The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-05

The purpose of Joint resolution No.
q, also introduced by Lovelace, for the
investigation of traffic, camp and
hotel monopoly in the Yellowstone
National park, is to show that while
the companies engaged in business in
the Yellowstone park are operating
under direct orders from the interior
department, and rules established by
said department.; that said rules have
been fixed so as to create an absolute
monopoly. and said monopoly has been
used to further the interests and pay
the debt of designing politicians; that
Harry Clilds of Helena is interested
and in control of practically all of the
concessions OF any value granted in
said park; that the government main
tains at an enormous expense to the
people the roads and protects the park
generally through the war depart
ment; and that while said protection
affords great pleasure to the sight
seers of America, it more especially
affords the means Of building large
fortunes for private individuals. and
an investigation will show tina instead
of the interior department making
rules for the governing of this park.
the management of the various COM
panies mentioned nave made the rules
for the interior department, and said
department has put them in force and
effect for the benefit of said COM
panies; that the stocks in the various
companies are owned and controlled
by practically the same parties; that
rulings are made that the smaller out
fits operating in the park are forced
to comply with, where the Transport
tation company, the Wylie company
n the hotel companies are allowed
to go without observing same: that
the total amount of evenue derived
from these companies amounts to only
$3,941.4O per year, where if the mat
ter were on n competitive basis, so
times this amount could easily be
realized. that the said Harry Childs
n his companies have at various
times had concessions of individuals
operating in the park taken away and
their property confiscated for no other
reason except that he wanted these
privileges for himself, as in one in
stance in particular it can be shown
where h disease of CHAMBERS APP
peared among the horses being used
in. the park, and their concessionaries
had to submit to an examination and
have a number of their horses killed:
that said Transportation and
WyHe company secured the resembling
of an order from the war department
and had their horses admitted with
out submitting to the tests, when en-
ployes of these companies who had in
charge said horses openly admitted
to residents of the state of Montana
that in case they had to submit to
this examination it would necessitate
the buying of from 100 to 200 horses
to replace those diseased.
"All hat is desired in this invcsti-
cation is that all parties directly or
indirectly interested may have an OPP
p~ortunity to present to congress the
facts that can be obtained, and when
such facts are presented We feel con-
fident that it will be shown that con-
ditions in the park are managed the
same as a great many other scandal
lous proceedings that have been
brought out in the interior depart
ment, and that a favored few are
growing immensely wealthy at the ex-
pense of the people in payment of po-
litiCal obligations"