| Show INTERMOUNTAIN I N JE ION WINS By a vote vot of 61 Si to 23 the th senate enato passed the tb long lone and short haul bill taking flom the th Interstate commerce commission the power to rant under an emergency or other other- otherWise otherwise Wise exceptions to the th long lone and uni 1 shout t haul baul rule This w will ill III make the long lone and short haul baul provisions absolute Instead of optional with the commission from ts front Washington inform us that every very Intermountain Ben sen- senator Benator sen senator ator supported the th bill with the of ot Warren of V Wv online oming The Tha final debate opened with Ith New England s senators supported b by byone byone ono one or two sO s ob to the thc measure bec because use it v would 0 natural ad by legislation That Is to say coast cities clUes hating water anti and 1811 denied the full would be benefit ot or the tho rivalry ot QI the th t two 0 forces This was ans answered ered by Senator Gooding putting this ques question question tion Do Do ou think It possIble to get people to Inv Invest st In boat lines so solone long as the railroads can drive them out o of business The Th rail rail- railroads railroads roads have dris en them out of ot busi busl- busl- busl business ness nebS and anti they the cannot come back until we sue e change this law rills fills bla is not a matter of ot legislation tion said Senator McLean ot of Con Con- Connecticut Connecticut I I hay hie seen the same condition arise e arl many times when n en n Important matter goes be before Core the courts The Tho defeated party rinds finds fault tault and wants ants the law changed and goes to the lay law Ing ne ng bodies The Interstate com coIn compel pel c slon has bas given seri serl- serl-I serl us u attention to this matter It Is IsOl fot Ol the to say whether hether rates ore are re I It If the th friends friend ot of hIS measure pass this bill they III be the tho first to suffer j i o e 0 iro not pot complaining about hc getting a compensatory compensatory tor tory rate interrupted Senator 1 Icing of oC Utah We are complain complain- complainIng log Ing at the discrimination Senator Gooding Interrupted to Isk Does the hue senator torn Connect Connect- Connecticut Connecticut cut think his city of ot BrIdgeport could grow and prosper under die dis discriminatory freight rates GIve bile lue the power to I fl fl-c freight rates rate and I can cau destroy any community or Industry In the United States Stales in one on vear ear You never near had bad any dis discrimination In our state vet et iou ou would tr try to cram this down n us I want ant to ask the th senator If it he be will submit to 10 rate dIscrImInations discriminations against the tho cities of ot his state of Colorado made this closing statement wo Wo folks in the helped build the Panama canal We Ve do donot donot not hot object to that By Dy building Ive i we ve put the tho Atlantic seaboard nearer to the th Pacific COas coast by bv We W do not object to that We arc are satisfied with that But Dut now they want pant us to take lh the At- At At seaboard up and set It do down don n somewhere west est of Kansas Kausas City for forland torland laud land rates on the th railroad That sue e do object to Then came caine the th voe vote vole with its bIg big for tor the Intel mediate tern terri territory tory The rhe tso o lv o California senators felled to bo ho recorded which I is li a e as the coat titles cities tern tem tem at least lest would gaIn tain an ad antage by the Ih upsetting Q of the thelong theIon long ud nd short haul rule The Inning of oC this battle In the senate is most encouraging For leans ears the Intel mountain country has suffered under the constant o of being discriminated against by puttIng Into effect by tile Hie Intel state slate commerce com coun commission mission of ot that thaL part parL of the tho long and short haul clause which allo allows allos s this the commissioners tb Ui grant in an genc a lower O Oer er rate for tor a long haul than a short haul This op- op optional op optional power poser po er has had a most de- de deprea depressing de prea pressing effect on business In in in- in In tt territory as few tw indus Indus- Industries industries tries or enterprises were went willing t tenter enter this Held field willie iilo this uince- uince taInt as to rates rate existed rhe Th Ogden Oden O den chamber of o commerce deemed deeme l the tho Goodine bill to be so Important that two special es were sent to WashIng ashing ton ten to testify A number of for Cor leans have haue ha said the most Important railroad legislation that could bp b obtained looking to the tho ads ad advance ance- ance I I I I I 1 i ment of or this Interior legion Is the measure which has bas just passed the tha 00 |
