Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-20
LEGISLATIVE INTERFERENCE WITH
RAILROAD COMPANIES.

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,,nddier Cba,les Fra1c;s Adams. il. is seek
ing through the various Railway Commission
crS, Secretaries OF state, and legislatures to
,ecure the passage OF u lii" Ill each 7'"'e CIV
IA, ,aoI Stito +I,o ,tb+ to exarcise = snno,,-
vision over the accounts of railroads. to decide
what accounts they shall keep and how they
>haH be kept. State sal ~ 'Sl"h means the
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.,sr,arsaI iIls and ,o,-rnI1s Inrh . law
,nce passed would never cease 70 harass the
railroad companies. 1t IS easy t. prevent the
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friends al the various capitols.
ANiI-SUP2FN iSI"N.
5'r. Charles francls Adams Ir, as all men
know, is member OF very liuStrlo"+ Amer
lean family. lie is the son "i tie honorable
Charles Francs Adams, WI" IS the SON 81
John Quincy ADAMS, Who vas the son OF John
ADAMS, second President OF the Unite Estates
Nr e. r. Adams Jr belongs not only I"
very h'"'''"uS ana very ie''i9" '"Ii'i1 ""'
BE IS one or brotherhood Oh ripe ScholatS
and hi5hIy accomplished writers belofe us
lies an octave volume issued IN Io' from the
press OF Jane" H. 'SS"o" Co. ,'S'"i'
entitled ''hapterS Oh Erie anu QUIET iSS"9'
'y Charles +. Ad;'ihS' IL ana henry "o''ls.
hese TWO hrotherS nave long oeeli "iiloiiS INC
foremost contributors to the North American
He'le"; ana thelr Ohap'erS Oh ERIC are 'ii7
same which called out, Ill the "alaAy' So'he
years since, the very memorable and Scorch-
i,, reminder bv Hon. jeremiah Black But
la+,4od Co.., +lo sal,o &c axact;+uda
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that 'lr' Charles FRANCIS ADAMS 'r' anu lo'
Mr.. Henry Adams is the writer who makes
,pecialty Of railroad management, construc-
.;, +,, u,l,o osso,,s :, +I,o ,.oI,p,o bafore ne
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written by heiiiy A"aihS are en'l'ie" Inc
New lOrk Gold Conspiracy, Captane John
smith '.The Bank of England" ''British
F;uan., in 1916" and lin comnanv with
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f'iclS a ""iNer)' al ESSAY vi INC HeS"l
Tender Act. Mr.. Charles +. Adams, Jr',
,.ntributes a series of PAPERS under the gen
ual lood sc .sT,bo R.;Irood S,,S+o,, +ba
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SAME 0eIllI uiF''e" No" I''" o'inl''0i'' or'i
tied as follows The Era OF Change; The
Transportation Tax; Railroad Consolidation;
Ntocl, WATERING. and The Government and
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we Will deal sufficiently at length 10 SHOW the
drift of Mr.. Adams's mind at that time. The
first two paraoraphs of his essay ON "Goyern
,.,,t. o,,d tbo p,iI,,od C,o,.,,a,,+io,,s >, ro,l
''o.',S anu '-'0
"' loilows'
If neither competition nor legislation have
proved themselves effective agents OF the reg
u!"uoh OF the railroad system What other ana
more effective one Is there Withln feach OF the
Amencan people: TINS Is the hnal issue to
when the Iallroau Proplei must apparently
reduce itself. The material ana moral dlfh-
culties whlch surround tne queStlohare Iurther
complicated ny grave pohtlcai cohSlaeratlollS'
winch need no" I" be stated with an possible
emphasis, Tor they VIII continually present
themselves throughout what remains OF tins
discussion, and must ever be borne III mind
The dlthculty IN great degree arises from
the development or a material and moral
power, or rather, perhaps, COMPUTATION OF
lowers IN our social organism when our pol
ltlcal system was not calculated to deal with.
At the time the framework OF our government
vas put toSether' system OF heceSS fy mon
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