| Show CARNEGIE'S VIEWS ON RATE MEASURE Big Shippers Benefit By the Secret Rebates From 4 Railroads i r t i f 1 r t W J- J HE tE t-tE SUGGESTS A A REMEDY Appeals Should He nC Allowed I x l When Bond i is i in n s Largi Sum Slim Washington March Andrew Carnegie who Is stopping nt nl Hot Springs Va Ya In response to a request t made by a friend for or an expression by of ol his views s upon p pending railroad roll rail road rate rat legislation in congress has responded as follows Dear Deal Sir In tn ii r reply to your our inquiry regarding the rate bill Jill Tho Tue trouble lc with appeals to the courts lies in the fact that railroad companies have havo their permanent legal staff It matera matters motters mat mot era little hOW however I what appeals are arc freely handed over oVel to It It the they will be always retarded retard ed a und and iid som sometimes etli nes may defeat justice The great shippers shippers' who could afford atford at af ford to light appeals are those who wh I benefit by hy secret rebates They an oro quiet and wish no change The small shippers must suiter especially if It appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals 11 lan can always be taken They caspar can ca spare spar neither the time line nor the money it 11 would require to obtain justice TIll The best remedy it appears to me inc is 19 to allow altow appeals appals only when a proposed proposed pro plO posed change of or rates affects th the railroad railroad rail rall- road to a considerable sum per rin- rin an an- num The amount should he be what mo may 1 be lie considered high b by uninformed parties but it Is a trilling trifling chan change e which does 1008 not entail loss to a railroad railroad rail rail- road of or a 0 hundred or even two hundred thousand dollars 1 per 1 year oar The commission should hould be trusted to try trifling cn cases es fairly while the thi railroad companies should be entitled to the Judgment of the lie courts when their thell Ii revenues are art seriously Impaired in I Government control of or railroad rates 1 consider Imperative c Other na nations nations na- na I lions hn have ve found It so So shall 11 we Yours aul ANDREW CARNEGIE CAn |
