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restoration of normal peace conditions, just as quickly as that can be 

 safely accomplished. 



Mr. Harris' committee has laid down a number of subjects for inves- 

 tigation, in which it is proposed to change arid make more uniform regu- 

 lations affecting live stock transportation. They are as follows: 



"Cleaning and disinfecting; feeding charges; attendants in charge; 

 uniform health bill and method of handling; furnishing two singles in lieu 

 of one double; stocker and feeder rules; transit privileges; market or re- 

 consigning privileges; feed charges absorbed; stopping in transit to com- 

 plete loading; terminal charges, such as trackage and switching; loading 

 and unloading charge allowance; yardage charges on transit stock; live 

 stock to and from prepay stations; bedding charges and proper feeding; 

 weighing live stock moving between country points; stopping sheep in 

 transit to fatten and shear; hoof weights and shrinkage allowance; live 

 stock contracts; ordering and furnishing cars, and inspection of cars; 

 mixed shipments and loading of same; uniform live stock way-bill and 

 way-billing, information to be shown; slatting and papering cars, building 

 and removing partitions; dipping live stock in transit; shipping instruc- 

 tions to be given in writing; concentration singles inbound, doubles out; 

 back or out-of-line haul; furnishing cars of different lengths from those 

 ordered by shippers." 



At the present time the rules and regulations covering these .various 

 subjects differ throughout the country, without any reason for the same. 

 There may be a justification for making them more uniform and just, as 

 betvveen shippers of different localities, but when these changes are being 

 made, it is up to you to be on hand at every stage of the proceedings, to 

 see that the shippers' rights are safeguarded at every one of these hear- 

 ings, and without doubt the friends of the railroads will be represented by 

 their ablest men. 



You must be present this afternoon, and you must give Mr. Harris con- 

 crete definite facts, where the train service was unfair before the war and 

 afterwards. 



I do not want you folks to go away from here with the idea that I 

 am wholly antagonistic to the Railroad Administration. There are some 

 admirable men on those committees. Mr. Chambers and the traffic com- 

 mittees are men of integrity, honor and capacity. They have always 

 treated me with absolute courtesy. They have made many changes in 

 rates, rules and regulations that were ordered last year that were unwise, 

 at the request of shippers. I think they have honestly endeavored to do 

 what they thought was right, and I know they have given relief in scores 

 of cases; but, like everybody else, they are human. You can't make 

 angels even out of railroad men. You can't expect them to forget the bias 

 that would naturally occur after spending a lifetime in the employ of 

 railroads. That is my principal objection. I simply want to have these 

 questions and controversies, wherein the rights of the railroads and the 

 shippers are involved, decided before disinterested tribunals, and not 

 before a partisan board. 



Some changes are going to be brought about. You and I can't tell 

 what they will be. The upsetting of dynasties in Europe, the great world 



