Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-14

70 get to the end Of tie southernmost
lime or his company, and gaIiinippers
of tie orange groves OF the Gulf had
been troubling him moro lately than
the Iowa Tariff Law. He thought
however, that the I. r. L. would be
troublesome enough about the first
Of July. He held our law as better
than that OF Wisconsin, and better
than that Of Illinois. 1t left the
railroads = little something OF their
property If 1t did take all the profits.
1t would reduce the freights In Iowa
some thirty-three per cent, which
would be at least twenty cents less
ON every dollar. No road could be
operated under the tariff strictly
enforced and rigidiy observed. II
would In such event, wind the exclu.
sively Iowa lines up on spool, and
give the shippers GLANCE to haul or
drive. A part Of their Iowa line
would have TO observe the law,
perhaps, that from Iowa Falls to
Sioux City, the grant for which was
accepted with the Doud amendment
riding 1t. The rest of the line he had
formed no opinion about. With the
tariff strictly enforced, the grasshop-
pers In Northwestern Iowa might rs
well eat all the surplus there, for
they would not eat 1t up much more
completely than the tariff to Chicago
would. This WIS about the sum OF
all information according to Tucker.
THE ROCK ISLAND.
In the magnificent forty-acre pal
ace depot. whose towering walls and
massive proportions rose above vs. In
very majesty Of proof that the rail
roads are poor and barely making
expenses, we found the Office Of tie
old bachelors who are at the head Of
the great Iowa line, the great West
cth ibhu' i'bbot S'hp'ibDbB bo"ts-
or, with proper fear Of crustiness,
we did not trouble. Mr.. Withrow,
the General Solicitor, was singled
out rs the assailing point. Mr.. w.
had heard Of the law. Had read the
reports Of the discussions preceding
its adoption by the Legislature. He
had been interested in seeing that
the fathers Of the measure, when
asked to explain 1t in its details and
applications had been shrewd enough
to say that they were there To vote,
not to answer questions. Considered
1t no better than the Illinois law. 1t
was substantially the same thing.
The Iowa Legislature had taken the
Illinois law, in which State the Rock
Island road receives annually SIT 900
y mile, and applied it to Iowa where
the same road earns less than half as
much to the mile. 1t took "a per
cent. Of the gross earnings simply to
operate the road in Illinois, and 10
per cent. i'm Iowa. And yet the same
tariff substantially Is to be laid upon
the two States.
There had been no conference OF
the different roads. He didn't know
as there would be. There would
propably be no programme discussed
nor action agreed upon Till the meet
ing at the Board Of Directors In June
which would be held in Chicago,
Was inclined to think that each
road would take its own course in
dependent Of any other, and that
they would generally observe the
tariff technically, hutall would make
1t up, as they would have to, on in
ter-State freights, stock, and grain
end merchandise, In which case Gen.
trail and Western Iowa would have to
bear the brunt of the change. The
reduction on the Rock Island by the
thlth Woufe w tiitity PcT Schts utlu
the Road the past year had only paid
eight per cent. dividends.
Concerning the Rock Island being
held to an observance of the law by
a provision in the acceptance Of its
land grant, the gentleman said that
practically the Doud amendment i'm
posed no more rigid provisions than
the land grant act common to all
the roads. In the latter they agree
to abide by and observe such rules
and regulations as the Legislature
might impose. In the Doud amend
ment they are required to observe
such rules, regulations, and rates Of
tariff, as the Legislature may Inn
pose. This Is the hitch that the ID. &
M. congratulatcs itself the law has
not got upon 1t, and Is the same re-
ferred TO by Mr.. Tucker in regard to