, 1873-10-24

w, llnve bren nasiscd in ono or n Of these waya
MI h!ese cnseA tho rights Of novertsmenta 10 conrt
r"Il!e i,, ar. earresponli,,gly Increased. "
orl er, M, of mn ,SEs @ 1oe m Of p *
rulcs TO private c"nrnncs. Thta plan Inns itA ndvo
not yet e hitter days Mt icant. bccn put 10 rrac!ca
S. e tca" o oxerng power WOULD Iii tho
eSns saa spssss E y ss ss Si' III
ngnin tho creating power has ent,ro control.
T,ese ilye cassch Of railways eary from tho CT,
gono ever then, that ;you may sco how i1cas a,'
lhsories lnye bern confused III implying lilo differing
5ss @ M nen9 er1 , 10 zach H The w5o eass rawy
s'n is sought IN al Of slo, and TINT difficulties and
s!es arIso olly N roferoce 10 tho chartered nu
te power a Temptation 10 INKS srIo pans Inn y al.
ona 5 cans pon The public becomes very great
grcnes public welfare, il tho nost dlilicu part Of
to 1olcut problem now before tho American people.
aud rersndi1g M ti,is '1s'' '"s '''' '' 4N's'''
nsfo,G Eong farther. # ia we'll to notice hero tho
confused conceptions Tint Rvn existed 10 The nature
Of Tic ,uwnsH aud railway service. The o1to,t to
Mel, they wol,l diapace mid aurnrFcao Tic turnpike
why's e invc nad fright, waa iardiy sepaio oven m
" enthusiastic and tic indirect socai aud commercial
suppose tln wo Of tosay, IN apo Of tho y w i'd
nntleipat!os 10 which ~ rush q 1aiway construction
my xi Ply s II ~ ho % fatars ies t '1s
likely TINT masrow gago railways anl .ratna or orso
ss c a y ysss yS sas e1.y
ana that most mems fnru-,olnos will hayo BY
hs I'D Dnko # wslIieon likely betfer a,i
must take caro- and not ioae Tho old Enga ea of tic
11 1Ke's ,h5twnyn ny to tat We must It Inst
World ara it's highways that ns,At carry is travel and
~ ~ 9" sone1Gf 'n,a rora and thnt m'st Is dominated
Constitution OF Illinois ,cans WIEN n' It Declares pf 19w tnU
saw9Sa sn aS a. o. 's stale public hhways FREQ to MI per-
crty thereon. A p'ei-
t, THE m mpec9uia1ty of ts new class Of highways arose
m nore ho reope Of Aerca esmcaly 'ttsan nttap h M
ot o aspa5p5 nt r1 forty
very successful in railway ,uanee"nt rasnn
I'm 1sas roE,ion e p1sate enerrsc IN os ia
tls rss $. e ,ts travsers and shippers was net
n tic country 10 turnpike conpanicp will Tho nrivs
iiese, M Hr m rather tue conceseon, u putting down d
will Of Ill who passed. $''11 ~
Feeble and somewhat inefficient, because tuo.nc.
ricnccu and often unfntcigcnt, ntcnps were 1nnIo
tue prevailing Idea Inns been to rely Upon conpa,i,,on
u was early assun,ed, apparently that rnroatl woi
Steamboat England a Tic United stntes rastoI aoes Mit ~
this You hear It preached even yet III Illinois. nut
= ass ca ss snopa2 Ss Il Il, As ess1
slal MI in f.; rs!sai ~ o %hles s''aSs te
formed is certain from o nature Of tic cssc Z IL no
Sr,Say VI tha sing0n Which practlcal monopoly With
cannot be prevented from existing. have arna,Iy;
1oro than olce atavcred to tho case Of Tie Eas and
dom IL aowei To- eopcon nsno rUsa9se reaS taFss 1lfs
nace and practically they aro found 70 DO even moro
ns than thu aosernnet Ters arc in "anensns sn
a TSn' crd tIa d,; ay;ansges of praty Of agency
cse VIII is IN ssnce M ae Wnsn as c nof n% d
sory ta1a.ion us II imposed by law There aro few
%eea her wa waterrns ns' and my t,ir
taxes. In the case Of these particular services. to
seasoaa repouaeEato iii favor lcir being perfo,rn
certainly by tic general Government Of te sats ut hot
by Tie 'nulicam authorities Of the Town, ard ti,o OK.
rate Hut Iii lilo any analogous caaes wl,ch ~ IL u
lss to resfgn 10 voluntary agency The community
thu thun tho interest Of Ills ma,orra nnI y u
tlo part Of Government either subject ho business
to reasonable son.lons for tie general advantage, or
m,n.onooIy 1nny. ut least, bo obtained for Tic pnpuc.
This APPLIES to tile caso Of u roat caual, % or
practical nonorohes; mud Government which con-
csdes such monopaiy toa private company docs much
ciaot to eyy ny lux shuy coso for Their own benefit
on all tho malt produced III tue country, or OF, aii tho
Gotton 1nrored inoit 10 make tho concession for
Witch jussies patents for snyentlops: but tho stae
should eis,,sr rsserye to itself royersoary property
ESQ the right Of fixing q maximum Of fnres md .
charges, from time to time varying tlat maximum It
the proprietor Of canais or railways ' wii,; His
Ut, ri ,1,st tself .ss3a MorkiDg them ad tha they
company renting tho railway or CANAL fsr s Ifas i
e period from tho stae." Mr. Alili, although free
inaer in tl,e broaest sense Of tho term ynu viii SEQ
cAss Of companies 1eeGjpg upycru1nnnt
nd bsf9ro to british ssosstio for a tha rroo.. rars,.
pino'a, ind confirms them from actlal experience.
L. n%urs the question: Why so, not tic stas
here is the hue Of separation 10 drawn III tits
isc: Tho true pluce for this line, as it seems TO
cly, anil N wth therefore, there ca7, o m nfas-
70 l S"i'letition ad those in which IN tho nature
,ings in tic case Of ratjwny oke ~ In nAtmee te Of
cnss risk o competition exactly The sano linc, q
90 er ~ + and brng
lttal canuot hc withdrawn" y
ups to competition there must only bo siso and
srsonr, from many Sources, tIs very Commodity de- II
ncd. Such possibility e nature itself Of railroad Il
i ftsi so ss e ssss. M
tue hlassachuscts Railroad Commissioners bofuro Il
10 Railway Committees that whflo tho result or or al
mary conleition is tu reduce aud equalizo pricca III
o res,i!t Of raroad competition IL to produce local
euait1ea and arbitrarily ratse tleress prcosn b,
For insanae, wo have hnl railroad system Of
me aort ID Illinois now aEant twenty years Take &C
= able TO give from old railway guides Ta amount b.
railway service, anl so-calcd competition. nns III
onuerinlly ncrcaset Our ruroad Companies have il
armed how to "aeniro" railways u very low lrises' 10
ar Gn,'.try ih much moro do1sey populated ani cc
ayst Indefinitely increased. but here are tlio sts "
! isss, Of three railwaya n tho state-ho samuamm M
AZ a"1rIG.u Chicago mississippi, and Ouona Git tt
la'9 tena tho avoragn charge on tts ifcront
w. ~ cent. ~ aSs ssxsn w lsrgey Inflated currency was
"a IN 1871 on eight different Illinois roa[e colyor9' ~
o IT. 1t: Louis Il averaged is cents por mile. IN
~ y I'M Month OF seelnber, 1875 nino dlier- or
"rglnH In defiance Of Inv nn public opinion, an Of
an s,'hs Oh distances not exceeding seventy miles
ei i ssy began their work twenty years before, and ca
~ ~ LUG iago 9" great crcnBu Of business and su- Hh