Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
President Galloway Of New York Central ane
MiIIers' Secretary Barry tho witnesses.

| Washington, Oct. 9.-President Galloway
of the New York Central Railroad, and
J Frank Barry, secretary OF tne Natloiiai
Millers Association. We're peiois r 'ae T,Iin. II,
4 way said that since he had been cohhect !,
| ed with the New York Central there mad
been no trouble with the employees. me
| ganiZations or to arbitration of differ
ences except upon vital questions, put
| there was he thought, very little utility
| in the present federal statute which pro-
| vided no means for compelling compliance
with the findings of an arbitration board.
He would not want to arbitrate the ques
ton of wages, as a slight advance on the
general pay roll amounting to Sl10O0, 600
a year would make a very material differ
ence in the company income. Mr.: Callo
way said that the possibility of discrimi
nations and rate wars had gradually de
creased until there was little OF such
opportunity left.
The witness characterized ticket broker ?
age as the most demoraliZing business in
the country He was also opposed to
the granting of passes and said that 80
far he could control the practice he
had limited ii TO employees. He favored
Il net earning tax i'll preference to the
general practice at present, saying that
his company. last year. had paid 500, 0o0
in taxes, or about T. per cent. of its IN
come.
Mr.. Galloway admitted that exports
We're carried at cheaper rates than ari
cles for domestic consumption. The rail-
roads, he said, We're compelled TO DO tElS
to meet foreign competition ana ne dld
not consider the practice injurious to any
one. He favored the leSaliZatlon OF pool
ing saying he did not believe that under
the present circumstances such authority
would result in the general increase or
freight rates. HIT was willing that, IN
ease of such authorization, the Interstate
commerce commission should have Ger
tain supervision. He thought any sug
gestion made by the commission would be
needed but he did not think it would be
nracticahle Tor Il commission sitting at
any one place to fix rates intelilSentlN
and with Justice He did not, however,
admit that the government had any more
right to interfere with the management
of a railroad system than with any other
line of business. He did not believe the
government ownership of railroads was
practicable. -
the export rate on flour as compared with
that on wheat, which, he said, was a DIS
crfminatio which worked great hardshlp
upon the American millers. He lnstancet
/ the falling off III the shipment abroad OF
hour from Minneapolis and Duluth II.
Sentember of this year. He asserted that
| American -four would be taken by the
European buyers if they could not Stt
NOT be suppressed. Hence MIR. Barry con
cluded that there must be some concert
ed purpose to inju:e the Milling interest
of this country. ~ 1
to throw the surplus flour product upon
the domestic market and also demoraIize
prices of wheat 10 the farmers VI /;
barry stated that % national commeTcldi
orya MIA tions We're preparing to band 10
gelher to secure an amendment OF lht
Interstate CONNIE rec law so as 10 Nldh'
tn findings of the interstate colnihtiu -, ut
commission mandatory. We ellnti wan
tho law amended or iped out ana tht III
terstate commission done away WIN ne