The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-23
TUTTLPS EXAMINATION
AGAIN BEFORE SENATE INTER- STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
Doeton and Maine OniciaI Answers Questions Propounded by MT. Carmack as to Long and
 Short Haul Charges.

Washington, April 22.-At todays meeting of the Senate Interstate Com merce Committee it was decided to send copies of the railway rate hearings to every member of Congress.
 Mir Futile of the Boston and Maine Railroad was again before the com mittee and answered a number of questions by Senator Carmack relat- ing to long and short haul charges. He said railroads often made long hauls as a loss at matter Of neces- sity to maintain it's business. If rail- roads were compelled to make rates for intermediate points equal to great CT distances the roads would have to make the long haul rates so high that they would not get any of the business or the local rates so low that the bus mess would be improbable. Railroad men did not meet very often to agree upon rates, Mir. Futile continued. Many of the roads kept men in Washington for the purpose of giving them infor- nation as to changes of rates, and sometimes traffic managers notified competing lines that there was to be a change.
 MT. Carmack asked a number of questions as to sustaining communi- ties that have natural disadvantages and Mir. Futile replied that railroads would carry raw products, such as cot ton from the south to the New Eng land mills at a very low rate because it was necessary to keep the people in the New England mills employed or the towns would be abandoned. The roads made up the difference in transporta- tion of necessities. He illustrated this by showing that large pulp and paper mills had been built up in Northern Maine because the roads made rates which enabled them to lay, down their products in Chicago and other points. 1.400 miles away, in competition with mills only 400 miles distant. Railroads often carried farm products at cost, MT. Futile declared, because if they did not it would be impossible to get these products to the seaboard. He pointed out that during the past year wheat for milling purposes at St. Paul was selling for $t.25 per bushel, and was bringing the same price at Liver pool In Manitoba wheat was worth a dollar. The 25c difference allowed Manitoba wheat to be carried to Eng land, a very low rate being made in the United States.
 Mir. Futile stated that the idea that great financiers controlled railways 10 fhe disadvantage or advantage of the public was erroneous. It was natural that great financiers like MT. Morgan should be consulted regarding all man. cial transactions.
 Senator Newlands asked a number of questions to develop the advantage of a national corporation act. Mir. Tut 1le replied that when his road was or ganixed 1t might have been advantage ous to have had a national charter for at. He further stated that arbitration of labor troubles was impracticable. The laboring men were opposed to com pulsory arbitration. With railroad em- ployes generally he thought 1t was im- possible for the officers of the road and the railroad men to settle differences.
 Replying to Senator Newlands, MT. Tuttle said that if the Government owned all the railroads he (Tuttle) probably could manage them all if giv- en absolute control, but in a political government it would be impossible to have that absolute control.
 On motion of Senator Cullom the committee then adjourned until Mon day out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Platt of Connecticut. 1t also was decided that all members sf the committee attend the funeral in ( body.