Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-21 | Page 7 | "Important it Ture"

IMPORTANT IF TRUE to tu Abolish h Rebates To lo Shipper New 1 York Dec 21 Tho Tines Times to today day dav says fays The biz big railroads of ot the country have agreed to abolish rebates to shippers according to reports which were circulated latel yesterday Several conferences on the subject have been held recently This action is Is the direct ct result result of at the ho many prosecutions recently undertaken by br the federal government o railroads mid and railroad for tor In Infringement infringement of ot the mill anti rebate clauses In the federal statutes statute The action be gun Iun against n the lima Chicago Alton and several of or that toad road und and the Ula Indictments just found at Kansas Kanias City Cily against a n number of at railroads Including Ins ing In the time Chicago Milwaukee St luul mm o cases In point i iAn r An n oilier of ot one of the railroads the thu officials of ot which were Indicted ut at Kan llIn Kansas Has sas City while denying that his own road had hall broken the ho law said sahl that there wua not the slightest doubt that the giving of rebates would come to an nn end an os a result of ut the prosecutions In his opinion tho the results of ot these prosecutions will be bo seen not lint only In Inthe the on the Dart part of or tho the rail roll railroad road ronal to 10 rebates hIlt hat In tn tho time hesitancy of 01 shippers to ask for tor special concessions concession The Information that rebates would bo ho abolished curve came not only onh limn rail railroad road toad but from tram prominent bank banking banking ing Interests which directly or lady Indi Indirectly control many railroads The rhe agreement to do away with re rebates rebates bates Is IA Intended to 10 weaken the aigu menu mentIS advanced In hr favor of ot rate legis legislation lotion lation Much of ot the discussion In re reo I gurd to rate legislation resolves Itself Into an un agitation against a time the grating of or rebates rebate which h Is recognized by r themselves as Of a n serious evil The Time which have recently been held have ap up apparently resulted In tho the belle belief among railroad presidents that under existing conditions each road can cun trust Its com competitors co n