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Show EDITORSPROTEST Call Latest Rullno of Commerce Com-'miction Com-'miction Unfair ' "Jl ) i f RAILROAD .-ADS 'BARRED ' 8ay There l Nothing In the Law ThatCaliAfor Such jinTlnterpre- t ! Station' The Commission i' " Flooded with "Kicks." ' v '" ' ' VnshlnKton.-Tho iccont ruling of ' -i tho Intorstato commorco commission ( to tho affect that "nothing but mono? can bo pnld for transportation of either portions "of lirdnorty,' means t thnt In tho futiiio tho lallroads will bo prohibited from exchanging transnor-tatlon transnor-tatlon ' for advertising apace In tUo nowspapors of tho country Tho tullug Iiiib nlioady aroused a " stoim of protest from tho publlshors throughout tho countiy. Every mall Into Washington brings hundreds of l' ..Icttms fjom liowBpupor men all of Ja, which sovorely qiltlcUc tho commit)- elon for "going out of its way to hit tho nowspapcra." Tho publishers In-V In-V "BlHt thuUthgro. lu nothlng.Jn thq now lak,whloK tfBiild In any vvayforbtd tho railroads from purchasing advertising adver-tising apaco to bo paid for In transportation, trans-portation, and that such a ruling la not only uncalled for by cither the Iqttor or tho spirit of the law, but Is unconstitutional as well l One pi6mlnpnL publisher Bald a day .or twcrSjaJf "Thoio Is not only nothing In tho now ato law which would call for such a ruling as this from tho commission, com-mission, but tho ruling Is untngonlstjc! tq tho national constitution as well, "" and It will not bo upheld by tho - . courtg. Tho railroads that deslro pub- s , llclly thiough the medium of my publication pub-lication mako advertising contracts with me, and say mo for tho spice used with transportation which is tho samo as money to me, as It is used by tnysolf or my employos in connection with my business The government mlslit with equal Justlco say tho merer mer-er ant could hot glvo dry goods or any other markotablo commodity in oxchango for advertising space The courts would not uphold such a rutins; as that for one mmont, and there Is no uioio rcasoji w.hy thejr, Bhpuld up hold this Jutest erratlqn of the com in or co commission, for it is equally as i v untenable .as tho proposition betwoan v tho publisher and tho merchant would be. ( , h ' "Everyone knows that tho railroads 5f . , do, and can afford to, advertise nioro , v heavily when their advertising ac- fit. '-"" v A counta can be paid for lu transporta-' transporta-' ijj "' , 5 tfVtlqn. Nor does this increased amount t. V. f SjEofJ advortlBlng affect tho interests of I T$rthp general public In nny way, but - Jt'does assist lu making tho prosperity a t tho American nowBpapcrs and perl-I perl-I TodlcalB Tho transportation that is m' " , given to newspapers In oxchange foe ,' advertising does1 not' -affect In any way .the equitable enforcement of the rato ' ;. e law, nor does It offoct In any way the A rr iratcs charged tho gonoral public for , g ii transportation for elthor person or ' " prpporty. It Is a benefit to the railroads rail-roads In that It enables thorn to do a ' A v,ffrcator amount of advertising that 'sHlfby otherwise could or would do, and ayfln this way socuro a greater amount iOf business for their linos, and under a lust Interpretation of the law this .incrcaso In business would eventually , Itfod to a reduction of transportation chargos to tho general public It Is '"mi unjust aud uncalled for ruling, and both tho publlBhor aud tho railroads ghifiould ilsht It." v That publlshors aro fighting It, not ' . -only by tholr protostb to tho commis sion but by pintostlug to their rcpro- , 'f " tentative-! In both houses of cohrio3s, 4Is proven by tho fact that already the '' commlHsIon 1b rccolvlng communicate communica-te i tlons- from many Bonutors and con-j con-j l jw gressmon In which those ropresenta- -, , jfctlves of tho peoplo dcclaro thoy had ' - f sSfOio Intention of passing a lnw that ' ; ' vpuld arfect tho nowapapora In this -" K -way, and that thoro Is nothing In the Ji Munovr law which calls for nuch n ruling (., Jb Kon tho pnit of tho commission. |