The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-01
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down In Florida under the palms, as he
was taking his walk and reading the
morning papers, after he pointed to old
New Jersey, when Mr.. Rockefeller said:
EFT tn. Brute and tomorrow, as An
tony Rogers leans over the PROSTATE
form and picks out the particular slash
that was made. he Will say. And this
was the most unkindest cut OF all
Beef Packers, Too.
And the beef packers today In Chi
cago are claiming immunity from pros
ecution for crimes committed because
they admitted their crimes with what
they believed to be an implicit under
standing that they would not be prose-
cuted"
Mr Perkins On. y took very pes
simistic view Of the rate measure.
Perkins Is Pessimistic.
IF the bill answers any useful pur-
pose II will be as a scarecrow." was his
assertion While not claiming the rail-
road situation to be Ideal, IT would be
very easy to go from the frying pan
into the FIRE, AS to inJuring the rail-
roads. he was not alarmed at the bill
because, he said, 1t is impossible there
should be any active supervision of
railroad rates under II,
Herculean Task for Seven.
There are millions of different rates
In this country. There are a vast num-
Der of people who would be glad TO
get their rates cheaper. just as there
are vast number of people who are
glad to get anything cheaper. Fixing
these rates requires the constant action
of thousands Of trained men, All the
wrongs that may be In this system we
are going to have regulated by a tribu-
nal OF seven judges, who have in addi-
ton an abundance of other work on
hand.
Need Seven Thousand.
IF there was to be an active and ef-
fective supervision OF railroad rates by
the Government, instead of seven Inter
state Commerce commissioners, we
should have seven thousand"
While there was no doubt of frequent
instances of mistakes In the manage
ment OF railroads Mr.. Perkins gave
them credit as the pioneer builders of
American Industries and contrasted to
their credit the rates In Europe. which,
he said, were one third higher than our
highest rates.
Subservient to Politics.
Pointing out where the specific trou-
BILE under the bill Will come, Mr. Per-
kins said II would not be from the
claims OF shippers, but from the claims
Of contending localities, In pressing
which the interests OF business would
be subservient TO the interests of our
politics.
Analysis Rate Problem.
Asserting to the provisions of the
bill and regarding no excuse as neces-
sary for uniting with the majority In
the report from the committee. Mr.
Bartlett OF Georgia give an extensive
analy6iS of the rate problem
The railroads. he said, had appealed
to the Constitution 10 escape rcgula-
ton by the States and were now np-
peallng to the same document to escape
Federal control He limited the credit
due to the President, saying:
Limits Credit Duo.
while 1t Is true the President In
two messages has urged legislation of
this character he Is not entitled to the
credit of having originated the pro-
posed legislation"
Discusses the Trusts
An exhaustive discussion Of the de-
yelopment OF trusts and monopolics and
their effect on business was INDUCED In
by Mr. Martin of South Dakota, who
has a bill pending to control such or
ganizations, Rising prices for COM
moditics and frelghts and discourage
ment of individual endeavor were the
result of the sitting OF competition,
A bin was passed giving a Federal
charter to the Carnegie foundation
fund for the advancement OF teaching.
The House adjourned at II O'Clock.
Try to Hold Up City.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3I,-Msyor Mcclellan has
ordered investigation OF the dealings of tha