Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-03
viii Soon be Regulating Every.
thing and Everybody From
Washington.
ITS WEAKNESS POINTED OUT.
Russell, Speaking as a Democrat, Ar.
gucd for the Measure--Others
Supported 1t.

the house for six hours today. The
speeches OF Burton (ohio), Mccall
(Mass), and Russell (Tex) were fea-
lures. while Thomas IN. CO, Burke Is.
d. and Golden IN. W took up par
ticular and specific topics
Mr.. Burton discussed the broad field
of proper national Ideas and growth OF
industry, corporation development and
traffic increase; Mr. Mccall made an
attack on the bill. opening the opposi-
ton to It's fundamental features and
making. as he knew, a vain effort to
have the power TO regulate railroad
rates administered by the courts. Point
after point he made TO show what he
contended were the weaknesses and evil
OF government rate-making, illustrating
by records OF foreign countries.
Mr.. Russell argued for the measure.
He spoke as Democrat and gave that
party credit for sustained effort and for
careful scrutiny in the perfecting of the
measure.
Mr.. Burke. a member OF the commit
tee in which the bill originated, ex-
planned It's details.
Before proceeding to consideration OF
the railroad rate bill today. the house
passed bill extending the public land
laws TO a tract Of land 10 miles square
in Wyoming ceded to the government
in 1897 by the Shoshone and Arapahoc
Indians.
Mr.. Thomas IN. ca opened the dis
cussion on the rate bill making an
argument In it's favor.
Mr.. Thomas said the bill was In line
with the Democratic position, the presi-
dets position, the views Of the inter-
state commerce commission, comercial
bodies all over the country. including
his own state. the outgrowth Of public
sentient. Referring to the losses sus-
tained by the truckers OF his district
last sprlng, he insisted refrigerator cars
should be placed under the control or
the commission.
Mr. Golden IN. " gave his reasons
for supporting the bill. II was the best
of It's kind ever presented It's dement's
were greater than its defects.
In beginning an hours speech In "a
vor of the bill. Mr.. Burton of Ohio
dwelt upon the enormity of the corpor-
ations in this country. He could re-
member when this was not the case.
when small businesses tiourished. NOW
the mechanisms of steam have trans
formed industry completely so that the
employe IL but a cog In a tremendous
mechanism.
The greatest strides IN traffic had al
so taken place. Retaliation was de-
manded by the conditions. The two es-
pecial features of the bill We're; First,
the fixing of a railroad rate and Sec
ond, the speedy adjudication of a rate
IN the courts.
VIII 10000 rate schedules related
one tns,he other he was not sure what
the result would be or what the court
of last resort would decide. However,
he did not anticipate revolutionary or
ders by the commission nor havoc as
the result of them.
The difficulties of the policies 20 he
magurated, such ms the long and short
haul and the basic point" question,
Mr.. Burton believed should be fixed
by Congress. II was the failure TO eX-
ercise such responsibilities that result
ed in the complaints that the house
was losing its power.
As 10 rebates, he said. human inge-
nuity had hardly, II ever, been exercised
to evade the law. as had been the case
since the passage of the Elkins act
Discrimination between individuals. he
maintained. could and should be stop
ped. The discrimination between places
was a different problem. In which many
elements entered, and which 1t may
never be possible to overcome.
III we seek for the real evil" said
Mr.. Burton. I'VE must look 10 the ideals
OF the people" and, he added. I'VE
have had sickenlng examples Of dis
honesty In high places"
Success, he said and the admiration
for great wealth breaks down the line
between honesty and dishonesty. Leg
islation could do much to correct these
evils of dishonesty. Publicity was one
step; to cease condoning great offenses
was another; to provide equality Of
opportunity, the third. To make Il
PLAN that no corporation was SO great
that II was above the law. he said,
was duty of Congress. and this should
not be confined to railways.
Mr.. Burton concluded with the state
meut that the present bill was n step
In the right direction, and that he hop
ed year by year others might be taken.
Throughout Mr.. Burton commanded
the close attention Of members and re-
ceived applause and congratulatlon on
his conclusion
MIR. Burke Is. d., followed. having
been yielded an hour. He favored the
BILL and reviewed the legislative status
OF rate-regulatlng laws.
of defeating all amendments that may
be proposed to the bill and have IL
pass the house by the largest vote pos
slble.
To do this meant a generally good
effect on the country and the senate.
When Mr., Burke concluded Mr.. Nc
call took the floor In opposition to the
bill
Mr. Mccall made the point that the
bill delegated legislative as well as
judicial power TO the commission. you
might MS well delegate tariff legisln-
ton to commission" he declared. Mr..
Mccall presented an extensive argu-
ment In OPPOSITION to government rate
making. He said the pending bill
ought TO deal particularly with re-
bates This was what public opinion
demanded until diverted 10 an utter
~ Irrational and haphazari remedy"
inc present effort Mr., Mccall called
political rate-making, Mr., Mccall
said he preferred the liberty of the
courts TO the ceHt-iron regulations OF
a commission, He contended the orig
inal act creating the Interstate com.
mercc commission ala not grant the
rate- making power ond was not intend.
ed to. The pending bill, he insisted
gave power to set aside great groups OF
rates. II was a rate-ixing scheme OF
moat sweeping character.
AT the rate we are now going" Mr..
Mccall concluded, 1T Will not be long
before We regulate everything and
everybody from Washington"
Mr.. Russell OF Texas, who followed
stated that President Roosevelt stood
with the Democratic party on the ques-
lion, Since 1890 that party had ad-
vooated the very legislation now pend.
ing, while the presidents first utterance
on the subject was In 1901 However,
the president, he said, was a fighter.
would not the president have charged
up San Juan HILL Just as many OF us
thought he did, II he had been there2'
uaughter)
Ill, said the president had modified
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