The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
(continuea from Pase EIsht,)

struggle Is fast assuming peaceful
 The interstate Commerce cormls- sion, In Its last annual report for 1907,
 1t means much for the present and more for the future that the principles of this law have gained greatly In general understanding and acceptance: sSeeStIon M tIway bs amssasa a% See
 accepted in good faith. and they exhio- 1t Tor the most part a sincere ana earn est disposition to conform their meth ing extent there has been readjustment of rates and correction of abuses by the carriers themselves. Methods and usages of one sort and another which operated to individual advantage have been voluntarily changed, and H Is not too much to say that there Is now a tons which Is actual and general to degree never before approached.'
 sThe Commission further says:
 " It is in this general and marked Improvement in transportation that the Commission observed its special grat- incation. The amended law. with its enforceable remedies. the wider recog- hilton of its Fundamental justice. the uuickened sense of public obligation on the part of railroad managers, the clearer perception of shippers of all Is morally. as well asa legally. indefen- sible, and the augmented influence Of the Commission resuting from its fn- creased authority have all combined to materially diminish offensive practices of every sort and signaliy promote the purposes for which the law was enact ed. This results in the voluntary ad- justment by the parties. without resort to the Commission, of a vast number of compromises. which otherwise would ripen Into complaint and litigation. ment is effected by friendly interveri- ton by the Commission through cor respondence or personal interviews be- tween the shipper and carrier directly
 "The rulings of the Commission are generally and cheerfully accepted by the carriers. The traffic officials of the mendable degree. disposition and will ungness to fairly and carefully consid- CT the merits of complaints, thus called @ so their h attention ,,I by the commission. and applied corrective measures in nu- merous cases.
 "In communication from one of the Commissioners on the 9th of the pres ent month the statement is made that interstate transportation was never so clean and free from unfair and uniaw- full practices as at this moment. It may be that here and there venturesome and reckless railroad officials still in- dulge in rebates or take other meas ures to give special privileges to fa- tected sooner or later and adequately punished, but among the great mass of railroad officials there Is an honest and firm effort tc cooperate with the the
 "iThe law has also commanded the respect and obedienve of the shipper. From all the letters which can be se- cured, believe we are justified in say ing that this great and vexing question Is in process of ultimate and just set- tlement, and that under wise, patient 0effn hns hA
 with malice toward none. and charity for all.' proceeding within com soon be attained to the benefit of the carrier and shipper alike.
 Protection of Industries.
 'The Republican Party stands for a revision and readjustment of our cus- toms laws as changed industrial con- ditions at home and abroad may have made necessary, keeping steadily in tection to American industries and 1 American labor. As evidence of Its good faith in this regard, the National House of REPRESENTATIVES ts cl9snsd qn risdictionI to soriginate all bills for raising revenue on the goth of April | just past. by. formal resolution, au- Ways and Means, the organ of the | House having Jurisdiction of the ques- tton.' to sit during the recess of Con- | SreSS ana 10 galner sucn inIOrnaLIon | through Governmental agents and oth- l erwise as 1t may see fit, looking to- | ward the preparation of bill for the | revision of .tha tariff
 ''Supplementing this action on the | part of the House of Representatives. Il and cooperating with it, the Senate, in the exercise of it's constitutional pre- | rogative to propose or concur with | amendments as on other bills on the | 16th of May passed the following reso- ! 1ution. -.s.s. w
 Resolved, That the Committee on | Finance are authorized, in connection | with investigations heretofore ordered | by the Senate, with the view of | promptly securing the information nec- essary for an intelligent revision of l the customs laws of the United States. to call to their assistance experts in I the Executive Departments of the | Government and to employ such other