missouri
He will also find that the company is now en-
tirely out OF the state Of Kansas, and that II
cannot be sued In the state Of Kansas
He will also find that soon after the final de-
cree was entered and the bond given in pursu-
ance thereof the Kansas City Stock Yards
company OF Missouri was incorporated under
the laws Of the state Of Missouri and that since
that date the defendant the Kansas City Stock
Yards company Of Kansas, which gave the
bond ostensibly for his benefit, has not yet
yarded or fed any Of the live stock yarded and
fed OF Kansas City, and that the bond is not
liable for what the Missouri corporation has
done EDWIN A AUSTIN
Topeka, Kan, Sept 7, 1888