The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-25
Free Transportation for Land
Agents and "Homeseekers'
Excursions Are Illegal.
REPORTING FOR ROADS,
STUBS DEALS KNOCKOUT
Only Few Glasses Entitled to
Passes Under New Rate
Measure.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Sept 25.-J. G.. Stubs,
chairman of the executive officers com
mittee appointed by all the railroads
study the doubtful points in the new
rate law and to secure the advice of
counsel regarding them, has completed
the preparation Of the report on pas
senger matters, and it will be formally
submitted at a meeting of the Trans
continental Passenger association to-
morrow. "A So.
The report, which takes the form of
answers to thirty questions propounded
by the various railway companies deals
with almost every phase Of passenger
transportation under the new law, and
especially with the questions which
have been raised relative to granting
reduced rates and free transportation.
Bars Land Agents.
The report has not the authority of
ruling by the interstate commerce
commission, but as in getting it ready
the committee not only consulted with
the most eminent legal counsel, but
commission. and as it will serve as a
guide to all the roads, both east and
west, until rulings upon the matters it
deals with shall be made formally by
the commission, it is regarded as one
of the most important documents deal
ing with the new rate law. which have
vet been prepared. A similar report
on freight matters will be made later
by the same committee.
The report, in part, is as follows:
Land and Immigration Agents
Free transportation cannot be given land
and immigration agents unless they are
employees IN such sense that the car
riers legally could give them transport
tatlon as pass or gratuity.
No "Homeseekers' - Rates.
"Landseekers and Settlers-There is
NO authority in law for making lower
rates to landseekers and settlers than
for other travellers. This seems to
knock out the "homeseekers - ex-
cursions which the western lines all
have been running for years.
Issue of Transportation in Payment
for Advertising-The law committee
advised this cannot be DONE 1t is gen
orally accepted, however, that carriers
may carry an open account with pub:
fishers, and that publishers may carry
an open account with carriers for adj
vertising, and that these accounts can
be balanced periodically. The balance
must be paid in cash.
The Free-Pass Class.
The committee holds that railway
companies operating their own sleep
ing cars must publish and file their
sleeping-car rates. 1t holds that the
exception of railway mail service en-
ployees, postoffce inspectors, customs
inspectors, immigration inspectors,
newsboys on trains, baggage agents
and managers of soldiers homes from
the free-pass prohibition permits them
to be hauled on personal and -individ-
ual account as we'll as while on duty.
Special reduced rates may be made for
federal and state troops, and officers
and employees of the United States
geological survey and reclamation SER
vice in the future as in the past.
Nuns, sisters of charity, missiona-
ries, evangelists, national or state off
GERS of religious organiza tons, teach
ers and pupils in Indian schools, off
GERS of the Salvation Army and Volun-
teers of America. ETC.. it is held, may
be given free transportation
Special rates for theatrical compa-
MES, baseball clubs, ETC., are held to
be discriminatory.
Special rates for army and navy Off
GERS and their families, which always
have been made in the past, are held
unlawful for the same reason.