The Scio tribune., April 19, 1923, Page 3, Image 3

Tho Scio Tribune
:
General Xews
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¡N PACIFIC
CHIEF PROTESTS
ho*war. It« capacity for harm to th* th* manner in w hlrh "Professor Ripley
basin**« of ochar l'M*< th» north««at and th* commleelon had worked out
vou>* *o’ ba greet. tor while almoat for tbe dlrectloa of eongreee a plan
la eight of th« promised laud geattl*. for th* consolidation of tbe railway
Tacoma. Olympia Portland. It la given pro pert lee of the United Rtatee He
a» entrance therein but ta held «af«- eald that while there were defects and
ly oa th* east «Ide of the Cascade mlvtakae bar* and there, which muat
Does Not Favor Grouping of aaOBntalna at Bp»>bnM. Th« Santa Fe be oorrected If greet Injury to public
la aleo alten th« Kt Louie Booth* eel - *s wall aa private interest* I* to be
Western Railroads Pro*
am. the Chicago A Eastern Illinois, avoided, that yet the tentative plea of
th« Naw Orleans. Texas A Mesloo. the the commission afford* the bael* and
poied By Halo Holden.
Western Pacific and a half interest ground work which abould be followed
la the Denver A Rio Qrande Wester*, end from which departure* should be
JUDGE LOVETT'S STATEMENT nod th* Deaver and Salt Lake. ft made o*ly with great caution He eald
takas away fr tn th« Ranta Fe. how be doubted whether railroad men
ever. the Colorado and H .ithern and tbemeelv«* could bave formulated a
Declare* a Re-Merpee of Harrtmnn
the Ft Worth and Deaver City, which plan so fair and workable, becauee
Pyatem to Be th* Only ftlr Beala
At the lowest price ever made, the
the tentative plan of the comía I m loa they oould not have divested them
of Competition Wltn
put with th« Saata F* consolidation, selve* of their environment end their
Ford Touring Car is even better
and trsssfen then, to th« group en> affection ter linee with which they
Northern Linee
than before. The one-man top.
bracing the Rurllagtoo and other bad spent many y» ar*
slanting
windshield,inipn »ved seats
strong Hill lln«*"
Judge Lovett opposed the •'igaeetloe
Han Fruclseo. April ». 1*11
Judge Lovett made It pla'n that he that ail line* In wester* territory
and refined chassis construction
* ' < > neolldatlng all railway« «Mt «g
bad no objection to tbe commissi n'a should be consolidât«»! Into four ay*
have won instant admiration.
C I ago and tbs Mlaalselppl River late authorising a consolidation of tbe Hill terns, saying Four systems, compri*
four system* aa proposed recently to line*, but that if that were don« th®
• ng from th'rty thousand to upward ot
Already the demand for this model
th- In' rotate Commers* Com miss ion commission should also suthorlxe tbe
t thirty-five thousand mile» eaob a*d
b) Hal<> Holden, president of the Chl- recoaet1' itb.n
exceeds
our ability to meet prompt
Harriman |
«ach extending from Potei Moua4 or
c.
burltagtoa A Wulncy Railroad. the Union and Southern Pacific to
delivery. In a few weeks we w ill
t the Pacific ocean to the Great la*»-
*o4d create many unnatural alliances meet the strong combination that
to the mouta of the Ml«* si ppi *•*«»
have to disappoint many who are
an I would greatly strvagthen the so- would b« effected by the consolidation
and the Gulf of M-xtr and trav «*•»*>.
cu I Hill group of railroad» and of the Hill lines
holding off.
:. mt of the intermediate elatea. task.-
g -’iy weaken th* aooalled Harriman
The Holden plan, however, do«* not th«
tnhlnau ns milt v t ei lers-
gt i
»aid Judge Robert S Lovett. cont.-.' , kl
Order now to protect yourself. A
’•> ot the for effleloat management and soretc*
< :. men of th* Unloa Paoli« Myetem. Unto* and Souther* Pacific, but la
small payment down and the bal­
for th* welfare of th« corporettaoa
a
ay's bearing before Interstate stead weakens both by loading them
themselves. their creditors and stock
ance in monthly installments.
C
'nerce tonimleaioaer Weary 0. down with lin<* with which they have
holders and for th« public good. and
Hall.
no natural affiliation* and make* them present a situation whi.h probably
I - t'-m mission's tan tail re plan oom- competitive with their natural allies would b* a source of much undesirable
pi »Ing eeven Instead of foar system* notable In the caae of the Union Pa friction and In many ways s constant
a
■ hsrscterlied aa affording tbe eiflc by placing the Chicago a North menace, eepectally In case of failure'
- und work, which should western in a rival group Th« ll<- Ln
He answered Mr Holden a argument.
b-
parted from only with great ceu- plan also «'
ba»cd on th« fact that th« traffic
tl
The Holden plan grouping the legislation under which the Union Pn
handled by the New York Central and
Ui :
Pacific with tbe Chicago. Mll- eiflc and Central Pacific w«r e n
Pennsylvania roap-cllvely Is SO beta»
wau - A Ht Paul was strongly coo etrocted as on« continuous line by a *
Hally as great as that which would be
d<
<1 the witness explaining that Signing to the Souther* Paitfl» a halt
handled by any of th« four ayatems.
tl
tumlralon'e plea of plaolng tbe Interest In th« I»« nv«r a Hlo rtrand»
by pointing out that the problema of
Cl l< <>-■> a Northweetern with th* Un­ Western and Denver and Halt Lak®
management In a territory extending
ion
eiflc was th* only logical group which with the line* of th* R k Is
only from New York to t’hli ago and
I m . the Chicago, Milwaukee A Rt Paul land from Colorado Springs and !’<•’
OCT ROIT
b ii a corupetltor and tbe Chicago A ver to the Missouri river ami Chicago Ht txiula are very different from the
problems of management in n«w and
N he-uter* a connection and natural would make It to the lnt«t *t of th«
rapidly developing territory, «»tending
a
proposed Southern Pacific «’’►up to all th« way from the Canadian border.
uld th« Hill lines merger be ap tear down Instead of build up th«
Puget Round and the Pacific ocean to
pr
' Judge Lovett said. “» re-mer- Ogd'-n rout« of th« I'm >n and ’ entral
the Great lake*, the mouth of th« -Mis
g<
i* the Harriman Itnee. Union Pa- Pacific
•laalppl river, the gulf and lb« M«i
ml and Southern Pacific, abould be
"!n addition" be said, "both the lean border.
a
-rli«»l to meet ths strong oombln Union Pacific ami H uthern I aclfi.
Judge Ixrvrtt alao disagreed with Mr.
an i which would be affected by th* are sent far afield Into t«rrito0e*
Holden's view that each of the Pacific
U; >»t Northern. Northern Pacific and where they have never bee*, where
coast lluee should hare a lino ex-
Buri gt»>n The retentlo* of th* Ce* th«y have *o hueln« ** or < 'twectlou-
tending to the gulf. Stating that the
trnl Pacific by tbs Southern FaaiAe and where apparently there la uo
east and west traffic was the im­
w- h th« uin» oondltlo** taapoeed by shadow <>f r««*on for them •« k" 1
portant and controlling traffic with
tl - •-< mmtaafon tn ths reenat bearing. Union Pacific la k t»t dow■ Into Te*
the transcontinental lln.-e After point­
I-
’ '.»factory to the Union Pacific, aa nee*««. Alabama Ixni »»na. T«x»*
ing out various reasons for this be
th- > protset with reasonable adequacy grkanaas and Oklahoma wit
llm*
said
tl right* of the Unloa FaMAe." be to New Orteana, Umln on th- Hex
"But more Important still and almost
s
Coutluulng he added: "Another lean border ami to I I'...■■ >’ < ><
»
lt>* effect of the way tbs Hold«* Into northern Michigan T*:« Hill II*«« startling Is tbs Inevitable tendency
p m tr-eta th« old Marrtmaa eyeteui how«v«r. ar« treated very c< iwcrva and eff«ct of the Holden plan to
•pl
when after assigning to th* lively In thia reap. « t and the only n«w divert grain from tbe trunk lines and
Atlantic seaboard to the gulf Hither
8
rn Pacific th* Ruch Island. B terrltur.
.«rr is from to the Great Northern. tha Northern *ect at hot! Chicago and Ransaa City, Good undoubtedly will com« from .oft-
si- puts with th* Souther* Pacific the Fort Worth Io Houston. T«iaa. and
while the Oblcago A Northweetern baa soll.Utlon and l«<al solidification Into
N
Pai-tflc sad the Mleeourt. over th« Kan*«« City Houtheru ami an Pacific, th* Burlington, tbe Chicago. so line te th* latter point
on« company of Un-» naturally allied
Milwaukee A St Paul, the Chicago A
i
» A Texas eyeteom. with which other short line to New Orleans
and grown together as on« system, but
Judge
lew«*'
deelt
at
aom«
length
Northwestern, th« I'nlor Pacif • and
tl»- Houtber* Pacific does but little
With ref»r«n<v to Mr Holden's aub the i hloego Great Weetejn have been | wish the history nt the Central Pacific legally held by numerous different
b
>»'** and with which It would have •tltutloo of the Chicago. Milwaukee «
and Ila r<JWtleadtUp to th« Union Pa corporations loosely combined In com­
e
m to do even lees after acqulrlag St Paul for the Chicago * Northwaut impartial as between Atlantic and gulf rise and dbe a»et..al depend» nee of mon control through stock ownership.
it Hock Island and alao tha Xanana era for eoneolldallou with the t nlon ports, as their earring* did not eitend thsae line* us eeeh Alber lie referred There will also be coneuildaiiona of
M» xico A Orient—wblab th* preee Pacific. Judge lajvetf poln'od out tha beyond Chicago. Karn a* City or St to the decision ot the supreme court, some lines not st thl» time under
d - itch»-» report la about to be aban the former I* a comie tltor of the Un Louie. and they Interohatigcd without ordering the dissolution of the control common control or otherwise related
d
J the Missouri. Oklahoma A Ion Pacific for truffle lo and from th« preference with the trunk line* and of the Central by the Howth« rr> Pacific where the stockholder* are able to
O'.if and s half lateroet tn tbe Denver Puget Hound country, while th» C lea the gulf U«*e alike at the u< al gate
because violative of the gherman act. agree upon relative value* Yet. the
ways. But th* Hold-n Plan tie* each
A
> Oraude Western and the Denver ge A North western la >
rhr oae of th* great -Granger" roads up and te ttie reeent hear Ins lertor« the con- didetlon of Independent ayat-ma
•nd Halt l«alM. Th* latter feature Is ee- »ubetPutlon would not only disrupt
mtmmlaalsa of the appllcatlo* of th. will not be as rapid or aa numerous.
with a gulf line of It* own. but with
| ¡ally significant because It would | •stating rout«* and charm- I* of t ad
Southern Pacific for authority to ar I fear, a* ar« anticipated by many,
out any line east of Chicago or St
■ually bottle up' er ea I't > but would run counter to anothei r>
quire eontrsd. and the decision of th. at leant without further legislation by
ft
r Ripley expreeeed IL 'short clr- qulretn«at of the law that competition Louis, thus forcing *11 of tb«m In their condition* Imposed by ihe commlmlon congress solving many of the problems
eul the Union Pacific, staae It would be preserved aa fully a* pnaalble own Interest thereafter, through con
to the granttag of the N»utb«rn Padflr that will present themselves even
g
the Souther* Pacific a line of lu Again, the consolidation of th® I nioc trol of car supply and otherwise, to application, poof acted with rraaonabl« where the terms of consolidation have
ush from Nan Francisco to Perine and Chicago MHwauhe* * St exert their Influence la favor of move­ adequacy tbe right* of th« Union Pa been agreed upon, and Ibere will be
C
. > by way of Ogden and Denver Paul would be a linking of th- two ment of ell eSport grain over their rifle, and that with thee« condition* greet difficulty lu the stockholder*
p
ling tbe Unloa Pacific from Og- ««•fc.-et Png»t Soui d tin«« while th» own ran* to th« gulf Instead of being
Impoeod the Union Pacific would not agreeing upon relative value «van not
d - |» th to Omaha and Kansas OHy North-rn Pacific ai d Gr. U Norther*. impartial as heretofore If su< h oo*
object to a permane nt consolidation ol counting those Individuals who are In
a. par.. I«llag also the lines allocated which are the oldest and atrong»*t aolldatio«« ar* eccompl'shed where
the Southern Pact Ar-<'mitral Pacific
he habit of acquiring k small amount
t<
i nion Pacific from Omaha to llaee In thet terrr rv » u I !»• con will the trunk line* and Atlantic ports
11» said that the Holden plan provid »f stock and posing as an uppr.-ased
I
get their grain for export T I am not
U
,i.> and elsewhere east of tbe Mis­ eolldeted und- r th* H I I t plan
Ing for a half intemm by the gouth-rn minority
eh
their advocate, but only wish to point
souri river.
Pacific In the Deaver a Rio Grande
aa alignment would certainly not tw­ I
"Even If all the systems to b* creat-
P >n Is mor* kind to tbe Rant* in the Interest of giving the Puget * out this aa another revolutionary and
Western and the Denver and Hglt lak. td by the commie«' -n plan were give*
of
disastrous
affect
to
some
Interests
F
» tern for It tabes sway from Sound country the b«ot »■olUpetltlV,
line* would be laconslatsmt »ith th«*» tn even start (which Is lmi>ossllde)
the actio* tha epminiastou Is asked to
tl - I Ion Pacific group, where th* service
condition* and would be highly pre they will not remain even, for some
take "
c .■• ■ ..ion s tentative plana place* H.
Judicial to the Union Parglc lie also «III suiceed while other* fall, and
Concluding thl* portion of hl« taetl
Even If Ihe four-eysi-m plan wet*
it ' hhmgn A Northweetern. whieb In mony Judge Ixrvett eald 'The consoli­
referred to the testimony already of hare la th* very great danger of
tlo: with the Union Pacific la dation of th« Hill llm-e with their tub adopted. Il la Juda*- Lovett's view that fared la behalf of the Union and yermanently welding together Incom
tl il> r and gateway for most of th* eldlarlee Into a elngl« agate*» would ao Ab« system* abould be constituted tn a
Routher* Pacific asking that the Col yatlble and Inherently different prop-
» .petit n '«it of Chisago with tbe far overshadow tta competitors aad An--h different t way than pro|«>e«d In
■rrtwlo lines of lb* Ruck leiugd be »Rm trtlee. and Isolating trade center* and
the Hsldta plan He eald that If the
Hl ta Fe for Pacific coast traffic, and any other railr<-ad agatem pr«ip<»eed in ...........................
timuMl fr«« tbe psr>p»>e»<l Hout hern Pa raffle routes and relationships which
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- It over to th* Saata F* to- the United State« In else and financial mil line* were tn b« eoneolldated. th»
»fflr group, a* Ihe nwnerwhtp of the»» elth lb» greateat care cannot all now
g
with tbe Chicago. *t Paul. Mln strength and poe«lbllltl«e that o*» Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
line« would be lltwwla- InrwMlatent »« foreseen In a situation so vast and
n .p<.>■» a omah*. which la th* prt* might l»fev that a deelre to m««t thk. should alao be cnuaolldatcd. aa their
with <h* conditions Imposed by th. ompllcated But It la the policy of
combined strength would b» needed to
< P il »onnectlon and almost tbe sole objection had eom«th ng to d»> with th
oomnila.loo
In grant in« th« Souther* he government, as declared by con-
place thxm on a fair rompeiltlve basis
Jumbling of the lniernatl<m«l-Gre«’
with the northern Bns« Attain he eald Paolfit * application lo control lb* trees which the commlesloa la carry-
Northern Teaaa and Pacltl. and Kt
•g nut. and It la our purpose to co-
that under a fo*r«y»t»m plan th* Chi Ca*tr*l Paaifiu
baula-rrancleco ayetema with th«
"FTnaQy. to guard against poealhle spvrale to the gr< «lest possible eg-
cage. Milwaukee A St Paul Instead of
Uuloa Pacific and of the Mlsoourt Pa
tbe Chicago A Northweetern should b» misunderstanding of my view* tn stat­ ent we cen consistently with whab
elfte. Toledo. Peoria a Warner* ead
combined with th» Santa F> Such a ing one gnrpose to tarry out a* far we regard as our duty to our stock-
tbe Mtseourl Kaneaa d Tevae. and var
consolidation would pat ‘hr Santa F» ea WS tan th* tentative plan of the solders and employee* and the com-
lone other tin«* with th« Houtbern Pa
system Into the North Pacific eoaar eommiaemn with th« modifications ■unities and traffic ws serve.**
eiflc. In order that there abould b--
territory In competition with th* HB> •hove suggeeted. 1 should like to sdd
other syst«ma «rtual In mileage and
that I boilava entirely too much la
The last Rodeo probably to be
Investment to th« Hill combination. llaee and th«* Union PmUfl® A».other* expected by some of otkr statesmen, given hare for acme tirra, will take
Pacific group Instead ef «topping th«
gowever unetgtal In solidarity, ftaan
Ar
Sanin Fe group enat of the CaRTO^S and tn some quar«u of public opinio*. place neg'. Sunday afternoon
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mountain* aa proposed by Mr Hotd»m
tsoJrtc and operaUna rolatlrmehtpe"
the riding of one of the I u! •
He alao stated that kb« Chlca^. M|i i
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trataopned1«“
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Mrs Brooeo Bob,
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Better Than Ever Before