The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-31
NDLD REMEDY IHE EVA
nforstate Commerce Commission Mikes Its First Report on Rail-
 road Determinations.
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SUBMITTED
port Says Many Eastern Roads own Large interests In Coal Com uanles - Publicity Suggested as
 S9st Remedy--Would Also Forbid
 naIlroad Ownership Of Coal Mines.

Wilmington, Jan. 26.--The inter- afe commerce commission Friday hmftted to congress its first report 6iscriminations and monopolies au- oriSed under tho Gillespie noIation of last March. The report m with bituminous coal carried ak of the Ohio river, the roads in. fred being the Norfolk & Western, iGapeake & ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, nsylvania, Buffalo, Rochester & tUburg; Beech River Division of s New York Central & Hudson yer Pittsburg, Shawmut & North ns Buffalo & Susquehanna. and eSts Virginia Central & Pittsburg oW the Western Maryland Rail- ad]. The report says all the or4 companies own, directly or by Xk ownership in other companies, III interests in coal lands. As a GuH of it's findings, the commission kkes the following recommends TAat every common carrier en- E0d in interstate transportation of n De required to make public the MGn of car distribution in effect om its railway and the several di-
 0Is thereof, showing how the uIrnent for coal service Is divided Nen the several divisions of it's
 t4at where the capacity of the no4 is the basis for the distribution 8Qpipment, fair, just and equit- b Eating of the mines be required. X6Rt after reasonable time carriers WGed in interstate commerce be Mlbited from using Individual or H0te cars for the handling of K fraffic.
 Ut carriers engaged In interstate nUerce be forbidden after reason-
 Mime to own or have interest, di- W or indirectly. in any operated
 properties except such as are ex- MHely for their own fuel supply,
 Hat ownership, either directly or
 r9ctly, by officers or employees oi
 pn carriers of any coal proper.
 n any of the stock of coal con- u0 along the line of road by which yAre employed, be forbidden" 4ue of the stock in coal concerns u1red by the railroad man is leg nefe, says the report but in any nkits holding Is unwise under the Mmstances. In other instances M Mds given to obtain favorable con-
 Mtion from railroad officers and NQses. The most fragrant offend Mfhis respect, concludes the con- M0n, is the Pennsylvania, although f1e Baltimore & Ohio the condi- Mprevails to a certain extent.
 report tells of railway and
 Af associations in the territory owed. the general object of which med to be maintenance of certain
 end freight rates on all the roads Qlxed. The res It of this agree
 between the roads, declares the W has been practically to "abol-
 Mbstantial competition between
 0rriers in coal for the territory 1ues tion."
 III condition is regarded as hav-
 Afought about "discriminations,
 t1ce and inequalities to indepen- K operators and has prevented per n Fho wished to engage in mln-
 rom doing SO"
 IQ1t of the conditions about which ppers complain, says the report, VII out of the want of publicity of
 dealings between the roads and ppefs. If the business is conduct openly, much favoritism would be rtod and wherever unjust sus- lQns were aroused, the fact that ' were incorrect would have read oppeared."
 ' declared by the commission s nany inequalities and unjust EnQds ars used in arriving at each I01 canacitv