M B TWO _ _ _ _ _ ASHLAND PATTY TTDISGS «aus» Ashland Published Tidings Established 1876 Every Evening Except Sunday THE ASHLAND PRINTING GO. OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER TELEPHONE 39 E. J. BARNETT, Editor Subscription Price Delivered in City: One m onth .................................. 8 .65 Three m o n t h s .............................. 1.95 Six months .................................. 3.75 One year .................................... 7.50 Mail and Rural Routes One month .................................. 8 .65 Three m onths . . ...................... 1-95 Six months .................................. 3.50 One year ..................................... 8.SC ADVERTISING RATES Display Advertising tin g le Insertion, each in ch ........... 30c YEARLY CONTRACTS Display Advertising One tim e a w eek...................... 27 54c Two times a week......................25 c Bvery other d a y .........................20 c Local Readers Each line, each tim e .................... 10c To run every other day for one month, each line, each tim e. . 7c To run**every Issue for one m onth or more, each line, each t im e .. 5c Classified Column One cent the word each time. To run every issue for oue month or more, 54 c the word each time. Legal R ate F irst time, per 8-polnt lin e .........10c Each subsequent time, per 8- polnt line .................................... 5c Card of t h a n k s ............................ 81-00 O bituaries, the l i n e .................... 2 54c Fraternal Orders and Societies Advertising for fratern al orders o r societies charging a regular initi­ ation fee and dues, no discount. Re­ ligious and benevolent orders will be ebarged the regular rate for all ad vertislng when an admission or other charge is made. Disaster in Disruption of Southern Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads (Continued from Page 1) 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 TO G R A D S !............... <®> ( By M ontague) 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, ♦ 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! 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. • • 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. • • 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 * * 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 ♦ • 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#