Show I I I CONFEREES SUBMIT RAILROAD MEASURE Principal Features of o the Admin Administration Administration min Bill i Retained and an the Re Result Result e sult su t Said Sa as d to toe be Very Satisfactory i ASHINGTON June une 14 The conference report of the administration WASHINGTON tion railroad d bill bill was presented to the Senate at today by Chairman Elkins of the Senate committee on interstate commerce It i iwas was laid before tho the House late lato in tha day but under the rules roles cannot be I acted upon until oaths disposed of by the Senate It represented one weeks work by conferees in an effort to harmonize the t e differences in the tho bills billa passed by the tho two houses and nearly four months continuous consideration c in one or the other I I I I i 1 i i I At the request of or several senators senator the report went wont over OVeT int U i tomorrow when an effort will wUI be made to secure Its adoption The ThO two Democratic eon con conferee n feree did not net sign the report and anti Sea ator Newlands Newland nave gave notice h hv he scale present prent a B minority report Generally speaking peaking the work of the conferees Is I declared satisfactory to tin the t Senate although It follow the sins line Un of or ori the House HOM bill A number of the secured cured by Insurgent naton however howver were ere retained So J far us III has been huen Indicated the only ont ob ot obi i to the tho report that may ma be 1 e rinsed raised in n the Senate relates relate to the retention r or pr the House provisions provision OH ott long lone Jon and short hauls Some western rn senators favored th the retention of or the Senate S provision be bei i aute ture the House amendment m might ht be declared unconstitutional The last amendment disposed ed of or by bythe b bythe the th conferees related to the period for which Increases Increase In rates rate ral might I bt be mM se d by bT the commission The eon con i rree accepted the Senate provision of or often orten ten months month i An to 0 Administration Hilt As A perfected perr ted by the conferees the iii carries most of the th features fI of or the i original administration measure except the tIt provisions on un railroads railroad to make pooling agreements to the government to regulate the Issuance leanCe of stocks and bonds and to permit a rail rall railroad railroAd road to purchase the remaining stock i of ot another line In which It already eon con controls trots fifty per cent ceat of or the tM stock So o mn meth h opposition developed In both oth home houses against these theM provisions pro lson that ell except the section were weft abandoned b outright t The House Hoe bill IH re retained re tatted ta the tho section sec oA providing hl for tor federal f I Ma to the ute rm cause of or the tile opposition of 01 ta tala la in plane pta e of or the UM Mouse House prevision on the confer conferees moor rated a clause ciaU author athor II th the President Pr to appoint a cora eom e oM oa to investigate to the t e lieu Issue I or of f ran rail stocks stock and aad bonds nd Expenditures by II the commission were limited to 16 6 CO and It Was wal not given Riven authority to tom summon m Witnesses OT 01 compel the pro production production of or books book and nd papers The bill 01 as aa perfected perr creates create a commerce com commerce om merce ree court composed e of or five ne judges the first firt of or whom are to be selected by 1 the President and thereafter by b thee the th chief by e e justice fustic t UH of nr the supreme court This ourt wilt WIll have jurisdiction over o r all n nI vita suits I brought to enforce or to set Ht aside alde orders ol ers of the Interstate commerce oo co i t I Enlarged Powers O Otner sections enlarge eDla the tile Rawer power of It the commission alon over oyer regula regulation tion and place under th tb the jurisdiction ef or the commission telephone t tide tele telegraph graph and nd cable ahle companies whoever wire or wireless and hll extends the jur Jr It nt of t the th n wet bridges bri ferries and nd ut terminal t m facilities General are ate made to eom uel vel el railroads railroad to furnish rates rate rat upon ap p cud and authorizing authorising the con co idea lon I to Institute Inquiries on Ita Its own motion By ily D provision adopted opted by b the House Hoase Hoa and aad retained br lei b the tb conf re es the tte U e v opp ope of nr the commission to make mak regulation was as enlarged t It in Is provides provide 1 U Lt a consignor of or freight ht shall hall have hap the right to designate by which of two tWit or more through routes hi his shipment shall han be bf transported d The striking difference between the House Hou and Senate bills were reconciled as follows The new court will wilt be bt known a athe as If the commerce court a as pro prodded by the t House Horses Hot Instead In td of a court of or commerce as a desired by It the Senate The method of selecting the judges to form lorm the court urt Is I a Senate SeDAte mate provision proon r amendment permits appeals to toh the h supreme court granting of continuing c lag ing Injunctions Injunction to restrain the enforce enforcement enforcement ment of or orders order of or the It Itis Itt ItI is t I required however that the appeals appl be bo taken within thirty days dRy Three Days On Notice It was wait provided by the House bill that the th commerce court should not Issue UP injunctions Injunction suspending orders orde of 01 the te commission where irreparable damage would ensue To that provision Continued on Pane Page Two T r RAILROAD BILL IS FINALLY SUBMITTED Continued From Page One ODe the conferees added a Senate amend amendment amendment amendment ment requiring three days notice to the commission and to the attorney general and that the suspension should hould not be for more than sixty days The Senate provision that all parties In interest toa to toa toa a proceeding before the commission lon should bould be notified of its commencement t was stricken out but the tho provisions of o oboth f tf both tho the House and Senate bills in regard re regard regard gard to the appearance of or parties in proceedings in the Ute commerce court by b y intervening or on motion or otherwise was as retained Under a Senate amendment adopted railroads will be required to designate an agent In Washington Wa to receive service in any proceedings against it The conference report leaves out the House provision extending existing law to water transportation between the tho th e Hawaiian Islands and also over oer the district of or Alaska The House provision requiring rail ran railroads railroads roads to provide reasonable rea faculties facilities for operating through routes and forthe for forthe the tho exchange and return of ot rollin rolling g stock Is retained The report retains the tho House pro provision provision provision vision railroads to establish and enforce reasonable property for transportation and regu regulations regulations lations as to classifications cla rates Ue I receipts and bills of or lading Provision Amended Tho provision placing telephone tel tol telegraph telegraph and cable companies under the tho Jurisdiction of tho commission Is that adopted by b the House with a n further provision agreed upon In conference that messages be classified into day night repeated letter com commercial commercial mercial press government and such other classes as are Just and reasonable and authorizing different rates for dif dl ferent classes of messages m a es In respect to tho the use of the telephone telegraph h hand and cable franks It is provided that they shall not be prohibited when used by officers agents and their th lr families The House provision for tor the tho physical valuation of or railroads was stricken out but the tho amendment authorizing the owner of a lateral latoral branch line tine to re require require require quire a n main line tine of or railroad to make proper connection was way retained To the House provision on the sub of long and short phort hauls which is 18 designed to prohibit railroads from froin charging a 1 higher h her rate for n a short then than n for a long distance was WIlS added the fol following following following lowing Whenever a carrier by railroad shall shan shallin shanIn in competition with a water route or routes reduce the rates on the carriage of any species specie of or frecht to or from competitive points it shall not be tier nero to Increase such uch rates unless after hearing by the tho commission It ll 11 bo he found that such fluch proposed In Inor In or erases cre rest reAt upon changed conditions other than the elimination of ot water r of tIn n Tl and thor their t r agents will be bo prohibited through the he retention of or tho the Senate amendment from tram disclosing In formation concerning a shippers busi buel business bu l ness nees except under duo process of court lon Stricken Out Oat The Tho conferees conferee struck streak out ont the Ule Senate provision requiring tho the tO td tOmake t make an analysis of classification and tariffs every six 1 month meatless Senator amendment In reference to Interlocutory injunctions Injunction that restrain the action of ot tat of officers floors was accepted by bT the Both the House Houle and Senate provided that the new law shall hall take effect affect six alx sixty sixty ty t days after passage The conferees however Inserted a n provision that Mo see Motion tion Uon 12 IS including the right of or th commission to suspend proposed rate Increases and section 16 which author auther authorizes izes the commission to appoint a com corn mitt to study stady stocks and aM bonds He shall bU h ill take effect croat Immediately |