Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27

Under the Interstate commerce law
| through freights can be put even higher
If the railroads think shippers and buyers
viii stand it. There is but one escape
from high through freights, and that is
in securing two or more outlets on the
Gulf coast and then forcing reasonable
local rate by legislation, Railroad map-
ayers don t deny that the policy of the
railroads is to build up distant
| markets As things now stand
if we force a reasonable, liberal rate, to
prevent the railroads from making it up
on through freights we must either have
an outlet on the gnIf or do but little
commerce. 1t makes no difference to
the masses of the people whether the ex-
Orbitant freight charges are in the local
or through freights, the consumer pays
it at last. Under our complex system of
government, state legislation won t cure
every evil in this matter of freight rates.
The men who contend that it will remind
me of an incident happening when DR..
McGuffey was our professor of moral
philosophy at the University of Virginia.
He asked his class of 200 if there was any
man in it who could imagine anything
the Lord cOuldn t do. A student got up
and said he didn It believe 'the Almighty
could make two distinct mountains, side
by side, without valley between. y
When we get our outlet or free port on
the gulf coast a convention of business
men and farmers would then
agree what fair rate to
different points would be, and a line
of ships on a pledge from them of pat
ronage would carry it at that rate, and
specific legislation would carry all Texas
freight to those ships at Il reasonable rate,
if the railroads wanted to fight it. If the
railroad arrangements persist in their
declarations that it is against their inter-
ests
TO BUILD UP FACTORIES
in local territory, 1t means stubborn
fight by the people, or that Texas shall
remain newer of wood and drawer of
water. Our cities must stand still, and
our producers reap a slim reward for la
Dor. The struggle must not be to benefit
a few points or a few men, or be allowed
TO die when they get their rates or an
Office. 1t must be fight to settle
principle in the interest of all Texas. 1t
must be a fight, not only for fair freight
rates, but against the use of either state
or Federal courts in an extravaganza, I'M
just administration and manip-
uIatiOn of railroad properties.
Railroad managers who to gain specu-
lative point, harrass and Cypress either
the travelling public or shippers, should
go to the peniteutiary, along with the
men ,whO tear up rails or obstruct tracks
wit ties.
Men who hold political offices should
hold them on we'll defined issues. If the
state is forced to provide herself free
port, let it be done on a square basis,
and with the money squandered on legis-
lative bidding ard discussion. Let us
have meetings III every schoolhouse and
courthouse and discuss this questi9if
'What shall Texas do to get the fulfnen-
eft of her labor and enterprise?' Therea
was never Bill of Rights written the
declared that corporations had inalisnaS
BILE rights.
NATIONAL POLITICS.
In the next presidential race that
party will win which inspires the people
with-a belief that it is In favor of an
economical administration of the govern
ment OIL an honest civil service and tariff
reform basis. No party will get in
power that undertakes to carry the in
ternal revenue system. Mr.. Cleveland
will not be nominated, for the very fact
that his favOrites for office are we'll
known would make his defeat certain in
close. states. When the bestowal of
patronage is an unknown quantity all
aspirants for appointments will work for
a nominee and take chances, and vice
versa. The Harrison administration is
likely to be swamped by dishonest and
eXtravagant pensions, but it doesn It fol-
low that the Democratic party will get
the benefit of the revolt, as it may re-
suit in a change of Republican leaders.