The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1881-01-16

To TIE Editor Of The Sunday Herald:
SIR have noticed several editorials in
the Star In favor Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. In one OF which II says, "That company
really to mean business In their professions OF
n disposition to compete actively with other lines In
accommodating the pubc.' No doubt such Its pro-
permitted to Its sleepers the public would he
relieved OF the Infamous swindle practiced by the
Pullman Company. came from Cincinnati to WASH
ington the FIRST sleeper puton by the Baltimore and
Ohio and had to pay exactly the same price charged
by the Pullman and have not heard OF any reduc-
tion yet, though the court refused to enjon the
Baltimore and Ohio at the suit OF the Pullman And
It will be the same as to the through route TO New
York over which the companies are now fighting.
Does any one suppose II the Baltimore and Ohio
ceeds 1t will make any difference in the fare charged?
II so. he must be exceedingly verdant as to the way
matters 1t may possibly result In cutting the rates
for little while, but they viii soon combine and
that IS ali iii gammon Al ABOUT the p%S public
is to get all the money they vhn out Of 1t. "only
that and nothing more.' I remember well how
worked and hurrahcd and threw up their hats to get
the Baltimore and Potomac road In at the expense Of
the mall and S Of half a million nh %Sis of
to admit an amendment that the company should
pay for the land and the proceeds he used for school
fund for the Dlstrlc-al with the idea that we
to have cheaper fares, ETC., In consequence of the
competition; but fall to see wherein the great gain
has been In that respect. The result Is that these
corporations, while refusing to pay their taxes and
finally compelling the authorities to compromise and
take part only, now insolently defy us when we
seek to have their depos moved. and exhibit such
power to absolutely control both the District Com
missloners and Congress To-day the whole
country is being robbed by the exactons Of the
giant and combined monopolies the most OF
whose roads built by free gift of the
peoples land, while their stocks are away
got through Congress for relief. 1t Is with this II
was with certain measure In relation to the Natona
banks that Gen. Butler advocated years since.
and In reference (Which he sald
"Mr. Speaker, know this bill ought to pass,
but when look around this hall, and put my eye
on no less than sixty presidents and directors of
tonal banks, know very well twOn' pass! There
too many railroad owners and stock gamblers In Con
gress-thas what the matter. So, too, In the States
they own the Legislatures, and even dictate the nom
nation and election OF members and Senator's Their
is no shutting eyes to the fact-the great po
litcal fight OF the future, In this country, Is going t.
combined monopoes who are robbing them, and fo
one, say, let 1t comethe sooner the better. WheI
1t does come my motto will be, 'Lay Macduif,
| id be he who first cries hold, enough.
| AN 1854 REPUBLICAN,.
Since the above little screed was penned the new
comes that the telegraph companies have combined
and at once the Western Union stock jumps from 81
to 10I thereabOuts and of course the public has 60
to pay rates that will dividends these
bned watered stocks for the benet of the stock gam
bers In and out OF Congress- Here is England AM
| other European countries In which the government
runs the telegraph at far less rates than pay, an
stilwe, who claim to he the most progressive peopl
In the world are being ground like grain between tn
upper and neither milestone by these Internal monopo
| les-hang them