The Washington times., 1906-08-11
Michigan Professor IS to
Receive S10,000a Year
Salary.
BEST MEN ARE WANTED
Commission Wants High
Class Talent That Can Hold
Down Railroad Arguments.

Prof Henry c. Adams, of the Miehi-
gan State University, who viii be EEK
pert in CHARGE of statistics and ac-
counts" under the new organization OF
4ba Interstate Commerce Commission.
has formally accepted this position, and
after Z. conference with the commission
has gone 10 his home Tie has secured
a WASHINGTON house. and VIII return
with his family on August p. the DAY
before the new law takes erect,
The commission viii pay Prof. Adams
$4,000 "a year. and permit him to retain
his connection with the Michigan State
University, which has granted him leave
OF absence from his chair Of economies.
He will be the highest salaried employe
the commission has ever had. but 1t IS
the determination of the body now mat
II hos been given AN effective law. TO
make no mistake on the score OF undue
economy.
Not only has the commission hired a
$1,000 man for their post, but IL has III
mind several other jobs that are going
10 pay about as well. and The right man
could likely get two or three times TINS
sum as general counsel for the com
mission fl he could only be located Inc
commissioners do not want TO seem eN-
as good talent hereafter as even the
railroads get. If IL is possible.
A Formidable Problem.
The open season for tratfic managers
and railroad executives Will begin Au-
gust 2S when the law takes effect
Brigat and early ON that morning The
commission viii find on its doorstep a
committee of tratnC men. waiting 10
petition for some postpouemeut OF the
requirement 10 file all their Jarifs, espe-
cI4Iy those ON import and export bush
ness. The physical impossibility OF i'm
mediate compliance with this provision
viii Doe urged. The commission VIII prop
ably grant immunity from immediate en-
I0rCCmeuU OF penalties. but formal post
p0uemeuI OF the date Ton compliance
with the law is not probable
The information comes ulrecJly from
the President diner table at oyster
Pay that James $. Harlan, Of Chicago,
IS to Doe the seventh member OF the
commission, and that he VIII not be
chairman. COMMISSIONS Knapp re-
manning at the head OF the body. The
commission OF r.. b.. Clark - Cedar
Rapids. has been sent 10 him ana IL Is
supposed that he and Mr- Harlan VIII
be here 10 take the OATH and assume
their duties ON August d.
Special Field Agent.
The commission has employed a spe-
cal lcit agent ana sent A++lli 'AN 10 t++V
grain belt 10 make investigation under
the Ia Toilette railroad grain-elevat0I
resolution Much information concern
ing this subject of this inquiry con-
tinues 10 reach the commission through
the grain ana railroad companies
Further prosecution OF the luVesJga-
ti0u OF relations between the railroads
and the coal concerns, especially In tbs
Middle West, Southwest and Rocky
Mountain country, VIII Doe taken uE
soon after TIE commission is reorSan-
lied and Il partial report 81 least, wal
be sent to Congress during the coming
session
Coming Big Debate.
The problem OF publishing rates con.
tinues the most battling before the com
mission President Stlckney, OF tht
Great Western, came here with a sam
pie showing how easily and simply, ht
maintained, all rates could be published
by any railroad, covering his entire sys-
tenn in one book of moderate size, Civ
ing every class OF freight. from every
station 10 every other one. II looked
like "a solution Then along came the
traffic managers committee, headed hy
J. q. Stubbs traffic director of the Har.
riman lines. and assured the commission
that President SuCkney was all wrong
his scheme impractCable and visionary
and that President SuCkuey, anyhow
had beetles in his belfry. The commits
sion will not make any final OTderl
about this phase of its work til afte
q thorough consideration of all CUES
TONS involved.