The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS.
The interstate Commerce Commission
GatherIns Data For Special
Presidents Message,

Chicago, Jan. So lhS isN~ 74I
aid says: The interstate conpiero.
commission will begin series Z.
three Investigations in Chicago neAs
Tuesday. which are said to have Ior
their purpose the gathering 81 qaea
for special message OF fresiuens
Roosevelt to congress. 1t is saiu Ina.
in this special message rres'u uie
Roosevelt will deal with three SUD
iects, as follows:
i. Railway combination.
Q The interstate commerce coh'-
mission.
>. Legislation governing interstate
traffic.
Originally it was the purpose p
the president to cover those SUBJECTS
fully in his annual message 10 coil.
gress, but owing to the inapili'y y
the interstate commerce commission
to get all the facts necessary, tnesc
subjects were touched upon but prleI-
", and were left to be handed IN
supplementary message. The investi-
cations which will be made ana wnlcn
will supplant those already MADE arg
II. Tuesday, at Chicago, the trans
portation, OF packinghouse products
and dressed beef.
e. Wednesday, at Chicago, the BUT
Northern Pacific-Great North-
ern combination.
|,3. Thursday, Arkansas City, gram
and grain products to eastern ana
seaboard points.
A. Friday, at Chicago, packing
house products and dressed beer.
United States Marshal Ames depu-
ty was busy yesterday serving ana
trying to serve subpoenas on repre-
sentatives Of packinghouse interests.
He had six summonses and succeedea
in serving two. Several OF the men
sought are said to have escaped serv-
ice by leaving the city hurriedly, one
of them missing the deputy by only
few seconds.
While the packinghouse men are
apparently stunning the inyestiga-
ton, the railroad men are not seek
ing to avoid it. Many of them believe
that anything is better than the pres
emit conditions, and that with stable
rates would come lower rates, to the
great benefit Of the entire country.
The packinghouse men who were
served with sNbpoenas are: George
B. Robbins, president of Armour
car lines, and w. P. Jenkins. super
intendent of transportation for the
Hammond Packing Co.
No subpoenas were issued for the
railroad men, but in their stead let
tiers were received by the commits
sion requesting their attorney to at
tend the investigation.
1t is said that every person IN
charge of traffic on railroads enter
ing. here and known to carry any
paclinghouse products and dressed
beef has received copy OF the let
ter.
II IS doubtful If the investigation
into the Burlington deal can proceed
Wednesday, as President Harris OF
the Burlington, and Darius Miller,
yice-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 postponement will be necessary. 1t
| Is understood that the legal counsel
interested in the organization OF the
Northern Securities Co.-fJames y
Hill, e. III. Hartman, J. =. Morgan,
former President Hays of the South
ern Pacific, President Burt, of the
Union Pacific, and J. c. Stubbs, traf-
fic director for the Hartman lines
have been asked to attend.
1t is also the purpose of the cont
mission to inquire into the purchase
of the Southern Pacific by the Union
Pacific, and into all that has trans
pired within the last year as tend
| ing to show the workings of the com
munity of interests idea.
Railroad men have been given ts
understand that the investigation in
| to rate matters is not for the purpose
of inAicting punishment upon any
one, but simply in the line of inves
tigation for facts and data. This ]:
understood as confirming the purpose
\ of the president to send specia
message to congress.
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