The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-14
forbidden by the existing Interstate
rigidly enforced. would have prevented

It6luAy euA01SoNs WouAu nave prevented
. NJ. Mccumber. II the present inter.
state commerce act had been rigidly
dissrimina.ion between e ioealit 1es" as
g. NJ; Beyeridse. And therefore the
and farther west would have been in
M Is INC # as
provides that Its charges for taking our
only only one-half OF what it charges for
tween exactly the same points, you can
see there is a discrimination in favor
that DISCRIMINATION was absolutely aiy
perity.
fifty years of age as q state. 1t is my
native state, and as travel over that
bsa ,n f., country with its fair fields,
great White dwellings, and as S'i" fo ois
low into my own Red River Valley of
the North will find the same eondi-
scale, as view the Prosperity s' of those those
great Northwestern states; and then
as l compare those barns and those
ern and the Middle states, whose ee gray gray,
dccaying walls have not known the
touch pnnsi OF paint for fifty Hears-for Mr.
index in the world OF agricultural pros
perity-as l look at these conditions
has it been possible for us of the Da-,
kotas and Minnesota and iowa. nearly
1000 miles from eastern seaports. where
every bushcl Of our grain that we sell
is to be carried across the ocean, to
move that, great grain nearly 1000
miles mi and drive ri, the eastern agrieultur-
by any method of dividing the country
into great sections. which they call
differvntial sections, and so adjusting
ing. lines that they will each receive
their proportionate share. and also that
w OF he hs e5 a
declare to be its proportionate share
OF the business; or has 1t been for the
reason that l have stated. of the great
effort of those companies to find out
lets for our own exports?
, what difference does II make TO the
railroad company which 'f are the fSr1 prn1
cipal routes in Minnesota and in my
state. whether New York or Boston
share of the business? What they are
Interested in is In securing the very
i% b%ir rates that can be secured from
where our goods must pass cnroute
across the ocean.
Mr.: President, sunrose that this gil
Commerce Commission. what is going
to be the result? Will it be the destruc-
ton of an competition between the
ton in all sinceritv-will it be the de-
strnction of competition between all the
great :, carrying lines? Mr., President,
fore On the eth day of April 1905.
the Interstate Commerce Commission
handed down its findings and conclu-
Diferential case. That decision. to my
mind. projects shadow into the future
that is as discernible and as clear as
RI n al y,co L, o..
of the earth and demonstrates beyond
any possible question the certainty Of
the the very err danger that / have spoken of
which we will be in when the Inter-
state Commerce Commission fixes the
possession today. but what the govern
meHts position will be when we reach
mat neAt-and, to my mind. sure to. fol-
railways of this great country. Govern
ment ownership in the Old World has
resulted In building up few of the
peopie there and "e con ais'nf tra the
there. while at the same time it has
absolutely destroyed the prosperity Of
all OF the interior.
dent, upon this subject, but it has been
from West Virginia !Mr: scott, and by
subject any further than to show that
that has been the inevitable result: 1t
Commissioners will be human. men Of
good judgment. and the country need
fear no tyrannical action. The surest-
power in the hands Of any person or
body Of persons But in this instance
rrann on I by a ha methods and
MI. President. it may be said at the
IN my opinion, will at one blow abso-
lutely destroy competition between all
of the great carving lines Of the coun-
which we have inserted in every Law
me snt,;t tre e exercise Of the competitive
President: than that which we sought
to guard against in the Northern Sc
eurlties case Why? Because in that
ing lines from combining, while in this
case You. will place all Of the great
aranSe91tin amd lines under one man
that management will be forced-abso-
lutely forced-by Industrial and COM
rules that the railways followed when
they made their own arrangements of
pooling, because In effect Is amounts to
pooling.
Ever since these great rival lines
connected the Atlantic seabourd with
the interior of the country there has
always been more or less. frei"ht war
between the great cities that We're
served by, those lines. growing out of
1he d9 or the Sek Of ADJUST
wars were beneficial to the public in
the long run ] am not prepared to say.
a BIT the eondi.on which existed there
wars. was of inestmable value to every
shipper from the interior to the sea-
board.
Mr.. President. this decision makes
perfectly clear what Is meant by diff
ferentials; but as l am speaking for
more than the Senate here. I will make
tinetly understood what that term
by That Rs safFsE SR the ss
river, east by g line running from
G Pittsbqrg to Butr a,, and north by the
ritory." Ali shipments FOR the east asst
originating directly or indirectly in this
territory, had by agreement Of the sew
based on the rate from Chicago to
New nd xork , ,has Is the rate between
was either the he same 'e as the Chicago o
rate to New York or certain percent
age less or greater than that rate. To
the rate Is higher or lower than to New
York by a given number Of cents per
tnn tdn pounds % Thus the rate t. Bos
phia and Baltimore less. These differ
ences above or below the New York
rate are termed "differentials."
At the time that this matter was
considered by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. rates upon all classes and
commodities. with the exception Of
grain and iron, were cents lower to
Philadelphia and 8 cents lower to Bal
timore than to New York. The Boston
rates were the same as New York on
export traffic, while on domestic traffic
they were higher by amounts ranging
from Z cents per hundred pounds on
first class to cents. on sixth class
commodities. The question involved.