The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
TUTILE EXPLAINS
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Gives Reasons for Dispropor-
tiOnate Charges for Long
and Short i1auIS

WASHINGTON, April 22.-At today's
meeting of the interstate commerce COM
mittee ii was decided to send copies of
the reports of the railway rate hearings
to every EaSmber of congress.
Mr.. Tuttle Of the Boston & Maine rail-
road was again before the committee and
answered a number of questions by Sena-
tor Carmack relating to long and short
haul charges. He said railroads often
necessity 10 maintain business. If rail-
roads Were compelled to make rates for
intermediate points equal to greater dis
tances. the-roads would have to make the
long haul rates so high that they would
not get apy-.Of the business, or the local
rates SO low that the business would be
unproGtahle.
Railroad men did not meet very often
to agree slnon rates Mr. Tuttle continued
Many OF the roads kept men in Washing
ton fqEvtRe purpose of giving them IN,
sometimes traffic managers notified COM
peting lines that there was to be change.
Mr.. ,EaEpack asked a number of ques-
tons as to sustaining communities that
have natural disadvantages, and Mr. Tut
tie replied that railroads would carry raw
products SUCH as cotton from the south
to the New England mills at a. very low
rate because IT was necessary to keep the
people in the New England mills employ
ed or the towns would be abandoned The
roads made up the difference in trans
portatiOn. OF necessities He illustrated this
by showing That large pulp and paper
mills had been built up in northern Maine
because the roads made rates which en-
abled them to lay down their products IN
Chicago and other points. ], 400 miles away
in competition with mills only 400 miles
distant.
Railroads often carried farm products at
cost, Mr.. Tuttle declared. because If they
did not ii would be impossible to get
these products 10 the seaboard- He point
ed out that during the year wheat for
milling purposes at st. Paul was selling
for 81. 25 pc. bushel, and was bringing the
same price at Liverpool. In Manitoba
wheat was worth 81. The % cents differ
ence allowed Manitoba wheat TO be car
ried to England. a very low rate being
made in the United States.
MIR. Tuttle stated that the idea that
great fiiIanciers controlled railways to the
was erroneous. 1t was natural that great
financieTs like MIR. Morgan should be con-
suited regarding all financial transactions.
Senator Newlands asked number OF
questions 70 develop the advantage of
national corporation act. Mr.. Tuttle re-
piled that when his road was organized
II might have been advantageous to have
had a national charter for il.
He further stated that arbitration of
labor troubles was impracticabIe. The
laboring men were opposed to compulsory
arbitration. With railroad employees gen.
orally, he thought, it was possible for the
officers of the roads and their men to
Replying to Senator Newlands. Mr..
Tuttie said that il the government owned
all the railroads he (Tuttle) probably
could manage them all if given absolute
control, but in a political government IT
will be impossible TO have that absolute
control.
On motion of Senator CuIIom the COM
mittee at 1:5O p. m. adjourned until Mon
day out of respect to the memory of the
late Senator Platt of Connecticut. 1t also
was decided that all members of the COM
mittee attend the funeral in body.