The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-01

OLYMPIA. Feb. The peor
.,,ua.trodarua railroads 81 che
s,,s bad an inning last night
TAslr hired men talked them
,.,yss hoarse tH telling the aoIans
= how much the state owed these
TRANSFORMATION companies. and enc
s,,remely luHassloned speaker
saroitlr but mast studiously Re-
-ipdsa the servants 90 the dear
rsopls Of the HI'ruad passes Era
risasly provided
Incidentally HHrEss eutativr ship
~ vas present and be was unklnd
ssorsh o. say a few things about
awriulnating rates.
ne members e. the ioint commit
- 81 fhe senate and house. with
ssustnf Van De Nanter as chair
wan seated themselves tn the seu-
a. chamber lass uIEht ~ hypnotic
svhiects % b. Experimental on by
re wizards 20 tha rail-
The occaalon was the open dis
russion OF tho proposed railway
commission legislation.
ne Kennedy BIN one II the
tA.se pending in she legislature, and
he blli walsh viii. "a all probable
fv BE- the basis q the measure
vhleh viii finally be reported 10
ne legislature. VAS read.
while the meeting vas held aa-
tanslhlv for the purpose % hearing
he railroads. the burden Of proof
vas unt on these demanding the
passars ~ rsEalatIvo commission
hHl ana the trusted employees of
Jim HIu John u Rockefeller. Mr..
Hartman e al we're given the last
word
WI paaIhamns president % the
puvallnp Valley Fruit Growers as
soriatian. started the ball rolling
by giving the shippers side Of the
story.
NJ paulhamus cited several In
v.anrrs % alleged discrimination
practlcsd against berry-raiHers IN
,hslr efforts 20 reach eastern mar
kssS particularly Missouri river
points
we can't loEIsiate here for Ms
sart river points lnteriected Sen
s.arSaa de Nanfer.
No you caut's retnrted Mr.
psnihamus "Hut the interstate
semesre commission has ruled that
az complaint We have must Be
h.s-A IN The city ~ Washington.
We berry- raIssrs cant stand the ex-
u~sss a a fight lIkc-that. What We
wat s salr and Just tribunal. be-
sofs whieh Ne can lay our ErieV-
.s.as ana Which. IN the name -
tie paouls o. Washington. viii In
tara lay th0se grievances before the
Interstate commerce commission
Ana maks our fight there for Us
we also raise vegetables. con
tinusa NJ pauihamus The rate
On vsfsiahiss bv water from san
Franeisco 10 Seattle Is 20 cents per
hundred and ~ railroad from
pnvallao 10 Seattle a Is 90 cents per
hundred Cauidnt a railway com
mission remedy thnt
Harry A Faifghild who is said
10 present Coz. Mead'a views on the
commission legislation. spoke IN
faTor of a commission that would
have ample powers and backed BY
tie proper legislation 20 enable u
70 y and % something lie re
fsrred especially 20 giving the com
mission power 10 act upon It's own
initiative. or IN rates In the fifHt
instance. II the commission was
empowered % act On complaint
oriy Il would reduce the commits
Eoa 10 the level q an ordinary jus
t,rs court. He also wanted the law
70 drafted that the burden % proof
would b on the railroad In case
4 took any commission ruling on
r1tss into court
1f,sr Messra Pnuihauus ana
Faizchnd had been given chance
10 asssnd an attack on the BIN be-
fore hat attack was made. the
kszrY batteries ard rapid fire guns
n fhs railroads we're turned on the
Measure
Al the -splelera' for the railroads
took a knock az the provisions Of
he kennedy bin giving the com
mission the right go act on SIS own
iaitiatlve and The right 20 fir Joint
rates between points on different
raiirnada
Charles " Levy. q Tacoma. as
distant 70 the president 81 the
Nsrthsu Paeifie traced railway
commission legislation Tn other
states ard proved conrluaivel7. r.
himself and railroad friends at Ieaat.
that rallway commission laws we're
fsllc - ancient and harbar1ua
tines. that they were now COM
pisis'y 0ut ~ date. and that no state
keeping pace uIfH the times would
even ihink n such legislation
hf. Ley finally objected - the
cause giving the governor absolute
power Or appointment and removal
Hs also declared that the commits
n9ners should have fixed terms and
% subject - removal only after
impsachment ~ the legislature.
We Do not object said Mr.
Levy, TO a commission clothed Nith
power 70 adjust real abuses. bat ue
% ohlstt 10 a dIefatarlal commits
s'on clothed Vlfh power 70 run our
business"
l. G. Gilman. Jim HHra attorney
~ Seattle. was the next man 10
lfain ne railroad guns on the meas
IRE To him vas .ufruHtrd the light
.-pi4 IRE battery. lie trained his
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