The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-29

petitors. Fin this competitive strug-
gle the coet Of transportation shall be
80 exorbitaut as to compel the farmer
to part with his productions at loss,
or without fair remuneration, it is
but question Of time when the wave
Of financial ruin will sweep over the
land, Involving in its fearful tides
every department, OF commerce, indus
try ani enterprise. The difficulty lie
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roads, owned and controlled by the
producers themselves were the very
,urest and quickest means Of relief.
We ia Tipton, he said, are not dis
by failures but only made
,ome ~ hat slow aud cautious. Judging
~ himself he thought We were just as
'eady to give again whom the favora-
,le opportunity offered, as ever before.
Pick your flint and try again" should
De our mOgtU.
6. v. Landt, Esq. responded to call
with many arguments iD favor of such
for freightinx one to market: the
earnings 0f three fourths Of the corr,
growing population are required to
pay tho freight charges on one e-fourth !;
the toll OF the farmer is uncompensa-
ted, the cost of living to the consumer
In the East IL excessive aud burden.
some while the profits Of production
pass directly into the plethoric purses
Of transportation companies and mid
die men. Is there correction for
these evils? Charters conferring ex-
traOrdinary privileges and powers
were not granted for the benefit Of
railway corporators but in the Interest
Of the people not for the endowment
of . favored few but to develop the re-
sources Of the country. increase the
wealth and power Of the masses and
bind together with indisso! !uble bands
the commercial, political aud social
interests aud destinies OF the nation.
The millions Of money expended by
the people In their individual and mu-
nicipal capacity were not charities to
railway manipulators. but to erect for
themselves highways OF travel and
transit, enabling them. In successful
competition, to place the fruits of their
labor in the markets of the world
The good Of the people was paramount.
that Of the shareholders secondary.
Whenever, therefore, the railways Of
the country become subversive Of the
high purposes intended by their crea.
tion, aud subordinate to the greed and
power Of Wall street manipulators. the
reserved power which resides in the
people should be exerted to restrain
them within proper limitations.
But those who guide the present
movement against railway corpora.
tions should consider well before they
strike blow which may imperl the
best interest Of the country by para
lying these agencies of advancement
and civilization. These are the arter.
les through which the currents OF com
merciai life fiuw from the centers to
the renoteet limits Of our ocean bound
ed country they have opened up to
occupancy rich and hitherto uninhab-
tied portions Of the public domain and
rendered accessible to all markets the
vast interior Of the continent In the
hands Of men distinguished for enter
prise and ability the railways have
traversed the continent and planted
civilization In the valleys and on the
mountains; along their lines towns,
cities, fields and factories have come
into being, and, stimulated by their
influences. the sources Of wealth, 50.
cial aud political power have been
augmented. They should not be fet-
tered, nor impeded in their stupend-
Gus work Of building up our civiliza-
tion and developing the resources off,
continent.
What then are the limitations that
should regulate and yet not embarass
them, restrict and yet not divest them
Of that power and freedom requisite
for their expansion and building up
the commerce and waste places OF the
country:
Let Congress declare the railroads Of
the country highways" 50 far ~ 10
institute over them such legitimate
national authority rs will, First, Di-
vest them Of the fictitious liabilities
that many Of them are burdened with
by the issue OF watere.i st.s,k, etc, 10
meet the demands of which Increased
charges for transportation are imposed; /;
Second, Prevent unjust Discrimination
In rates and ordinary facilities for
transportation; and Third. Suppress
combinations which would subject the
interest Of the country to tho caprice
or mercy Of few manipulators.
1t may be assumed that these cor
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