The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-05-04
COMMERCE BOARD
ASKS FOR A WRIT
Demands That Railroads Be-
Forced to Obey Its Re-
cent Order.
AS TO LIVE STOCK RATES
Allegation Is That Present Adjustment
Of Tariffs. on Live and Dressed
Meats Is Inequitable, That
Railroads Won't Obey.

Chicago, May Am injunction to re
strain the Chicago Great Western and
seventeen other railroads from max
ing a discrimination in prices between
shipment of cattle and shipment of
meat to Chicago was asked of the
United States court Saturday by Dis
trict Attorney Morrison.
The petition is based Oh q recent de-
|cision of the interstate commerce COM
mission in the case brought by the Chi
cage live stock exchange. Being I'M
able to enforce its decision the inter-
state commission appealed to
District Attorney Morrison and he
filed the petition for an injunction. The
petition was submitted to Judge kene-
saw M. lands and he ordered that the
defendants be served With copies of the
complaint and make answer by June l.
Complaint Made a Year Ago.
On April 8. 1904, the Chicago live
stock exchange filed a complaint
against the railroad companies, alleg-
ing that the rates charged by the de-
PENDANT companies, carriers of live
stock in carload lots from points in
Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin to Chicago, as compared with the
rates charged on the products of live
stock, were unjust n unreasonable,
and that the raisers of stock We're SUB
JVNl ~ dl Gin ulll a
prejudice and disadvantage by reason
of the rate charged for the shipmenG Of
product of live stock from Kansas City,
South st. Joseph, South Omaha, Sou
City and South St. Pau to Chicago and
points east.
On this complaint the commission on
January Z, 1905, ruled against the sail-
roads. The decision declared that the
defendant railroads eXacted higher
rates for transporting live stock prod
ucts to Chicago from points west,
northwest and southwest.
Discrimination Hurts Business.
The commission declares that such
discrimination is not justified by the
difference in cost of transportation or
other reasons and subjects the traffic
III cattle and hogs at Chicago and 9TH
er places and those interested therein
to undue and unreasonable prejudice
and disadvantage and gives to the traf-
fc in the product of hogs n cattle
and the shippers and localities inter-
ested in such traffic undue and unreal
preference. The railroads are
said to have disregarded this decision,
and the rates remained as before.
The railroads named in the bill aside
the Great Western are:
Burlington, CedsS Rapids and North
ern.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha.
Chicago and Alton.
Chicago n Northwestern.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.
Hannibal and st. Joseph.
Illinois Central.
Kansas City, st. Joseph and Council
Bluffs.
Minneapolis and st. Louis.
Missouri Pacific.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
Omaha. Kansas City and Eastern.
Wabash.
Wisconsin Central.
Prayer of the Bill.
After setting forth the proceedings
before the interstate com
mission and it's findings the ill recites
he following prayer:
That on final hearing hereof a de-
cree may be entered granting to the
complainant a writ of injunction to re-
strain the defendants from further con-,
.inuing in their violation of and dis
obedience to the said order of the COM
claimant, the interstate commerce COM
THAT the decree may be entered re-
ruiring said defendants to pay such a
sum of money not exceeding $500 for
Every day after a day to be named in
such decree, that they shall respective
v fail to Obey the iniu0ction"