The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-19
LAMAR ON RAILROAD
RATE LEGISLATION
Florida Congressman Tells Of Removal from Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce and Explains
pareH Bill.

Commerce Commission, shows that
the cost Of icing a car from Mobile to
New York would not be over fifteen
OF eighteen dollars. The icing
charges upon these private cars from
Monticello. Fla- to Pittsburg, Pa,
have been in the past. upon a carload
OF cantalOupes as high as nintey dol
lars. This charge was a swindle and
an extortion on the melon growers at
Monticello. and all over the state of
Florida. of at least sixty or seventy
dollars per car load. This great saw
ing on icing charges would have been
a good profit on the car load of
melons itself to the man who raised
them.
The Davey bin did not have one
word In it on this great abuse. And
mark you. the Davey bill was drawn
By Minority Leader John Sharp VIII
liams himself ana introduced in the
house OF representatives boy Mr.. Da-
. Vey, congressman from Louisiana
+ And again the DaVey bin adopted
+ By the caucus did not have one line
E ia it 10 assist the Independent coal
miners and the operatives in these
mines against the multi-millionaire
/ Coal BarOns. These millionaire coal
4 baronE own ninety per cent of the
amount of coal mined in Pennsyl-
vania and own an the railroads trans
+ porting the products Of the mines to
( the markets Of the world. They re-
T fuse 70 give cars 10 Independent coal
miners in which 10 ship their products
+ tc the markets of the world and thus
bring it in competition with their
own products and consequently low
oring the price Of coal to the poor
people of the land
A Faulty Bill.
4 The Davey bill adopted by the eau
Gus did not have one word En- it con
demning and correcting this great in
EQUITY. The Davey bin adopted by
the caucus also dia not have a single
line in ID providing a criminal penalty
for railroad companies and the Off.
4 GERS Of railroad companies for their
violations of The laws of the land.
The stealing of a COW in Florida Is
made a penitentiary ohense. And yet
u the democratic caucus In adopting the
DaTey bill the product of the hand
Iof democratic Minority Leader. John
( sharp Williams. did not have a single
line In 81 remedying these great rail-
ANal uNAcNcs UEIldLEl on the MODL
cf the cauCus before the bin was
adopted thai Ct would not do 10 bind
1.-THE national democracy by such an
Immature and inconseQuentiai meas
lure. And ] on yesterday declared on
the floor Of the house of representa-.
uyes In the face of the American
b people and within their hearing that
the democratic minority leader, John
p Sharp Williams may not have beer
7 treacherous and perfdious TO the
democracy I'm his caucus call but that
caucus had operator as a fraud, in
effect, upon the national democracy
and was nothing less than SOLD
brick offered to them.
The caucus bin only contained tbs
rate revising and rate fixing featur,
Il by the Interstate Commerce Commits
son. and provided by a second section
; for an appeal 10 the courts from tn,
+ order of said commission. a. was
blank as 60 an other relief TO b,
: granted to the people of this country
Before the caucus adjourned. it wa.