Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-14
RAILROAD BILL
BRINGS SMILES
Commercial Club Traffic Bureau
Happy Over the Passage of
Measure by Congress.
SHIPPERS WIN THEM FIGHT
Joker Has Been Eliminated From
The Old Law and Brudcn Placed
Upon the Railroads.

The shippers have won their night
for the long and short haul clause IN
the administration railroad BILL" said
S. n. Love. president OF the CONNER
cial club traffic bureau this morning.
while discussing the passage OF that
measure through Congress yesterday
Mr.. Love. IA company with s. II Bah
cock. spent several days before the sen
ate committee which had under con-
slderation the long and short haul
clause. In Washington, and the various
phases Of the situation were gone over
at length. The matter Of rates and
water competition and the higher rates
charged the intermountain country
than were charged Pacific coast terri
tory was thoroughly discussed, and Mr
Love felt that the Interview was not m
vain.
The Joker has been eliminated from
the old law" said Mr.. Love. land ac-
cording 20 the provisions Of the new
law the burden Is placed upon the all
roads 10 show that conditions Justify
the charging Of lesser price for long
haul than for a short one. before the
permission 20 do so can be secured. The
interstate commerce commission Is
now the court OF adjudication
in these matters. whereas hereto
fore the railroads themselves have
been the ones to decide when
a higher or lower rate should be
charged The Joker referred to con-
sisted Of the words. under similar cir
cumstances and conditions which ap-
peared In the paragraph Of the bill re-
lating to the long and short haul The
words occurred after the words Same
ated IN the new bill. The long and
short haul clause, as Il appears in the
new law Is included in the Associated
Press report. The second paragraph Is
the new matter, put in by the senate
The third paragraph is the house
amendment. requiring the railroads TO
clean up the old discriminatory charges
inside OF six months, which appears to
me 70 be fair TO the railroads"
AMENDED CLAUSE.
Following is the long and short haul
clause, as II was amended and passed
by Congress:
Section 4-That II shall be unlawful
for any common carrier subject to the
provisions Of this act TO charge or re-
ceive any greater compensation IN the
aggregate for the transportation or
passengers, or any like kind OF property,
for a shorter than for longer distance
over the same line or route In the same
direction, the shorter being included
within the longer distance. or to charge
any areater compensation as a through
route than the aggregate OF the local
rates: but this shall not he construed
as authorizing any common carrier
within the terms OF this act to charge
or receive as great compensation for a
shorter as for a longer distance.
provided. however. that the inter-
state commerce commission may. from
its knowledge or from Information. or
upon application ascertain that the
circumstances and conditions Of the
longer haul are dissimilar TO the CIR
and conditions OF the short
er haul. whether they result from COM
petition by water or rail. then II may
authorize a common carrier TO charge
less for the longer than for the shorter
distance for the transportation Of pas
sengers or property but in no event |
shall the authority be granted until the |
is satisfied that all the |
rates involved are just and reasonable
AMI not unjustiy discriminatory or un- |
duly preferential nor prejudicial.
And provided further, that no rates !
or charges lawfully existing at the !
time OF the passage Of this amenda- |
tory act shall he required 10 change by |
reason OF provisions OF this section |
prior 10 the expiration Of six months /
after the passage Of this act. nor IN /
any case where application shall have /
been filed before the commission in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of this /
section, pending a determination of |
such application by the commission"