| Show just juat discrimination in railway rat rates s all railroad men qualified to k on the subject in a responsible risible way aay ate aio likely to agree with president samuel spencer of the southern rail way when ho he says there la is no III dl vision of opinion as to the desirability of stopping all secret or unjustly dla dis devices and of i whatsoever hat chat chai character acter mr spencer lit in speaking of un justly discriminatory rates and de vices makes a distinction which la is at once apparent to common sense there may bo be discrimination in freight rates rate which Is just reasonable and impera dively required b bi tho the complex coin mercial and geographical conditions with which expert late makers haie hae to deal to abolish such open and honest discrimination might paralyze the industries of cities states slid and whole sections ol of our national feirt tory S this distinction just and unjust discrimination la Is clearly lecog nihed in the conclusions of the inter national railway congress I 1 published yesterday taista should lie ha based on commer olal clat tillie lil a taking into account ilia special boar upon the isia value of 0 the tha avlen rv len ion dered mth anith the rt thit chit wes iata hell be charged lla ilia in tu to ail hl m alike aid ui li i like ilka conditions the of latin should hould ns as fat fai au as pom possible sIble tuan ixon all tho the biasi belty necess urr to pel ailt the deve daval 1 ol 01 ment 0 oc tho tra 11 0 and to produce tho the greatest results result 4 it to tho the publio and ami to tho the tho present proposal Is 13 as mr D illanes ilenea of I 1 shoved in hn 1 l remarkable ro testimony the other day before tho the senate committee ut at washington to crystallize crystalline flexible and justly diR discriminatory rates into fixed government rates which cannot be changed except by the intervention of at bonte government it 11 wl find by this very tory process to iacre increase ise the tha tion to depart from froin the published rate and the lawful rate tn in order to meet some overpowering and commercial condition new york bun bull |
