Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03

last session, under which the Department
or Commerce and Labor Investigated the
operations of the so-called oil trust In
Kansas, will tomorrow introduce bill for
the regulation of private car lines
What Mr.. Campbell Says.
Mr.. Campbell says that the purpose OF
MS bill is to guarantee to the little ship
per equal rates and like facilities with the
big shipper on common carriers. He said
to a Star man last night:
Its aim Is to strike the crux OF inequai-
lily in rates and facilities and to protect the
little shipper and the railroads against the
power and rapacity of the big shipper
1T is not possible to secure to the little
shipper a square deal and an equal oppor-
tunity while the big shipper is permitted
to use private cars, either owned or con-
troled by him, in the place of cars corr
mon to all at equal rates
Certain big shippers unblushingly claim
they are justly entitled to preferential and
rates on common carriers because they are
big shippers and provide their own cars.
This claim is evidence of shameless dis
regard OF all other rights. To concede the
Justice or such a claim is to conceGe the
right to create and maintain a monopoly
common carrier is not "A common carrier
when the facilities upon IL are not COM
mon to ELL
Every one knows that the shipper using
his own cars, cars controlled by him,
has unfair advantage over his less for
tunate competitor who uses the cars ana
facilities provided by the common carrier,
and that the use of private cars by the big
shipper has crowded many little shippers
to the wall and crushed them out OF bust
ness Common carriers must be common
to all, with equal rates and equal facilities.
THE public welfare demands equal OPP
portunities to all. The rights of the public
are secure with a large number of smaH
enterprises enjoying equal opportunities
competing for the patronage of the people.
The rights of the public are not secure
when few big enterprises control trade
without competition.
Il shall give my most hearty support to
the administration bill TO regulate rates,
and in addition am anxious TO see the pro-
visions of this bill become law"
Provisions of His Measure.
The measure to be introduced tomorrow
by the Kansas representative provides
that all ventiator cars, refrigerator cars,
oil or tank cars. and any and all cars
which have heretofore been termed "pqt-
vate cars" used In the transportation or
any article of interstate or foreign COM
merce. are hereby declared to be common
carriers, and subject to all laws affecting
common carriers.
It shall be unlawful for any railway
company to contract with the shippers or
any commodity entering into interstate or
foreign commerce for Its transportation in
private cars, owned or controlled directly
or indirectly BY such shippers. To be a
stakeholder in. or director or officer of any
company owning or controlling such ven
tilator cars. refrigerator cars, tank cars CIR
private cars of whatever character. shall
be construed as having such an interest as
is prohibited by this act.
Any person or corporation violating the
act shall, upon conviction. be fined not less
than $500 and be imprisoned for not less
than thirty days When a corporation has
been found to be an offender under the pro-
visions of this act all the executive officers
and agents of Its traffic department shall
be deemed guilty. So