The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-09
DALIA WEEKLY BAZOO. TUESDAY, JANUARY g. 1883


ton haye taken place. 1t is worthy o.
the consideration of the proper tribuna
and should receive judicial investigation
The Constitution declares that the ques
ton shall be decided by q jury, upor
proper issues made in the courts The lib
critics OF no people sfe safe who suffer thei'
laws or organic acts to be violated by any
individual or combination of Individuals
If one or more corporations have
disregarded this section Of the law, they
should be dealt with i'm the manner
prescribed by the law Those immense
powers should yield implicit obedience 10
The law like individuals, receiving It's bene-
fits and protection when in submission ia
its requirements, and its punishments and
penalties when they DEFY its powers. There
should be the most amicable feelings be-
tween these corporations and the State
each being essential to the prosperity O:
the other. The State and various counties
having expended large sums of money in
the construction OF these roads, for the
purpose of increasing their population, de-
veloping their resources, adding taxable
wealth to communities and supplying
cheap and rapid transportation to their
citizens and tonnage, cannot view them
otherwise than % indispensable public
blessings, and cannet fail to recognize their
important and. friendly relations by im.
partial legislation.
However rapid may have been the
growth Of Missouri in the past, surprising,
in the increase of her population and mag.
! nitude of her wealth, many older States,
there are yet millions of acres of unoccu.
pied land within her broad limits await
ing the investment of domestic and foreign
capital in railroads in order 70 make their
markets accessible and make them the
homes OF an industrious people. This
capital will seek investment in those States
whose legislation is not inimical to its rea-
sonable Remuneration and will permit il to
reap returns upon capital actually invest
ed, equal to the profits realized BY capital
invested in the ordinary classes of bust.
ness. If the same wisdom characterixes
the legislation of this State in the future,
as in the past, We may reasonably expect
large investments in railroad construction.
and the creation of thousands of new
investments are now seeking Missouri and
will continue to cOme-s0 | an assured
provided it is not repealed by illiberal and
arbitrary legislation. The future prosper
ity of the State, As we'll - the fullest de-
velopment of her resources, will depend
upon the enactment Of liberal laws and
their enforcement against all classes of
violators. A prominent Western journal
said The railroads should be fair With
the people, and the people should be just
to the roads" If that idea is adopted BY
both parties, both will be benefited to q
greater degree than if An sntagonism ex-
listed between the two.
call your attention to the necessity for
an amendment to sections 83S and 842 of
the Revised Statutes of 1879. shown on
pages ISL and l5S of the 7th annual report
of the Board of Railroad Commissioners,
and the reasons for these amendments, as
shewn on pages Is to 81, inclusive. of
same report. l suggest the propriety of
amending sections 1872 84l las amended..by
act of March 18th, 1881 and S43 The
effects of these amendments will be to rem
der perfect classification of freight posi-
bic; whereas, as the law now is, it Is i'm
possible to extend the Limitation of rates
to all articles of freight, where it is now
applicable to only part of them to
make sections 1888 and 835 consistent with
sectibn S42, as amended to simplify the
enforcement of the law of rates to collect
all matter pertaining TO returns from rail-
road companies to the Commissioners into
one section; to remove discrepancies in regard
to same, and to enable the Commissioner to
simplify it; to place in a separate section
the matter of reports of the Commission
ers to the Governor, and to provide for the
publication and distribution of the same;
to require the Commissioners to inspect
the railreds twice q year; aad to inyesti-
gate the causes of accidents
COMMON SCHOOLS.
What is said hereafter of the State Uni.
versity and Normal Schools covers so
completely my views on all grades Of edu-
cation that but little can or will be said
under this head. The common schools of
the state are In prosperous condition, as
will be shown BY data subsequently, given.
On the Is of January 1883, closes the
official career of Hon. K d. Shannon, as
superintendent of the public school system
OF this state. He he's filled the Office for
the last eight years with ability, wisdom
and efficiency. To no one who has occu.
pied the Office, does Missouri and the
cause of education owe more fors the sim
plicity and excellency of the school law
ana the good results lowing from Its man.
agement than to DR.. Shannon He has
done his dirty we'll and his deeds will fol-
low him. refer the General Assembly to
his late report, which fully sets forth
wherein the school law is defective and
should be amended. Although the fol.
lowing facts collated by Dr. Shannon have
already been presented in one Of the pub
lie journals in St Louis deem them suffi-
GENTLY important to present to you:
SCHOOL FUNDS OF THE STATE.
Total amount of permanent
productive funds in the
several counties. County,
township, etc., and in the
city of St. Louis, ...... Sc, l24, O83 "a.
Add State Fund (proper)...... 1912 5l7 &C
Add Seminary Fund ........-. 122,O95 OS.
Add Agricultural College
Fund lsale o: lands) 1850. $4,000 90.