Show WHY kaesel OPPOSES ACTION conferring PLENARY POWERS ON interstate commission believes movement Is ta the injury of the interior sections of fe the country from fridays standard hon fred J Ii eael who took such a prominent part in the interstate commerce law convention in chicago and who led the studebaker hall delegates opposition to signing a pledge in order to enter the steinway way hall convention gives ats views of railroad rate regulation in the following reply to a query by paper editor ot standard you have asked me tha question on what grounds do I 1 justify my opposition to the con ferrine of the fate making power on the commerce law coromis ion i let I 1 dont think the commission has the necessary training to understand the making ot rates which is the result ot a practical experience acquired and extending over many years amounting to hat a high authority in rate making calls INSTINCT I 1 would call it INTUITION and 2nd I 1 believe it Is for the best interest especially in our undeveloped section ot the united states to promote railroad building power conferred on the commission to mke rates would inevitably result in the intimidation of capital to be used in railroad investments because any experimenting peri on the part ot the commission would be dono at the expense ot tho investors and not that of the government should the rate making in losses there would not be any compensation to the investor ard 3rd railroads are built for the purpose of doag business and the plant la theirs the capital invested with ita fixed charges hence it no business JB done fixed charges can not be paid it therefore behooves railroad companies to tho set ot the country adjacent to their roads which results in local business the matter of rates must ever be an adjustment or rather a matter ot evolution of a character taking into consideration not at how high a rite but at how low a rate the basinas can b done and yet leave enough to pay dividends take away competition and you will probably have higher rates scarce capital and there will be no more competition present companies would have a monopoly ath the commission sitting in washington composed as under our form of government it inevitably will be of politicians usually of the super annulated type would be too ponderous a body and one not conversant with or qualified even as the ordinary shipper is to take in the scope and circumstances attending the making of rates this is a body before whom th chipper would have to appear with expensive attorneys themselves little better versed than the commission action would be slow tedious and expensive circumlocution and red tape would take the place of the present expedition of business which in emergencies such as continually arise in a new country would b disastrous to business interests take for instance the burning down 0 the sun nystle plant m utah which but for the rapid of the railroad companies and their combined efforts would cause the shutting down of the shelters smelters sm elters for a period of at least six months throwing out of employment thousands of employed emp loyes both at mines and shelters smelters sm elters with winter and all its dis comforts at the door two years ago the long winter and late spring absorbed all the feed in this section of country what did the railroads do they immediately recognized the necessity of quick action to prevent the destruction of large herds of sheep and cattle sprang to the rescue and furnished at nominal aratea transportation fo bang forage from distant points our railroads always take caro at nominal rates of surplus such as accumulation of fruits potatoes cereals canned goods hay etc whenever it ts found that these commodities can not bo marketed at home I 1 say let us be just to these carriers and give them due credit tor the many favors our communities muni ties have had from them with more to expect uth the commission in the repressing 0 rs bates for which ample power existed both in the interstate commerce law and the euins jU ins bill hare proved entirely unable to copo with the situation had that commission exerted the same intelligence telli gence and industry as is displayed by the revenue and other departments of the government who is there will not admit that this greatest wil would now be a thing of the past ath out of a hopeless confusion con funion into which the commission would inevitably evit ably drift the only refuge be towards rating on a mileage basis what then would become of us in the interior of the united states would it not surely tend towards the building up at pur expense of the coast cities thus for many decades retarding development 0 the interior how would the prices of products of abo interior fira aa compared with products of the section of country adjacent to export facilities say eastern products within five hundred miles versus western one thousand and twenty five hundred away as in utah we in the great interior should be willing to make any reasonable con cession to maintain our present status which taking cognizance ot OUT geographical position concedes to us the carrying of cur surplus products at low enough rates to compete with abe producers produce ra this producer doa wt desire our development but wants the markets of the world tor himself hanc ellaa labry mae and why the rate making power Is demanded or the commission it is the east kersus tha west if you dont believe tasi read ray stanard bakers article in the november mcclure magazine who gives tha snap away the winton trans au people have no tided manager cruchlow CiU chlow of the local branch of the consolidated wagon machine company that they are lo 10 be in salt lake from nov 5 until nov 9 ith their car isted lu be exhibited |