Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-12
SENATOR DOllIVER'S
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or cofton. wy senator Aiarich had
permitted certain New Eariand manu
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ton schedules and a d1rcn other
things Which q vas Impossible Tor
che Republicans % answer frankis
and which a Ercatly embarrassed
them 60 have brought % public atten.
tlon. THROUGHOUT q speech lasting
the greater part % two DAYS. Ar. Dol
liver kept bis temper under the most
trying circumstances. answered inuen-
Do with witteism and turned aside
the angry shafts o. AR. Aidrich with
iests which Won Tor him the syn
pathy o. the Senate ant even the
applause % the galleries. although
applause b forbidden IN the Senate
and each time q occurs the presidlng
oalcer gravoly warns the galleries
that II Il occurs again be win be
obliged 90 clear them. Senator Al
drich. although hardly daring 70
charge q outright plainly intimased
that Mr. Delivers opposition 20 the
exorbitant schedules which are the
Rhode Island Senator'S particular
pets emanated from the fact that the
Iowan vas angry because he had not
received q place on the Finance Com
mittee and that there was no more
worthy reason for bis opposition.
That any man should have the inter.
ests q the ultimate consumer az heart
apparently never enters into the cab
culation % the Rhode Island states
man. Probably the fact that Il Il
generally known that Mr. Deliver
has the sympathies Of TIRE President
with him In HIS fight On tie exoTbi-
tant schedules adds nothing % the
comfort OF the Rhode Island Senator. /
The indications an point nov 20
cC1tinuatiOn OF the session Of Con-
gress until June 18th and possibly
later
The decision Of the Supreme Court 1
in the so-called commodities clause |
Of the Railway Rate Bln constitutes /
another blow az the consumer and a /
victory for the railroads. although the /
court uphoids the constitutlonality Of |
the law. This clause was enacted On |
order 90 prevent the outrageous dis
elimination which the railroads com
monty practiced against those who |
sought 10 compete with them IN any /
side-line IN which they were engaged. |
especially IN the production OF coal |
Many railroads own extensive coal |
mines Where this was The case any /
private owner Of a mine was almost |
certain 90 receive an offer OF a very /
moderate price Tor bis mine. n ne /
refused 10 sen he found himself hamp- /
cred on every side. The railroad.
simply could not supply him with /
cars. His shipments got side-tracked |
and bis coal arrived 50 late that ne
broke his contracts and In some In
stances he was completely undersold /
b. the railroad which could haul its /
own coal free. Finally. finding him
self on the verge o. ruin. the private |
mine owner would give up the fight |
and sell his mine 10 the railroad az |
its own price
A provision IN the commodities |
clause provided that a railroad not |
only must not haul its own coal. but |
a must not haul that OF any company |
IN which II was directly or Indirectly |
interested" The Supreme Court de |
cides that this does not prevent a |
company from holding stock In a cor
poFatiOn which operates a mine and |
hauling the coal OF that corporation |
In other words. under the decision. |
the railroad need only organize a |
subsidiary 90 Own the mine and then |
own the company. The AttOmey-Gen |
eral points out that this 10 a consist. |
ent decision as the courts have al. |
Ways held that owning stock Ia /
company does not constitute q legal |
interest therein. He says, however, |
that n the law had provided that
holding stock must be regarded as
haulnn An Inlnro.l lLnrDIn .IIhIn an.