| Show REBATING IS NOW THING OF PAST PASTE E W Gillett Giet of Salt Lake Route Says New Law Will WillBe Wi WillBe Be Rigidly Enforced NO FREE TRANSPORTATION HE IS FROM RAIL RAILROAD RAILROAD RAILROAD ROAD MEETING IN CHICAGO E W V Gillett general freight and pas passenger passenger passenger agent of the Salt Lake Route reached the city yesterday on his way wy to Los Angeles from Chicago At the lat latter latter latter ter place he attended a meeting of rail railroad rai railroad road rad men called caled there for the purpose of discussing the recently enacted railroad rate bill and its Is enforcement The railroad r men Intend to live Jve up to the provisions of the rate bill bi Mr Gil Gillett Gi Gillett lett said but they desire to have a num number number number ber of clauses claus s interpreted for them by bythe bythe bythe the interstate commerce commission so that they may know how to act under certain conditions The entire bill bl was ws gone over thor thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly by the traffic managers general managers and counsel for various rail railroad r railroad 1 road companies companies A number of questions were submitted by the traffic managers to the lawyers to answer Some Soe of these questions will wf have to be referred to the Interstate commerce commission for ruling rul ruling ruling ing Some Clauses Vague As soon as a the railroads know what these clauses mean they the will wl endeavor to enforce the law in spirit as well as in letter leter Some of the clauses could not be understood by b the railroad men One question queston that came up and could not be answered was whether a road could lease a site at low loy rental to a factory to en encourage encourage encourage courage an Industry on its It line The new law is rigidly drawn It I will wi put an absolute stop reba lg g and no nomore nomore nomore more free tre transportation can be issued No transportation will wi be Issued even to the newspapers except such as is have haV eon con contracts on tracts with wih the roads roas Transportation thus issued must be charged to the news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper according to contract and entry must also be made on the books of the newspaper Th The books of both the news newspapers newspapers papers p pers and the railroad companies are open to the inspection of the representatives tives tv s of the commission and they the must tally taly Law Has Good Features In many ways the law is isa isa isa a a good one for the railroads as well as asfor asfor for Cor the shippers A road for f r example may feel with some certainty that a ri rival rIyal val cal line lne is not secretly secret cutting the rates The fhe getting of business will wi hereafter be bea a matter of service and personality Rebating is not a good thing for the merchant Under the new law one mer nier merchant merchant chant will wi know that his rival is not get getting getting ting a better rate on freight handled handl d by byboth b byboth both Angeles Mr Gillett Giett will wi leave for Los |
