The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

/ ucnt rs self interest, is constant! op'fatN'
on behalf 81 low rates. Can legislative ne
,aiiuu pu further or do more Ana 40 we
need public functionar! to advise us not To
aiieuatc expected revenues
But another and perhaps more powerful
recommendation To- nor-intcriercnce tha''
a,,, c, s,,,-.,..n cd ,.,av ~. found IN the taci
thai suci. hostile Interference must tend Ia
DISCOURAGE and prevent the further con-
>,ructton az needed roads Such interference.
I * destructive of the interest assaulted ana the
! Immediate occasion OF depreciation aiid loss
, To the owners. And Ia do this with de
! lihcratc purpose and explained intent must
! deter further investment in the same diiec-
tion aud arrest such further growth AMI de-
Xcinpmrnt OF the country's resources as
! these aids were intended to secure. Ion
cannot obtain capital to build railroad 10
! your doors If Yen have by previous acts all
| Ncrti>cd Il determination Ia make the prop
prlty your own az the first meeting of the
! leg lsiaturc after its completion. Men do not
continue to deposit in II bank that has failed.
/ nor 10y n duplicate investment invite Il dupl-
! rntr robbery. Pas yuir proposed acts of
control and Qualification underaD. pretcn>c
Z
sanic time and 10y the same act forever en-
| Join the further coIisi riction al railroads IN
your midst. l. This your purpose aud wish:
! And l. this The best policy for the country:
| Iiut have rot time. Mr., President, 10 pur-
sac the matt n farther. have pointed ont II
! lew of the many evil pis>rqucnccs likely TO
| follow the adoption OF the scheme proposed.
! Let me for more ready and convenient refer
cucc and examination, group them IN their
order.
! First. II occasions au undue and unneccs-
~ary increase al government officials and
government patronage.
! Scconu. u substitutes the poltic... tor The
1 business basis Tor the management of Il pure
/ Is business matter.
/ Third. "a l. calculated IL >ccur. the APP
! poinimcnt al incompetent and unit mcu To-
positions of higher trust and responsibility.
: Fourth, IL provides for inattention. neg
! irct and fa.ihlcs,ncsS of such ~ shall lie
/ linen appointed AMI ohcrs premium for Il,
breach u. Responsible trusts. ana
Filth. IL directly and torcibly di-cCuragcS
construction al other and needed roal>
/ throughout The country. and mcaniy refuses
! ~ Others the ad, anla"cs we ourselves al
! ready have.
such. Mr.. President, are Il few OF these
I many considerations which suggest them
selves in opposition Ia the policy of legisia-
! tin. interference in the couGuct and maI.-
! a.emcn, III our railroad ~ stem. either al
which, in the ahS.'ticc of some substantial
I and commenting reason To the contrary
oughi IL prevail Ia preventing me ,.Ln. .io.,e
/ and uncaici !or experiment III any such
reason exists. have not heard it, nor heard
oi II, nor has il been anywhere stated. The
most thai has come To Won has been IN oc-
casional cry of;querulons discomfort. or I'm
nnr,'asunin.: ami unexplained demand for IL
change with lut assignment of any reason
tn, rcior. Men a. the end OF Il bad season
have figured mp their accounts and found
themselves sometimes losers. They have
footed their freight bills and found the
amount paid Tor freight to be greater than
the amount al their shortage, and .aid--lutid
enough to bc heard - but for these railroad
charges should be .niiicr instead Of loser"
That their mower or reaper would net 10
it, work without the expensive help oi horse
power, would t'c just rs much II reason. and
i9s' - pertinent AMI 'urciblc.
G.cinicnt eli the road, is tina, they are mon
opo!kn2-g grinding -oulles-. constituencies
monup, lies. II II II Little curious that this
Distinguishing characteristic of II railroad is
never thought OF while YET negotiations 81
il construction are pending. and that in
taD-c sections wh":c no roads have yet been
bui:. IN, people alc heckCnin" with both
.iinG> &c capital L. come III ana establish
I'll monster monopoly in their midst. Even
"a itic", prudent. conservative and respect =
abic II body Of men aS :. legislature has been
known GA occasion !" hold out genuine on bo-
GN~ iirduUcmcni Tor the construction of one
tN"sc uni''tr nui-anccs Within Uicir borders.
!, l. uot uaiIi the money has been obtained.
and invested beyond the possibility oi recall
thlnk they discover how badly they have
been taken in and done for" And strange
10 say, this is II kind of outrage and injustice
! OF which people can never get enough. You
cannot, Mr. President, point To IL man in
this convention, nor ont of il, but il pro-
foundry DESTROYS for the establishment Of
just such nuisance in his immediate vicini-
~. Ii he has NOT III least one road already.
his demand for it * imperative. II he has
/ already one of them, the demand icra second
il still more urgent than il was for the first
and 50 ON od igGnjtam. | have never yet
seen Il community that in this direction con-
siderod Itself sufficiently afflicted.
Now shall doubtless he considered very
marrow and bigot,sl in my notions ana shall
stand alone in my anti'luated opinions, but !
think every man ought To have II monopoly
( in the thing ne owns whether il bc "a good
mine, ten thousand acre farm. II million
dollars. stock nf dry goods. horse. !, cow. IL
whccinarrow or railroad. 1 think owner
ship i the patent 10y ~hich a monopoly MAJ
/ bc Justly ncld and ally enjoyed ana |
don't believe another man, ncrany cpmbin;,-
I ton OF men who c,ii-pirc III caiicus al mid
night or in committee, rooms in midday, have
any right IL take away the monopoly nave
| in my own horse and buggy, my own coaoh
/ am; fOui or my own raiiroati. i n,an VINO is
MOI rf9nopoiiSi to this extent j. 1t coInmun-
! isl. AMI ann not on al these. But as :" the
: business that may hr Il ~" 10y These. no man
/ j. OWNER AMI no man ha> Il monopoly. The
! superstition is another iii earth. Tner.. x.
hir Pi"-Itnt. ;ia -iivi; II tam. a. IA monopoly
~ t!:C h..sinv,> uI ri rJli. and never has
/ been since Il second road was built into The
sam" territory. Every r,!j running rom
Munka:o j. in active 'tHd constant t.oirIrt;-
iiun with every OF. r. al operated iG the
northwest. give u,. leave t. illustrate.
>ufio-c thai ~" tf':t.~ ran pirate. Win
each cIhcr through tur state II, ~ IN Mis-
soar. a. II" Ni>~i>~ .sii liNcr. - ~ eujt or
iiiy Eli"- apart. Thus you ~. -.y. give 10
',Iyh o; theia u moiap,!y t.! ihr h4i,iae-> On
j i1ir. - lar a. ,nc stations acs concern
eel the would hc substantially true. Tor II
"Ould n"t pay - haul 10y tctIn wit1u thc
hiry or tho twenty miles Bat l+etwccnthe.e
two road- lies productive. }er,gtols from
which IN" product must bc i';ui:G tu enc or
The Other al these parallel roaa-. and the o..e
that carries the cheapest viii, lay a natural
law of Trade V,.f III" bulk al the business
Can one of these roads afford To iiN II higher
rate Tiali III" other: And since they are IN
competition as 10 these Interior points, does
ia" shipper Immediately upon the lines gei
the hci.ciit of the competition rate. And
inis natural ana iUevitibi,. competitive ex-
tcna, not oniy to the twenty and the fifty
mites. bat Der contiguous AMI even distant
states. The "boic railroad system vast aid
extended IL IL H., IS but single machine of
transportation, every part of which Is reiat-
Gel to and affected 10y every other point. The
roads in Minnesota must see To il that better
rates are moi made bs the Iowa line, and
rcght- diverted To them the Iowa roads, in
ara, must stand guard not only over Mime
sofa rates int attend also - the Missouri
reads, whose connections tap Nebraska ~
Omaha and Flattsmouta, ana Kansas al st.
Joe, Atchson and Kanssss'ily. Sioux FAN,
and Sioux City compete with Omaha, st.
Louis with Chicago. and So on to the end of
the chapter ana the end of the earth.
Railroad pools are another cause OF oilensc
To shippcrs-a continuance tn deprive peo-
pie of rights they never had and constituting
another and characteristic reason why
railroad should be transferred from the man