Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-01-22
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Cooggs0o aao Ne Rallrsaes.
Umontativo AndHson, Of Kansas,
~ bolievo was ono Of the commit
vun1luf1ng ~ Reading railroad
~ WAleA scmmittee has not yst re-
~, = fhr - we remember, now
61ouoo inlo the House . long ct Of
nAao ~ resolutions, declaring that
n11voolo have entered into Q combi-
-. a6nangt The spirit and intent Of
1noNSommsros act, while pretending
&nv ~ ind calling On the interstate
nhim3oa % report to Congress the
shout thls railroad agreement and
up11ion eoncerning it.
II. AndoEson's resolution, 70 Ear - IL
- Or information, = very good but
( = noe % clear that be hes the right
oDwee IL question in proposing to con-
= - ~ agreement OF the railroads and
y 1aglslate 10 forbid it. Ali combination
s6oee hurtful. Like everything else that
r. ovil In excess, it may b beneficial In
soper doses. The interstate commits
- = supposed to approve the aim Of
- htest railroad agreement, which
slonpH proposes to effect two things
- IN Observance Of the Interstate
IN Gll around (; and next, to settle ty
G11fsotion any differences that may
S1loo between the companies. The
t object, Of course, will be approved
~ svsrybody; and the second cannot
II ltself b objected to. Congress
not deny 10 railroad companies the
I Ielsilees OF living together peacefully
- settling their differences amicably.
What Representative Anderson, how
sosoe, appears to object to, u mot the arbi.
( 31Eokicoe Of railroad disagreement, but
slnD agreement, the violation Of which
<1 Tie subject Of the arbitration.
1 @Dooningly be would have railroads man.
SlDnlatsd for agreement. He considers
;o1elf disagreement needful Tor the public
welfare. He would have them always in
n1arp competition for business and ready
- Do Il for nothing rather than not do 1t.
E.An6 Il ID 10 be said that this Is appar.
E6nty . profitable condition for the Gus.
elp0sn Of competing roads; but it is
0oagiy not good for their stockholders |;
80 = it Of my benefit to the business Of
~ % That do not have competing
= ear svlcs. Mr.. Anderson would
elsy ELL these latter places that they
yaEer got It; but he evidently does
lake it easy for them to do this,
Z his policy obliterates the value Of
iroed stock.
III This railroad question Is evidently one
which needs TO be looked at all around.
4 xhe very FIRST confederation in 1t that
4 1pgoes itself upon the public judgment, is
1hat railroads, being beneflcent public in.
! loitutious, should have adequate reward
- their service. They deserve public
Z nneouraesment. Msnifestly then there
1Aould b trade enough to keep them
omployed and there should not be more
znllroads than the carrying business Of
- locality demands. But this st once
Anfs out the idea Of competition; and
o1oWs that this II not the panacea for the
lDyfl4 Of railroad management that the
ehlic undoubtedly suffers whom there
+ lDap competition. Therailroad manager
- natural highway robbe- and there
- but two ways of teaching him
snnnners and honesty; one Of these ways
+ ! ths building Of rival road and the
othsg b Incarceration in jail. As tho first
1ean b faulty iniDiuring innocent stock.
4oldsrs, and IL set at nough., too, by
pools and combinations, the manifest re.
oourse IL to the enactment Of stringent
AVA declaring the quid pro quo Of rail.
md service and making 1t crime to vio-
lats them.
Mr.. AndsrsonS resolution may do
3 Uood II It secures the views Of the inter.
slats commission and psrsuades Con-
Gyeas to act upon them. That commits.
.elou commands the respect Of the coun-
~ ;and tho judgment Of It's chairman,
1udge Cooley. is especially approved.
He has never said anything that
3hiled to attract public commentator,
And be has always shown q breadth Of
HjeX upon the railroad issue which cared
1nr the interest Of the companies as well
- Of the public. And we think the in
eocests Of both are the same. The com.
panies quite - much - the public suffer
nom tho abuses Of the officials, and Is
0uch netd protection from it by the law.