Show G CASSATT a Ali DEFENDS tf T t rt l I Declares Shippers of Coal and Other Freights on an Absolute Absolute lute lutc Equality IF WAS ANY DISCRIMINATION I Could drill IK lit In of If Km I III lit uMI tm or nl or Sn 10 I In I n U i ii I i i Philadelphia June lUll IA t J 1 MaLt fN of the Pennsylvania Railroad company om any arrived at t his hla hi home hO at ae Har I l erford eftoN Fa h a suburb at of Ibis city hom Eu Europe about noon today He HI will UI UIt be beat beat at t hi his In Philadelphia t 1 I This evening Mr r seat tt Save gave to the Pre P Press tn Ut he fo Co o oJo lowIng Jo IlI statement j jl l he hf had hd returned horn homo to 10 take per part rt In its the investigation by b Hi Un I board bourd of of tile the he P i IH RaIlroad company Into Int the h mat Int tn tore lOra that had hd been bt h during M Ms I in the tile proceeding before tiie t comment omm loit ie IC bad bati r th only brief cable repot reit t tr front from r m the office of the ani nJ J knew nothing fI or r the th detail but trout from roM three these t e tI 1111 ii from frol to tb I London pre Ire Ir lit Ite lead hall learned that I chart nl l lop rn made Int certain official of the Ih acceptance lante of af bribes bribe from rom coal operator The Tb rh board oil ill suh luh u h e i iI ly tr I and If It any or houM b he found lound guilty of corrupt n he would be dealt with to Ih th testimony of certain officer that they Ih the held of coil 1 I companies and altO nd to th Inference by lie Hie nn that a cil 1 1 on a large larl peals acal hart had been n practised for the Of Or th lb h whose h tok were ere e thus held Mr Wr Mid said that while hlll auch ucb o 0 n by b era In Its a position to tt eX r I tim cl and nd therefore liable to Mat tita u no and unfortunate It nai 1 not an n ottena tn hI Itself if U the wore ore ac ao acquired and nd MM ai 1 not 01 contrary to the ti I i iII lana laua II of the th company In lii tact fact the th men man m I hud III In the earlier years year r of tho tb I company lOmU the lUll to aid aidIn 14 In lit the of it Its 1111 lInes line The Th wrung wrong run If any on an had hd be boon n done don Wa ai in lii the ah alleged There could be no favoritism In rater aa at of coal 1011 and all othe v freights store Here on an at absolute equality all 11 pa M the he full tutu rates rate rat without re rebate rebate bate batt Mr Ir It mode made himself for toT the absolute Uterine t of nt thu statement If rr there therena na tile any nfl an It II could only br be in III the Ih ill n of or empty CM coal car 1111 ra und and nd ao 10 si far ear a II Cl he h knew no pro f l had be bern n produced that the Ih officers officer con Ion concerned I hal haJ been guIlty ur of uch rh favor III The Tb hoard t vult hi sIan hll Inquire c into luto theae boo mattor I cod and If tf there had be ben n any an wrongdoing would take bike proper tI but bitt It I Inot not hot faithful efficient aIR ceta 8 to lo a R manufactured ond a milt public opinion The board OW elan 1110 no iso doubt ton eonS consider elder sider the general 0 of propriety of the III on by b and anC em Im of 01 stock Mock of ot coal roal end and other com cnn the hl n al 1 i Hn H pini Ill malt make in Its r Iun i thereto Ih ao There Tb had aIwa alway al been a holt abort aae Re of ot coal rare ears during durin period of or er lit v fIT cry year 4 or r and nd hi rn re nt ye HItI r this 0 n had boon ben hy b the great Increase Irrl In the tt production of coil od notwithstanding not the vr ery r large larce Ir in n s r the th company had hid m md d to 10 it t equipment Thir had given rl rice ne to many m n nom Im and nd a a natural to charge a f If the ehe output of coal cOIl mould continue to In f In itt the name earn ratio aa as In tire the paM plIt few f years year M It II might not nol he ff po to 10 toI I 1141 equipment to 10 avoid a aIn ho t I St In the tb ear car auppl at t tint tintIn In view In of thU Ib R end and of th the u which hl b such auch ownership would erect creat It r having to do II with tI the dl lion of empty pty car Ir are norM not to own on roil coal pinch Mock but to tc prohibit all 11 and employee from rom Irk if T f with nith ith Iii I Pe Pui nal h l anla ani c u uM uMI I tactically radically bar them I from In In Itt Inthe the lb Ih Mock of the Ih rn i iu Ia I e lor lou InI it i in inthe If II I the ehe elate 1 of Pennsylvania lenla In itu A 4 j It dozen down other mate att TIle The fb auble won waa U m und undrom I j n ni 1 rom It would do no gil 1 lint hut harm hanhi to adopt adapt I 1 unenforceable Tilt i lIP ui lion muM mud be 1 handle in 1 i re r i r and practical Ire I way and Mr Ir ra H i had hd no tin doubt ao the hoard would uld MI u eo r rIn l I lIn In It II and nd r I f r i r proper poper rules of Ii lu I t I L for tor the tit o the Ih testimony lImon hf 1 might disclose l irn ru l in n nIn In K li bait l bi bun n male made tn to place the Ib ill n u i 1 t M l light Mr Ir AI U C tint hIt the Ih affairs 4 err Irv rr hc n My conducted 1 In th lh the Inter M t lit f the and with a full fulli i of Its Iti duty dUlY to t the public Th rOm ha hat In Irs Ita it employment I q r I who wh In character ff ef f il It 1111 enoy inI l 15 I l Ire 1111 r ill I In their re iC tue t i no ro nu Pu PuI u I 1 an r The Tho semen t 1111 luil In the Ih itt PUI shown entitled I t the thc tn n HP if f tit and 1 It b tuI 1 n tu t deal dul properly with stith the present sItuatIon I Mr Jilt Ir I thought too that the lii Ih I deterred deserved better bolter than Ihn It had received from the pene fir and particularly from the prea of th lh I company home It had rem ren n nd dered d an sit Immense r kf to lo th the public and to the cane ru of anti and lId de dc deIn decency I In In th the conduct lit of f the m when In I tn th a rIy rl part of ot the year r IMN 1100 I two tn yen ste baler I Ith the th pa aa e of the ElkIna Elkin not 11 it II f that tbt no more mor bilt would tc li I paid and nd that all great rut and aM small malt would be placed upon a bull bode of Ot i perfect equality It had thua thu Inaugurated a movement I which having been n joined loin In br by b other oth I and aided later latr by br the th I of the tb Elkina Elkin art act had destroyed ro a vl vi nail system n ia a id bid III Ci i the tile rail tall railroad roads road and which bad had be becom become come com ao 10 o deeply rooted that thit t many manT ex u i railroad men doubted tin th possibility of if eradicating It Th The man utAh management I had halt done on other thing that de 4 the commendation of ot the public and nd of the th KH prose Ir It h lied had l taken tahiti the I company out Ul of politic and It had baa done dOli sway away a with nith Itt the Ih free paa PI evil 11 But BUI the tb lb press prea generally 11 In iii Ita it II present hoe heN to the railroads railroad was waa only falling In line In with nith an am n which had hd been by ty byan attn i me an of the leader of the th two I WI great r p 1 plit lit lea I parties who iho h were nere tr trying In to out outbid outbid bid bitt each other for lor popular support b attacking latte latt seated ted Interest India 1111 If this courne Our were re put pur I Iud aued ud much longer It could only r result ault I IID tn In undermining confidence nf In Hi th Ute IU iii uv iMon of ot coil in general b ln depressIon from which hl h tho lb coutry would cutTer |