The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-05

ham argued against postponement. The railroads, he said. had had ample notice of the meeting and its object. Captain White notified the railroad men that he had filed with the Commission a petition seeking to have all the freight rates in Alabama adjusted so that they would not be higher than the Georgia rates and he had come to Montgomery prepared to discuss that question. The people Of Ala
 bama, he said, would never be given a
 voluntary reduction of freight rates. Rob
 ert Ingersoll, he quoted, had said that the American continent would ultimately be
 moved to the European continent and to
 illustrate his idea of eternity he said that If the continent was moved one grain of
 sand each thousand years. by the time
 the entire continent was moved 1t would
 not be sup up in hell: The railroads.
 Captain White said, about that time
 would voluntarily reduce their rates.
 The time had arrived, Captain White said. for the people and the railroads to get together and In mutual consideration of the interests of each other to adjust
 the rates.
 Vice-P President Emmerson of the Atlan- tic Coast Line, spoke briefly for a post ponement. The railroad men, he said, had
 no idea that an attempt would be made
 to have the Georgia rates enforced in
 Alabama. Sixty days at least. he said,
 should be allowed the railroad men to
 get up their facts and figures. President Smith of the Commission. said tIldl tIle tCNhS lO llo office to consider the question of post ponement
 After being out half an hour the Com
 missioners returned and their decision
 was read by President Smith. The hearing, the Commissioners de- cided, should be postponed until Tuesday, June 16, at which time the petitions which
 sought to have the Georgia rates applied
 to Alabama would be considered. Peti-
 tions to that effect had already, been filed with the Secretary of the Commis-
 sion and he read them to the assembled railroad men.
 At this time MT. Conner said that he de- sired to make a short statement. Some of his remarks. he said, might have been l considered as reflection on some rail road or some official. He mad not in | tended to make any reflections of that | sort. He was unaccustomed to public | unintentionally reflected on any one he ! withdrew the remark or remarks. MT. Emmerson said that he would glad | ly accept the explanation in the spirit in l which it had been offered. He had, he | said. a temper that at times might show | itself and if he had made any display of
 1t he was sorry the incident occurred: President Smith said that the complaint
 that the railroads had raised the mini
 mum freight haul from 50 to 100 pounds | had not been disposed of and that he
 would like to hear from the Traffic Man
 agers present as to any violations of the l rule of the Commission.
 Each of the Traffic Managers present | rose and In turn said that they had not | intended to violate the rule and did not | know of any violations that had been | made although there might have been | some unwilling violations. They each an-
 nounced that the rule of the Commission
 would be respected on their lines in the future.
 MT. McElderry announced that he would
 withdraw his complaint against the fer tilizer rate of the Louisville and Nash vile which had been filed in the morn | ing.
 The meeting then adjourned and most of l the visiting railroad men left the city | last night.