The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-27

wldehls situated nj HE border, with visl
nnpt0pltd aud untnltlvated territory hnd
| llie failure NJ whose products horne over
| long lines NJ Communication 10 distant maf.
ktlss, must depend ao lnrgnly upon the
cost " transportation. No ono can deny
| the Justice Oi reasonable supervision ~
railways IN order that the safety and com.
| fort vi the traveller, and the prompt nnd
equitable mOyomcnt Of lrllghts may be en-.
slifed nor can any deny he enforcement ol
| the duties OF the common carrier In his
dealings with the pubic. IL cannot bcsup.
posed hat amid tho vast ramilcatlonS OF
railway business, subject ~ the lines are TO
honest errors In management, even N dcci'
ding upon what Is the best Interest OF tie
pubiic, aud dependent as the lines arc upon
The conduct of thousands OF eMpl0yes,
that mistakes and even abuses will not OK
list. These duties of the railway and the
rights of the public have always been
provided for by law. In rOst tets the pen
atty for violation Of them more extreme, or
the construction of the law more liberal, to
the public, or its enforcement more rigid,
than in Texas. The citizen has not hest
tated TO invoke the courts: the courts have
not hesitated to afford the remedy; nor do
believe the citizen will be willing to eX-
change this privilege of holding the railway
to rigid accountability for its conduct,
while in charge Of his person or property,
and looking to the courts for cons tructon
o,r .mu 81 ony anthoriled oIant ~ thc
go ~, r,nr. stotntory, rrIes t9r Tho ~ nv.
. .,,,, ", ns roiIwouS any 9nninst do.
o or;,iinatio,n ha. ssco,ad tIe ;,dgmopt ~
the courts, when appealed to under the
present law | confess it is not in my knowl-
edge. If in the long range of complaints
~, JaoIa,,ah G,, tha no,,rss 6ovond tba
peon ~, ~ ~ ~ ,'' o'y ~, L.
Sn,;o,, H. ins,;aa 81 la',;sI 10, tn otInrd
quesSiIh nv useioo Ui rest1at t W. usE
lsiu ouU 10 ~ ~, ;y. .;o J,r,ars
s qua He oaiaoe1 w. t pGlv wn5'i
VIE G eAis.SncepI tuo la!iMaye
Ihe ullncuity o. arflVl,g ~ sa " My
soi.'!,oh VI 1fe il1'Siv tuIiV.oii i.i ~,
nps INCREASED iaIBclS lroli, tiic cohssructlN
vi new lineei "iiu WI Ioi.iiuo W lholeaSe
as they progress; put l pelleye tne roaus,
II permitteu 10 40 so: VIII woik oue ol these
dlihculties 10 me sausiactlon ana
advantage OF the people, Inc interests OF the
cltles ana Towns on ana near our COAST ana
IN the interior, whose growth and CONNER
clal Importance are source OF priue 10 our
people, ana winch are already IN lively
competltloh WIN commercial centres OF
other states lor the tfade OF IeXas can
neither be Glsregarded by the railroads or
the state. Inc interest OF the producer VINO
demands tnat the privilege snail DC &c,
corded great railway lines, having capital
interests identlhed with lines OUTSIDE the
state, snail be privileged TO carry ms pro,
ducts at cheaper rates than merely local
lines, cannot be lost sight OF and the fact
must be recognized that unless local lines.
are permitted to meet the competition of
these Interested lines, the cheaper rates
VIII neither continue, nor VIII the producer
be able to ship to the market OF his choice
without an absolute loss
The agitation of this question in Texas,
has now reached point when the inter-
ests alike OF the people and the railways,
call upon thoughtful statesmen to give TO
the subject that long ana patient research,
which VIII enable nm to present TO tle
country an exhaustive review OF the reia-
lions OF the railways OF IeXas TO her people
ana TO eacn other, the capacities Tor the