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West Va. Shippers;
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The great markets were in the east
and here the shippers ana mann.
1;lctnrers were up against a seri-
ans condition.
Ex-Governor a. II. Fleinfne.s
idea was to tnke the matter di-
rect tn Congress and have Con-
gresham Hubbard take up the
matter Governor Fleming had
been talking to another Congress
man whose name he was not at
liberty to diyulge but the con-
gresham was interested in the
fight thai the shippers are maxim.
anil sail that Hubabrd was tie
man that could give them the as
%sistancc that they wanted. The
congressman said there were few
men in Washington that had the
Influence Of Congressman Hub
bard. Eniistine the ability al our
representative III the shippers
cluse and have congress to shake
loose the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's Influence over the Bal
tinlnre and Chic Railroad CONF
ranv was the plan that Governor
F';emin. would have the shippers
pursue.
Colonel John II. McGraw. OF
Grafton. took issue with Governor
Fleming and said it was the cor
rect thing to go to President Will
lard Grst. That The new prcsi-
dent Of The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company had been
hrraldad as a man that was FREQ
from any and all alliances and liz
flurnccs except the lie, elopment
or interests Of the Baltimore anil
Ohio Railroad Company which liz
has! come to preside over. Colonel
Mcf;raw said that he .lonbtcd the
ability Of congress to pass II law
that could compel the f'ennSylva-
mia Railroad Company 10 sell its
stock in the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. Tie quoted
President Taft's message relative
tn railroad companies holding
stock in competing lines. He said
that The President urged the pas
sage Of ii law that w.,uli prohibit
railroad companies from acquir-
ing stock in other lines bat not To
disturb the present holdings of
companies that hav" stock in corl-
rcting lines. Colonel McGraw
sad that President Taft wns too
good p lawyer TO urge the passage
OF law that would be ineffective
because OF its repugriancy to the
Constitution Of the United States
which say that no eX post factn
inw shall hr operative. Colonel
EiicGraw Thought congress co.ld
not shake the Pennsylvania com
pany's power over the Baltimore
and Ohio. lie said that congress
could IiSqualify the stock as 10
lis voting nower and bring about
thc result that the shippers want
led. BY disuualityin= the stock
Inc baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company could then contro! its
own policy, hut to make the Penn.
~sylvania Iiailrond Company iivest
itself Of lis stock in the other con,-
rnny was another proposition
that was impossible 10 do in his
opinion. Colonel McGraw cha".
]nctrrizru the action Of the Penn.
svlvanin Railroad Company in
buying the stock Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company cA
the master stroke Of the greatest
railroad statesman that ever had
a hcin:. 1t wns planned by 4. !,
CasSrtt who saw the forests ol
Pennsylvania denudcd and tho
great coal chambers of that Stat!
empty. !le knew that he could
not buy The great coal tiel.ls OF
West Virginia but he could con-
troll the carrier thot marketed the
product. Colonel McGraw urged
The, committee to present the case
of the shippers to President viii
lard and get an expression as to
what will he done in the. future.
Hon. O. S. Mckinney supported
tic argument advanced by cS-
Govcrncr Fleming and wanted the
matter adjusted at Washington.
lie was in favor Of having a full