The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-20
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i,eaps.i alIa-s and ridicuir on the ia
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party Politicians. Every nov and tlss.l !
he Eszgs s5sss BstsEssss - ezisasity |
howl about tlse 0ztnEtiNssa q the Tsii. /
sUad issOllOPs,lists. beside which the |
speeches Of P,-fer aud Simpson appear
mild ASH temperate, but when the
people who suffer from tiseae oKaCtiWla
proIH,se tn renfe,ly tie evil by the only
inetlI,,d That experiences and reason
ShOw to lie practicable. the EIgte fairly
screams la d+risiUH and contempt.
The EisyIc drnuuncrs tine pruPrsiti"n
ct government ownership of railroads
As I,;,trTnalIstic and iinpracticable, but
never lts it advanced ANY aFguuI, ut IA
prove sts assertions, nor has SC suZgest-
ell ans ether means Iy which tie evils
Of tile present system 'f corporate man-
agesnsnt of railroads, of which L. loud
Is complains. can lie removed. On the
contrary, tile general drift of the eslitO-
rails Of the Et'gle is to show that the
farmers Of Kansas are the most pros
porous people Ou the face of the earth,
and ought to lie cJntented and happy
with their lot as it l., without ciamOr-
ing for. changes; that the extOrtiOns
and exactions of r,,ilrus.d nOnOpOlies
and other syndiGsItt.s and trusts that
the calamity howlers complains OF, are
mere bUgal,oOs c1njurei up in the i'm
agination of the people by political
sclemsTs; that alt the TURNER'S have tn
do TO continue in their present prosper
Ous condition is to attend strictly 90
their Turning operations; stay away
from alliance MEETINGS; quit bOthering
their brains about questions that they
don't understand; Obedirntly follow
the dictates of the professional POliti-
clans who have studied these questions
and know ali about them; and wnen
election day comes vote the straight re-
! publican ticket, OF the next best thing,
/ the strtigiI; democratic ticket.
Aud yet, after the election is over,
: ami party restraints are relaxed, the
( E,tgLe allows al item Of fact tn appear
in it's columns that uneqIivocaily gives
the lie to th'. editorials that have filled
it's columns for months.
With broom cDru selling ia New
York at $50 a ton, the farmers of
Kansas are compelled to take for theiI
product from $1,000 20 500. 90 per ton,
the middlemen and railroads taking
5000 a ton for their services in trans
porting It To the consumer. Goods aTs
shipped from New York to san Fran
cisca around Cape Horn in sailing yes
sells at ten dollars per ton, a contrast
of rates WiIicIs shows the effect of com
petition im keeping freight rates Al
reasonable figures. As the ocean is 1
public highway which nU mUmOpol,
can control, ocean rates are kept down
by competition, bnt as is we'll known
there is practically no competition
among railroads. Every once in
while Il war of rates breaks out ani
lasts II short time, but it winds up II
the end with restoration of rates &
> an agreed standard, and the present
imtOlerable condition of railroad mis-
management will continue to exist ~
long as the roads remain under tht
contr,'I of private individuals.