The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
sssyVtnt would hapnenS ifl the anthracite
roads would shut down their mines a for ~, o
". a s }. u "a
commits sioncrs' Power 1tl- w

Tt,e rate Bill & Increased the commits.
lGiun tts seven members from i've mems
Ibers. II Tho salary OF tho positioh wns also
increased to 10000 q year y had prse,vtlT
Iotsly i,een n, 900. Senator Mart'i, trlea
lto have The commission Increased 10 y
sfnonnbershp OF nine, providing that one
he taken from each Of tho nine ) udicnl
circuits Of the country, SO MS to prevent
the POSSIBLE lily OF the .coillinissioi,'s being
controlled BY d maj ority Of men from q K
single section e Il. X & Il ~
a16 But he a!led Ia this ettort thougf, no
I did succeed IA I, n getting the compromise.
1tie confiisBlon Is composed OF Martln
IA, n Kt,app hudson g. Clements, Charles lt
"a 3routy, Francis NJ. Cockrell, Frank
Iii, Il Lane, James 8, Harlan. and 70. %.
CLARK. The last two are members OF the
cotnnlssion appointed since the enact
i11ent Of the law increasing the member
ship Mr. Clark OF Iowa, was tho heau
Il ~ thc order. OF Railway Conductors OF
\ the country for several years. It Is un.
Sderstood that Ito was strongly OPPOSED
Ito rate regulation Legislation MI. Ear ;ia
&lnr liz q. 5son OF Associate Justlc g GIilarlan,
n 3. tie United States Supreme Court, and
has for some years been n foremost
K lawyer Of Chicngo, where he is said
10 have enjoyed a large corporal ton
practice. In fact 1t Inns been asserted
n 81 good authority thnt tho RAILROADS
fused q their influence to secure the ap
u continent OF Mr. Harlan and that they
A tried even to Induce tho President Z to
exert his influence to have Mr.. H 7lr ~
made the head Of the comini ION o.,
The weak merab er OF the COMMISSION
ID Commissioner Prouty OF Vermont,
" who, NE was thought, would have to step
n "a own ana Gut But he was loud IN
telling the country that President Roose-
Welt deserved all tile credit for the en-
Il actment Il Of the rate law and Il his III
some z praise Of the executive seems 70
4 have had the desired effect. MIR. Roos e-
welt has allowed him to hold on.s. III
ss The & South hns two members OF ttne
n com Mission Cockrell. of Missouri, ana
z Clements, Of Georgia. Knapp is New
yorker :s3 prouty a gVermonter; Lone
y Californian Harlan halls from illinois,
81 and Clark an Iowatl. @
Pennsy Act Promptly.
&S The vi commission to-day received the
rolloNinr communication from the Penn
4 sylvania Railway: -
4 Ana s.,In furtherance Of the wcll-settled
81 fnnrnnse and poicy Of the 2ennsyl-
$yania Railroad Company, in good
III faith, ia comply With all substantial
II ss.reuuirements Of the recen;ly-enaIctteetts
rate bill, its principal trali1c an g
AG3 TRANSFORMATION officers and ether of-4
f1cials iii conjunction with Its counsel,
have, since the passago OF the BILL
been engrossed In tho work necessarily
g5S required to accommodate the 4 situa-
8Sf tion. IN glt Nj rs III XII 5 ii88jj@
sIs. S55S..Fortunately this work was begun
St;s% SO early that most If not all, tho
tariff schedules Will nave been ap.
q proved, printed and n tho hands OF
the local agents for posting, and also
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission by or before August osthh,8
IS when the rate bill will becone effec-
tive NJ n
The law REQUIRES that all passenger and
freight tariffs be posted in the stattons
( OF the companies.