New-York tribune., 1905-02-27


od oo man & are those who have acquired their knoW
only.
EVIDENCE OF D1sCRTMINATIoN.
Continuing. President TuttIe discusses what Dr..
schurman said in his letter regarding the power
which railways have over corporations, commuui-
ties and even governments Mr.. Tuttle says
Now. as to the power which you say the railway
tlias 10 make ana unmake corporations. communl-
the newspaper report Of your remarks by changing
rising your meaning and enabling you to zomewhat
support It BY citations from testimony given by
railroad officers and by quotations from the reports
from 1902 10 1872 But is it quite fair, after your
hroaa and enph5tic statement that i IS IN tn
porations communities and even governments to
evade m! direct question whether you know when
qufry" and to excuse your inability 10 support
your sweeping statement Of alleged facts made
as if matter OF common knowledge. by asking
with railroads specify the discrimnatIons which
tions effected by suhterranean methods under
ccaIed or destroyed?" n .ail the world knows OF
these tsubterranesn methods vyouIi not thqfr
and point them out? 1t is well known that during
well as most other srse business enterprises. have
gone through processes o. transformation and evc-
luton greater and more important in their results
IMAM during any other Ike period in the world 8
history. and II would bs strange l. from this rapid
transformation In business methods abuses
of greater or less magnitude in the mana cement
OF pubic service. we'll private. corporations
testimony that you make although correctly given
show more OF what possible than Of what has
actually happened. and from the fact that you.
like others Of whom I have inquired are unable to
point out any instance Of material suffering by
communities or individuals that directly ndi
Tecty results from the OF autOCratic and
assumed that what abuses there were have either
cured themselves. have been by the
workings Of. economic conditions that the dan
gers you lay so much stress not
an important factor either in social business
life But II they are. the So-caed Elkns amend
merit or the Interstate Commerce law provides a
ground for the somewhat prevalent belief that the
Interstate Commerce Commission has not fully used
the power it possesses under this amendment. but
has been willing TO have the problem hefOgged b
confusing the separate and dstiucr matter pre-
venting secret and discriminating raterna king with
that OF prescribing reasonable rates New legiSla-
the statute books is sufficient to meet present
ana future exgencies. as l believe is the fact.
VALUE OF THE ELKINs AMENDMENT
To your answer TO my question about the value OF
the Elkins amendment to the Interstate Commerce
La W That the matter Of Discrimination IN teS or
facilities s wholly disconnected saparate froro
the Presidents Recommendation that raie ma kim
power ne given to the Interstate Commerce Con-
mission admits OF no argument. 1t Will be iust as
ment as one fixed by railway management. ana
fail 70 find anything in your discussion Of the evils
OF rate discrimination. or IN your citations Of test-
mony corrected Herewith. that in the slightest
way affects this statement. If since the passage
of the Elklrs law. complainants have been dis
coJraged from bringing their cases before the In
to lie nowhere except at its door and there is no
evidence that II - IN any degree chargeahle the