The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-14
l'resident Spence g u er'Thinks b i i (! ),
mpleAut1,lhlo':rl'i,t ii iSveslt- el;'slt,
eu#iIl lf|1il1iiB5lt / Il, n
.FIXIlN } OFS !, I TIES \ l
W,OLtLD vE8Ev'llLl II III
Tile LessenIi,g of Appeals !. { and ID
the Extension, of cosr1tlis-
slon's Jur!sdict ctlon 5 50 Water,
Fast Freight md Private sa
Car \ Lil,ca Only Leg a
81 5islation Needed. 5sss s5ss
III tg5 r n ,s u, III sas3 y 35
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though Mr. sainuel Spencer. president "a
Y the Southern Railway Company y, |, was not
chosen by the rail way men of he Il #cotlill..
\ try 10 present TO; Congress i heir y views
concerning the Quest ION Of en- po powerir,gi
4 sono Official bod y of tho government To-
q 3rcguintc Srnilwny char rges, VI prominent
& cfa1 sof nn eastern road, |, said tonight,
VI That the stntenen which Mr. Spencer
begun before tho Committee on 4 tcrstntc
Commerce yester " md oncluded to-day *.
fairly rcpres entcd the ut titude III OF he
" railroads. II y IL III n isSS S55s bll
A1r. Spencer posi- lon u yyhcnSS summed
UP. amounts to d tleclarn Ion that mat
/ ters should DO left in statn quo thut the
Interstate Commission has oil the power
needed pro periy iperyise ralyay strI
e e tra nc, and hlt perfect y illii,g
that It shall tln1io TO 4 exercise that
10 vcr. d icf IS Willing t hat q com mis-
6 ton " 81 hs1Attto
II OF. n rebate tc:minal CHAR rges q: nd prl-
5Svate car8sllnes. VI IIc says s9i % has aSt he
power sof supervision Iii all three Scascs
sE II ijrf sen 4
#Ss Mr., Cassli t. president Fof N he n Fcnnsyl-
@Syai,ta, has said n Ile II Is willing TO have
Il Congress- enact railway rat te! legtsllt lon.
Il and II I'll is believed Il he faVors extending
5s the Il powers %of f5t the Ii Interst tate Commerce
81 .4t5omn1iasion So as to I give ~ aut thor:ty y
I to III ia tes. n II is derstoDd to- diffcr
radically from NJ r. !. 8 pencer sS
N 3 Adverse otes Exple:c i ted e ~ . !
leading; se,lat or told me to.nlg that
while he expected tn cre. would 1e:sseon-a ona
delsatt snat ~
\! ate lon ma me $,iD In u hat
nod \. llc very iii ,Icii doub bted etieri
there would be az sing eS vol q aga Inst X a
Ssbill when tho rol / cal led. Iic said
FURTHER that lie had been nformed \ hat
t Hero would la rcll s. be Ia d dlssentfng yot e
when the time; to vote came III the House.,
z 9s5 Answering IL ques tion g3 as TO WI ther
" there would be any obi bjection5to 10 a uniform
NJ classificn tlonSof frclgh tllroughou tS5 the
q country Mn. Spencer said here mig n
be, although would, thontS doupt;
5 5throwEt tho ra tcs of certain ailroads out
II of line. If sit4was done Yiolent y NJ sud
denly, 1t would result in commercial g
2upheayal.B n. SS .
Answering Rcpresentattv Ric rdson, l'l' 'r
I i OF Aiabaula, Mr.. Spencer said 8SS ttt|
Z Speaking suno fficially for nigh say.
e scyenty.five per- cent. OF the railroads OF
tho country, ! assert that you & Gu cannot lfN
< make a law forbiddlng re bates TOO dras5. rtLs.
u tic Ito suit U.S. ssa${ 5s II 3sf
NO we'll managed road now 81 YES re-
q t,a tes, !" he continued, s, and ans Incthod'
to absolutely tle iprae ice S'ou1o VIC
v be welcomed by the railroa dEs as. 5:.s
Help rs Not Expected.
r. everting again to hc result Of re- re-
4 4 classif flcation@.of rreigh which is cons
stantly going on. Mr.. Spen Ger 80 id 8Sl ne
result wils uniformly a reduc lion q nd inot!
y 4 d n 4 ncrensc ) II rates. Carriers, he sal
4 did not expect arm o. the government IN
y 10 help them raise or main tainS ra tcs, put
they ought oabe left free TO co5operh!e
with each other: In the way OF making
n. s..rensonablc agreements 88 among them
& selves g % s ,3&T s8
.If lesIslatious IS TO take place In any
If - nm ho continued "alld we ope q T.
will not be In this form, 1t should in clude
something that will ii insure 4 tabili y OF
Il rates, !, ana that those rates should Il be
thigh, enough TO relnulernt tc nc carrier
FOR service performed. !. The man ocs not
8liyc,, w asserted NJ +. Il Spencer. a no can
NJ llraft d Law that will grant authority to
;any body OF men thu I \ can he Sexc crciscd
cffcctiycly to abolish hsdiscrmlnntion be-
5 tween localities. 4 4 Is impossible 70 40
away, with complaint Of dlscrin ton on
tho part OF the LOCAL. ties "..$$ g ~
Confers Anomalous Power. @
mo bill, l,o said would be comforting
q nlalous /, powers upon one bod Ehe
"a .ticommisson Vi was e created ny ms tltutc
procccdlngs against carriers. u ere
II was proposed to invest i lie body " Will
niudiclalt function--th power q condemn
4 "a rate as unreasonable: Then INC next
stop contemplated was TO 81 them q 9 !
thorityf to name Ia 13t 70 for ae "
ture--n function he iae.
cisons of tho courts, " slatlY 9 81 nne-
St ton, This would make the commission
first II prosecuting bod i. mex t ~ nd icial J
body, and lastly II egisla tlyo bod w
alfS lin concluding he suggested tn VI ~ MS q
H 'opinionftho only leglslntioH necessary oll
the subject ut tho presen line, u, ndeed
any was nee cessa ry & was no sto ppiils y
flppeals ON decisions the commission
Is to the circuit court !, except where polnts
# Of law were involved " non en- ses q hou!d
II go 10 tho Supreme Court;Sthat tho freig \ I
Y Ga rrying lines by water, he fast flelg u
lines and the private CIR. lines ull be
# brought under I be jurisdiet on sof sst 10
commission, the same as = tho lall as
h now are, that the cal erss sho uld ybe5 fe,
Il lieyed Of tho alous posi- ton ot belng 3
required to maintain lnlforn m les anu
prohibited from mai King graen'ent Is 4 as
y to WhatStllose IA tes sllould be, a 3I!
s}5FI ,astly, something should be II don 70
prevent buses Of the rebate system 4 s5s
Eonfcrs With Secretary Morton.
9f fJ2y "A ssnr n 4 ed " prass 9SgS