The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-01
RAILROADS RESPONSIBLE
For the Growth OF the Great Food
Monopoles.

For the Growth of the Great Food
Monopoes.
New York, April 3O-A special from
Washington says The railroad question is
now attracting public attention to an un.
usual degree. Recent disclosures like thar
In Chicago In January are making IT clear
that much of the growth Of monopoly has
come from preferences In TRANSPORTATION
rates, and that were all men trentpd nIikc
Dy tie great public service corporations, A
large part OF what is obiectlnnable In mo
trusts would disappear Secretary Wilson
IL quoted IN an Interview on the meat situa.
ton as saying;
The butchers Of any city might make
an agreement TO put an agent into ono
OF the western markets for the nurpose
OF buying cattle and shipping them to
thelr own city, providing they could get
lhe same transportation rates us the So
called beef trust. That is whore tho
ullhCulty seems TO arise II there were
equality OF rates by railroad lines rho
nlB pnekers could have no advantage over
me nutchers of any city But | think an
Investigation will probably show mat the
soca'led beer combination gets lower
rates thnn ordinary shippers"
lhc sworn testimony before the Intpr-
state commerce commission i'm January In
| Wcnted mat the great packing houses OF
| Nleago, Kansas City and Omaha, mad for
n, i"uE uhie secured TRANSPORTATION rates
masefallN lower than the published larits
ana presumably than outside ana indr,
| pendent dealers conld get one result Of
| tHat investigation was TO obtain am lnirin.
e.yn uEuhst several roads forbildlnp INV
| olner than tariff rates ON their traftic ana
| ,hls was presently followed by the NIL
i caj%Tn t6 "t terias understood 70 be irac
mlse packing houses had heen enin,i,,'S
,onaniy today all this trafdc, whether f6r
n uv meat trust on independent dealers
! moves at tariff rates N"'e' D.
But the momentum after a h,-t,
yonies wen established, IL almost no ~
! rrJINe as the continuance OF mo sna,iti
hlNiiieges themselves. The concerns ant 10
a satisfsctaarr,,V Commune , could doubtless make
| HWv,tilies Tor the disposal OF bv.nrnd,,,.,'
| Nhht USED to be refuse In ths nn IN ~.
givIns they now turn 10 good account
| fho,,nk r'se 70 the faCctiOus remDrk tho,
! cert the squeal. - PIE eA-
ror tae present, the railroads ana rho
ivnetio,,s' seem to be respecting the i'm.
cs,o WIS, me meu Ia control nave hc.
cine sensitive to the public 80 tN n
a'nNe the disclosures OF me inst go
aen.ns nave attracted 40 much ettanttnn
n,s ~ -, Nest, Where the dependence of bnsi.
Atlantic sani ous Is much closer than on Inc
NIL an argument on these lnjunctlons VIII n.
St".u ny Judge GrOsseuD III the tfai,ess
49, circuit court IN June A MI Nh
ppcati", gsimahent Injunction, ANA an
ps..SalVh made for a temporary int,n,t y,
Pvnuuls me trial lt is the hearins ~, ~
tthpAeauoh Tor this temporary intnnsttnt
~, bst tne lNage has granted, with stav n
= 70 be expected, Of course thar -,
Mnyy'e question as 20 whether mn tni',,,,t, 4,
~ M As ~ such ease will 10 f6easS n
.us peI9fe MIN Mhcheyer way ~ = NV, Suet
~ WI pe an appeal 20 the clrcnlt ca,,,.,
. % appeals, aud thence 10 the s,nroa, eoult
OF me United States 80 thar tvd i s.a eonrs
sMpse befole the question IA dets,,ts inHJ
the court Of last resort, % Undermined in