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Show IUII.iAN IlltUUUIir 10 TL1UIS. Himu time slnco tho Luslneie men of Hi Is city era Jarge Lumber of thorn tookittuo with thu railways centering hero btrauMi of uojiut dlsirluiluatlons lltthomattir of freight, and thu mm-mr mm-mr in which thu Iron shod corporations corpor-ations wvru brought to terms was us rspldaslt tusirjvod tu bj otlootuil. Ihu Cham tr of Commerce, which ongagid tu thuctuiu on bilialfof ttiu cotumuulty at largo as well as those Immediately conierned, tool: hold of tbu iLatlir in it tuslmss'llke, determined deter-mined way, with tho ruiult or bringing bring-ing about nn urMiigiruint lh good results of whlih uru uvirywhiro u-pirehl; u-pirehl; It nccomi lishud lis work with ueatnetauuJ dlspatih. A railroad company la not esioutlnl'y worsouii general linea or more grasping grasp-ing than othcra; but It has lettir op-iortunitlca op-iortunitlca aud being ludulgeJ uud tinted Willi u haudsiilf olloy by tho eoplo from whom It derives Hist support uud then for. urn, It would bu lies than huniau, or nuro, It It did not becemo utrogant, Insolent nnd grasp. lug; It only needs un ocoisloiial appll-lotloucf appll-lotloucf law or n doso or aoof mild ntallatioii to bring such a company back to Its aousea on the dju-blu dju-blu qulik, and this has been do no in n great many placia of late, now that tho iiople havo found out that the question Is no longer oilu-sided oilu-sided und that they i in nicouipllsh ull that is iiiiessary whiu they tr). Jlruii trttl'i reports a esse in which thu bouid if tradu of Ch etlanooga, Teuiiestvie, took similar uolou'o our Chamber of Commune, li Iron (lit a complaint befjru tho ItitiMatu Com-nitron Com-nitron Commission aalmt the Ksst renuemr, Virginia A Ueorgla ltitl way cjiiivauy nnd others, ulliglug, imioiigothir things, that thu rates ou trolllo from New Vurk and other At-Initio At-Initio seaboard points lo Chattanooga wiroiiuriaionalj'u lu themselves and relatively us unoiurid with rates ou IlLu property to Memphis and Noah-villi', Noah-villi', a d tint rates ou such tralllo wire greater fir tho shorlir dhdrtuiu to LfiutUiiocga than for thu lougir Uls. tauco ever Ihu eon o line In thu ennu luoilou to Memilils unJXu.liMI , fliu lomrulssluu Ins lendetedade icn lu which It I olds thai II e defunj nuts are Junlltlod by the existence of water roniel!l!on of controlling urru lu iharglug lots on such tlatllo for thu longer dlataucu lo Mimphls, but thutuosu It competition iilalsforsuih tralllo to Naihvlllv, and that uny greater charge for the trans. poitatlou of llko property Irorathuaui-board Irorathuaui-board points for tho shorter ills-tauco ills-tauco to Chattanooga than for the longer Iralllo through Chattanooga lu Nashville Is 111 M"o!ailuu of the liurth intlon of the act to rit,uln(o torn-mcrce. torn-mcrce. Wheieuou tho diftindants wetu ordered to dislst from tho discrimination dis-crimination complained of, which undoubtedly tiny did without unnecessary unnec-essary delay, lie-fore us ore a number of printed -jjjKtnLirijM8MKl reports of the c mimlsaion, 111 which the foregoing doctrine In other wor Is and having i somewhat elillereot application, ap-plication, together with the demand for retuniMe transportation rates are upheld throughout. One relates to tha rates ohirgoi on the shlpnunt of melons unJ Is against n dojiMiormoreSsulhirn railway companies; com-panies; another Is on tile suojeil of lower charges for longer hsiil", and a third relates lorelatlverateion finished nnd unfinished (u nlturr.llio ruling he ing In favor ol the coia lalniutln e.ich cane, thus showing thu railways generally are illsposoi to "llvo up to thclrrlvlleges"untll Interfered with. Wis can all get along wltls thom very well when they are nude, to understand under-stand that their I oslllon relative to the public Is that of servant rathor than of nias'ir. |