The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
RAILROADS CLOSE
PUBLICITY BUREAU
Expressive Organization to Com
bat Roosevelt's Rate Reform
Ideas is Given Up.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. ~ ~ ;gft 'tS. 1870,
:. Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE epitaph Of,
the Michaelis and Ellsworth Railroad
publicity bureau has been written: The
fee in Chicago, and an of the branch
offices turnout the. middle west, shall
be closed. &sf # sss :,
The hundreds Of representatives
who have, been travelling indHstriously
over the country s. interviewing the
editors Of newspapers, and trying by
one means or anot her ~ the
q against + President Rooseveltsys rate reg.
ulation program all have been ordered
in Ito, re ceiive their: lasts pay envelopes
and to- have their elastic expense ac-
counts che cked up. 4,t5zSs :
= Thes4 order went forth today. The
railroad men are as silent about this
closing order as they. have been about
their interest I'M the bureau during It's
EXISTENCE. S, r ~ xia5',
8:% Expensive Bureau.s%
The maintenance of this bureau has
been extremely expensive, the, differ
ent roads having been assessed nearly
It is said that the officials and direct
ors will not be sorry to have this drain
on their resources cease, as there will
be new expenses to be incurred IN con-
nection with their lobby at Washing
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The reason for closing the bureau
is that it has proven a failure, an ex'
raidroad cause incalculable harm, and
scarcely any good. -. = -,
Tt is pointed out that the latest fasco
of the bureau was the rump convention
in Chicago which it organized to null.
lily as much as possible the influence OF
the Bacon interstate commerce law
convention. g.: :
Instead of helping matters it only
brought into more prominence the meth
DDS which the railroads have been usins
in their campaign. It is recognized by
every railroad president in the country
that in the case of the RUM
convention the bureau did a great dea
of harm. They were so open in manag
ing the rump convention that every on
with ewes could see that it was no NOR
than railroad scheme. N.Y.. - :. -.
Another thing which has disguste'
the railroad officials with the bureau i
the fact that-while they were expected
to work in the dark and accomplish thei
results and issue their pro-railroa'
literature, editorials and news matter
without disclosing the fact that the.
were in any way connected with tn
railroads, they have, as matter OF tact
managed to get in the limelight iron
the first, and several times their agent
have been exposed for trying to brlb
Exposure Of the Bureau. 80.
It is also said that the crux of tn
matter came recently When wester
paper, whose editor had been offere
remuneration if he would print editor
tally the matter sent out by the bureau
collected considerable evidence agai!ns
the: person who made the offer, tracin
him IS his correction with the railroad
and their publicity bureau, and usln
tile whole front page of his paper /
making the. exposure. -,
COPIES Of this paper reached th
hands of Mr.. Spencer and the other raj
road presidents and Wall Street owner
. and threw them in a@panic. Mr.. Spel
if they 1.s ' could not get better represents
tives than that in the field, the burea
had better withdraw all Of them.r