Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-04-03

Cnssov1eps Cxlslslsn.
v f1G1qU1o - 1abo1y baoDomed
x1nlD q - EonnGylvania xailroad
DoA - rspg1sonts hinss'f -
un9o = DmGlA r1ochsd Ne oonelusion,
y - oo11cllaDg and sxpecting =
~ II ~ management, that e Will
- une1l q = fUgued upon t. Nj.
2v popguoonts himsslf - . prime
r. - South Penn railroad project,
h r loclarss thaa hs only abandoned
n - found himss,e poweriss 70
oou1o 1t, beeauss of IT. abandon
y ~ ~ vandabilts. With their
n1oD md railroad connections, the
~ Would, 10 thinks, have been .
49,, ~ would have served 70 secure
rGny1vonia industriss freight rates
~ 1oeaed b enable them 70 prosper,
N11oA nay cannot gst from the Penn
- railroad 20 long ~ IL u . monop-
- ~ it in ~ power to put such
- upcn The industries OF the states
0ahoo it 20 pay its dividends and acca.
n1ooo large surplus.
II Onxnegieb statement 10 that this
UnGt ~ been made solely from tho in
Z 0nDlRi0 served BY the railroad within the
G1o q Pennsylvania, and that IT. busi-
- outside the state has not yielded
III = profit. This position b well
kon1fainsd by the facts, aud exhibits
~ eltuntion which demands correction.
ZhomerEy with which theP Pennsylvania
11lrood has resisted the construction OF
- South Penn, shows that the directors
e Il consider It vital to their interests
Ane they should avoid competition In
&loo 0e1d which they have to themselves
401Ehln The state. Twice they have In
16ood the Vanderbilt INTEREST," to withdraw
! .1kpm the South Penn enterprise. Their
1ue attempt was checked BY the law; the
oopoud seems to have been quietly made
!; oGsCtual. The Vauderbilts have bought
Soot thsir fellow stockholders at 60 per
H1ent, Of their Investment, and arc sup
zDDod 20 have made . deal with the Penn.
oDivanla railroad company.
L N. Carnegies excuse for his failure to
$poooeuts work which be believes the
S1ntGsts Of the state demands hardly
E16on1 suficient. He says that he failed
8 *Gooanse b lacked the power; and II this
E1otxne, u would excuse him. He says he
novR lights whsn he knows that he can
not win; and that again II q manifesta-
Nh q Characteristic Scotch prudence
sUAiah may be commendable. But there
nay ~ room for the opinion that this
Int ought really to have been won, II Mr..
fChEnagie had had better courage and .
Euoger dsrosition TO take tho risk OF
on hostility to the Pennsylvania rail.
&1lnd.
h 1(r. Carnegie has generally manifested
y 6eoidsd dlsposition toward criticism
hnt HI practice does not sustain; and 1t
Y = quite IN line with his habitual conduct
hat hs should sell out his interest In q
Rojeptsd competing line:to the Penusyl-
nnia, and then raise his voice aloud In
onnneiation Of the monopoly Of that
Evaporation.
b II. Carnegie's words would have more
Z llght II his practice was naturally In
s lnno with his precept; but the personal
( Bslght he fails to afford his criticism oi
~ Hennsylvania railroad in this case car
q ~ spasod, because Of the abundant foun.
i 1ation which II has in tho facts. 1t doei
1Ot admit Of question that the road nakel
~ pront Of the trade Of Pennsylvania ant
that IL business outside the state Is gen
oeAlly done ct Q loss. 1t claims In facI
i That nearly all its receipts are from 1T
1ocL traffic and yet 1t shows that II,
average receipt per ton per mile is fa'
lens than it receives for local freight
Of the lowest class. Its reports con
/ clusively show that the cost OF the
d earTiage OF its through freight Il
put upon its local freight aud that
"a Rnnylvania industries pay the cost
~ keeping alive the factories outside
N&hs state.
Il Plainly - this appears, we agree with
II n. Carnegie, that the wrong will not be
s. Voluntarily redressed by the railway
d Management, which must have the
4 ncnag for It's dividends, however
4 = eots t.; and which hasno present place
- eet It but In expressing Pennsylvania
6 Industries. 1t iaa policy Of killing the
pose that, ii continued, will some day
nan leave 1t without the golden
M that 1t has 90 far plenti.
1nliy gathered. Pennsylvania industries
low plainly the evidence Of being
s 11sed by the railroad discrimination
a0ainst them. Pennsylvania manufac-
tursn are undersold at their doors by
tAose Of other states. This is particularly
4 aeen In the iron business, in which
N. Carnegie is leading worker.
He finds his products and his
naeerials charged higher price for car.
4 x1age tor like service, than Is encoun.
hnced By competitors outside the state
Il Every iron furnace and mill in Pennsyl
nnia IL handicapped by its railroad
telght charges. Southern pig iron Il
q gought over thousand miles for what
, charged by the Pennsylvania roads
~ carriage Of third the distance.
& The industry of the state cannot endure
Dpeh discrimination, and it is plain that
q = must come to an end before very long
- Legislature now sitting, il it WA