The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-03-09
where HNAS STANDS,
Appears to be Friend Of Rail
way Rate Legislation.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Bill Extending Time Of Cattle in
Transit Without Feed.

There may be those who think that
Senator Elkins is too much of a cor
poration man to be really interested
in the control of the railroads to the
benefit Of the shippers, but such peo-
pie can look not only to the Elkins
law, so called, but to the amendment
he has prepared in regard to the trib-
utary roads as evidence to the con-
trary. The resolution in question
will come up on the floor OF the Sen
ate as an amendment to the pending
rate bill and it touches one Of the
most vital features Of the railroad
situation. 1t may be quoted almost
fully, such is its Importance. 1t says
"That carriers of interstate Com
merce shall upon application put in.
all necessary switches to meet the
wants Of shippers, make prompt con-
4 nectlOns and operating arrangements
with branch lines, reasonable and
just allowance to connecting, branch
N or lateral lines. for originating freight.
In the case Of refusal or failure on
q the part Of such carrier to provide
proper switches for shippers and to
n make proper and suitable connections
with connecting, lateral or branch
lines, through rates and division Of
the same and just and fair allowance
for originating freight, operating and
4 running arrangements, the difference
between the parties shall be deter
mined by the Interstate Commerce
n Commission, and said carrier shall
abide by and carry into effect the de-
clsion of the Commission, and failing
to do SO, the commission is author
lied to compel the carrier to comply
with its orders by proper proceedings
n in the Circuit Court of the United
States situated in such district
through which the carrier may rum.
This provision is brought up partly
by the decision of the Supreme Court
in the'case Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway and partly by the com
plaint of the Red Rock Fuel Com
pany of West Virginia in connection
with the Baltimore and Ohio. The
whole question turns on the possi
bility of a trunk line road starving
u one community at the expense O.
another and is thus OF interest to al
parts of the United States. 1t mat
ters not what the commodity is tina
is to be hauled. Itmay be ore from
the mines, timber from the forests
oil or farm products, the trunk lin
roads have in the past found a YER
convenient method Of dealing witt
the shippers who threatened to com
pete with the territory they con
trolled.
A maze Of discrimination would b
practiced not because the trunk lin
did not want the business, but be
cause 1t knew ii it kept up the fgh
long enough, it could starve The sma
line and the territory it served int
submission and could eventually got
BILE not only the line but the mines
ha fivrthnr tho an6 tho ~ ht
commodities it transported. The ol
ject Of the amendment to the Her
burn bill is to correct this state I
Affairs.
A bill with an insidious and mi
leading title, namely "For the Pr
ventiou Of Cruelty to Animals Viii
in Transit" has been reported favo
ably to the Senate. 1t is the bill
the stock men and OF the beef trus
and is urged by powerful lobby al
with a strong financial backin
This bill for the prevention of cruel
to animals while IN transit exten
the time that they may be held
cattle cars without food or wat
from twenty eight hours to thirt
six hours. That is the device for t
prevention of cruelty. Anyone c.
understand what it means. T
shock, the bewilderment, the fatigl
the thirst and hunger of these al
mails accustomed to the field must
prolonged under this proposed b
eight hours, as If twenty-eieht hol
IS not enough for animals accustom