The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-03-03

that il ought No % - - ~ tea4l p
~ railroad oW1en eC16ly 1ne le0l
great railroads nOW operating DesMeen
The East and the Wet - 10y -.
come . confedseacy, - ~ ceiL
themselves Tho Confo0u q.
roads,. They hsvs aGreed - -
tain uniform rates, and haSe o41Dod
constitution for THAR own gonmcnG
They cum and do put mp - 4oWn tho
rates. / don't want to say omytlltng
harsh Of these gentlemen, becsate some
Of them are considered very respect
able, but their agreement 70 combine
for tho putting mp Of rates and chaHges
10 criminal IN il character, and has
bsen 70 declared By courts insEne1And,
and under the law they should b con-
victed and imprisoned for IL"
United States Senator Window s0nt
letter. After stating the necessity d
the League 10 banish from its councils
all Communistic spirit, and recognize
the force Of tho power against which IL
had to contend. Senator Window treated
at length of tho abuses which exist in
the management d railways and tele-
graphs, and laid much stress on the
danger Of . single man controlling the
educational power Of the pres by the
ownership Of the telegrsphs, and strong
u advocated . postal telegraph and
Governmental restraint 70 b ex-
ercised over the increase Of cor
porate powers. Without such re-
straint, the letter read, "what il 70 fix
the limit Of tho exacticn of ccrporate
power on The people9 What h there 70
hinder these men from depressing or in
hating the volume Of all Kinds of prop
erty 70 suit their caprice or avarice
What :hall b .aid q : free people who
VIII submit without protest 70 Be bound
hand and foot3 have limited at some
d ths dangers which menace our future.
II Il b % correct thess evils and avert
these dangery your League has been or
ganised, it will receive The benedictions
Of the people," In conclusion il was
suegssted that such laws b framed -
would regulate and restrain the action
q The great transportation companies
without unnecessary injury to them, and
without emitting the essential elements
Of protection % the public. The meet
ing was next addressed by Congressman
Reagan, wkn addressed himself princi-
pally to the practical remedies which
had been proposed for the abuses q Oor-
porate powers. and explained the feature
Of the Reagan bill recently introduced
into Congress Tor the regulation Of inter
Statecommerce BY railroad = step in
the right direction.
The following resolution was then
adopted:
That It 10 the duty Of citizens everywhere TO
organize Anti Monopoly Leagues, and endeavor
70 secure, among others, the following spscidc
results
1. LAWS compelling transportation and tsle-
graph companies to base their charges On Tisk
and cost Of service.
2. Laws 70 prevent pooling and combinations.
5. Laws 20 prevent discrimination against
any class Of citizens on public highways.
1. Courts to give sAect TO laws placed On the
statute books.
s. Laws to make Il an olAcial duty By officers
TO defend citixens against corporate injustice.
8. Laws TO prevent public TAXATION to pay
dividends On stock.
Z. Lawn against bribery.
.. Laws 70 regulate the commerce Of the sev-
eral States.
.. Aibsral policy toward watsrvayA