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

walked the same path which has led.
in the old country. to preferrins great
upon the assumption that such cities
are entitled. as a matter of right.
Snasr na they sond honesty yS
and thus dsstrosing ali II c eas saesS
ings Of majority Of this c CON MISSION
On page SO of the decision in regard
to North Atlantic seaport differentials
1t is said that a. fair differential is
one which would give to these several
ports ports the traffic to which they are en-;
ports are entitled to what Of this
traffic they can obtain under a fair
They are entitled not to what they
can secure under fair competition, but
under fair (eqnalizing) differential.
Commission arrive Mt a conclusion that
titled to such dItrerential that # may
port business ' Of the County? II Bal
timore is one half the size Of New
York, then under this decision those
will get one-third OF tn export business
and New York will get the other two
thirds
and We condemn TO-DAY. pooling I be.
Tween s% EN- railways ta This principle ADOPT
;sS ~ w III sia t. , Soihiaerue CON-
imposes It upon all railways. That
simple proposition that rates are to be
n fnu tba oor Inc befet5 OF clties ana not
y would d. authorize Vi, such rrinciinle, being
Massachusetts iMr. Lodgel, who SO
aabiy DEFENDED ana a pie ;s Tor his own
| against the arbitrary power that might
iis ho Gon,ssion ne may Wen
that .n rt Is no way t9 fa we can
New Engand "i but 't thst may aSinon otef Is
hs'i ,h me s, law III, III tneS 40 not follow
iha interi .o" MANY OIL the industries OF
gain on noro 80 tho f,o,nm,ssion
SAY: ''"' vi p"se o. 'he commission
these THss sho9d be 50 a that
tributed between the different lines of
railways which serve these ports. Each
The prosperity of these cities and. sys-
TENS can not be separated. The ability
it's duty for a reasonable charge de-
pends upon the business, which it can
should be deprived of its fair I propor
! ton of this export trade.
In simple, plain English what does
| this mean? II means that the nnhIic
| must be compelied to sIipnort q road
| if that road can not Of Itself compete
with another road: that the rates must
shall receive its proportion Of the care are
| rying business. For illustration: If
he Bal,imore and OHIO railrosd can
| timore for cents per bundled mounds
| less than the Pennsylvania line can
fb r IT e H M HoTa shall not haXe
| and Baltimore shall not have the hene.
| tit of its location: but thai the Penn-
must have liz prnnortion OF fbat ~ fr, a5,n
. and If it can not he secured in any
other way, the 80" baltimore and Ohio o
| other road must lower its rates. ana IL
its rates. then the Baitimore more and .n iS oHio
Commission TO whom Yon a a rs t se,n same ne
give the power to determine wbat arc
F, just and fair rates. ~ "A' "''
Does. not the mere statement Of the
proposition by the Interstate Commerce
demnation? Carrying this proposition
out in all the great transcontinental
lines, that road which has been built
a poor country. country that will not
give 1T sufficient business to pay its
Of must trads Its
must be so made by the other lines
that 1t may secure Its proper proper
lioH
1t has always been supposed in the
past that great cities were entitled to
the enjoyment Of the conditions which
made them great SO long. and only so
long, as they subserved the interest of
the PUBLIC, and that railroads were
quasi -puplc nstltutions, because they
SMbserVed the interest OF the public.
me conclusion or the interstate Com
the this rule
sition that the puoilc interest must be
subservient to the demands Of great
ci.les LOT the continuation or their
prosperity. and that the public bust
ness Is LOT the benent OF all the roads
or at ieast all such as the Commission
20 demand ITS protective care. That is
Again they say, on mage SO:
Now. II there had been no export
business IN the past. II those domestic
rates mad been adjusted solely with
view to what was right hetween the
f t6ni tha II rs aitogether probable
timore and PHILADELPHIA would have
been even greater than they are today.
But constituting itself as the guar
dian or the interests Of New York and
ths the comm ha decided that
ter cities could enjoy greater CONNER
the producer. is made to pay higher
freigEts Tor the benefit of Boston and
! New York.
L am not crfticising these Commits
sioners. because / insist that when that
Is given then It will have to be
will so DISRUPT all rates as to produce
| a case of practical anarchy among oil