The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-05-28


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Aagtl.an rstitnsni. Try are iaisials
iueteatng N v.aish aud rurais.seh,
ana ~ satas predominant smnne shtm
~ mats sna snpss hLeis n lhilafner
,lfe ta'lft IA NV uHSra VI time t. cone
Lnelsh luss.tuis huld .Amsfiean fali.
~ss securities ~ lsta.l, that The, lave
special interest In knowing VII, and
hNw lar The progressive tiases II The
west are iu.linsd III deal utluslls With
thai, railways AMI the u~usts u tile
capiial invested In item lle state
d, VI ..cohssn has taken the lea,l III the
aggressive mt vsmeni urtn the tailsa,s
ana thv Potter law a that siatc II
hiturrsu The extreme lfuius, u 'eranE-
er Ii. islation, /, will lie remember.
.d that two " three years az, WDen
tho sranias u Erie administration
~sro fis.L IN tho rubis mini new
political movement tnvk i,s origin IL
iie earn.proaucing states Of tho upper
mississippi and it, tributaries The
nrmets loudly complained that they
were "plundsred b, the rsilwa, cor.
pcr.iions. ana oranges, " Or fpcistles
intended u operate vigorously IN state
politics, we're organized y orposs Tie
ex,or,ion u the .monopolis.s II 10
tue that in ths United States there
can be no real monopoly q tbs inland
carrying trade, mere especially IN thc
lees settled communities, where nny cor.
pora,ipu can construct any line IL pleas
%. and take land for the purpose, IN
very liberal conditions No to traffic
a rate4, anl without regard to the COM
petition u established ronds. liu. y
couple u years ago the corruption con-
nerieI with railroad speculation had
disgustsd all decent people aud tho re-
mote consequences III tho ''grangcrs
agitation we're not taken into consider.
alton. In many states. indeed the de-
mandr nut forward In tho name of tho
farmers By Interested ngita.ors fell to
thu ground, but In Wisconsin aud MINI.
esuta they were embodied in lcgisls-
ton. Ihs statute, taking it, nainu
from Senator Potter. ~ thu former state
ID d sample ~ Wlai railway il,sestors
have to expect from the legislatures 81
tho west whenever their bargain has
uet been 70 clu.sly tied NJ ~ 10 pre-
vent any subsequent interference, III.
dc, the forms u law, with its tsrins. III
: Minnesota . similar line u aelivn wns
iutims.oL, bu, abandoned On pruvf be-
ing gwen tia, tho ''grAogc1s polio,
WA lnpractiualIo But In Wisconsin,
ths 'granIcrs arr stronger than ,ver.
hu Atl,n entertained by hnlisrs a
rallwal stick Ia tile w.st that the Put.
ter lan wuu,d ba repealed u nlgd,li' Il
has M, hs.n fsaiil.d. Tin the con.
,rart, Tic tendency oi Legislation, ia ~
l1.ss n,u,u latd,, than hstuls upu',
ta,lwa, l,.pci'y
, Ins i'oisef Law assuming for the
[ stais ugsntals tie iignt IL tx ai,d
i-s.re tas rates III With iha railways
Ii Tue tate arle ~ ~ the carrying
business ihr tie taIut.fal .naiiiisktl, III.
fling.u tie eaialuliA u tic harga,tl
] b. Mil, chi ial~~a great part VI |,
dei9ti.ss r.na.ist--was tempted t. lac.
tha l,nka d Investment Ia = partially
settled community, The Wisconsin
railways we're Mt legally guaranteed
. aga,usl competition, though il was To,
I l.koI, tina. the, would have to contend
against ~, rivals unlsss they were
proved /, bs gaming csuib'tan, rates
II profit; tLo Potter law, therefore
= lu,,esc. on them al unequal burden
i Ii was believed that when the fret i'm
], pulse u the grange Legislation had
blaekenpd, tho harsh operation u IL,
!. IN w.ull b. mi,igatcd, and tho rail
way interest looked forward hopeful,
= 10 the proposals q amendment which
we're submitted isw wecks ago IL III,
sta.e legislature ut Madison. The rail.
rosl commissioners prepared Iepor
founded ~ III. r,inril,!c "thai tho onl,
j firm u rallva, ,,,ht,el likely % rros'
successful under present conditions i
tho legislative. supplemented by drec
= supervision ths Legislature a,iue dow
y general rules II action, but leaving III,
il stplirh,ipn AMI enforcement u lhos,
], rules 10 u commission. = A bill wa
prepared OH tho lines IL this report
aud MAS promoted by two out Of III
" three commissioners. X WAS BY NJ
v neans leniynt III ~ treatment II III
d ,aiivay corporal Io',s. aud. in Son.
!. respects. w nrc tull, exceeded i
stlingency shc eA.atinr Potter law.
= Dut IL substituted fr mn Atbilrar
y tarlil u rates imposed IN tho corpora
\, tlons BY thc legislature : Limitation y
profits leaving the owners 81 tho prop
cr.s tie con.tvI VI II below tho hae
limit THIS whr III psr cent. on th
earl, value II tie road. ~ determine
" u, tho commissioners; but - "taxc
n and licenses were elatlsaLls On thl
10 ,nnun,4, tho actual net maximum /
:. profit tins allowed wan little OVER
: per cont. 1hs railroad interests wer
" naturaI, MI ,sry well content vii
y tls measure. hi, "a thu adverse fsclin
y manilsasel u, tho legislature forbad
. them 10 hope for tho repeal u ID
I. Potter Jaw, tLey supported tho con
4 ,nis,iapsrs bill. with one or two sriyi'