The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-10

I'D flied the freight schedules WI w ! he
l1ntcrstate Commerce Commission Iii sc-
cordnnce will law, Id mad q q mental n res
ervatlon that II, each ctist, he fa Yes
Should include tie cost OF the coal aid lid
when asked whether any other I, shipper t.a
could have secured that rate, he re-
Piled: vi suppose lie could" bit added ID ed
That he did not know OF y tha thu q
5dbio so. % i Il t & AZ h n N Ss5 lEi Mi
grhc whole story II nlhre lnrid thai, any
sttithg TINT Lawson lbs yet written, though
1T ~ told iii far simpler ling VI ~ y
seems Tint tho CaltuonintlS company was '
lod by the promise OF patronage from TIC io
santa 10 Railroad to spend 500 oOo III
opening mines at Gallup, and z to spend !
go, 900 furtl,criln erecting a business block
3uid stocking Its stores ,Iliis was III 1886
and Sat first tho company received one,
tentl, nnd lator onc-fourtlisor tho coal SUP
ply demanded by tho suntn 1So r.
Iii " 1880 however, tie * Gale DOMAIN Coal
Company found TINT they were 4 4. h1tllh rl
mosunklloWn enemy, tllougl, y to ibe4ptiIrt-
chasing agent OF tho Santa Fo, Siti1 no
!writton contract was entered into. LID
,Caledoniai,3 Company continued to furnish, ls
part Of tito coal ITO tho snnt,t5 lie Rail-
road. though d dispute pended rs TO 70 the
rates. Oil tune 20, 1oCo,tll en- tire con-
tract wis tnkon from tho AZ Caledollan
Colnpnny niid given the Colorado l'liel
and Iron, Company and 3iinmcdiat ~ NJ
CaledonianfC Company found thu they wee te,rr
being met fl every field by tllo coal from;
the Colorado Company ,lcli,,wtlss5 being
sold ut a cheaper price thnn WIS possible
IL the full freight ratos were oll:;lrged.
was then I. developed 4 tiltitst the Colorado
Company Slipped n It's coal &to III 'ao
and Denng at freight ratio q II q ton.
although tho haul was on j undred ~, and
fifty miles further, and across two 1,1outl- \
tain $rlnges thai from Gallup. where ttlliiee
mines Of tho Caledonlan C'or1pa " were y sN
located. Tho price paid BY the aleton ian
Company rer ton from Gallup to EIi sl'aso
and 1oening was, However, Sc. and $6,S9o,
poctivcly.# III n November of 300 the
manager OIL SLIlG NttleuoiiiAtA - 70
that he received a letter from Mr. l3l 81
die Of the Santa re Railroad, Wllcllflle
construed to be an nltiniatuln, rec ctltl r.
Ing the CaledonianE Company eitherSto sell
It's coal properties for what It could get
for them ior5 TO bo faced wit he cor .'
talnty that It would not get gtr'dcB ~
the territory outli Of lb,iq,e 8s MI NJ
Biddle, Or tho Santa re Railroad. admit
ted writing the Letter. denn'ite9d} the. the
intent attributed to 1T BY the Caledoni,anl
people. Thei result, however, Of the 4wh !-'
course Of action has been to close $ the
Calcdonansnincs. which, Swerc practically
Idle last winter, and at the same 7i time IN
ia cost the stockholders g the Santa ne
Railroad for the same period over StQQoQo
a day that could have been earned u IL.
freight IL tho Cnledonlan Company lied he'd
been allowed to operate IN II eatlat basis Is
OF competition. It is stated that the loss s
to the Santa &c Company has IA been ~ $500
q day since it'Afirst 4 started # IT'S # fight
agains tho CALIFORNIAN IN ri
Special interest u Is taken in this case AZ g
from the fact that Secretary Paul Nor n
ton, OF sthe navy, was one Of the high
officials Of Tho Santa Fe Railroad during
tho entire sIifogress $ofs this plratical fight
caused lbss the illegal granting of special
rebates. Il president Ripley,5of the Santa
re Railroad system, says he does not 'l.
believe that Secretary: Morton 81 has ad-
mltted 10 President Roosevelt n that tie
Santa tie, road has delsberately8yi violated
the Interstate Commerce Commission
laws. But for the repeal OF tnnt section
of tho Interstate Commerce Commission
law q E 1885, which imposed the penalty
Of Imprisonment rs well as fine on all
officials who were guilty of any such
practices as these which have just been
described, ifiit should be found that Sec,
rotary Morton or President Ripley had
been d party to granting tile rebates which
Traffic Manager Blddle admits We're IN
effect, then the public Of America would
SEQ tho unusual sight OF q Cabmet ~ f-
ficer defending himself from a Charge
WHOSE
prison This change IN the Elkins Law,
which Imposes a flnc only In place of
and nnc, has already been
commented on in this paper, The alleged
reason for the change Is the 3imposss'ihlllty
of imprlsoning 10 corporation and as n
matter Of fact acknowledgements necessary
to establish ana impose the fine arc much
easier under the Elkins net than under
the old commerce law, which itssup'e,r per-.
seded Whether tho. repeal Of the pen-.
atty OF imprisonment will prove advan;-
tageous Or not remains to b be 4. seem e as
the matter stands, however the 8l1lkns
law Is being much better enforced and
Is apparently bcttcr adapted tot the pre-
vcntlon of,rcbutes than was the law Of
1889, which was previously enforced, The
last reports IRE 10 thc$effect that the
case will be rcopenetl and both Secretary
Morton and President Ripley will take
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