Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-17

make an effort tomorrow to have the
speeches limited to five minutes du-
ration.
The senate sat until 6 O'Clock, and
it then adjourned to meet at IL o'clock
tomorrow morning.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Warren presented and the SEN
ate accepted an amendment requiring
that in time of war preference shall
be given to the transportation of
troops and munitions of war.
The question of rebates paid to ship
pers was then taken up. The ques-
ton arose in connection with an
amendment offered by Senator Nc
Cumber providing that any shipper re-
ceiving rebate from carrier shall
be fined to the extent of three times
the amount received. The North Da-
kota senator said the amendment was
intended to. prevent shippers from
ing determinations, saying that the
great trusts were the principal offend
ers against this requirement. He de-
clared that trusts have the railroads
in their power and added:
I'VE have been very careful SO far
in this legislation not to interfere with
them, Notwithstanding they are prac-
tically responsible for all the re-
bates" He amended his provision so
as also to impose the penalty of i'm
prisonment.
The amendment was agreed to with
out division. Following is its text:
ANY person, corporation or COM
pany who shall deliver property for
interstate transportation to any COM
mon carrier, subject to the provisions
of this act, or for whom as consign-
or or consignee, any such carrier shall
transport property, who shall know
ingly or wilfully, by employee, agent,
officer, or otherwise, directly or indi-
rectly, by or through any means or
devices whatsoever, receive or accept
from such common carrier any sum of
money or any other valuable consid-
Grafton as a rebate or Offset against
the regular charges for transporta-
ton of such property, as fixed by the
schedules of rates provided for in this
act, shall be deemee guilty of fraud,
which is hereby declared to be a mis-
demeanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof in any court of the United
States of competent jurisdiction, with
in the district where such offense was
committed, in addition to any other
penalties provided by this act, be sub
jected to a fine equal to three times
the sum of money received or accept
ed, and three times the value of any
other consideration so received or &C.
cepted, to be ascertained by the trial
court; and in the trial for such offense
all such rebates or other considera-
lions so received or accepted for a
period Of six years prior to the COM
mencement of the action may be re-
ceived in evidence and the said fine
shall be three times the total amount
of money or three times the total
value of such considerations so receiv
ed or accepted as the case; provided,
that the foregoing penalties shall not
apply to rebates or considerations re-
ceived prior to the passage and ap-
prevail of this act
Senator La Toilette
Attempts to secure the imposition
of Imprisonment for violations of some
of the requirements of the interstate
commerce law. He proposed terms of
from one to five years in addition to
fines from $1,000 to $4,000 for I'M
just discrimination or false represen
fot fa coonro hrrcipocc OF 1occ than