The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-14

the people Of my country or OF any Of
70 nos q whsyf are e:flns sE
It to them? I am not blaming or COM
Compelled to take the place Of trafiic
MANAGER e Compelled to look after
he IS saepiantsa y sss 1assrssate s seme
merce, Commission that Commission
look a i the ony So SO Of g hs se
receive Its portion Of the business, be-
that the public necessities demand That
each one of these roads shall receive
ta In Sat # 5ns
suDserve interests of the people along
position that t6ey have BEEN driSen
doubtful If they will get as good an
would leave it entirely in the i hands d
of the present managers;
Me- Ree Presi M pees the sena
tor from North Dakota yield III to '' the
Senator, from Iowa?
Mr. Dolliver. The Senator appears to
Commission in the case OF the seaboard
Commission for Voluntary arSitration
anything in the existing law that would
give to the Interstate Commerce COM
mission the jurisdiction which they
way companies, exercised in that case?
Beyond that, l call the Senator's at
ssntion t, to the fact that the pending bill
the jurisdiction to determine their diff
ferentials and confines the Jurisdiction
pant aEanst ey entirely csfrs sG for en-
cessive or discriminating rates, and
does not authorize the Commission in
torial discrimination, Weighing against
each other the separate and independ-
ent railway systems of the country or
the independent and separate markets
:, MIR. McCumber. Mr.. President, the
Under the existing law the Commits
s sionsrs held in that case that they
| which they would enforce If they had
- The The pending en- 9r Bin. by giving them
the power to fix maximum rates, in
my opinion, does give them the power
us suppose that here is q line from
Chicago to New York and another line
NSu nw YGf from Chi Chicago to Baltmors and
reason Of its facilities. by reason Of its
, not being too greatly in debt, and a
at 60 ees to When gra he
Commission pass upon the question of
h ene rate tseS on grain for tina, rarGad
that 20 cents a hundred is reasonable
rate: When they come to the other
road they win find that it cannot pay
dividends unless it charges 25 cents IL
upon the iirst ROAD shall be- 20 'e Gents ts'a
a 70 h eGmP tsaf h s is hs
reasonable rate between Chicago and
n; York, because the product is going
stroyed: But following the North At
ian!ie dllfersntial case. they would be
interests of the country demand that
reasonable rates shall be so construed
that they will be reasonable to every
may, participate in the traffic.
pa to gney out the real
your train, If knew what station it
was going to land me in; but there is
xoeates Who cam te1 me s the d HMn
It is going or on what track it is rum
ming; None Of you arrive at the same
because you do not start upon your
first basis; and that is this basis Of
os Kn9W Of no method
Of reasonableness. except you take up
one road at time. and If you do that
rates as there are roads and ali dif-
ferent. On the other hand: if you take
railroad that can haul for the least
you make that your basis, then every
one of the other. roads will have to
and If You take as 4 basis the road rip that
Is by valuation or anything else: then
professionally high: and il YOU take
some middle ground between them,
then half Of them. on one side will be
unreasonable "a fhnr ho1
Mt M. gilimaSn. row Mr.. President
tor rh from w'e Nprh bakota po sea the to TIE
Senator from South Carolina?
M Mr.. M Mss ,anl NV With pleasure;
moment ago that not one of us knew
oes are Sng G where the train
where / am until the Senator f r. shows shows
ne Show betee piace ehan
do not want the Senator to understand
whole. 0 ~ >'' '''' o. .
-, M; Tillman. The Senator said
this territory. speaking Of the inland
e territory IT had been built up BY reason
language exactly. but that was the idea
THAT - bait there had been discrimination
Mr.. McCumber. You can use that
language. because that is what mean.
Mr.. Tillman. I have seen q good
many statements coming from farther
west, where there is great outcry
over the. discrimination against those
points-Denver, Spokane, and other
points are loud. howNng, in fact, be-
cause they say they are practically be-
ing destroyed by this very favoritism;
and |, for one. have been trying to go
to that point where everybody will
haye an equal show, and where you
will have no discrimination between
sections or between localities or be-
tween individuals.
The Vice President. Does the sena-
| tor from North Dakota yield to the
Senator from Rhode Island?
Mr.. McCumber. Certainly.
Mr.. Aldrich. I should like to ask the
| Senator from South Carolina q ques-
| ton, II the Senator from North Dakota
! will permit me.
Mr.. McCumber. Certainly.
Mr.. Aldrich. 1 should like. to ask the
Senator from South Carolina whether
ton to the Commissioner over the ques-
tion Of differentials?
Mr.. Tillman. l have not examined
Mr.. Aldrich. Well. 1t is, the most