The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-03
RAILROAD RATE
BILL COMPLETE
Conferees Agree and
Congress Will Act
At Once.
COMMISSION WILL
HAVE z MEMBERS
Jim Crow Amendment Stricken
Out and Prohibition Of Rail
way Passes Made Much
More Stringent-Surn- Z
mary Of Changes
Made.
.fEy AssocLated Press.l

tBy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June Elm practically
all essential details the confcrecs on:
the railroad rate bill agreed TO the meas
ure as II was passed by the Senate.
The report was signed at about
O'Clock this afternoon and was almost
4 Immediately presented to both houses
OF Congress. 1t shows that the Senate
reccded from six amendments. two Of
which merely changed the numbers OF
sections, while twcnty-eight Of It's
amendments were retained verbatim. ana
the remaining seventeen amendments
were redraftcd and retained under dif-
ferent phraseoogy.
Senat tor Tilman. chairman OF the sem
+ ate conferees. gave notice that lie Will
urge prompt action on the report In
= the Senate AS sott as disposed r o.
.ii tbere, 1t lis safe to say II Will be acted
upon BY the House with the utmost dis
patch.
The Changes.
The disposition OF III. amendments IN
the order In wkjch they appear In the
bill follows:
The first amendment to The bill is that
making pipe lines common carriers. ~
was stricken out and included IN the
amendment, making express conpa MES
# having been eliminated SO that the
amendment now rends:
The term common arriers as useo
In this act shall include express com
panies and all persona or corporations Z
engaged In the transportation OF OIL
by pipe lines, or partly by pipe lines
IN and partly by railroad or partly BY
pipe lines and partly bv water.
Prohibition Of Passes.
The next amendment Is that prohibit
Ing passes 1t was entirely redrafted,
made much more strlnzent, and sno" t
reads as follnws: " 8s s VII
! No carrier- subject to the provisions
OF this act shall. after January !, 1927,
directly or Indirect IS issue or give ,,Ah
5}sinferstate free ticket, Tree pass nr
& free transportation ] for. passa ge. Apy
carrier violating this provision shall
+ be deemed guilty OF a misd emeanor
and shall upon conviction thereof pe
punished BY a fine OF not exceeding
sl,c0o. and any person whos uses - =
licits orsaccepts for himself or for
another any such Interstate Tree !,
s ticket. Il rec pass or free transportation
il shall be deemed guiltyfof a Tiisd a.
.5 no and upon conviction thereof pc
subject TO a like penalty.
Commodity Amendment.
The Elkins commodity amendment as
agreed to. provide that after May !. 1905
III shall be unlawful for any common
carrier 10 transport any article or com.
modify, manufactured, mined or8produced
by tor produced under Its authority
!. or which in whole or In part, or In which
1t may have any interest dlectly or In
directly, except such articles or commo'
dities as may b. necessary and intended
for its own uee In the conduct OF its
hrsInacu .ag q common carrier E13t
# The requirement that common carriers
shall upon application of any shipper
construct and operate switch connections
with private sidetracks was amended tc
include the appllcntioniof OF lateral or branch
lines of railroads.
linn Crow Amendment.
The senae8rcceded from what is known
as the "Jim Crow amendment. which
declared that equally good service and
accommodations should be given to all
persons paying the same expenditures for
Interstate transportation OF passengers.
The provision was stricken out OF the b'ii.
The several Senate amendments. twenty
in number, relating to the publication OF
echedules Of rates and charges OF all
kinds we're agreed to-, and to the pro-
vision relating to joint rates was added
the following:
.'If no joint rates over the through
rate has been established, the several
carriers In sucl, through rate shah T
file, print and keep open TO pubic 3
inspection as aforesaid, the sepa- .
rately established rates, fares and
charges applied to the through trans
portation." s3.{
The original penal sections OF the In
terstate commerce law which were re-
pealed by the Elkins law, and placed
in the bill BY the Senate, were retained
by the conferees. =.
The Senate amendment, however, waE
amended by striking out the words
"knowingly and wilfully" In the proVi'
sion relating to offering or accepting re-
bates, concessions or determinations pro;
hibited by the act.
rho conferees also eliminated the pro-
yiso which declared that the penalties
should not apply to rebates or consider
ations received prior to the passage ane
approval OF this act, Es
Rate-M aking Section.
All. Of the Senate amendments to sec
tion 4, which is the rate -nlaklng sectlor
OF the bill, were retained. Among these
are several having relation to the All,
these were the striking out OF the words
iIn Its Judgment and the words 'ant
fairly remunerative,"
g The proviso In relation to complaint
for the recovery OF damages, which slal
be filed with the c>>nlission Within tw,
years within the time the cause OF ac
ton accrues. is amended SO that It reads
"That claims accrued prior to the
passage Of this act may be presented
within one year. \
The Senate receded from the McCum
Y her amendment. changing the worl
"regularly"fto to .lawfully'' In relation Il
service upon the carrier OF notice o
disobedence Of orders Of the, commission
The initial lab blty amendment relating u
bills of ladlng was retan!ed, but amende,
so as to place all OF the carriers q
an equality with reference to their lla
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