The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-05-11


'ed It rs. ..n TO Correct Immunity ProHi-
ears ar -, In Humphreys Decision.
Lightne "'
pain washington, May 5.-President
fainv ovo|t transmitted to congress Fri
Sick. 4hp rpport of James R. Garfield,
" Get nmissioner Of corporations, giving
= BAD rosuIts of his investigation Of
10 sOia subject of transportation and
b., SaA. .,sht rates in connection with
80. ani nil industry. In his message
~ and nrpsident expresses the view That
E report is of capital Importance, be-
ne n.o of the effort now being made to
~ lOl Id .,re such enlargement of the pow
~ of the interstate commerce COM
~, Ne4ts s,cion as will confer upon the COM
falo, NJ ssi on T nower in some measure ade.
io #sta to meet the clearly-demOn-
b.a ,ated needs of the situation. The
= ~ nc set forth in the report, he de-
RansHas CHS az are for the most part not dis
Mted, That the Standard Oil Co. has
. Mnpftted enormously up almost to
~ Guia l. present moment by secret rates.
the lsgs4 ANY of which were clearly unlawful
session al q president says the report clearly
constihs&Shows the benefit thereby secured
have hss mopnting to at least three-quarterS
speaker, Ia million year. On this subject
= says:
ansvsa This three-quarters of million repre- re,
ng dow nls the pfHh ,h t1 rxptnse 81 the rail-
AIMED vel CsdS; but OF course the ultimate result
A. "A
w ~ the expense Of the public, 4 very
saw Iii rtkng result OF the Investigation has
rbune that sporty aver by the 9 or
a CORPORATIONS, the major portion OF
n Rp.,u hem were promptly corrected by the
iarfed d ann done away with. This immediate
and hEaa Erection, partial or complete, Of the
VII of the secret rates, is of course on
be one hand an acknowledgment That
} poI;r, @hey were wrong, and yet were perse-
Mered in until exposed on the other hand,
ICY ever Is proof of the efficiency of the work
" coo,,. vaat has been done by the bureau Of cor
:, ~ $0rations
IN theNG# The statement is added that the de-
e, 2Oyar artment of Justice will take up the
ne 70 on suestion of instituting prosecutions in
W ior Ml h least certain of the cases, and the
ne VIII req hone is expressed that congress will
00O,eVV all enact into law the bill of Senator
Ohcy had Knox to correct the Interpretation OF
the sana he immunity provision rendered in
this tine NIudge Humphreys decision. Con
ums, Eas Elnuing, the president says:
interest," WI But in addition to these secret rates
i,O0G-Wa he Standard on profits immensely y by ~
give it an overwhelming advantage over
--- bts independent competitors. This is a
Fotor evils which are inevitable under sys
uo,. s.. TEN in which the big shipper and the
oelhe Ieo railroad are left free to crush out al
S eaussa indyIduaI initiative and all power Of IN
sheariag Of adequate and thorough going govern
ne-hatf an mental control Exactly similar condi-
dogs al and aUa0 southwest oTth IT. " POI % |''
i betoa It is not possible to put into figures the
:, /, exact amount by which the STANDARD
IL De eeasf profits through the gross favOrtisn
shown it by the railroads in connection
with the 0BeR rates.
-- The profit Of course comes not merely
= + by the saving in the rate itself as com
ON. pared with its competitors but by The
Hrr,ss.ls higher prices 1t is able to charge an(
table I'll which 1t Secures, thereby getting thu
Ynotof d profit on the whole consumption
-, The president calls attention to tna'
= su' feature of the report regarding the
= = s. manner in which the law is evaded BY
u = 1Ass' treating as state commerce what II
reality is merely part of interstate
commerce.
dy. It Is unfortunately not true, h:
ate fotn says, that the Standard Oil Co. is thu
sh ess only corporation which has benefited
in ths g and is benefttiag in wholly imprope
leceSsaE fashion by an elaborate series of rate
| vas determinations The Sugar Trust
for tsIB be adds, according to the results o
yecuFss ne investigation now in progress
( 0fthe rarely If ever, pays the lawful rate
ldahOEn Tor transportation. He declares tina
u He'll N the effort to prevent the railroads
nom uniting for improper purposes
We have very unwisely prohibite
aem from uniting for proper pun
- 1.ss poses; that is, for purposes Of pre-
-ulo N ectng themselves and the genera
sas public as against the power of tn
u, y great corporations"
lSe'~ he tav0rS as an element of CON
u IS PETITION putting alcohol used in tn
n aIs on the free list, and of keepin
q = me fee to oil and coal lands of the Ii
psOe 0an tribes or on the public domai
aus y The government, the lands to
S. Aes1 seased only on such terms and 70
=. ~ such periods as will enable the gov
~ Dill aament to entirely control them.