The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-04


terstate Commerce Commission 70,
Share In Panio-Oenics Rumors O,
II! Health snd Retirement
f.. H. Hartmann president of 1it
Union Pacific railroad f"rccfuliy out
lined his policy OF the cooperation ant
consolidation Of railroads il an inter
view It, Los Au@e!;S. tai. the other day
Mr.. Harriman's initial remarks were
Il prediction Of the remarkable. dtycl
opincnt which he believes is to come
to the west coast of Mexico where he
is huildin. l.>tD miles of railroads
Asked about the extent of railroad
building on his lines and the territory
be would cover he said:
Our objective point is to connect
with the MeXit-:;n Central aud about
400 miles Of line will make this route
complete We went about seventy
miles up the Yaqui river. into the min
eral country"
What is til" attitude of the Mcxi-
| can government toward capitalE
VERY liberaI-very liberal. indeed
| We found il 50. and when anythin.
unusual occurred we found We conid
always get very quick decisions"
do they have an Interstate com
merce commission down there
NO: they ar" quite intelligent
ID" they try I" exercise amy juris-
dictinn over Your "p"ra;ions:'
NO: they are very fair. They grant
a charter and stale Just what you can
do. will lei You into Il little secret
and will state that the conditions as
brought about by my visit in 1901 are
| now in cXi>tenc At that time |
asked them what they would do if l
worked up plan for them. They tav"
| that plan in operation now.
Have they government ownership
No: they have Dot SO much govern
! ment ownership as government part
| ncrsinp ! tuhi them III 1871 not to
| make the mistake they hive N Amer
ica and t,s,lhi raiIvoad lines al the ex-
pense of Was'in: "apitai without scrs
ing the country. have always IA
vored combination aud | believe that
| legislation Will sooner or later he en-
| acted III favor af combination and en-
forcing combination. BY this do not
mean to remove ividual conpetl-
ton. Everybody should have the SAINT.
right to move Wilas he wants over the
lines. | have always been in favor OF
regulation. That is on record The
men looking tur political prcfermcnt
are dom. all The ,alkin. and are mis-
leading the people. Some of them are
afraid to tell the truth for fear that
their heads viii fall ut the next cleo
ton. 1t il; Carried to such length
that finally the people think there is
really something i'll all this talk be
cause the other side has nothing to
say
lit is more or less the fault of the
railroads that they have become dis
credited to such an extent rs they
have
To-day 1t is even IL conspiracy for
the managers Of railways IL get into
a room and talk Of the relations of
their lines To each other. and they can
even be convicted if The fact can. be
proved. Such conditions have been
carried TOO far.
There should be cooperation be-
tween the government ana the cor
pOrations. We can make no gentle
mems agreement any more The law
prevents, as | understand it. Ca the
other hand. the rates have become
more stable. Agitation against the
roll l,ns,
great many of the a.i,a,"rS ar. get
ting somewhat mixed up ana afraid"
Have you an! reason to think that
MIR. Taft will continue the same con
ditiOns as those br.,"gi,t .lilrin. the
administration Of MIR Em,Sevelt:
1.-THE interstate commerce, :l;.t WAS
passed in 1887. There were. rp:.ul:,-
lions long before. Mr. l:",Sevc.t was
talked Of. The Sherman act w:ls pass
ed about the same time. | thill,: The
idea Of regulation did ne, originate
with Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t had become.
acute when Mr.. Roosevelt came into
the political field. and he was quick
minded enough to see it and possibly
it too far. think the results
have been rather disastrous think
l said to Mr.. Roosevelt in 1905 that
he ought not to have the Hepburn
passed without having an
that would give the rail |
roads protection as we'll as regulation
That was the time to have done it. |
We could have stopped all this recent |
trouble if that had been done then.
''The fact was the Interstate com |
merce commission was just as much |
at fault as the rebate payers and the /
rebate takers. They failed to enforce
the original act. passed in 1887 or 1888 /
This should he considered in q settle |
ment of any kind viz that hey are at !,
fault as well as the railroads. Certain [
IF the lines did not went Ia DIV re 7
bates. and still they have to bear their
share Of the blame do not think il
IS fair. | am no, defending any uat-
+lcH'ar corporation OF any ,,nrtcl1lai
person. hut this H.ci:Htinu. | am Ii.si |
i've caused III. tfIltDjnltio,} IF rho |