The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-20
REPORT WITHHELD
RATE CONFERENCE WILL NOT RE-
 PORT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
rbetr Purpose Is to Prevent Long De- bnte--Only Three Amendments are Now Giving Trouble
 Demand of Labor.

Washington. June 19.-From present indications the conferees on the fall' road rate bill will not reach an agree ment until some time next week, WIllcn in all probability will be the last week of the session. The purpose of wllh- boldinp their report, 1t is said, is to avnid repetition of the long debate n inc Senate, which followed the re- cent report on the conferees. This de- bate resulted in sending the bill pack to conference.
 Conversations conferees had with va rtous members of the Senate ana House indicate that there are only three amendment that are giving trouole These are the pipe line amendment ' which makes pipe lines common car riers, the commodity amendment ana that which requires that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be given fye days notice before hearings are granted upon applications for in1unc- tions setting aside orders on the Com mission.
 The controversy over the pipe line amendnent can be disposed of by a change in the commodity amendment The change suggested would provide that railroads instead of "common car riers' shall not engage In carrying commodities, which they produce. An other objection to this amendment IS it's application to lumber. Strorg pro- tests have been filed with the conferees showing that if this amendment Is adopted it will ruin number of small roads which were built for the sole pur- pose of getting lumber to the trunk lines
 new arguments has been advanced against the amendment requiring that five days notice be given of hearings for injunctions. Labor organizations have demanded that a bill be passed which would require that they be given five days Eotice of injunctions to re- strain them from engaging in strikes. This is a political argument which has given much concern and the House conferees during recent sessions have insisted that this amendment be elim- mated for the reaf n that It would es- tablish a precedent for similar leglsla- tion in the interests of labor.
 There are number of other amenh- ndsnts on which greements have not been reached hut which could b" ad- justed easily by e conferees. Among these are the sleeping car and lateral branch line amendments. It Is expect ed that the latter would he dropped out of the b..i and also that the measura will not be applied to sleeping cars. The anti-pass amendment Is In dispute. but it Is said than an agreement con- oerning it can be reached by redraft- lng the amendment so as to provide merely that passes shall not be issued to members of Congress, officials of the executive departments, Presidential electors and other classes over which the Federal government admittedly has ccrtroI Among the protests entered against the adoption of Il. pass pro- hibition is one which comes from ba . mana shippers. Cattlemen had insisted that they be permitted passes to accom- psny stock to market and now the ba- mana men insist they receive passes so that they may accompany their shin ments in order to insure proper tenn peratures in the refrigerator and ven- tiiated cars used for the transporta- ton of this fruit. Because of the ab- sence of Senator EllSins and Represent tative sherman the conferees did not meet today but decided to hold a ses- sion at o'clock tomorrow.