, 1880-01-24

fully before acting, and tho utmost authority
with THO right. Of persons and
RS2st Rs to sS EaSr a,tsran s ts Nss
ablo rate Of compensation. md, when # ha-
10 ascerta!ncd mid fixed that reasonable rats
Of compensation, It cannot gD hack of it 70
x r.e rln"il' to ralroHd e1,tG;Tprises III; 1or
tl'at It Is to fix 4 'reasnnah1e' rate,- rato
that will compensate tile railroads for trans
porting, and tl,at altnii not bc ox;or!.ltnnt to-
hbla' rnic, or tho raio fixed by. tlIls Commits
sion, and, wien rairond tlocs 80 orcr..
charge, tho CommlssoI, shall report y
to the II sn II y G g.. st1sf I;s
Statcs To- recover Tic penalty for sicli viola
tlou Of tho rales Of charges fixed BY tho
Commission, md sucll rontle are Iinb'e 10 tho
penalties provided in THO BILL for every such
times in ono tlay tlloy aro llnb'e to twenty
different prosecutions or they Inny NIL be
j1nctI IN tilc samg prosecutlo1 aud the pen
niles recovered in tho satnt, ac!ioi,. II also
eroper sss t5 to istt%te tt ~ s;it It % sees 10 nc nc
ihai 1t ySnllll bo tllo md useless to have y
Commission 10 Inquire Into these instances Of
cxtort!on or cxorbftant charges, md yet give
and iisxt 10 apply .!lo rcmc'!y. Without
some srlsh rspvls!6n, 1t seems e nc TINT The
law would !. be q littIo value What bencilt
yam Ne aas%a y II i, III a n1sf 5 e aSs is fs'
tons !hnt fo lns endured and yet provide no
reme.iy?. During Il rort!o,, of the year, tho
people Of Chicago win haYo cor,tlerce 10
SSar e. r,as, t. or ssabSn ot t"ye Elsa s"ps9n lon
tircly 4, the rallroads, but when yo,l go
ts Ss' s,srp G'f'f@ fsn 0s liz 5ssar GIsss .Ssa f
south, and We nre lett alone at n'f 9 seasons l
GNf
wntcr. THO railroads have poo!cd their
earnings md hnyo become rs ono line, with
no remedy,tn tho people, who have to pay
whatever they sec ut to exact, It ie regarded
by tho people In tho section where live as
A. GREAT IMPOSITION
that ought mt to be endured when Congress
can gixe them the necessary remedy mid re- Re-
lief, The system OF chnrgcs adopted by rail-
rGads generally seemed 10 l'avo reference to
the prices Of produce, but no +! so2ner ~, WAS was
prosperous. boom with Which tho coulltry
was blessed than nll onr railroads advanced
tEcir, rates, md they were free to shy, when
inquired Of why tiley had advanced their
md In tic Investigation hefure tho Commerce
Conlnlttee i lins been boldly aaducf. na
1s9sG 1Sca 'Gr Gn 1eTs9ss rates that prices
hIlow Should such Commission bc ap--
pointctl--by tho President or by tho courts"
II think the Commission ought 10 BE- mp
pointed By The President of the United States
illus sclce.td provo 70 bo unsuitable, those
Interested have their remedy. think we
would be, moro likely to gut good Board OF
Commissioners by tl1at mode than II 1t were
lsft 70 !hs courts Our CO courts IT. @ %on|d ISroba-
lection they would make than the, President,
md lawyers nre not properly the best Judges
IS 10 win would Le best qualified TO act is
Commissioners. The relations between the
bar and our courts nrc 50 close ttiat think
1t would he q power, ut least III tho appolnt-
mcnt OF s,tcli officers II It were left to the
courts. ~. ,,
| find Il remedy for railroad oxtorions. We
Ghisuso ;oG 70 t eoaneil B'Is throngh ths ststo
| uf Iowa,--the Chicago & Northwestern. tho
Chicago d. Rock, Island. nnd tho Chicago,
Shea Shse eas eaia9iS esa9i' ad Mddnfh hoss 81 eS s 10Th
Of. these lines to Chicago, and tho
prices charged arc SO .eXorbita,it TINT they
eit aerean ne i oGss tS hFShsG@ ae @ Te S2fS
md take advantage ,g Of The market, aild SLIP
stock Is Sc, high thdt our farmers aud the men
with produce. destined for markct aro
probably in advance OF any, other State III
tho product OF corr, and the grnfn-buyers
cstlniate tint tho wheat crop amounted to
a., 0o0, 600 bushels, md for several years sho
has been tho leading State In producing fat
hogs, aud tho number Of cattle that Is being
Shipped annually from tile State IL getting 10
he Immense. As II Is now, NIL tbs commerce
that Is entirely Interstate Is dependent upon
tile rites tl!o railroads SEQ proper to exnct.
And for thls reason the people Of our State
nrc almost all Of them In favor OF the passage
Of bill that Will restrain tho railroad COM
panIes from making unjust cxactions and
limit them to reasonable ratcs of cunlpensa-
tlon." Z. b. ".