The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-24

under similar conditions from a point
Of origin to destinations from an in
terstate point of origin, it is not alto
gether clear that existing legislation
affords redress against a discrimina-
ton, as between the two points, when
resulting from an order by the state
commission. But unless some such
power is lodged somewhere under ap-
pr0priate legislation, it is evident that
state-made rates, if established in pur-
suance of narrow or selfish local
policy, may not only hinder and harm,
and burden interstate traffic and inter
state interests, but may, If adjusted
with that end in view, take from
point in another state business that
naturally belongs to that point or in
which it is entitled at least to partici-
pate. on the basis of equal rates and
equal opportunity.
Whatever may be the explanation,
whether it rests in the greater zeal,
activity, and ability of the fishing in
terests at Pensacola or whether it Is
a natural advantage belonging to that
port, the fact appears that for years
Pensacola has enjoyed a larger bust
ness in the distribution of fish
throughout The state of Alabama than
has Mobile By a REIMBURSEMENT of the
state rates out of Mobile, whether SO
intended or not, the process of taking
from Pensacola, through lower state
made transportation charges, what its
superior zeal or its greater natural
advantages have given it, has com
menced and is now going on.
One Vehicle of Commerce.
"On principle it is clear that car
rier operating through two or more
states is but one vehicle of commerce,
and all traffic moved by it, whether
state or interstate, ought. when the
general transportation conditions are
the same, to bear its just proportion
of the cost Of operation and ought to
yield no more and no less than its
just proportion of the revenues of the
carrier.
Any other theory is Fundamentally
inequitable, illogical, and unreason'
able. 1t may be, but on that point We
express on opinion, that the congress
may constitutiOnally protest interstate
| commerce, as well as the carriers that
are engaged in interstate transpOrta
| ton, by requiring that any state traf
! f1C moved by such a carrier shall bear
| it's just portion of the cost of opera
| tion and yield it's proper proportion
! vi DIO1IL 10 Tie 6Ju IitdI Will
such an end in view 1t may authorize
| this commission to fix minimum rates
at least for state traffic, when moved
by carriers engaged also in interstate
transportation; or that IT may provide
that no carrier engaged in the inter
state transportation of passengers Oh
property may at the same time carry
state traffic at rates that are less thar
the rates exacted by 1t for interstate
carriage of like distance and under
like transportation conditions. 1t has
however, not attempted any suct
Legislation, and whether such an en-
actment would stand the test Of
scrutiny by the courts under the con
stitution as it now stands, and if so
whether it would be desirable from
the standpoint of a broad public
policy, are questions that must ulti
mately be determined by the legisla
tive power and therefore can mo-
lprofitably be discussed by the commits
sion in this prneaading y --------
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