, 1875-10-01


wA1r and Of ga in our great Cities The telegraph tnd.
hnar tFau.Tstation y rall reeoecta Ill of there
economtcally they rn,. ID o,lr !. whole and that
" doeh nr.r.se rot IN oter sords the stats mnst
either sacrthce Is at+trat rs'1c,pe~ AMI terforE
sese inust'of. !nf tsei os I tn"a. surrender en,
their Performance by othrrh, N,~,
THIS BoMEWHAT IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE WAS nj NO |
MEANS tShIteTOup
thirty, Or twenty years ago. ami e1rn 70 rrofn.
utht and headed public man ~ Sir Robert repl
wsn pteachua In l.rlianent Il: a:'sacnvty .t'npie
doetsino of free trAde In railroads. Hnall won'ler
then that, under the impulse Of our Governmental
theories, VT in thta country. anil espsaialiy .,l III Tho
prtB-ion The ery was, . There conl MT Ia ennus1
-nlcb 1es. too H,any-raiiro4ls aud their comp 4.
md t..nro .be community fr"rn every ettn,'inn" IN
this rrin i'e railroad construction ~"s nsi'e i-n'y
',n5 5 ,,, " *s, sn '''e' s, san,4,; II ao's nn IL i
grew Into 'iosrucise rnanta The 3rinclr1", Was
"r"hg, WIS or" sire 10 lad TO UNEXPECTED mud All.
nnyihE rent.. could mt hut c1,ifnnrt" IN ananeal
.,anee', III III. fl liet ii .u.e1.e,: .11trl.n.c
L'scn Hlgtr.!rd. Al !. that wlles SOW tr wn'.-
cv.u allowing that hare nothing letter IN s4w
hLni.-w" lny" no business to eotl'ain VIXEN We get
Wel, t1.c results witch the clcarc.t headed so.rsaw
cans tn " pass heft III "scos:n ~ n!uch
u anywicFr.
COMPETITION RESULTED rs CONDENSATION.
Could i in anJthing rss7 rnlrr The atrc afreas
HE Hsh lS rHCCHlHIs WITH &AiIE are t"u
iu closed Ael, ru4,s' a. III" ~an. Them tuo
4 heeanc slfeadfuly .lparrnt tltst only through
e",s sef'sy .,sn. Sfsss s wss st
could rIe.rtiesS of carriage 1e securet1.-:o ut
he ]caas cost mr1t@' 'n'' nent III tEe largest qna.
tity And ag i. !! lechMo very eviccnt al 1'At that
e4.tiou ttsern sli?roats lr not n enuslty, INT
to u" exact ope~ste; for 1t ~aa cnnnnrd " to1n-
principle tn, culnre:Itot to ciIargt Whist ha
liked iii. m1,st ta:is'e - take what lie c"uiRe'.-
THIS l8Ht Tho finally It1
result T." free sradrss aptncd IN raliroo'.-sl tn,Fy
@ a1y ne sss,.S sa "ss nj ;d IT, s aa Il,
f"r n4shpe. whI,o thu l,'. incurred 7ccnutd at
the etEette IT nnoncr Iiacr ofrr Nh two or n2urs
corporations, fur to'ne EraEon dia nft conflict.
Simply uated, sben the Rrca: railroad problem IT
Itself b tlir: GIven new power, s'1arentIy nut
uncuah;e, at ,nt.et only partially be. 10 ali
I.aA, unI ]awa supposed t. ha fudltentl well
oil, what arc yen Rs!ny u do about III
10 tAla rdnt-tlsnk question ! asu incliaed tn To-
tsss that n rol!ea rhtiosophcr woa!a relu1n one
very well that The regulation 1wulakerh hlFe arsidy
offered greet many ,oln'1ntA Of II, and ther supply
Uriacea nj Indications Of exhaustion.
Since nc have heR,n let nx try loat at the 91er-
ons thrntil tue eyes of each. and then Will recusIt
tla. way ri lest, wo shaIi try 10 cover tn rIolu
sso'.1,a, amt, even II nothing CONT" II H. We thn hus
bo wlrse VIZ u'w arc And Ill tho afst place. let us
gce ut
THE POLITICAL rIrI1.onor1Ena Il POINT or VIEW.
IL in the pure thinker lheos.er. If you cb'r' to
rail- 4sul Ills range u thought i. tir A:krst.-n~
ar1d ot observation thou'd lie tie wlr*t Of al e Is
OF p'ace in the 6eaatr,-le II ait II lie failure III
tas 1aaskes p!aes-Ls 1e'o1Es II '1a c1,1't. r ana
II PRACTICAL man, n T,:eale l.-.ths mort vtrse!
| lii the tntriraciea Of ,he Ioager aud the
ia4-and outs Of the exchanged thu who ouly
an iuc bctorr Ills uofc. hui al that thrrc II With
III that inrh with tse ntcnts tlear+as md cunhcious-
Of detail; which Is tie only si'srnty Of success
-thf man, ftofu amid tho clear att1ietrbers 1f Lis
ittaueas, IL np. 10 lnuk iron the prophet with
mild and condeteending .ontcmpt: 4 + Iostesity
.ntmbcr sho o!hrr lin, glue ADAM Smith on ChAnse;
rnw, through the Btetce Il century, We can
'ssyS r.as39s, " .rs F''Sf er;t. % saa LIZ ii os bs.
.a ,tsn. aa Es s IT II s. sssa sssss
| 10 master when ho bad Eeen half century dead.
S"w, how would A. snsn Of that earila1on deliver
himself thia railroad question: 1t Il sainewhat
rrrstlm,uora to venture anr,so On .tbiH eulIo:t,
hut an ntraid be would do ufssr fashian tu to
to think he would ~ t,st herc VA iorce whrl, wss
rapidly ind vtAbly in,ldng all h'ltnnn institutions, tu-
o. sw s.x, Hf a It xa
t,ou nale loss;b;e. More t4sA al th!s
IT WAY ~ ANOMALY,
and such only caud 1t pas through Nb process OF
Development work tut 1ts nltssln. Ar All a'ouay
II Rhud accordingly In tfeAttd for such, through
owa course. iE.sas gradually worked out ii. deve
n.eat,-iEriats te'! ssars heurc, tsIhaIe nifty
9gS i W. i aess " w., "s
ton eas!Iy DO decided by tsr sw rorxr q: evrnt6
but one thing clear. shat thu r-ro.d sy.sc II trrs,
ccs"s tuneruraiou In sllc vigorous han1r az tes
wealthy able mtns-lnen Who knowing tAei:: bus.
thoroughly. know slso what they wau ard sxac,
great deal more. wheu We say tnat tlo Eatlros
a,rtsu is concentrating !a the banda 81 tLeoe nni
0f NO. iern internal transportation which r. thE
concentrating. Mere shrhries of governmental tnt-l
prutrstson OH natural ascnl~, wl il paialy do Et
aplly In rrosenno Of such dcseopn cnt a. this, Ar
whether va llte 1t not. thry must auh will ,!cld.
Ii In this tho practical t'un o,. end nut tho o'
;Fa'se who + forcing On ~ " '.:aS ., sna e = do'
how Scuu. aud Garrett, and vsudnr 1a aIr evelop!n
each in hls own way, but g"ad"l on by .he ot!er
csoeentr.!,en; how ludieroSsjy in,rotent yo's
statutes, and ercn yoar tlonsi Eoyisos. -
to 3acde to hamper them and AHts hteatt!s
nu,teay, md yrt unconsclously, ,ney. wur4 toward
that uuy, which some SUCCESSOR of theiss M tho he
P,snss s T .G.sssI sssn, ,a,S, W.T. x u
foro,ei.-i ee1ts,n1, cannot, ot ons .h.ns only do
feel coaviucsI, and that il that, through aw or osc
gradually substituting othrEr in rlace of then-il
hs generation or ~ the ua1t some how OF IN SON
system of tho future naua will como together sn
merge III each Other.
THIS, something like this, u what the polIea
| philosopher might ssy. Hut
POLITICAL MAREsHfFTs
arc more In vogue int Il present than politics
t,ear a.,lo evidence. the regulation lawsaker hs
lrraag ihe ast slx years been naoro than oleiinaE
Lusy. l do not know that the rasson for egtaiati,
ranaces for pycry III which ths social le. ts heir
lsrecni,F to A'neslca. DO not think 1t t.-onlS |
ocr Countries It 'akea different furu, ant ia ca!ct
mol act of legislature. but by &nnie other nau'
such a. uka4c arnsn in4nste, nrerlai drcree, ctr.
but II shorr IL tAng wnlcl, human experience hu
,utta Of effective legiAatao ure very narrow. auA H.
nine 1--we onf Of tcn 10 II - they bare any slira
soulern.t turostss tAct, however, haa not rese.vt
sncng " oi iae any xtFy marked desseo q eouafds
eru1ents " ronce4c1 in theory 10 rest in an appeal
: CALM AND EnLcA7Ep oPIS1oH:
ia practice tho penal law rclreSeuts ths Coustabl
-{nsce,-4tla tho moment anything In wrong It oil
ucrts ia get control IT Tho Cuhstzhls 10 hsyu IL :
rxht. BU In 3!assachuaotta for thirty se4ra now th
: have been trying, through tls AGENCY Of tho Co
: sLtble, to Maku met Temperate; In nearly cye
blate in tbs Unlon tho Constable ia invoked To =
/ lhat tbs borruwcra do not Iny moro tntcreat th.
( Ii EotA for them; LII the South tbs C'nstso!e I'LL
kre It that civilization fersYes dctriulrnt;
thu Vest tho 0u't 1reicnt CarstAtlu n,ust have
C,u tho rAilroals 10 stAa thnt no il.jurss accr
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