| Show HAS ADVERSE EffECT Law Governing Cattle Shipments By Rail Not Improved Improve BY Change STOCKMEN ARE UP IN ARMS Ono Him of M Iu t Stupendous S of o Years lit n With Washington IX D C Mch 1 Congress during Ilu tho 0 last ast ses passed an net netto to amend tho law relating to tho i which livestock may ma be kept In transit without unloading Until tho enact enactment ment lUent oC that amendatory law It was wasi i unlawful for fOI a II railroad n company to re reI retain I tain cattle or 01 other livestock on cars carsIn In tn transit for moro morn than 28 hours nt lit j ono one time At Al tho end of ot that period p tho th animals were ro required to be unloaded ted fea and watered The Tho railroad 1 compa companies nies of o the cattle bolt belt and tho cr generally joined In urging Con Congress gress to Increase the tho time to 30 36 hours It II was held that such a II change would w uld eliminate the thO necessity for unloading In III places where here facilities for feeding and jj care could not lIot bo obtained There I several hearings before tho committee of or the senate senat und and tho house and after a n rather Brother hOt hoi tight light the bill was passed and andI I the tho law In I amended It now appears that Instead of ot expediting tho shipment of ot cattle c tUe UH as this Amendment was expected to do 10 It has had tho contrary effect The rho railroad companies run cattle trains now the same distance In 26 36 hours that they thoy did In 28 The men and andIn In III fact all 1111 the shippers of ot tho west to say sa nothing of ot of ot the tho south and cut cast ui ul up In arms and they have havo taken thu tho Initiative towards securing a n anew nM new M law which will require railroad companies engaged In Interstate com commerce merce to promptly furnish cars and motive power and 1111 to empower the In commerce commission to mako such rules and regulations as will give glo the shipper proper redrew In the event of 0 unnecessary and unwarranted delay dela oft olt tho part of or the tho common carrier In the hearings before boton tho commerce committees of ot the house senate recently held some startling facts wore brought out concerning the methods of or orthe the railroad companies In transporting i freight It Is I apparent from tho wit witnesses witnesses nesses that the tho railroads particularly In the southwest have done everything In la their power to Increase tho load hauled by each ench engine and have tied up their rolling roiling stock correspondingly Elaborate statements blue based 1 upon tho thor r port of ot the railway companies to tho Interstate commerce commission bear OKI ut these assertions and show sho In a L star startling manner that the cry of ot car short shortage age given as ns nn all excuse e for tOI bad service li Is not born bom out by tho facts In one case cited before tho committee It was waR shown shall that a shipper In Texas ordered Si 3 cars a In III January of ot last year to load on all the 1st bt of ot April The owner of the stock drove his animals to tho ship shipping ping pin point and was supplied with ono one cur only onh Ho waited 17 days before ho he bo furnished with ears CRr for the tho remainder Of at course this entailed great loss 1 upon him Another Amther shipper attempted to secure transportation for 00 cars of ot cattle to begin shipment In January He had standing orders for 20 0 cars Ilsan any time tho could furnish om Ish them In April ho lOt got m In May Iny three earn cat and In Juno 37 7 nn It was December before his lunch tonch of ot steers was loaded All through the testimony Just such n of or affairs was shown to exist throughout tho entire cattle country This cattle situation however while more prominently to the tho front It duplicated by lW nil all sorts of ot shippers everywhere throughout the tho country id aud It Is for or this reason that such vig vigorous orous efforts lIre are being made to Induce Congress I amend tho law so 60 ns os a 0 aSire Sire Ire the lh pern reciprocal right At iho Ih iu e time lime tho chargo demurrage It the consignee tails falls to I unload his hili freight within it Ii lime A case CI O In point arose a short hort time lime HBO a n government contractor tor had harl two carloads I of ot material ship shipped red ped from a IL point cast of lit Chicago to toWa Washington Wa This freight was on tho road 32 days das although thieo day das would woul hao hac been ample time Upon Its ar ur arrival rival lilal hero here of at a Friday night tho con contractor tractor was allowed 48 hours hour In which to unload Ho did not receive the tho no notice tice of ot the receipt of ot the tho shipment un until til Monday morning It rl was Tuesday Wore before ho could get his hili men together and he was compelled to pay demur raw rage for on days delay U It Is such Incidents us lIa these theBo I nave halo brought about a n demand for a L in the law which demand will wI undoubtedly bo mot met by tho enactment of 0 a measure which will compel th railroad companies to lo pay Homo somo attorn to tho right of ot freight shippers In lit Inthe lite the e way ay of ot prompt of ot their Roods whether livestock or ordinary DIPLOMATIC SCANDAL Within the next two or three days beorn this Is III printed a I reso resolution i lution will bo Introduced In th tho f representatives calling upon tho thoI I f of ot stale for tal Information con tho most lat Kit bus hus over como coma t e IJ public There has recently boon been ad al in III New York tho sale of a great ireat collection of ot antiques und curios This Is being sold soldat at lt suction auction and It comprises In III plain hl English h the loot of fit tho of the cm em ls dowager of ot China Chinn Tho scandal mei from tho fact that It Il Is III tho th prop rOllo propof of ot Ih widow of ot a former inhibitor o the kingdom who It Il Is al l lr r ged rd purchased from American Ens Rh n soldiers the th articles hl h had been stolen from tho Pal Pale Jf e of ot th till Some of tho fi t s thus for Bale aro of ot I The whole collection rente enl ho rr Bothered by the tho Chi Chir Chie e lwi for centuries No money r U d nor pay for tor tho looting of oC the thet t i u palace No gold could over ever reimburse r the Chinese empress for the tho loss which tho thoc curios heirlooms and other treas treasures ures embraced within the Iho sale referred to Tho whole affair constitutes thu tho most disgraceful chapter In tho annuls of American history An occasional especially favored 1 vis visitor visItor to Washington has pointed out to him the charred timbers of at the Capitol of ot tho United States burned b by tho British during the war of at 1812 Impassioned orators tell from to limo of ot the tho vandalism of ot the tho British soldiers when whan they wantonly attempted to dc d troy that Capitol But Dut the war of was WIlS fought In the days H when the finer instincts Instinct of ot tho race were werf dull The looting of the palace pa of ot nl 01 tho emperors of ot China took place with within in the present decade And the tho Ameri Amerl American can cun at nt tho court of the emperor was morally bound to protect tho personal rights of ot the tho Chinese rul ruler er CI Just na religiously ns as ho was bound to tn protect the Interests of ot American citizens In China No Xo ono one charges that tho husband of at atthe the widow who Is being benefited by bytho bytho tho sale now going on wan personally responsible for or the tho vandalism and nn the robbery rob bon Dut the tho American minister purchased stolen goods knowing them to bo stolen und and Congress proposes to out how It happened that ho was permitted to brIng those thoM stolen goods Into the United Slates free of ot duty dul how It Is that his widow w Is permitted to offer them at public auction without having h firs paid tho tariff which would have been assessed upon them If they had been brought In by a n private citi citizen zen The subject IB Is a n blot upon the tho diplomatic history of the United States and in this Instance those who aro tak taking ing tho tM Initial step have determined to forget the th motto nil Nisi bonum bOllum SHORT SHan OF AMMUNITION A very startling story Is current In III Washington YI just now to the tho effect Secy Taft has ha recently discovered through tho reports of his hl inspectors that the tho coast artillery branch of ot the tho military service which Js charged with the duty dut of ot protecting our cities is woefully lacking In am ammunition Tho exact status cannot bo bt published for prudential reasons Hut It Is known that the fixed am nm ammunition I necessary nc essary for tor tho proper 1 service of or the high power guns with which our torts forts aro oro supplied 1 has hils been bera reduced to tho minimum This h largely true truo of at light batteries where Is III a II marked deficiency so tar far faras tarliS as liS reports go 0 In ammunition All of o which lend up to the tho broad question whether economy In III projectiles so o far lus purchase Is concerned Is ad ud advisable Thore has hM recently been es established K the city of ot Washington a e t concern which manufactures tures high power projectiles but ow owing ing InH to tho depression In business of nil all wince last fall tull this company bus hns been compelled to curtail Its force Tim shell department of ot the tho Washing Washington ton navy yard yarl has hns also dis discharged charged many of ot Its expert projectile makers maIler It would bo n I corn com comparatively easy matter maUer for tho United States to supply Its coast defenso bat with nil tho high power which h might become necessary with within in 1 II very few weeks It Congress s would authorize their manufacture No foreign power 1001 could Bond n fleet of ot high powered ships to our coasts more mOle quickly than ammunition could bo e provided that the th funds were available for tor their Hut But tho fact remains that the Con Cem Congress gress haa not authorized tho usual expenditure of oC money mOlley for projectiles unless conditions are during tho next fiscal year It would Iem an Ill If It Instead of ot keeping up tho arms of at tho service so till far fari i 1 ammunition Is h concerned them thero will bo n II In tho appropriation for tilts very ery Important branch banch of ot the tho thom military m III establishment What is III true truo of ot tho heavy coast ar al artillery tillery from an nil Inspection point of lit in III mild 1111 to bo true of or tho light artillery and HO clone have havo the tho military authorities become on this question that U It would att It tho minors wort well founded |
