The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-22
SHIPPERS ALLY TO FIGHT
IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR
RELIEF FROM RAILROADS
Unite to Make Efforts for Legisla
tion-All in One Organi-.
ZatiOn.
d. T. BACON PRESIDENT
Resolutions Mention Legislative
Relief Against Encroachment
of Railroads"
D. T. BACON PRESIDENT

At an important meeting of representa-
tives of the allied shipping interests of the
State yesterday afternoon in the Board
of Trade, active measures were begun for
bringing about railroad legislation in the
next General Assembly, which will further
what the shippers consider their equitable
rights regarding the shipping rates i'm
posed upon them by certain railroads.
Resolutions, couched in forceful and un-
mistakable terms, were drawn and adopted
by a committee appointed for that pur-
pose, and were unanimously ratified by the
representatives.
A permanent organization, to be known
as the Indiana Shippers Association, was
perfected, and ID. T. Bacon, A. f. Reynolds
and c. B. Riley were elected president.
vice president and secretary, respectively.
The president and secretary are we'll known
Indianapolis business men, and Vice Presi-
dent Reynolds is prominent grain dealer
of Crawfordsville. and the president of the
Indiana Grain Dealers Association.
The following organizations. which are
interested in the work of securing what is
termed i'm the resolutions adopted "legisla-
tive relief against the encroachments of
the railroads." were represented at the
meeting:
The Indiana Grain Dealers Association.
the Retail Lumber Dealers Association, the
Retail Hardware Dealers Association. the
National Material Supply Association, the
Indiana Hardwood Lumber Dealers Asso-
citation, the Anderson Commercial Club. the
Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Shippers
Protective League, the Manufacturers
Club, the Indiana Millers' Association and
the Indianapolis Commercial Club. Besides
the organizations as many as fifteen unaf-
filiated individuals were in attendance al
the meeting.
ELATED AT SUCCESS.
Secretary Riley expressed himself as be-
ing highly elated at the outcome of the
meeting. and intimated that great things
will be accomplished in the interests of tho
shippers of Indiana during the meeting OF
the next Legislature.
Besides declaring themselves to be in
favor of railroad commission. the mem
bers of the Indiana Shippers Association
voted that reciprocal demurrage is anoth-
er relief from the alleged railroad en-
crOachments to which they are entitled
From the fact that no specific encroach-
ment the part of the railroads is cited
in the resolutions adopted, il is believed
that the members of the association may
ton in mind, which it is their desire tC
make public whenever a railroad commits
sion is appointed.
Following are the resolutions i'm full as
ratified by the association:
Whereas. The commercial agricultural
manufacturing and other business interests
OF this State are so intimately associated
with and dependent upon the railroad
service, and the railroads are wholly de-
pendent upon legislation for their rights
and powers. and the legislation of the
State has been friendly to such interests
and the great shipping public has never as.
serted its rights nor demanded Legislative
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