Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-14
AGREEMENT ON
SHORT AN D
LONG HAUL
SUDDEN COMPROMISE ON
RAILROAD BILL IN SENAT {
Apparent Satisfaction on Both
Sides Leads to Suspicion that
Clause Means More than APP
pears on Surface,
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Washington. May t3. by sudden
welding late today Of supposedly ire
conciabIe factions. the senate by a
vote of 56 to ! 0 adopted Il compromise
amendment to the railroad bill for
lhc reputation Of relative charges FOR
loap ard short hauls.
The aereement was reached chiefly
for The reason that each faction APP
parcntly thought it WAS getting the
better of a shreWdly driven bargain.
While upbraiding regular rcpubli-
cans for what he asserted WAS a
th;nge of front, Mr.. Bacon was IN
corrupted hv senator Elkins whose
iudGN face was Wreathfd i'm smiles
RS h4 gskcd
"WcH you're happy, aren't YOU :"
This sally plainly irritated the Geor-
va senator for he retorted rather
,harply that it took IA very little
thing TO make some people happy"
Maybe the senator will find that
IL is big thing, said senator Elk
ius beaming across the chamber. Sig
ritcant elances passed between s@n-
ators aud people on the floor and "a
the galleries began to suspect the
compromise amendment that had iuSt
ecn ADOPTED. meant something diff
,tr,n Mt from what appeared on its
iHr".
As adopted the new provision
strikes out of section 4 Of the inter
state commerce law, the words Tn
der substantially similar eircuni
stquccs and conditions" and al~a
eliminates the proviso of that section
ard amends the section So as TO m Se
i,ad as follows.
section f.-That 1t shall be unlaW-
fui for ANY common carrier subject tu
ihc provisions Of this act to charge y
le i've any greater compensation in
the aggregate for the transportation
of passengers or freight or any like
kind of property for shorter than
for "A longer distance over the same
iinc or route IA the Same direction
tle shorter being Included within the
longer distance. or to charge any
greater compensation as through
route than the aggregate of the To-
cal rates but this shall not be con
strued as authorizing any common
carrier within the terms Of this act
To Charge or receive as great com 9cn-
sation for Il shorter as for Il longer
distance.
Provided, however. that If the in
terstate commerce commission. may.
from its Knowledge. or from informa-
uon. or from application ascertain
that the circumstance and conditions
uf the longer haul are dissimilar to
the circumstance and conditions OF
the shorter haul. whether they result
from the competition by water or rail
then it may authorize IA common car
rier To charge less for the longer than
ion. the shorter distance for the trans
portation Of passengers or property.
but In no event shan the authority
be granted unless The commission is
satisfied that an the rates involved
are lust and reasonable and not un-
Justly discriminatory nor unduly pre-
fercntia1 nor preiltdiciaf.
Ana proyided further. that no rates
or charges lawfullv existing AT the
tin, OF tho massage Of thls amrnda-
tory urt shall he renuired to lie charp-
ed H., reason of the provisions of this
section prior To the expiration of six
months after the message of this act.