The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-29
RAILROADS DOMINATE
COAL PRICES IN SOUTH
Investigation Of Alleged Manipulation
of business Urged by Senn-
tor TilImnn.
GOES 70 SENATE COMMITTEE
Millions Of Dollars Sent to CoaI Field.
OF Pennsylvania system, Which
ought TO go to Southern HALLWAY.


Washington: April .s.--Am inyestiga
ZION by the Naval Affairs Committee
u Inc Senate OF alleged manipulation
| Of tho coal business OF the Southern
states In the interest OF the Ponnsyl =
wanna Railroad system and the mines
which use that system WAS recon-
,ncnded to tho. Senate to-day by tho
Naval Affairs Committee. Senator Till
man. chairman OF tn. committee urged
the Importance OF such an invcstiga-
lion The resolution Was referred Ia
the Committee OF Audit and Control
Declaring that the railroads don't
9at. the entire coal situation IN the
south, Senator Tillman said:
II Was talking with !, friend last
week IN South Carolina. who is prcsi-
dent on three cotton mills. and he told
me that coal cost them ut the mines
make money at that; that the cost OF
,ransporiation Was anywhere from
| sl7o ~ $3.50. That is due to the fact
that the Southern Railway. as Is al
legged. is controlled b. Morgan & Com
| rany and associates. who use and abuse
| II In the interest OF their greater in
sylvnnia system
There can be no jus, reason why
the manufacturers IN Georgia, South
Carolina. North Carolina Florida and
Virginia should l.. Disseminated
against and their industries throttled.
OF made to bear unjust burdens as
compared with their competitors III
other States.
Another thing: this coal trust. So
called, by some arrangement which We
seek To ind out. prevents tho shipment
Of coal from West Virginia aud tho
territory have outlined to New York
or any point South of IL The city OF
getting coal from this field on account
Of the Pennsylvania dominating atti-
tGdc towards the other coal roads. viz,
the Southern Railway. the Chesapeake
and ohio and the Norfolk and Western
Railway.
y am told 1t costs 81 cents a ton
Alexandria. seven miles. if ii comes
from the mines on the Southern Rail
way. while coal from the mines on the
Norfolk and Western Railway shipped
over the Southern Railway comes into
higher than tho rate to Alexandria.
Il am told that the people, OF the
\ South Atlantic states are sending sew
cral millions OF dollars to tho coal
fields OF the Pennsylvania system TO
pay for fuel and for It's transportation,
halfway and TO the mines on the South
/ crn Railway. l ann no champion OF
the southern Railways interests, but
that robbed Of It's just rights by its
trustees.
The relation or the trustees to the
properly in trust Is sacred one, and
| want to call on Mr.. George i. Baker
! and his associates in the trusteeship
! 10 give an account OF their steward
! Saip or the Southern Railway. Be-
| sides. the pcopla Of my state nre di-
:cctly Interested IL getting chear coal
\ fer fuel. both for consumption in their
homes and 10 run their factories with
and as the Southern Railway pene-
| traces tho coal aelds. II ough. 10 serve
our people by bringing us cheap coal
! but Il Is not allowed 10 do SO, because
/ il IS not managed for the interests v!
1 tho stockholders.
If coal l. shipped 10 Norfolk. i,
cannot go to New York at all; OF
/ Is no free trade in coal within the ares
embracing the States OF New York
pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
| and Maryland, nor In the South At
| lnntic States, and. the navy and naya
stations OF the Atlantic Coast are
4 completely n the mercy OF the Goa
/ trust. both is to the supply and the
| price OF their coal"