Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-23
CONGRESSMAN HoGG TALKS
TO BOARD OF TRADE

The Durango board of trade held a
special meeting last evening, the di-
rectors first transacting some routine
business. There was a full attendance
of directors and many individual mem
bers, among them heavy shippers, the
occasion being to talk over needed
legislation with Congressman Hogg.
gressman Durango's wants from ma
tional standpoint President Camp
called upon Mr.. Jakway to state the
purposes of the gathering to Judge
Hogg The meeting lasted until near
ly midnight, owing to long discussion
of the national freight regulations.
Starting in with the question of .
public building. Congressman Hogs
stated that securing money for pubic
buildings was not an easy matter
that at the last session he had bill
reported giving Trinidad s650O0 for
public building but owing to de
mands for money in other directions
the appropriation, along with many
others, was cut out; that at the com.
ing session he would have to remain
with Trinidad and he felt pretty Ger
tain of success After Trinidad Du
range and Grand Junction will be in
line.
AS to money for the reclamation OF
lands Judge Hogg stated that every
dollar Colorado was entitled to had
been appropriated for several years
and that II would be next to Impossible
to obtain national aid for the many
enterprises contemplated throughout
the state.
II was national control of railroads
that occupied most of the time and
the discussion brought out much of in
tereSt to those present In regard u
the Esch- Townsend bill the judge stat
ed that a big majority of those voting
for the measure were opposed to 1t
but that sentiment won. The meas
ure did not meet the requirements. A.
to President RoosevelIs plan. the
judge said ii would be all right while
the government had at its helm sucl
a man as Roosevelt, a man who had
l.
to battle for the interests of the peo
pie, but with bad PRESIDENT Gro
YER Cleveland or some one like him
the operation of the law would become
obnoxious. Again, the Judge said ne
was doubtful as to the beneficial re
Colorado first, last and all the time
and what his people wanted he want
ed; that his interests were those o.
the great mass of the people. In the
discussion he recited the advantages
some sections were receiving owine
TO freight concessions and that fol
Colorado to improve these concessions
was necessary-above all things he
favored justice and equity The Judge
spoke strongly against unjust dis
elimination; that the law should be
such that no railroad should be al
lowed to make greater charge for a
short haul than for IA long one; that ii
is wrong for Durango shippers tc
pay more freight for a car of Califor
mia goods than Chicago or New York
or that freight be shipped to Califor
mia points from the East for less mon
ey than is charged Durango half the
haul. 1t is here that the greatest in
Justice is done community by rail
roads.
During the discussion Mr. Dunbar
gave his views and for a time it seem
ed tnat the two were at variance as
TO the remedy. but later on it became
evident that most every one present
agreed that the plan promulgated by
Judge Grosscup of the United States
circuit court of appeals was the bes-
one yet evolved, and this plan was
outlined as an Independent view bJ
Judge Hogg to Mr.. Jakway earlier in
the evening before the Judge had ne
rhsed the plan of the eminent Chicago
lurist. Several times during the even
ing Mr.. Hogg stated that he favored
tne Grosscnp measure above any that
mad been proposed. And it was con
ceued that the Grosscup measure
meets the demands of shippers all
over the country, not only having
been endorsed by thousands upon
thousands of individual shippers, bu,
by many commercial bodies, among
them the Pittsburg chamber of com
merce.
In discussing railroad legislation
the Judge made it plain that he was
in favor of legislation, but it was a
matter OF great moment, and tle
question with him was, would the
Roosevelt plan benefit Colorado. and
in this he wanted the expression OF
the people by whom he would be
largely guided, his desire being sim.
ply one of the greatest good to the
greatest number. and in conclusion il
was almost unanimously agreed that
the Grosscup plan was the best. This
plan is endorsed by Freight" the
recognized mouthpiece of the shipping
public, being the only publication de.
voted to the shipping interests of man
ufacturers, jobbers and consumers.
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From Wednesdays Daily.