The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-02-16

The Tillman resolution was then
adopted as follows:
Whereas, persons engaged or wish
ing to engage in mining and shipping
bituminous coal and other products
to other states of the United States,
complain that they are treated unjust
ly by common carriers engaged IN
Interstate carriage, in that they, be-
ing Independent operators, without in
fiuence with and in whose business
common carriers or their officers have
no interest. ere uniustly Disseminated
agains!t, and undue preference is Civ
en- to other persons in whose busi-
ness the officers q: common carriers
are interested or in traffic in which
the common carrier is interested,
either directly or indirectly, and that
undue preference or advantage is CIV
en- by such common carriers to the
shippers of coal from mines in which
said carriers or their officers are in
terested. either directly or indirect.
ly, and,
the bituminous coal and other traffic
above referred to is controlled by a
combination of common carriers, by
means of stock ownership, or other
means directly or indirectly, thus Gre
ating monopoly in restraint of trade.
Therefore, be it,
Resolved, etc, that the interstate
commerce commission be authorized
and instructed to Immediately inquire.
investigate and report to congress
from time to time as the investiga.
tion proceeds:
Whether the common car
riers by railroad, subject 10 the inter.
state commerce act, they or any OF
them. own or have any interest in,
| by means of stock ownership-in other
corporations or otherwise, any of the
coal or other products which they OF
either of them, directly or through
other companies which they control
OF in which they have an interest, car
ry over their or any of their lines as
common carriers.
"Second-Whether the officers OF
any of the carriers aforesaid, or any
any of them, charged with the duty OF
distributing cars or furnishing facil
tiles to shippers are interested. either
directly or indirectly, by means ot
stock ownership or otherwise in cor
porations or companies owning, ope
| iro 1oaciY,o nfhpruTicn nj
ested in any coal mines, coal proper
ties or any other traffic over the rail
roads with which they or any of then
are connected or by which they OF
any of them are employed.
"Third-Whether there is any con
tract, combination in form of trust
or otherwise, or conspiracy in re
straint of trade or commerce among
the several states, in which any com
mon carrier engaged in the transpor
tation of bituminous coal or other pro
ducts is interested, or to which it il
a party; and whether any such com
mon carriers monopolize any part o
the trade or commerce in bituminout
coal, or other traffic among the sew
eral states, or with foreign nations
and whether or not, and if so, TO VIVA
extent such carriers or any of then
the output of coal mines, or the price
OF coal.
"Fourth-If the interstate com
merce commission shall find that tht
facts set forth i'll the three. para
graphs above do exist, then that it b.
further required to report as to th'
effect of such relationship, ownership
or interest in coal or coal traffic afore
said, or such contracts, combination
in form Of trust, or otherwise, or con
spiracy or such monopoly or attemp
to monopolize of combine or cOnspir
as aforesaid, upon such person or pei
sons as may be engaged independent
ly of any other persons in mining Goa
and shipping the same, or other Pre-
ducts, who may desire to SO engage
or upon the general public as consum
ers of such coal and other products.
"Fifth-That said commission be a.
so required to investigate the system
of car distribution in effect upon tn
several railway lines engaged in tn
transportation of bituminous coal o
other products, as aforesaid, ant
whether said systems are fair AM
equitable and whether the same ar
carried out fairly and properly; an,
whether said carriers or any of then
discriminate against shippers, or PAL
ties wishing TO become shippers owe
their several lines, either in the mat
ter Of distribution of cars or in fur
nishing of facilities or instrumental
tiles connected with the receiving, foI
warding or carrying of coal as afore
said.
I "Sixth-That said commission b
also required to report as to what rem
edy it can suggest to cure the evil
above set forth, if they exist,
| SeVenth-That said commission b