Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-10
VT. .zcK-s RAILROAD HIL,-

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lis easacits g. representative IL the
California Ls-i-I,ture froci iclo county,
has been tInulatz,l by Mr. issetab'yinan
Beck o. Washoe county He has
p.ovea himself sufficiently courageous
10 ate a. 81 tie sras?ius OF that vast and
ysxaiious question, the regulating BY
s;atu;e >: tie rates Of fTeishts and fares
20 Be charged by railway companies.
Whether lie. ike his i!ly.ssrloas exempiar
has a motive which has the next govern
o-ship for its objec. is matter OF
mystery. ii not OF irreievancy N deaiirS
with him and his Measure. Mr.. Charles
francis ADAMS. Jr-, IN discussing
the Railroad System with relation to Its
influence in bringing on the present and
passing era Of charge. and IN speaking
Of the lac!, of profound popular consid-
Grafton ulicL : brought TO bear on this
subject. says: ''FeGhars also is' tthe
existing community might With more
Grace accept the inevitable. and cease
from useless attempts at making q
wholly new world conform itself 10 the
ru.ss aaI theories Of Il tygcne civiliza-
;:oa.' TIE same profound AMI ohserv-
at sitter las also said that: Tine dis
eovsry Of some bIack-lookirg. heavy
fragments Of stone in tie uniuhabited,
hideous region Of the Great Basin sud
denly revealed to the weird il 1873 the
existence Of that famous CoEastOck lode,
which a,nost ct once called State into
existence. Mining camps, towns and
even cities started Up Ike mushrooms
and q: once experienced tie influence OF
civilization. \ long. vearisome. AID
dangerous vasoG-roai, scarcely marked
out ACROSS the Plains. connected a no.
Made population c. ssui-baIbarous.
uudous st:cated Iaen with distant ciy;-
lization which was to them as dream
O: their elildhood; IJ.t aln0s. 6. once,
the ringing grooves CT the railroad
merged them with tie denser population
o; the Els. and West. So the new eIa
Of material development, t.y process
its own. Is psopiins aEi s1fd,:ins the
wiids Of America and Australia This
IS tie present. exe2plifcs;ion Of Z law
which dates back only tNenty years"
We Souli wish our space permitted fur
,her and more ocriogs quotations fEoir
this magnificent and instructive essay,
bit ve must deny ourselves and Our
readers tina: measure and sort o. eiiaca-
ton. Bat let Us not fail to learn tie
lessen taught hy Ills teacher. One
smiles at the though; Of being merciful
TO a giant: bat lc: Us not approach This
Hug Monster of the Age Otherwise than
as Zen determined TO dsG! ys.:. fairness,
TO move with caution, TO act with wis
DOM and to prcI2o.e Justice and the
cause OF progress. Let Is remember
tina; IN dealing with tie tiscs c! Eail-
roads we arc interesting ourselves in
Question from the consideration Of the
!-tricscics Of which many Of The Oldest
writer's Of the day have retired With
sense c; confusion, IS from being
brought Suddenly face to face with 4
vast problem. sprung. G:a.-t-l.!-e- upon
minds yet uaI prepared tc grasp II. We
are GssIfug with question Of no mere
taarci=! character. IC- OF a social re
ture; ror yet Of q roIi;ical Kind; hut
viii one within TIE far reaching feds
a. whose influence, nearly al that con-
clgzs Tie civilization Of tie day has IL
separate relations. We are glad sir.
Beck has introduced tits bill into the
Assembly. 1t Will oren up "a rGueh
needed discussion. Many hand things
have been huTled It The Railroads in
these latter days. The wealth and glory
OF Railway President are not enjoyed
IL unmolesttd and uEassailsi by ropu-
lar c,amor Let rs proisc: tie peoples
rights, remembering while so doing that
those rish.s have in themselves no jUsti-
fcatiou Ct enactments which may iniiiet
wrcrgs upoa Others, wlcther those
others be perscas CT corporations. We