The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-02-03
Illinois Central System Calls State
C.atroI Of Rates Backward Step

AVA a~m re Interstate Commerce Commission all authority over state ratc he
t" 1 IS@@ 10, we o1%5 Is lnprQsrGSye ImpracicabIe and illogical.
ofthe people that commerce among the Estates sho5d be free. Or fnr o4 [e , part
convinced that nothing bt ruin and chaos would lit from a system wich aIoM~ed
me state to put restrictions upon the commerce O. oaer state The Federal Gov
Snnent ~2 5 tGqnatd UPRRi the t5t mat IA. " IN :d trade were national sub
confes the exclusive power upon Congress to regulate commerce mong the staMs
must not be permit &c maxi rate or regulation Which ~I interfere ~W with ah n nfe
ate wmch do discriminate aga" terst@e co Cmerc h. has, s 5 @enH pep SG e6dSm nn n5Gh
onn As@ @ sSes is matter e very VS. its tm ntoG "a raIway system 1avershg a
and Ht corno ps hsr yxnocs Ahh from b hfPe aS c rs uHo IN IN 9@h interstate
to maintain p3n its Line as many separate and DISTINCT systems of rates as there
ing through ad touching fourteen different states it is obvious at a gianee that al it
f G"H4s not of b n%s sp a5tesb syt o ms of d Gams one Of fP fRe di9srt t% nt ttst xbS sGm m s;: an ID
such a theory is sound so far as the practical feet concerned it Would oudb !" pouaur
sound to say that each county travened by The railroad should lave T the pg 81 eq maks
relation OF COUNTIES to states and states to nation but as a practical matter the two
No one has ever been able to gvea my good reason why a passenger making a
irastae journey should pay rate lower than or different from that of the passenger
t H@ esa% an Observation-Disclosures Uonmods %nH SaH po@ % d ts Um ted ds STATES ha"e 1 f%a rf iogH ing s RrnstS
% of t obeyng t h@u mandates nMf tet of = Varous @Hte'e eommi aan sc on tm@ s1Se ef of tine |aa nee mny
f nn9 oeoe9et 5a dn1 pbpo s" e give gH m te ts p s gseG G m h1 0 n state sd an advantage over
western tate a state commission put out an order requiring the railroads to put
buying across the e b bmrer All th@@e condderadons induced s Cen gre ae mT te Ta n
teF fgs d Nerjd ps I%s sssi % tdmtsntate t fSmm fT * se%d t be ms%oT fd and sM whereby
maintaining the transportation machine:
full s %%s st % %e S eoasm a ss t@ es s G sS ' b 5st ont Of IS b ssf9s "#h p6 by all to t9snfhts
1 %sy 1 mpo "r%% d@ H@ %3 e% n%H 1%S t%S % po %e p e1s:T The ehf j iass ssan wdSPd
ns III cn Sasst. mistake; xxi to n suppose IS m that t the ssnsrol Of of rates by the interstate Com,
railroad to- obtain sHf The interstate Commerce Commission i%% has MOI ea @an a ii t %S
with local problems an Competent to ad4 in the solution Of rate %%senny A Ip petian
s mime n:% %nos to 9h %% de% Of of% as p%sao "a ,~R s1sF sh s' se sfas3s seas fss h ss d"f r ss
g goGasf to the state M@e capital I Wo PRESENT a MATER mfs % to the Ha Rsa eomgss snn ans ms m no reason IN
9nas T K, te putnis sd harm eniOua t Rst 0a " of h 5sY r%s u Epnc + ssst Of h which dsm twill
tia Tns rfHoy i BOTH bot ihf fr Gaf t and ia passegeer ma s hd t td effect If cts If mskn nav a n ssubsta n
the P%9e: as Otter" a" "S are ''s % 10 50 without "''''"s their" ability to serve
President Illinois Central system