The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-04
FOR ROOSEVELT
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION TO FURNISH 1T.
A HUNT FOR INFORMATION.
SPECIAL INvEsTIG ALTON IN CHI
CAGO THIS WEEK.

President Wants to Send Special
Message to Congress on Railway
Combinations, the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission and Interstate
Trafiic-Packing House Men Are
Fleeing 10 Get Out of the Way,
while Railroad Men welcome the
Inquiry - The burlington ana
Southern Pacific Deals to Be In
vestfgated.
Chicago. Jan. 3.-The Record Herald
tomorrow will say:
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will begin a series of three inves-
LEGATIONS in Chicago next Tuesday
pose the gathering of data for a special
message by President Roosevelt to Con-
gress.
1t is said that in this special message
President Roosevelt will deal with
three subjects, as follows:
First. Railway combinations.
Second. The Interstate Conmere
Commission.
Third Legislation governing inter-
state traffic
Originally it was the purpose of the
President to cover those subjects fully
in his annual message TO Congress, but
owing to the inability of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to get all the
facts necessary, these subjects We're
touched upon but briefly AMI were left
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sage. The Investigations which will
be made and which will supplem ent
those already made are;
First. Tuesday at Chicago. the
transportation of packing house prod
ucts and dressed beef.
Second. Wednesday at Chicago, the
Burlington Northern Pacific-Great
Northern combination.
Third. Thursday at Kansas City,
grain and grain products to Eastern
and seaboard points.
Fourth. Friday at Chicago, packing
house products and dressed beef.
United States Marshal Ames' deputy
was busy to-day serving and trying TO
serve sub-poenaes on representatives
of packing house interests.
Several Departed HurriedIy.
He had six summonses and
succeeded in serving two. Sew
eral of the men sought
are said to have escaped service by
leaving the city hurriedly, one of them
missing the deputy by only a few sec
onds.
While the packing house men are
apparently stunning the investigation,
the railroad men are not seeking to
oxnid ManU nf Thorn hnliaNn fha 4
anything is better than the present
conditions. and that with stable rates,
would come lower rates. to the great
benefit of the entire country.
No subpoenaes were issued for the
railroad men. but in their stead letters
were received from the commission re-
! questing their attendance at the in
vestigation.
1t is doubtful if the investigation into
the Burlington deal can proceed Wed
nesday, as President Harris of the Bur
lington and Darius Miller. vice presi-
dent, will not be in the city. They have
asked the commission TO postpone the
date, and unless the St Paul people
interested can get here. postponement
may become necessary.
1t is also the purpose of the commits
sion to inquire into the purchase of the
Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific
and into all tnat has tranSpired within
the last year as tending to show the
workings of the community of interests
idea.
The railroad men have been given to
understand that the investigation into
rate matters is not for the purpose of
inficting punishment upon any of them
but simply in the line of investiga ton
for facts and data. This is unders TODD
as confirming the purpose of the Pres
ident to send a special message to Con-