DAILY EVENING REPORTER.
M c M innville . O regon , S aturday , F ebruary
NO. 30
VOL. II.
Th$ Daily Reporter.
Entered in the Bostoffioe at MoMinnville for
Transmission Throagh the Mails as Sec
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of the senate, and who prepared the I or Wallula, than from St. Paul to
bill, gave it his unqualified opinion I Portland, and vice versa.
CONTINUED.
that the question of competition as
But let us inquire further. Take
I now desire to point out wherein I
between the two hauls; the one a points on tin* I in«* of the ORN east of
thought the provision should have
long and th«' other a short haul; Umatilla junction, the competing
been amended in order to be effect would be a circumstance to be consid
point at Umatilla, or on the line of
ive us a long-and-short-haul provision,
ered in determining whether the two the NPR east of that point. What,
and in what respect 1 moved to amend
hauls were “under substantially simi then, is the effect of these six words,
as a suggestion to the conference com lar circumstances and conditions.”
“under substantially similar circum
mittee. The clause of the bill on this in this construction I in part concur
stances and conditions” in this fourth
subject of long and short hauls is con red, and with the still further view
section? It is, it seems to me, to ren
tained in the fourth section, and is as that it would be an absolutely con
der the section absolutely inoperative
follows :
trolling circumstance, rendering the and of no account, in so far as afford
Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful case entirely dissinnliar io that where
ing protection to the people in eastern
for any common carrier subject to the
there
was
no
competition
;
and
1
in
Oregon
and eastern Washington terri
provisions of this act to charge or re
ceive any greater compensation in sisted that, in my judgment, the tory is concerned who*«* |M»int of ship
the aggregate for the transportation courts would so construe it in most ment is on eit her line east of Umatilla,
of passengers or of like kind of proper cases that would arise, and that,
for the reason that, as between Chicago
ty, under substantially similar circum
therefore,
inasmuch
as
in
almost
or St. Paul and Portland, via. the NPR
stances and conditions, for a shorter
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than for a longer distance over the every instance that would arise there as well as between St. Paul and any
same line, in the same direction, the would be competition in the one case all points on the line of the ORN w«ist
shorter being included within the —that of the long haul—and no com of th«* junction at Umatilla, there is
longer distance ; but this shall not be petition in the other or the short haul,
not only competition, but the sharpest
construed as authorizing any com
it
would
only
be
in
the
rarest
of
cases
kind of competition, on through
mon carrier within the terms of thia
act to charge and receive as great that the section would operate to pro freights over the line of the UP, OSL
compensation for a shorter as for a hibit a greater charge for a short than and ORN ; whereas, between St. Paul
longer distance : Provided, however, a long distance. Possibly it may be
or Chicago, and any point on the ORN
That upon application to the com
said
that
a
ton
of
freight
transported
in eastern Oregon east of Umatilla
mission appointed under the provis
ions of this act such common carrier from St. Paul over she NPR and ORN junction, or between St. Paul hr Chi
may, in special cases, after investiga to Portland is transported “under cago, and any point on the NPR or
tion by the commission, be authori substantially similiar circumstances I ORN east of Umatilla, there is abso
zed to charge less for longer than for
and conditions” to that of a Lon of lutely no conipetition ; and, therefore,
snorter distances for the trasportation
of passengers or property; and the like freight over the same line from tiie transportation on either of these
commission may from time to time St. Paul to The Dalles, or Arlington, through lines from ChieAgo or St.
prescribe the extent to which such or Umatilla, the latter being the point Paul to Portland is entirely and aliso-
designated common carrier may be of junction of competing railroads, if
lutely dissimilar to the transportation
relieved from the operation of this
we
admit
that
the
NPR
combines
of
like kind of freight from either St.
section of this act.
with
the
ON
R
or
controls
or
uses
its
Paul or Chicago over either line to
1 moved to amend this section by
line
from
Wallula
to
Umatilla
;
but
any
point east of t.ne junction at Uma
striking from it the following six
i
yet
there
is,
with
these
six
words
in
tilla. And hence it seemed to me
words:
“Under substantially simi
i
the
section,
a
very
serious
question
quite
clear that in such cases this
lar circumstances and conditions.’’
with
me
whether
this
can
be
truly
said
section
4 would not, and could not
The second section of the bill, pro
to
be
so,
inasmuch
as
it
may
very
be held with these six words in it to
hibiting unjust discriminations in the
properly
be
said
that
as
between
St.
prohibit
a greater charge for any
matter of charging one person more
Paul
and
Portland
there
is
cornpeti
short
haul
from St. Paul or Chicago
or less than another for a like and
contemporaneous service, is as follows : tion ; first, by rail to San Francisco to any point on either line east of
from St. Paul, and thence by the Umatilla junction than on th«* long
S ec . 2. That if any common car
steamers
of the ORN to Portland ; haul through to Portland on either
rier subject to the provisions of this
act shall, directly or indiiectly, by and second, via the Canadian Pacific, line. Anil lienee I desired and vot«*d
any special rate, rebate, drawback, or Puget sound, and so on.
But still to aim nd by striking out these objec
other device, charge, demand, collect, further, when the NPR shall have tionable, qualifying, and, as I believe,
or receive from any person or persons
completed its line across the Cascade practically wholly destructive words.
a greater or less compensation for any
service rendered, or to be rendered, mountains to Puget sound, which will
But a moment's consideration will
in the transportation of passengers or be at a very early day, whereby that show how useless und impotent is this
property, subject to the provisions of company Will have a direct line be bill in its present shape to relievo
this aet, than it charges, demands,
tween St. Paul and Portland, Oregon, shippers in middle and southern Ore
collects, or receives from any other
person or persons for doing for him and Wallula or Pasco, in Washington gon at noncoinpeting points from Eu
or them a like and contemporaneous territory, will, so far as the line from gen«* city to Ashland, inclusive, on the
service in the transportation of a like St. Paul to Portland via the valley of line of the <><' R. When the Oregon mid
I kind of traffic under substantially the Columbia is concerned, be non
California lines an* connected w<* will
I similiar circumstances and conditions,
such common carrier shall be deemed competing points; whereas, between have n through line by rail between
guilty of unjust discrimination, which St Paul and The Dalles, and Arling Portland and San Francisco. Through
is hereby prohibited and declared to ton, and Umatilla, and Wallula, then* freights over this lin«* either way will
be unlawful.
is no such competing line. Bo that, necessarily t>e very low, from the fact
I also moved to strike from this sec should the courts hold that these
that such transportation is brought in
tion the following six words: “Under facts, or rather this circumstance of
direct competition with lines of steam
substantially similar circumstances competition in the one case, and none
ers and sailing vessels running be
and conditions.”
Unfortunately, a in the other, make transportation over tween these two ports, to say nothing
grave difference of opinion existed in th«* two routes substantially dissim of the lines of st«*aniers to Yaquina
the senate among leading lawyers as ilar, then in that event unquestionably and Coos bay. Suppose, therefore,
■ to the construction that should be there wouhl be nothing in this bill through freights on that line either
given to these six words and the ef that would prevent the trans|»ortation
way, that is, between San Francisco
fect they would have in the case of company from charging more, or even and Portland, should be, say lour dol
the fourth section, particularly upon three times as much, for transporting lars per ton ; it is now by sailing ves
the subject of long and shert hauls. a ton of freight from St. Paul to The sels, I believe, about that ; and by
Senator Cullom, the chairman of the , Dalles, or to Arlington, or Umatilla,
Continued on 4tb page.
conference committee upon the part