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Disaster in Disruption of Southern
Pacific and Central Pacific
Railroads
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in terstate commerce commission
is
Besides all this, there i9 s u f f ic - ? mpowered t0 authorize In appropri-
ient evidence th a t the C entral Pa- a te cases th a t which the Sherman
ciflc and Southern Pacific were held act, standing alone, m ight otherw ise
in common ownership as early as, forbid.
The in terstate commerce
October, 1870. The official records commission can thus take up the
prove th at the two have been under chain of events. The fact is th a t
common control and m anagem ent governm ent control of the railroads
for 50 years, or since July 1872.
'h as so Increased and the policies of
The growth has been of one sys the governm ent so changed, since
tem, and not two; it has been re the in question was begun in 1914,
sponsive to the needs of coast com th at the situation needs to be dealt
m unities and producers. W hichever with in the light of present condi-
company could get the money rao stjtlo n s, and not the conditions hat
readily was the company In whose , prevailed from 1885 to 1899. The
name the railroad lines were extend-, public commissions now have power
ed. It is well known th a t th e Cen- over rates, service, extensions and
tral Pacific carried a heavy burden j93Ue of securities by the railroads.
of debt to the government, and the Every essential factor in the rail
Southern Pacific had to come to its road business is supervised by the
aid not only in helping the Central commissions created to protect the
Pacific to pay th a t debt, but also in general public Interest. The tra n s
following up railroad construction portation act of 1920 is designed to
wherever desirable from t ime to meet present conditions.
time.
The in terstate commerce commis-
Thus the two companies did w hat 8ion, following the m andate in the
one company could not do under the transportation act of 1920, has al-
clrcum stances of the time. The re- ready prepared a plan for consoli-
sult has been the growth of a single dating the railroads into a lim ited
railroad system under two corporate' num ber of systems. This plan was
names, each of them necessary to tentatively presented by the commis
the other for effective service to the sion on August 3, 1921, serving no
public for whose service th e system tice on all railroads to prepare for
was created.
hearings. In this tentative plan the
The supreme court now decides in C entral Pacific and Southern Pacific
effect th a t the lease became void rem ain together. It is generally con
What Constitutes Advertising
In order to allay a m isunderstand when the Sherman act passed, be ceded th a t the in terstate commerce
ing among some as to what const! cause of the Sunset route through commission, by reason of its post
tutes news and wbat advertising,
we print this very simple rule, which Texas on the south competing w ide tion, has a t its command a greater
is used by newspapers to differenti the line through Ogden on the north, i knowledge of the railw ay traffic of
un ited states, and its competi-
ate between them : “ALL future The business fact is th a t the line
events, where an admission charge down the San Joaquin valley and: n ve aQ(j other features th an any
is made or a collection is taken IS over the Tehachapi m ountains to
other organization in our nation. As
ADVERTISING.” This applies to
organizations and societies of every Los Angeles was Tiuilt to meet the a business question th e commission
public demand
for a railroad evidently saw th e wisdom of not
kind as well as to Individuals.
All reports of such activities after through the San Joaquin valley and disturbing the present control, and
they have occurred is news.
on to southern California, and the found no reason to believe th a t there
All coming social or organization
same
public demand was behind the waa any un(jy e restriction of compe
meetings of societies where no
fu
rth
er
extension of the line from tition in the situation now existing;
money contribution is solicited, initi
ation charged, or collecton taken IS Los Angeles eastw ard through El or if there were any titu a l restric
NEWS.
Paso to Sierra Blanca, Texas. The tion it was more than balanced by
Central
Pacific carried the extension the other conveniences it afforded
Entered a t the Ashland, Oregon,
into
tire
San Joaquin valley as far to the public.
Postoffice as Second-class Mail Mat
ter.
as Goshen, th e Southern Pacific ta k
The tentative grouping by the in
ing it up there and carrying It south terstate commerce commission thus
SOLOMONITES
ward and eastw ard. Everything th a t tends to remedy the u nfortunate le
was done had behind it the backing gal situation presented by the Ger
of public desire with the approval of man act standing alond. Hie group
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TO G R A D S !...............
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( By M ontague)
<s> congress, for the development of the ing indicated by the commission
resources of California, Oregon and provides the remedy by which one
<?> Young man, if you yearn
<•> For a widely known nam e;
<?> the other Pacific coast states— re of the principal transportation sys
sources then dorm ant, but th eir pos tems of the nation need not be torn
<$> If you’re aiming to earn
sibilities evident.
asunder, after having been built a9
-$> Both money and fame;
If
the
same
urgent
work
had
to
be
one stru ctu re during a period cover
Do not, till you've got ’em,
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done again and under the sam * pub ing several decades, and m aking for
<#> Get weary and flop;
lic aspects, the same set of railroads the people a convenient unit of serv-
Begin at the bottom
<♦? And climb to the top!
<s> would again be brought into exist ice covering almost the entire length
ence, and if done under a single of the Pacific coast.
corporate name as well as single op
It s needless to say th a t the deci
Go to th e Armory tonight and erating control, th ere would now be sion of the supreme court of the
dance with the ladies of the Civic no debate. So I conceive th a t the United States carries the full weight
club. If you can’t dance, go any only question of present interest to of judicial authority on the issue be
the public is w hether or not the pub fore the court. Following upon it,
way. You’ll have a good time.
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lic is h u rt by having this develop however, new constructive aspects
B radstreet credits the Chinese na ment done by a single control under of the subject have to be considered
tion with a high commercial rating, two corporate names, instead of as practical questions for the users
based on the fact th at payment of having it done by single control with oj these railroads, as well a 9 their
their debts is really a p art of their a single corporate name.
owners, In order to determ ine what
If the work had been done by is best in the public interest.
religion. Possibly th a t is why when
a tong gunman gets one Chinaman, either the Southern Pacific or the
I take It th a t the suprem e court,
you can depend on the rival tong C entral Pacific, there would have in passing upon the legal question
been no suit under the Sherman act. involved, has not concerned itself
collecting another life in payment.
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Hence, the essence of the m atter is w ith th e possible consequences to
In the days news— thousands mas th a t this vast work, after having follow from th a t decision under a
sacred by Turks; enem ies’ heads public approval, violates the Sher law which th e transportation act of
stuck on poles; L utheran mission man act in having been done by two 1920 supersedes sb to th e railroads,
looted, burned and women taken companies instead of one under sin whenever the in terstate commerce
prisoner by Chinese bandits; rioting gle control.
commission takes jurisdiction under
The decision of the suprem e court the term s of the la tte r act.
and killing daily occurrence all over
Ireland; congress and president in turns upon the Sherman act because
There can be no doubt th a t all the
fight over ship subsidy— and still the suit was brought by the govern public tribunals and responsible of
pacifists keep on talking peace.
ment in 1914 under th a t act. In ficers of governm ent concerned have
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1917^ the United States d is tr ic t^ common desire to do th a t which
Tomorrow is the opening day of court decided the suit in favor of the wju be practical and wise and with
the Rose Festival in Medford. Take company. The government then ap-j least disturbance to all parties con-
a trip over there and help make a pealed from this decision to the su- > cerned. But th e positive support of
success of it. Try and keep in mind preme court. Thus this suit brought public opinion is needful in working
th a t reciprocity is the watchword of eight years ago charging us with out the problem to such a construc-
southern Oregon. If you expect the violation of the Sherman act Is d e -. tive conclusion as will allow this
M edfordites to move th e ir town over cided against us under th a t act.
j railroad system to rem ain at the
.here on July 3d and 4th and help
But in this eight years’ interval • 8ervice of the public for whom it
us celebrate, make certain you’re in a world war has been fought, b e -jWag designed as b u ilt The public
evidence at the Rose Festival to cause of which every business is op- j have nothing to gain by breaking up
morrow.
erating under new conditions, and these properties; they stand only to
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the transportation Set of 1920 passed lose by the complications th a t would
Anent the recent dicision of the by congress and approved by the follow.
supreme court divorcing the South president February 28, 1920, is now
It is not a question of unm erglng
ern Pacific and the C entral Pacific the governing federal law for the two roads separately built and de-
railroads, the Mall Tribune sensibly railroads of the United States to |Veloped, but afterw ards pu t togeth
takes the ground th at the decision is meet the new conditions. T hat law j er under a m erger plan of finance
based upon a law passed to meet instructs the Interstate commerce and control. The present Instance
conditions of 1890 that are wholly commission to prepare and adopt a is one in which there has been no
inapplicable to conditions as they ex plan for the consolidation of the m erger, bu t on the contrary, the
ist in 1922. The creation of the in railway properties of the United roads have grown and developed,
terstate commerce commission for States into a limited num ber of sys like a healthy tree, from a common
the purpose of consolidating railroad tems. T hat law expressly provides root into a single unit of growth and
properties is made farcical by the th a t with consent of the commission service throughout half a century
decision which orders rending apart it shall be lawful for two or more This single unit can now be sepa
the very interests which it was ex carriers by railroads to consolidate rated into two units only by a pro-
pected to consolidate under the di their properties or any p a rt thereof, ces9 of disintegration and tearing
rection of the interstate commerce into one corporation for th e owner- into confused rem nants of railroad,
commission. One or the other m ust ship, m anagem ent and operation of neither of which can function of
to. It is a pretty well established the properties thertofore in sep a ra te , itself. Therein would lie a new and
fact th a t two bodies cannot occupy ownership, m anagem ent and opera- real restrain t of trade. By the very
the same space at the same time, but tion, under conditions in harmony: n atu re and circum stance of their
this is exactly what m ust be done if with and furtherance of the general: construction beginning with pioneer
the decision stands and the in ter plan of consolidation of the railroads days, neither th e Southern Pacific
state commerce commission is ex into groups.
nor C entral Pacific can serve th e
pected to function.
So since February 28, 1920, th e public adequately and well when one
ïU0#<Uy, May 1«, 1WS
is separated from the other.
the highway between Portland and
NATURE TELLS YOU
My back was so weak and lame f
could hardly stoop or lift anything
We recognize th a t the interest of San Francisco, and calls attention to
the Southern Pacific, or indeed of the fact that this hotel is at the foot As Many Au A shland R eader K nows and I felt dull and run down. The
Too W ell
action of my kidneys was irregular
the C entral Pacific, or both of them of the Siskiyou m ountains, 18 miles
When the kidneys are weak,
too. but Doan’s Kidney Pills soon
as corporate entities, is a lesser fac from the summit, and 22 miles from
N ature tells you about it.
fixed me up in good shape.
The
T h e u rin e is n a tu r e ’s index.
ache* and pains left and I felt bet
to r in this instance. We recognize J the California s ta te line. It is seven
In fr e q u e n t o r too fre q u e n t pas-i te r in every w ay .” .
th a t w hatever is to th e public in ter feet high by ten feet in length and
sage,
Price 60 cents at all dealers D or’t
est in the light of experience up to is so lettered th a t it may be read
O th e r d iso rd e rs su g g est k id n ey ills simply ask for a kidney remedy—
the present tim e is likely to prevail, for several hundred feet w ithout the
D o a n ’s K idney P ills a re for d is get Doan’s Kidney Pills— the same
that Mr. Carlon had. Foster-M ilburn
as affecting the people served by aid of a field glass and will certain o rd e re d kidneys.
A sh lan d people te s tify to th e ir Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
and using this railroad system.
ly call the attention of all tourists
w o rth .
Based upon an extended experi to A shland’s hostelry.
E. C a rlo n , 159 H elm an s tr e e t, A sh
ence which began with these proper
lan d , sa y s: “ I used D o a n ’s K idney
O egon C ity— New Odd F e llo w s’
ties in 1882, I am persuaded that,
It pays to read th e classified page P ills fo r a tta c k s of k id n ey tro u b le . h all com pleted.
regardless of any personal or official
interest of my own, the great public
Interest is best served by recogniz
ing th a t even a technical violation
of the Sherman act is of small d etri
m ent to the public, when compared
with the large and extended and
convenient service given to th a t pub
lic by the present railroad system
of the Southern Pacific company,
under exsting regulative c o n tro l.;
The commissions, state and federal, !
are endowed with all the powers ne-!
L IN E S
cessary to make th a t control potent
and c2mplete; while in th eir discre
tion elastic enough not only to pro
Via the Scenic Shasta Route
mote private investm ent for up
building the railroad service to the
people, but also to prom ote private
Initiative th a t sound and progressive
m anagem ent may be encouraged in
the general in terest of all.
Sale d a te s J u n e 3 to 13 Jncl. F in a l lim it Ju ly 31st
S ale d a te s J u n e 15 to 20 incl. F in a l lim it Ju ly 20th
There seems, therefore, to be
proper motive for direct appeal to
these commissions to the end th a t
the power lodged in the in terstate
commerce commission under present
law (which is the transportation act
of 1920) be exercised to m aintain
the operations of this tra n sp o rta
Costs MUCH less this year
tion system as a unit justified by the!
You m ay v isit San F ra n cisc o , Los A ngeles and San Diego, w onder cities
general experience of th e people
of th e P acific C o ast; C a lifo rn ia ’s c h a rm in g S e a sh o re a n d M o untain R e
served; and if necessary for this
s o rts , th re e N a tio n a l P a r k s a n d scores of in v itin g p le a su re places.
purpose a new power might well be
Swing East this way and see more of the T. S. A.
created by appropriate legislation.
Railroad Travel Costs are Down
To
£§gj§^San
F
rancisco
<0
a n d Eastern Cities
TÉ.
Saving to San Francisco and return
Sum m er Tourist F ares
East through California
GOOD AS A GOLD MINE
One of the real beauty spots of
Jackson county ju st now is the one-
acre orchard and straw berry patch
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Norris, In
Jacksonville. A more beautiful sight
would be hard to find than this
patch during the bearing season,
says the Jacksonville Post.
For the last month half a dozen
people have" been kept busy every
day picking the tripe berries— many
of them as large as a hen egg and
the largest and best^flavored berries
grown in the entire valley— and this!
w ithout irrigation except by a gar-j
den hose. The season will last a j
month yet or longer.
Last year the cash receipts from (
this aore of berries were about
8100ft, besides all th a t th e Norri9
family and several/ o th er families
could use. This season the receipts
will be close to 81200. This does
not include the choice fru it of all
kinds from about 100 trees on the
same ground.
Surely this is a nice income from
an acre of ground, and the great
wonder is th a t more people do not
go into the berry business, a8 there
are hundreds of thousands of acres
of this same kind of land in the
famous Rogue river valley, — the
w orld’s richest and most fertile soil.
SEEING HER OWN LAND
Round Trip Fares
to Portland
Are the lowest in years
$13.75 — $16.50
F o r sale d a te s an d o th e r p a rtic u la rs ask a g e n ts
P la n now to m ak e trip s th is su m m e r and ta k e
a d v a n ta g e of g r e a t re d u c tio n s in ra ilro a d fa re s
F o r fa re s , re s e rv a tio n s , tr a in sch ed u les, tra n s it lim its, sto p o v e r
p riv ile g e s o r b e a u tifu l fo ld e rs, in q u ire of a g e n ts.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
JO H N M. SCOTT, G en eral P a s s e n g e r A gent.
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LARGEST HOTEL SIGN IN
SO. OREGON ERECTED
B. F. Leach, m anager of the Hotel
Ashland, has had a large sign paint
ed. advertising th e hostelry and the
m ineral w aters of this vicinity. He
has leased a fine site about half way
between Medford and C entral Point,
where th e sign will be erected w ith
in a few days.
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