The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-06

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liz nj nh~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s.1,i.G.2 IL
t.ial sel.a;.s. s,fs. Il, 1877. - Mach
u. 1879 slo, 500
IL report to he New York Chamber Of
Commerce. the CoMlrit.ec OH Railroad Traits.
porta,ion OF that body alludes to that suhj.ct
az follows
How oslivi.ns " their obligations ~ conn
| mon carriers. and low reg ri!.s> Of pull c
rights are tie great trlEk linc- i lin ratcd ~
their making an agreement with the Ssan lid
Oil Company ARTICLE Al ID protect them * Il ];
loss or injury from competition. What Las
| happened in The cast o. the Standard Oil Conn
pany may hepien III ctlier lines Of business
With the favor Of the managers 81 ,lle trunk
! lines. Whit Is to prevent commerce IN tie rest
| @: the srea. staples from Icing monopol zed i'll
| similar manner? Already. ildes d, 1t il TAX
ing THE course. One or two firms in Baltimore,
Philadelphia. New York, ami Boston, with their
| branch houses in the West, Gre. ly the fin
Of the railroads, fast Inonopo'izns tue export
trade IN wheat, corli, cottlc and ro.isio =.
driving their com titurs io thu al with aLec-
lite & rtfinty. breaking down and crushing on.
tie energy and entcitr.sc Of tie niany for I'll.
benefit Of tic few.
Railroad managers admit that -tic.i tllinl.
afe wrong that they are opposed to pubic
| policy mud private narali,.: Ask u rail- nd
manager the remedy and he will tell ,ol "a
pool: viii, legislation to enable the ln'lload
conipaa, to enforce agre, mens made with an
| Other company. lie is Ger ain that any legis-
laiun or supervision IN the interest Of the InL-
! lie would Lot Only be inop rat.ve. hut Iao!,at.
unconstitutional. AMI ccrtaay niicli Wa. lie
will y ant to Grang I lave ". ich were after. 4
repealed. but he VIII forge. 10 state that they
wsrs pnrposey nairconstrl.ed hy the railroads,
| and instead VI aclnicscirig il and RI, inc
them ont in good faith, r Tread managers made
/ them @ troublesome pc ssibi. 20 the luble.
n order that they might create react on i'll
public opinion. and. With tile i,.r.l u,t Ut
mon IL both election. an the lobby. IRE
/ their repeal. He will forget To tell yon thai.
wherever this result has " en attained, i; was
aecolnii he'd only afAr the ri roads hai con-
redcd nl.tel'll reforms for vii b the people
had commended. IL will not mcn.i II the fat
that the decision Of The Supreme conri " tie
ULn.i atss, in the so.called Grai,ler ca o..
/ established .eyond question the phi .ipls in
Which the Grang.rs conten.cd and swept az.
! the w.b Of sophieti. IFS mEi.h learned c.,,,;, q
hai ben sli..iiiag upon the Dartmouth e! CSC
case.
| The decision Of the Sumrslt Court in thu
Granger ease. rendered March !. 1877. was cne
oft he most important declarssion. tf public
| rights since the Declaration Of Ind. Mnl.nce
| Regarding the power to regulate. Chief Jus
tice Waite said
fected With public interest II ceases to ~
| lNyis rsic,ns only. Tins was sail hy Il, e.,
Chief Jn tisr Hale, r.orc than zoo years ego III
! his treatlse De Portibns Marie ami has been
accepted without objection ~ an essent al e!e-
meiai III the law Of propItv ever ,iace. pfai-
erts does BECOME clothed with mhlic iut,rss.
4 when used in mGnar to make it Of pu'iic
coaseqnenee and affect the community al large
Wien. therefore. one dcvotes il property to a
'i.e III witch the public has an interest. lie in
CT ct grants to the public M interest in th.t
u,c. AMI must submit to be controlled ly The
| public for the common ~ d to tue extent of
/ the in.Crc 4 liz has thus created. He mav with
draw hid grant by discontnuing the ils. bit 80
long az he maintans the h., must submit to
| the control.
A prominent railroad manage, while recent
II arguing against Governmental supervisi ~
an control OF rates, and il. favor o. the pool
i'll, system now 30 mu.h in vogue stated. ii
almost the same rcath, that 1.-The pooling sr.-
tenn would remove the determinations aud
other evils Of which the public complained
and that competition wuuid insure rcason-
| able rates seemingly forgetting that paallnr
| i ,sptessiy Designed 10 prevent comaeti on
Undoubtedly the pooling system doe p.a.est
| the public interest against mnch of tie Ier-
4 sonai discrimination viii Ii has existed in IL
rad management. bnt as regards the nnre
inportan. part II the question. WHIST il
rsasonabie rate? il leaves the uc.ien ami
cam re- of the eoG'try--to use the words Of
the United States Senate commit &c -. wholly
at the insrey ef !,..s Ei;i who ies ,gn;ze no
responsibility but to their stockholders. ans. no
rl'eipie % ATTIC hat n rSon4i and eerlasr.t
agH:aniizslneat.'
recent report ~ the New York Board Of
lftds ard Transportation says
Honestly md eunltably managed railroads
| ire tie most bsnaic ut Il 60 .r. of the cent
nrs. liz. perverted b.. irr.srOa.iblc and nm
controller coipMate man c.;neitt i'll witch
s:oek-nafcl:n-. AMI .indr.d swi ,ilts ar.. toll
Grated ani favoiitisin in chag ST resni ID,
the. become sun. II Z cat ensires I, accom-
Liisli unequal tasatic. and to ar.sitraiily re-
distribute the me:ita 81 lii. ca,lnt,y Nhen
this stage e things Is -GugiIt to be prnst-
mated ~ acquiring roliteai power and -lap!:I.
legislation trough corrupt nsc T money thr
situation grow. more fo.1ous.
The railr ,ad is tie isy.ntiyn Of tie Isl i.ali
century TIA tremendous development, u cor
porat- i.f.. aftelsi.d BY the abuses Of wL,c.
tie public sanrl.n, has ..mred within this
period. and largely within III. last twenty live
years. Continue for another half century the
| present power Of corporate rs to tax the pub
lie. atii We will have a men we'd artstoeracy in
th- country slt.@l s.s tho world has never seen,
and with il all tss III. Mdai.t phenomena of
venal legislators and rrilp,ioa in high places.
vii, Il has en- ed The d,MnfsH Of oil the great
r.p.tbllcs Of History.
These are s,m. ,f tic mas t;en- nh',h ar,
forcing Themselves ulan the ate: ton II
ihong.tfnl American citizens in,l.yldnalized,
} they may i. stated:
Tan Americans. whose fog.fatl,cfa abolished
the iaW Of primogentnre and entail to avoid
tine eslie OF vast a.clmulatiohs II wealth III the
hands Of Individuals, afford to leave unrcgnlat-
"a H.S agencies far more potent tn that end
than ans which wtr. At that ti,ae dreamed of
When corporal. life ur trace combinations
Developed Into orgailizati"a; Ike that of the
! Standard Oil Company. controlling -tipls
IL ~
and hundreds Of Legitimate traders are driven
ont 81 existence. j. II rot time to inquire what
steps Should IL taken ID protect the interest Oi
; III. producing. commercial. AID consuming
classes
! When, to pr etnatc lower already acquired
, by these organizations, corruption IL openly
prartieel III eur elections. ana the bribery OF
Legislators ;so.s unpublished. il il no: time tina.
American citizens should consider where sucl
practices lead, anu insist that the State should
Resume the sovereignty aud control over It,
creatures which j! las inadvertently and tenn
. pOrarily r.lin,ueh.d.
The oilv answer ius far made by the apollo.
: sisss Tor these practices has leen to denouncs
2 those who opposed them as Communists : q
Y .'Soclaists. So bare ~ facts and 10 hard
y pushed for arguments favorable to their case
Y are they. that Mes. rs Vanderbilt aud Jewct
, must fain adopt tEi1 policy, and c0ijuro mp the
phantom Of So.ia,is m to shield Their praciis o
In theit JOINT letter 10 the Hepburn committee
: they suggest that the staid and couser.atiy.
merchants of the New York Chamber of Conf
: meree arc fast tending in that direction then
: words being:
}. The growth II disregard II property ii
: thr country il vely market, and railroad cor
y pofatons offer fl. oraL'c forms u attack. III.
! encouragement, by such y Loly N the Cham
/ Ice Of Commerce. to such ideas VII not stop Al
. railroad corporations, hut will reach all kind,
. o. associated capital, ani viii not stop b3for.
it reaches all pr opeity. This growing tendcnc,
b TO Seciais.ic prime les is one Of the dangeroul
I sions Of tine times. and il not checked. vii
4 produce scene. Of disaster that would now ap
: psi the country
u Soa.e months after this, when the Legisla
tive committee had pronounced the principa
: charges made by the Chamber Of Commerce.
p .inlly proven" the committee OF that bod,
! having the matter in charge alluded to thl
! subject, in their report to the chamber. AZ FOL
. lows:
: Your committee beg that the members o.