The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
MISSOURI RATE CASE
nAILn0ADs, NOT rOrrrIrD oFrT.
 C1ABLY or INJUNCTION.
Attornev GeneraI Ma3er sayS He Has Not CAAn1ea Hh Plans fer
 Dealing Win the

Kansas City. April e--Frank Hager- man. leading attorney for the ssishtsen Mfssopri railroads in thir suit. for the he had not heard ofici&lly Of the in junction restraining the raifrcads from ehfofcing the 3-cent beesen6er rate
 which was to 70. into efeect tomorrow &nd therefore he could not make . statement.
 Mr.. HaserHan intlmatsd, however, after he Ksard from the railroad rep resentatives 1t St. Louis.
 Attorney General Major kave out .
 statement later ih which he declared
 that the action of the Circuit Attorney of St. Louis would not cause | change te the, Dises hs has for dealing with -sT informsd oovsrnor Haaiey on
 March II that would await action by the railroads before proceeding aekinst thefn.. said MFs na1ot. 1T informed him tf my intention to proteed Against the ro&ds by bringing | quo warranto proceeding in the .su. with . conspiracy tc nx passenger and freight rates in the State in violation
 of the Constitution:~ the anti-pooi trust and conspiracy stotutes and the com. nerce law. That is to De predicted on the aSsufiptioh that the raiiroads would
 put the incrsased rates inte eifset on Oouxrsss May Act. Jefferson City, Mo, April s.--rhat Congress win bs asked ts direct An
 investigstion sf the Missouri rate sfts uati6n by the Interstats Commerce commission and that the. circuit d. torneys throughout the State should institute suits similar to that filed q ranssl1 fSat ash1~<p tnx wyx | injunction aGainst fhS announced ih. 1 crease in fare were indicated by Gov ernor Hadley today in . discussion of | the latest steps taken by the State to | avoid the enforcement of the new schedules. to attempt to impose on the people of Missouri higher rate than 10 charged | in the contiguous States of Kansas, Ok lahoma. Iowa and Nebraska" said the | Govefnor.
 Therefore have today forwarded | to Senators Warner and Stone and to Representatives Clark and Barthofdt l figures showing the disproportfonateiy high earnings In interstate trafiic In Missouri as compared with the s4rn- I ings in State trafie. in ofdef that Con. | gress may. through the Interstate Com merce Commission institute an invss- tigation. I have also presented the
 matter to the state Warehouse and
 Railrosd Cosnmissioners. Suits similar l to that instituted by the Circuit Attof-
 ney in St. Louis should be bekun by l prosecuting attorneys throughout the State who are not parties to the case in the Federal Court.
 "The theory upon which these cases
 rests is that . railroad corporation
 when it Is permitted to do business in
 this State, makes a contract with the State that it will obey the consultation and laws and If 1t violates this contract
 1t can be en5oined from doing so." V --@~&-
 : May rssach Conpromase.
 St. Louis. Mo. April s-Execative
 and legal representatives of the eish- | tomorrow in the ofiice of A. J. David son. president of the Frisco System, and it Is probable that a flat I-2c l passenger rate will be adopted.
 Prominent railroad ofsicials today
 said that there was some talk of con tinuing the conflict with the State in l the matter of passenger fare. but the | mise.
 l Arrangements will be made at to- morrow's meeting for submitting on
 Monday to the St. Louis Circuit Court, an answer to the injunction petition
 filed Thursday night by Circuit Attor-
 ney Seebert c, Jones, at the instance of Governor Hadley.
 Pending . decision from the St <
 Louis Circuit Court. all existing ratas will continue In esEeet thfouShout Mis-
 souri, and the new schedule fofmalats ed last week by executive and traffic ] officials, will remain in abeyance. 1t is expected Governor Hhdley will | terminate promptly the new litigation
 and assure the railroads of serenity in | the rate of 2 1-2 cents . mile estab. | iished.