Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-03 | Page 11 | President of Yale Talks on Rate-Making

PRESIDENT OF YALE TALKS OH RATE-MAKING Believes Great Reforms Shtvld Be Panned With Sam Methods. CHICAGO. J.in 2- Slowness In rate-making rate-making reform and the granting of greater great-er rights to existing courts, rather than the creation of new bodies, formed the main poli. in In a discussion of the railroad problem by Dr. Arthur T. Hud ley. president presi-dent of Yale university, who arrived nt I'hli.igo yesterday, on his way to Denver. Optimistic on Outloo'.i. President Had (07 d llvered a message of vtlmism for the new yeur on the outlook In social and economic problems which lire M Xing the COUntrj HeSldes touching on railroad and Id mired aubjects. Pn II-oent II-oent Hadlej express..! himsc'f positively In favor of modifying football rule., with view to eliminating the hrutalltv of the game, and aald that the greatest problema in athlettea which the universities .ire confronted with are the curbing of the Ttravugiinee and undue attention which grow out of the competitive gamea. Rate legislation bas bun th- ubji-vt ..f recent Inquiry bv President Hudl'-v. Believes in Slow Method. ,-I believe In a sane, slow method of deaiinK with problems like the railroad problem." he said. A mistake would Rave been made If legislation for rate-making rate-making had been forced through the last Congress. Hetter results and better laws will come b educating the people ns to th. reril meaning of the wave ..f Indignation Indigna-tion which Is sweeping over the country. Courts that now have power to regulate and dispose should be given greater power rath, r than Insist on the fi.rmlng of new supervising bodies and attempt to make up a new rate schedule "