Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-08-13

Ihe f3enAtCr examined tue trHnspOrtatlOL
question At considerable leagth, Affirming
the power Of Congress 10 regulate inter.
State Commerce, and OF each State to con.
ttol iss own individual commerce. subiecI
only I'd the restrictions Of the Constitution
or the United States. what Congress hay
already done was clearly explained, but the
question. In all its bearings. was one 81
great ticiicacy and moment to The country,
and could not be hastily solved. Il is moi
practicable for Congress to enact penersl
laws regulating rates of traffic. The5e mus,
vary finn multitude Of local circumstan-
,ces, but It IL clearly within the power o.
Conef4g and seems TO be practicable. to q
tablish Bosfdsof Railroad Commissioners
10 b vesssd with certain powers. 10 be gov.
srosd by general regulations, within which
shey shall hare the power to supervise and
regulate The rate for freight and passcneers
upon III in4er.6 6tate railroads. 10 a. 70 pre-
vsat oniuse d;soriminasion between difIeren,
localities o. Glasses. Of persons to prevent
oomhiuations between railroad corporations
and othes pelsons 10 put up the prices Of
fiedght or psssenesr fases: TO prevent rail-
WY cospoeatious from taking advantage ol
~ esstlneeioa Of lAkes, rivers, and canals
by post OF by low water: TO mt frciehts OF
tsxes beyuud whist would be 1 reasonable,
leir ana nonees pfpef; snd. 10 short, 70 pre-.
ssss e1:otsaeas aed napossesons " rahfosd
ccomPar.a nPOn toe people o. we country
n0wcss1 ..s. sssRss1 70 ne Ptncuceu. tue
InIeteass sno 1sn1 ot ail pafties should oc
plnecseo w'sn eau.I care sna .ie;iancc, sne
s.a.,ff SI sn'eA 70 oe ieis IN sne eontlol
- ass tStvYyI ~ iaF Us may 60 cona,s.
at 1n Papa,c Interests, ana not 20 g
lnsetseasu I.Nk Win ~ snese boafua o. Uominis'
sione1ss e1ceps ~ c'cT cases WINE Coo'
- m1ss ana mould look 70 u that sas
eURE ao pos sGnsi from oppression ~
csPissu 0ncinsssons OF corPoctaous,
sne ReoP " sne Osacs hsoo snouau re-
- nclnOeI - EsaItesas sle leonPeoMoie 9
~ e.oWtn ano Piospenty o. tnc coontsyl
- sne consssocsio0 oI more becomes nm
Rotea1s from yoef 70 yesf. Capatal u t1m-
~, sna even VIII no. insest ~ ooisding new
Losus ies's'auon Is naa wnereoy railroad
RsoPey y maae e. valuable ana secure
-. u 49, Is.s"iu.,eS s..oJIu ~ 49, s.ll 80
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ss.s '''. 80 - a .p's~' - 'As''Vs's " 'ue'f
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! A'As s.Sl oeiI.
. Ths drAN d tke Reciprocity Treaty with
Canada doss nosmset ths seDators sppfoval.
He fails 70 $50 IN i any advantages 10 b
gained BY the whole country, aud especially
BY the States Of the Northwest. The pre-
posed treaty would give TO Canada sub.
stantially the advantage Of being Stats oi
tho Union, while she retains all the advan-
tagea Of the British connection, aud is to US,
in cvery respset, a foreign country. Hel
adherenco 10 the British Governments springs
from hostility to the United States; her
trade and affiiiations are naturally with Us,
and for five mouths in the year she is shut
ont from commercial connection with Eu-
rope, save through ony territory. Carada
dos not NOR cannot flourish in her present
political relations. and in the interest Of her
Independence, tho Reciprocity Treaty
should not Be concluded. So long as she
chooses to remain part Of Great Britain,
she should be consistently treated as such.
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