The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-08

author of the resolution was Informed
OF the action of the board in soliciting
tnelr information from the railroads
he said:
That viii be all right provided the
BOARD prepares to protect itself from
imposition. IF that resolution is car
rted out in the spirit in which it was
a esIa N, up 4 vii be q great thing for
In order to be able to check up the
ngures which are submitted to It the
board will require that the tariff sheets
used IN compiling the tables be sent
along with the tables.
The tabulated forms provide spaces
Tor all important commodities and
viii show the rate on these commodi-
ties from all distances=2O, 40, so
miles and so on Up to 800 miles. both
to the principal markets, such as Chi
cago, st. Louis and Omaha, but also
between local points They will cover
all the states mentioned in the resolu-
tion, and their preparation will be a
vast undertaking.
What Is Required.
The Stone resolution, which was in
troduced in the house of representa-
tives on March 8, and passed by both
house and senate within the next 4S
hours, is as follows:
Whereas, Tt is claimed by the rail-
road companies operating in Kansas,
that their charges are reasonable and
just for the services rendered and not
in excess of rates charged for the
same services in adjoining states, and
Whereas, It is claimed by the ship
pers that the railroad charges in Kan
sas are greatly in excess of rates
charged in the adjoining states for like
services, therefore,
Resolved, by the house of repre-
sentatiVes, the senate concurring, That
the board of railroad commissioners
be, and it is hereby directed to make
an investigation of the charges made
by the railroads in Kansas as COM
pared with the charges in the states of
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and
Texas. In making such investigation
the board shall have power to send for
persons and papers and examine wit
nesses under oath and shall make its
report to the governor within six
months and give it's findings to the
press for publication, and the governor
shall transmit the report to the next
| legislature with such recommends
tons as he may desire to make. The
report shall show
Il The distance tariff in effect in
Kansas and in the states named in
parallel columns.
90 Rates charged in Kansas and the
states named on all classes and kinds of
freight for the same distance to the
| same market.
20. Rates charged in Kansas and the
states named on all classes and kinds of
freight for the same distance to differ
! ent markets.
-. comparison Of rates on coal
from mines in Kansas to all Kansas
points on a mileage basis.
IS. A comparison of rates on coal
from mines in Kansas to points in Mis-
| souri, on a mileage basis.
&c. A comparison of rates on Kansas
roads having continuous lines of road
in other states, showing charges on the
same. class OF freight in Kansas and the
other states through which the roads
operate.
~ A statement of all rates charged
| jobbers in interior Kansas towns as
compared with rates from points or
the Missouri river.
g. complete statement of al
charges made by Kansas roads on al
commodities and compared with liki
| commodities in other states named.
THE object Of this resolution is to Sc
cure an official and intelligent state
ment from the board of railroad com
| nissioners and furnished by said boarC
| to the press in such shape as may b.
plainly shown to and understood by thu
/ people, and thus settle the eontrovers.
as to rates that is now pending between
the railroads and the people of thi
State''