The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-02-13
0TR INDUSTRIES
.ouMIssION WHICH HAS BEEN
0o' INVESTIGATING
. II, Report to Censress-A Document
Of More Than One Thousand Printed
p.ses-first Sections Deal with Inter-
.,,,, Commerce, Agriculture. Mining and
transportation.

u.,b;not.n. Feb. 8.-The industrial
,ission has submitted its final re-
~. 70 congress. 1t is document OF
Pa than 900 printed pages. The first
ort which has been made public, deals
r r the progress of the nation, includ-
w. agriculture, mining and transporta-
80 recommendations are made on
.ho subjects of transportation and agri-
I,.uro The commission advises as to
transportation:
That the policy of governmental SUI
lewiston and control of railroads, as
originally laid down in the senate COM
mittee report of 1886, and embodied the
tollowing year in the interstate COM
i n'nrce act. be revived and strengthened.
T T,, the authority of the interstate
anmmerce commission necessary for tho
oJannate protection of shippers and
aIaorIv intended by the trainers of the
low he restored, and that the powers
"nd functions of the commission be en-
iorced. practically as contemplated I'M the
SCALED Cullom bill of 1900, except as to
authority to prepare and enforce a uni
form classification.
Snch legislation should provide: For
more stringent regulations of the cOndi-
tions under which freight and passenger
tariffs are published and filed. No rate
I Classification ought to be changed
without at least sixty days notice to
shippers, unless specifically authorized
20 mi al
That strict adherence to published tariffs
be required, and rebates or discrimina-
ton prevented by an Increase OF the pen
altes. That the long and short haul
clause in section of the act of 1887 be
strengthened and rigidly enforced. unless
the carriers shall be released by special
order of the interstate commerce COM
mission.
That legislation analogous to the anti
stock watering statutes of Massachusetts,
be enacted by the several states.
That railroad companies be prohibited
BY law from making lover freight rates
upon imports billed to the interior of this
country, in connection with ocean trans
portation or otherwise, than are made
on similar articles from the seabOrd to
the interior, or than are made from an
inland point to another, when the dis
lance is not greater.
Recommendations as to Agriculture.
Preiacing its recommendations regard
ingagriculture, the commission says that
agriculture has derived more benefit
from the establishment of the depart
ment ofagrlculture and from its admins
trative work than from any other federal
legislation" 1t makes the following re-
concentrations on this subject:
That the secretary of agriculture be
given authority:
Tofx standard grades for cereals. based
on season of growing, quality and weight
per measure, and when intended for ex-
port to inspect and certify the same.
To cause stock cars and stock yards to
be cleansed and disinfected whenever he
considers such action necessary.
To make adequate regulations prohib-
ltlng the shipment of uninspected or dis
eased meat from one state to another, or
to foreign countries. To require and di-
rect the proper disposition of diseased
meats. That a more comprehensive PEN
atty clause for shipping diseased meats
be enacted.
That a law be enacted to provide:
That adequate legislation be enacted
by the several states, where needed, for
the control of such diseases asglanders,
tuberculosis, etc.
That whatever changes made be made
In the tariff by reciprocity or otherwise,
adequate protection to the beet sugar
industry be maintained.
That increased appropriations be made
py congress for building sample stretches
Of improved road in various sections OF
the country, so as to encourage the more
rapid construction of such roads at state
and local expense.
mat the system of free rural delivery
pe extended as recommended by the
postmaster general in his latest annual
report.
That the policy of setting aside forest
reserves, already inaugurated, be ex-
tended, and the three bureaus of the
government which have charge of inves-
legations and administrative work con-
nec'ed with forestry be consolidated.