Show notes D C march 15 general james it kilsun today to day de livered a two hours argument before tile bub committee of the house c inerio committee on defects in binom state commerce law ile began with a statement that the kawwas not yet perfect it is well known lie said that persons interested in large shipping houses have been secretly setret ly appointed agents of railroads and put upon salaries for the purpose of cut ing freight the sal la am to a rebut a n d Is a frau d 2 d outrage up on otee r shippers form of illegal a tion I 1 8 t 0 bill grain or produce from chicago to liverpool at an agreed through rate and then stop it through the agency of the railroad at the port of shipment on the flimsy pretext that the vessels owner cannot be indu c ed to perform their part of the service of the rate Is left after deducting the charges fixed py tariff on land lines v ere many other ingeni 0 u evading the law 10 lo t called atea to what be called the secret source of disturbance to a fair and equitable working of the interstate inter state commerce law caused by the uncontrolled the arnadia pacific railroads in the transit trade ile showed low tile shipping of this is protected in the carriage 0 I 1 c and contrasted it h it the condition of Arfie rican roads which are unprotected against the canadian competition permitted by an article of the present treaty great britain three canadian roads the canadian southern the grand trank and tile canada pacific are the principal opponents 0 I 1 the ame r 1 ca n system the canadian roads in 1887 transported five million tons of dead weight eastward through part of the United states the canadian roads are cutting into and injuring the american roads by making rebates granting mes charging more for short than long hauls and entering into all kinds of arrangements with american contractors it cannot be doubted that it would be prudent to shut out these roads trade as a e n w do canadian vessels section six of the present law should be substituted a section providing that nothing contained therein shall authorize any railroad company to receive goods for transportation through any foreign count to another place in the united 1 fates in conclusion general wil son submitted the draft of a bill to amp nd tile act in the manner indicated |