Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-07

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edItoria1 ast,ols:
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naeser, to otate really aays % rail-
roaa company, sWe give yon ~ Tiaht
q vAy fsr yOuR rod; - give you she
anfnossey - enter upon. condemn. d
aImos % yoos oun termA appr0pslaAe
private property. e you run aloke tho
lins nov trnveroed b. staRe onmpany,
ve Qvo Jon authority 70 brsak up H.
ooaneW of the eeaGs 0uners. II thsrs
are teaDeeers thesg. oae, os ! hundrod.
o. : thsusand, y etve you uormission'
u e6ece 20 put yo1r hands q tAs rock
sts of thoeo taamsoeep and 8 rob them
0f qu1eo oA6 they po1oeos. IftAoee are
hla1ksmilhs and 1aeon makers thsrs.
wo auenOFt1e y0u 10 beave than Of their
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hotel kesperH and traders. II mar
has opened - Rroat expeuso : ooaI
measafos and b reapina reward from
g q tAs!, ss authorize you to Ieavs him
% poor hs cannot pay OF his hands. r.
refining works. and has. while adding
g Sc worlds treasures become pr0yi-
deneo 70 hundreds Ii the reQion around.
ws authorize you 10 crush out 10 -.
tegpriss. X you srs dishonsst: n van
assume that yoar road cosss sviscy - =
nuch e Il has, O. of the mosev ~.
you 20 build it. yoQ steal half, " AZ
tnosizs you not only 70 charge such
farss and freiaats - vil pay yoo ampls
Interest upon the eoet, bot also upon
what yea may steal N construction. II
any independent citizen darea % i'm
peach the jastioe Of yoar extortious. wo
authorize you 70 give 70 the neiehb0r on
the right q him, and on the Ieft Of him,
and acrOo the street from him, speoiAi
ratei thrca9h which he may b. ruinsd
and the independence knocked ous Of
6im. We anshoriss yoa TO sst aside any
Constitution Of = State OF any laws
wnich may assert that eli property shall
be equally taxed; and TO put your prog
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assert that Il cost. We absolve ven
from AL obligations to the public. and
authorize y0u 10 foag nothing In the
world sxcsvt oompstition. When tsss
becomes troublesome. ue authorize you
rates With him, and theu to raise fsres
aud freiahts 90 that the public viii not
only have 20 pay interest on what ron
have and what you stole, bat intsreet
also on all your competitors steaIinRs.
We authorize you to charge more for
carrying passengers and freight 200
miles than for carving the same pas.
ssnaers and freight 100 miIes. Where
you ind trade firmly established and
she people prosperous, No authorize your
directors 20 form 8 little com nanv
among themselves and to uss the road
Tor transferring Abat prospesity 70 their
bank accounts. We authoriss you TO
use the money obtained BY yoaf extor~
tious for the purpose Of oorYuptiu9
LegiaIatures, CenRrsas and the higher
courts. and Ia br4hoinR financial and
political ruin 10 any Who may oppose
you. The fact that your road proposes
In theory 10 be . common carrier d0ea
not count. We sbsolve ron from all the
obligations which, Of old, were thought
% attach TO companies Of that kind
The above 10 the way railroad CON-
panies construs their franchises, and
they stand in the courts and Ia Congress
and ask, inpudently: "What are you go-
ing to do about it7"