The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-04
LOOK INTO RATES
WORK FOR INTERSTATE COM
 MERGE COMMISSION.
Investigations for the Purpose of Securing Data for a Special Message to Congress by
 President Roosevelt.

Chicago. Jan. 3.-IThe Record Herald to- morrow will say:
 The Interstate Commerce Commission will begin series of three investigations in Chicago next Tuesday which are said to have for their purpose the gathering of data for a special message by Presi- dent Roosevelt to Congress. It is said that in this special message President Roosevelt will deal with three subjects as followsJ
 FirstLRaiway combinations.
 Second-The Interstate Commerce Commission.
 Third-Legislation govt rning interstate commerce 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 were touched upon but briefly. and were left to be handled in supplementary message. The investigations which will be made and which will supplement those already made are:
 First-Tuesday. at Chicago--the trans portation of packing house product and dressed beef.
 Second W Wednesday, at Chicago-the Burlington-Nothern Paciic-Great North ern combination.
 Third-Thursday, at Kansas City grain and grain products to Eastern, and sea board points.
 Fourth-Friday, at Chicago-packing house products and dressed beef.
 United States Marshal Ames was busy today serving. and trying to >serve sub poenas on representatives of packing house interests. He had six summonses and succeeded in serving two. Several of the men sought gre said to have escaped service by leaving the city hurriedly, one of them missing the marshal by only a few seconds.
 While the packing house men are ap- parently stunning the investigation, the railroad men are not seeking to avoid It. Many of them believe that anything is better than the present conditions. and that with stable rates would come lower rates, to the great benefit of the entire country.
 The packing house men who were served with subpoenas are: George B. Robbins, e-President of Armour ear lines; W. P. Jenkins, Superintendent of Transportation for the Hammond Pack ing Company.
 No subpoenas were issued for the rail- road men, but in their stead letters were received from the Commission requesting their attendance at the investigation. It Is said that every person in charge of traffic on road centering here and known to carrying packing house pro- ducts and dressed beef has received a copy of the letter.
 It is doubtful if the investigation into the Burlington deal can proceed WedneS- day, as President Harris of the Burling- ton and Darius Miller. Vice-President, 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. a postponenent may become necessary.
 It is understood that the legal counsel interested in the organization of the Northern Securities Company. James ]. Hill E.. E. Hartman. J. P. Morgan, former President Hayes of the Southern Pacific. President Burt of the Union Pacific. and J. C. Stubbs. Traffic Director for the Hartman lines. have been asked to attend. It Is also the purpose of the Commission to inquire into the purchase of the Southern Pacific by the Union Pa cihc and into all that has transpired within the last year tending to show the workings of the community of interests idea.
 Railroad men have been given to un- derstand that the investigation into rate matters is not for the purpose of infiict- ing punishment on any one. but simply in the line of investigation for facts and data. This is understood as confirming the purpose of the President to send a special message to Congress.