The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-01
FARMERS, SHIPPERS AND LOB
BYlSTS SQUAeRLE OVER NEW
DEMURRAGE BILL.
LACK OF CARS COSTLY
AS Shown BY Mass of Evidence---l. c
Representative Wanted to "Mix'
Wit, Lee o. Brown--L abor
Men Win Point.


shippers RAILROAD lobbyists and raj
road officials fought and almost BILE,
over the reciprocal demurrag bill fo
five long hours this afternoon Letor'
the house railroad committee.
Before the committee reached IA
final cision TO do nothing for The
present Representative Lee 0. Brown
of La Sale county and John G Dlen
nan, of the Illinois Central had nearly
come to fighting and bleeding in earn
est. Brown res nted an assumption
by brennan that brennan was as
much at home in any house committee
as Brown or any other representative
This apparent fact distressed Mr
Brown. After the usual parliamentary
interchange which Is recognized as a
prelude generally to an attempt to go
on the mat Mr. brennan and Mr.
Brown mode for to go at each other
Only the fact that five innocent by.
ISLANDERS in the persons of five ship
pers stood between brennan and
Erown the accomplishment of their
Ca, that timel dearest wish. there
might have been one lobbyist or one
missing tonight.
Shippers Prevent Sudden Death.
These five shippers, who probably
were willing that Mr. Brown should
destroy Mr.. brennan, but whose inert
bc dies blocked he pathway, were aid
cd by the active forts OF Chairman
Buy Bush to prevent bloodshcd. So,
both brennan and Brown are presery-
ed to their friends ana relatives
It had been recognized in advance
that it would be hazardous to bring
both the shippers and the railroad
men together in one bearing but the
had granted each hear
ng $ parately, and decidedd 10 take
he chance of danger involved in herd.
ng them all together in one room at
he same time
Donald A Sage representing the
'hicaeo Coal Dealers association was
EXPLAINING the 3emulrage facts to the
ommttee when Representative
}roWn interrupted him to inquire il
n his opinion, If would not be just
0 penalize the railroads fer not furn-
5hing cars, inasmuch as they penal |
led the shipper if h were the cause
f delay.
Shows Papers to Show Losses.
Representative Adkins. legislative |
oor manager who introduced the re- !
iprocal demur!age bill produced con
Id rablo documentary evidence to
Implement the oral testimony of |
armers and hippors testifying TO !
,sses sustained because Of inability /
, get cars when needed
The railroads were presented by |
T. j Jackson, general manager of the
hicago and Eastern Illinois; II. J.
lerriek general manager Of the Lake
hore. and A. Ballentne superintend-
nj of the car service Of the Rock Is
md system, in addition 10 the Illinois
entral officials.
The Illinois Coal Operators asso.
ation, through \. b. Morrison of
arion county and Richard Newsam !
Peoria. presented resolutions ask
& that the bin be not recommended |
II, asserting that the coal operators /
ould suff heavily from demurraga !
.arges if it became a law.
When The evidence was all in Rep
Dndgeon moved that the !
go into executive session. (
the secrecy of which thirty seconds
7s con umed in deciding to postpone
llon, subject to the call Of the chair
Labor Men Win Point.
Labor men won a surp isingl casy I
sh in the house municipal corpora-
ms c mmitt this afternoon and
ccoeded not only i'm getting ont q
elbow servant" bin but in having f.
reng hened by amendments One
the standing legislative contests is
at made by the labor organizations
secur the enactment of a law
lich will make an employer res1on-
bic rot only for injury resulting
ON his negligence b-t from the
gligFnce Of anv emnl-ye.
IN making the effort This var tho
Dor men had COMPROMISED with their
Dcnents and had restricted such la
ity % eases resulting from employ
ani in hazardous occup7tons. Re7-
sentative Cu-ran introduced a bfU .
IN this compromis in Ct but when
was taken up bv the committee to-
= the labor lobby discovered th5ti
p committeeman were favorable AMI :
P compromise fea+ur was taken