The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-13
Railroads.
DALLAS, TEXAS, septemb

DAtr,s Trx,s. s,nt,pber IN Issl.
,ro IN, E5ltor ol ,hc ueyaid,
r,,aa .;..,,,,,,o c..,,;oo 80 ,,-.
An''' i " J",' ""' b,.'''' 'So'''s - or'
posltloh toward monopohes tnnt Is rapidly
gaining ground all over tho country. The
n,onlo ara bonest in tboro desire to prevont
n,oaono,;os o,ylios The ,roa, trorhIo :,
'"'.'0p'''' - "'J ""'' Az s'0'' ''0'oi' y
with mon VINO kno" ho'h''g "hH'eVer on
the subject aud have m insane desire to
crafty the suppoaed wants ot tho people,
ana caro- noI Nv what cost nor who suffers.
They do not look ahead TO SEQ what would
DO tno right OF ANY measure they advocate,
but their only desire is TO psndsr to the
prejudice OF the hour, thereby hoping to
gain tho favor OF ye people Such men are
very dangerous to any community and al Of
It's institutions
Monopolies arc detrimental TO n country IN
great many respects one OF these 10 lhat
'hoy ufVo ou' coihpohN'n' lho people should
move on those mohopoiies slowly anu Wish
great care Ihey SHOULD IRo no stop and
90 no act th@ wou'u DO calculated TO Grip
pie any measure tha' TENDS TO lessen the
power OF theae Sreat mohopolles; on The con
trary, they should throw Their protecting
arm around all enterprises thsI arc striving
to break down tho force and power OF these
great powers
Inc great powers 'hst seem az present to
90 attracting lhe most attention, are the im-
mense rairoau synuicatos mat are now con-
uoliing me shipping interests oil our ontTe
interior, We hear great cry against them,
out every relief sought to DO enforced by the
people, tends to lessen opposition to these
schemes, and to make Tho chains tina! al.
ready bind downtrodden people more So
cure. We have to-day two railway connec>
sions with St. Louis and the north and west
tho only outlets from our state ia that
direction, and they are controlled by one
corporation. II is true that there are nj
present other outlets in prospective in that
direction. Until these or one of
them is completed, we will have no
competition whatever in this direction
Now what is to prevent tho Gould syndicate
by reducing the price of treiphts yer THAR
70 lines, from driving thi, line ont of bus-
iness altogether, or compelling them 20 soll
out to some line favorable TO tho C,ould in.
terest? 1t is surely question of monev. and
none o,het than a monopoly equally AZ nov
ertul rs the Gould syndicate could be ahis
10 battle with this giant. A flyht batween
monopoies usually results in an agreement
to establish equal rates over tho different
lines, resulting ia higher rates after Tho
fight then before; 80, in in the end. tho noo.
plo have TO suffer, and none but meaey
kings aro allowed to embark IN this busioess
Mall.
The Morgan line of steamers, on our gulf
coast, is very good illustration of this,
Whenever an opposition line was nut in
passenger and freight rates were immsd;a,a i,,
put down, so as 10 eventually drive out the
opposition, the ono having tho mos, monev
coming out victorious. This has been thu
case all over our government and tho resul,
10 that all the shipping interest of the conn
try arc controlled by few powerful
syndicstes. The question IL, wherS ia relei
to come from. THIS state of s,fsirs with rail
road corporations is all due to railroad wara
1t has boon game where the bir An have
invariably eaten up tho lntlc ones -Snd
tho people who to-day howl tho londas,
against railroad monopulies ara tho vnrv rco.
plc who have lNuL Il all thar assistaHcs 90
forge tho chnias that bind us. Thev have
welcomed those railroad wars. AMI hv 90
doing have aided the monopolists 10 6ress
down all small companies TINT have Jsred ~
embark in any scheme thas WAS deirimentsi
~ their interests, These samo mononSiis,s
spptoach small dealers with pronosi,,on ~
buy them out Tho small dealer mis-, o;,ho,
coll or accept the Alternative. which sltarns.
tive is u wsr of extotmina,ion. IA ia varr
difficult to ascertain what would han cnre 81,
this great and CRYING evIl md is"jsIo,,s,s
should move very slowly in ina msi,er ios,
they augment instesd of decreasinn ,Sis
great evil. ''
If there could be such thin, ~,
establishing minimnm rata e "s
iroigh, the trouble MIGHT be croauv Iosso, aJ'
This should bo eslabl,sbed 40 as 70 Y nrous..
these syndioates and more o " w p'Vvon ..'
driving small enternriaes az 40 mn nDin
altogether. If cap'tN wsa sssu,o 'pV ,ha, ,' !,
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