| Show I SENATOR CUMMINS ON RATE GATE MAKING Addresses dresses the Senate Opposing Traffic Agreement Clause Of or the Railroad Bill BillIN ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ROADS II TO All 11 t Submit Submitted ted to Commerce III Washington April SI 1 Truffle agro meat manta eon um d the Ule entire time given VIII by k y the tn enate Renate te today I Iy to th tb the railroad Mil lull Miland and they were under consideration when hn hoa the tha enele nat AdJourned d d Senator Cummins Cummin held the floor throughout hout houtH Ut Ile H poke spoke the tin salon action Uon permit Ling tin such urh and against the tr frd for tor or It 1 r rl hi his hla Intention of denouncing that nullified the anti antl antitrust iny In trust true la u thle provision did he Id l d the tho ultimate purpose of the legislation vs wee al In tp allow the railroad t to fix Ax their theiron I own on r lr without flint submitting thom them t I to the commerce comment com without the of f r rates ato i any y trellis must mut Yet be beu vague u and of little effect It nor a difficult enough for the th com n to tend stand the a aon ag on n of ot one railroad To Tn stand eland I against thou those tho of ur 10 le 01 el 0 10 io or 30 90 would b be more mere difficult still eUIl If tr the rate were not nut to be approved In advance by the commission n then there would be no substitute for tor the th trust act and nd that he the difference between the Crawford amendment and hi hla hie own It wa we waa not true tru as ae had been slated elated that President Roosevelt velt had the th unconditional un repeal of ot the anti antl antitrust trust trul law la nor that the Interstate com commerce comme commerce merce me e commission had lId done so u o uTh The Th at t Issue laue he said ald Id d I IShall Shall Bhan the agreed rate of the th railroad companies e If ge o Into effect without the approval of ot the tha Mr bir Cr Aldrich h Interrupted He lie II t under the th terms term of ot the amendment the Ih flies rute that might be he In an no ana agreement a ent went Into effect effe t ns nu ft did In Individual rates rate 18 Ie and nd did not go It Into Inlo ef effect e legit teet bf by n of ot the tM compact Mr tr Crawford sold mid Id wa was not hi understanding HU III opinion WH well a the th require approval of ot t the agreement before the th rate rates took f t feel Mr Jor A Aldrich Id rich eal that of nf the tho propositions of nt the th hill bill wild l a rate rat I t tw fixed flied by nn nt all till of f t the rate rat must mut mu t be to lo the Ih a ron rn m 1101 which whim the thO hud hod h ur r their rate rt You propose b by Indirection to 10 give II the the Ih tight right ly to suspend upend i Us to u upend pend them Ihan for fr forever frYer f r ever Yer 1 v If It It so eo o delred Replying Mr Ir paid ald al 1 hl hi tom com m wa we aa ag 1 the th to I Ith h the th railroad to enter into bolo that may my become effective eff without tie the I previous rev I approval of fir the Iv lon lonIn i In such mich agreements am N aN u t thru rt wn son ft no nn opportunity for or Individual ml nl The two law a of rate ral could J not nul be placed dace laced on the th Amp nm level and he hI urged uld that thaI If I the thO antitrust ant true In lase wa was to tn be hi repealed n better belter 11 must mu 1 be found that than that provided l by bythe I the Ih bill an It II stood Mr 11 said Id Mr Ir Cummins ion Aon on for approval or of rates rate in III ad 1101 nN was sou w Impracticable able and He If raid paid that from SOOn to 10 tw pe pIp wen err n now flow no employed bv by b the Ih railroad In u rate rA and nd he lie h a that Iho the III Interstate lon have ha a great force for of nr exx to IR curry carry rry out Mr l Cummins Idea Ida I 1 am not nol tady Iad to I h hr hem re and destroy Imy the Ih freight t ru ture tur of nt the 11 he hr h ald aid Hid HidI 1 I 1 do not tint believe the Ih people pi demand I oe should do no so solie noHe He lie null sald he h did not want the th anti trust law I repealed re but hili he h did desire tAI tAIto to assist In relieving the Ih executive of r this they find them themselves 1 selves salve under In enforcing the Ih law |
