Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-25
LANE AND CLARK DENY INTERVIEW
Commissioners Hint that Chicago Man
Has Interior Motives.

Has Interior Motives.
1.-THE Interstate Commerce commission Is
vacillating and incompetent The new rate
law as thus far construed and applied is a
railroad law. Railway trafiic men and their
lawyers have unscrupulously resorted to
every conceivable technicality to prevent
the law from proving OF advantage 10 ship
pers and the public, for whose benefit II
was passed, and the commission thus far
has proved utterly incapable OF heading
them on The only concerns that have
profted thus far by the rate legislation
only ones who win profit Is It, at least for
The foregoing sentiments were expressed
yesterday by the traffic manager Of one OF
the largest manufacturing and shipping
concerns In Chicago. The speaker Is
prominent member Of the Illinois Manufac-
fnrers' associatiou and tine American Ship
pers' association, and was In the delegation
OF Chicago shippers which appeared before
the Interstate Commerce commission at
washington the day the new rate law went
into effect to present to that BODY the Ideas
OF the shipping interests regarding the IN.
depreciation the commission should put
upon disputed sections OF the new law
ne declared his views are shared by many
other large local shippers
This is from the Chicago Tribune Of Mon
day. Il Is the introduction OF a longer
interview. The entire story was shown to
Z Commissioners Lane and Clark In Omaha
/ wednesday morning. Mr.. lane said
The whole matter Is 50 grossly absurd
/ that II does not merit an answer. The
writer evidently did not understand his
| subject Since Il does not contain facts
/ DO not care to enter into detailed dis
eussion OF the matter"
J Commissioner Clark was more extended
/ in his expressions, though ne ooinoided
with Mr.. Lane I'm pronouncing the state
1 fnents false.
In the course OF the Tribune's interview
story it says;
! The commission, instead OF taking the
| bull hy the horns and prohibiting the roads
D from charging through rate higher than
/ lie sums OF the locals. has ruled that un-
tii December 81 they may reduce the
through rate g the sums sums Of the locals On
/ taken to indicate that sitter that date the
published through rate viii prevail. II
that s gs tSs fn e e aS be r9Sf
States, which Win add millions annually 10
/ railway revenue.
This" said MIR. Clark, lis totally wrong
As a matter OF fact We have not made any
rate ANAL yet We have asked the rail-
roads 70 join us IN providing the lowest
uniform rate commensurate with a fair
profit fos transportation and until we have
Definite responses to our inquiries or re-
quests and have made complete canvass
OF the situation We shall not know just ex-
actly what rate viii so into effect We are
aiming at uniformity at all events. We
have certainly not made the ruling as at
tributed 20 Us In this interview. that until
December I they may reduce the through
rate TO the sums OF the locals on one day
notice II they choose That much Il
strictly incorrect. To set down 10 bed
rock what the commission has done and
Is doing is largely IN the way OF expert
naent ana investigation IN our generd en-