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Show H SALT MKi: HIIUTKltS, TAKE HH lOl'llJldM H A Nkw YoiltS dispatch which op- HK pears on the first page of this luue LHK under the caption, "A railroad com- RB pany reatralned from granting pcclal IHjB ratta," la fuller of Information and BroB Intereatthan moat reader nroawareof, BBBaUaalfll Hni PonKMi morn lmortance lndeo-1 HIU than tho general run of newspaper', jHMHS with all their wisdom, will at lint HHI thought give It credit for. A local IHHS controversy, now somewhat In nlioy- sHBKp ante, between the Ball Lake Chamber ilaHttaaafti of Commerce and tho railroads, gives 'R& to the Item nlluJed to a peculiarly 'HHf lively and alsorblngnct. lasflnlBi According to tho dispatch an order flHUHg baa been granted restraining a certain I HIH9 railway from giving so!al rates to jHHBjg lorolgu shippers on goods to Ban Fran dHwJil cliro,the complainant lielngNew York JJQVJHJ1 and New I'.nclanil shippers who felt HflBf thrmsclVM li)urvd In their bualneat HjU by the fact that tho defendant nH company. In conjunction with other HRHl oceanlo and railway transportation fHHy companies, ao minlpulated rates that Hvi foreign shlprs wero charged lrra IIHBCil than une-half aa much for thowhol UBBK! dlatanra from Kngluml toKanP'ran. njnwl cltcuasthocomtlaluanta wereohargvil HHm J fromNew York tolhosamedeatluatlou. HJIkJ The suit was Imlltuted, we are further Rnt Informed, to confirm thn order of tlin HKl, , Interstate commerce cominlstlou tiled H( In 1881. Hft-1,1 This latter order, which the decision jHKV ' ' of Judge Wallacolu New York yeater- HBA . day confirmed, was thu reault of n HKnJ ) ' nioat Important nnd atubtiornly con- IHK ; teited hearing ttoforn Coinmlislonr9 HOmJb j Morrlwin, Bchromaker and Ycasey In tlIJRnfc June, 166(1. The caio was brought by HQKK . the New York lloirj of Trade and RHjIM ly 1 rantportatlon ojiany, the riilla- (IJIfttM Orlphla lioatd of Train andtheHtu HHRkt J'riuiltci) Chamber of Commerce, tha LSnlf former two agalutt Xfuw York and BB9f it l'ennaylvanla llu-, nnd the latter HIIjHtH ogalnat tho Houthom Paclllc. lion. HSufRf'i J un " K'tna'i represented Now (UHviil York, Heed and I'cttlt repritentol Wl)' rhUadelphla, aud B. T. Bears, llni., IHlVG '1 ' "'' c"7 represented Ban Krincls HHffih co. New York's claim was that goods jHHHpHlja were carried from London and Jilver- HSHHl't: , wol lu Atlatitlo ports to Ban Fran jUtwinrnV oleco for alnut one-third of tho rata tint HBuli local shlpi era nero charged upon ilm- easUsallliiuir liar goods to tho lamH point, l'hlladel. HjMHiUri i ibla's claim su of the aarnn general HHSK j tinor. Han Franclnco clalmnl that HHRnjf n lt" wt"1 carried from Yokohama to all jrTTsaffliJrl' traiiKoontlneutat common (lotnta 1 'HafitivlH through the Paclfloportutl cents ler If p9ll J j pound, while thn rate from that poit 1 f, Ult ' I 1 " tuui' l'dntt eaitward was 3 ff B 7i , ' .euui per pound. Tho cjlevancM of IV u thethreecltles being nearly analagous, they were all considered at the one hearing. With much patlenco and skill tho caao was fought and defended, and at length, on January 10, 1801, n decision waa rendered, the provision of which were to take effect May ftth following, lly this decision the rallroaja were ordered to reaao nnd dealst from charg Ing a higher rate lo local shippers than their roportlon of tho through rati from foreUn porti; that la lo say, tho roads wero required not only to ceaeo charging American hl per morn than they did thu forelguers, or even to charge both home and foreign ehlp-pcrt ehlp-pcrt the tamo rate; they were oven required re-quired lo glvo tho former the benefit of the pro rata reduction due to them at tlug nearer the point of dcettnatlou. The Importanco of this decision will ba manifest to every reader; to the tea-Importer tea-Importer of Ban FrancNco alono It meant n difference of about ,J150,(XW per annum. lint tbe eaatern roadt, though fairly defeated, concluded to resist tbe pro-josed pro-josed reduction; they Ignored the Ue-tlilon, Ue-tlilon, and awaited another contest when tho ciwo should be carried Into tliecourla for confirmation. According Accord-ing to the dlapntch today, they have Leen defeuted again. Perhaps they will attempt further re-tlttauct;the re-tlttauct;the ymay choose that valorous inrt which sometimes Is worse than discretion, and prolong the contest by carrying thn case on aeal lo tho court of latt risott. Bhould that I done the shippers are still In thu enjoyment enjoy-ment ol the victory 'they have won; for under tho restraining order, thn roadamay not depart from tho terms of the original decision pending whatsoever whatso-ever appeal or delay they may ho able to secure. Un the other hand they may, pending final acceptance of tho advent) decision, retort to that most ready of railroad rail-road weapons when defeat seema certain cer-tain and ofler to compromise. This, In fact, lawbat the Bouthem I'ddflo actually did do ImmnJIately after the commission's order. It agreed to n reduction re-duction of one-third In favor of the Ban Francisco thlppera that Is, It made a rato of - cent Instead of 3; a proposition which, while not meeting all that the latter were entitled to under un-der tbe decision, was still acceptable to them for the time being. Much might bo written at to the conditions which have emboldened the transportation companies to discriminate discrimi-nate to unluttly against their homo patrout, and as to Iho dilemma In which this confirmed decision and order placet them. Knough has len here cited, however, to show that juttlco can be obtained when properly prop-erly nought anJ resolutely contended for; and to emphasize this fact, so Iro-larlantto Iro-larlantto local butlnets men: After having onto won your caioyou can compromUa on your own terms and upon a bail! from which the other par-tlttdaro par-tlttdaro not try to ucupo for fear of a oh& fate. |
