The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-09-21

preaching OF the gospel OF now 10 dispose
Of large accumulations Of property and
the application Of more gospel In the
requirement Of huge fortunes.
Here is testimony of q railroad sttor-
neY establishing beyond cavil the truth
Of the propositions laid down in the
Omaha platform that the two old parties
''propose to drown the cries Of the plum
dered people with the uproar of sham
battle on the tariff" Mr.. Carnegie Ia
held up to the gaze Of the people as the
product of the protective tariff, and yet
thousands Of the iron producers all over
the country, while equally protected by
the tariff with Mr.. Carnegie, have gone
down into the black night Of bankruptcy
and disaster. Why? Because Mr.. Car
negie enjoyed privileges from the favorS
and rebates Of railroads and the trans
portatlon and financial system which his
competitors did not enjoy. Mr.. Carnegie,
the millionaire, ls che direct result of
determinations In his favor by the trans
portatlon lines.
In order that the villainous transpor-
tstlon system under present conditions
may be more fully set forth, let me sub
NIT for the candid perusal of Peoples
party men and their opponents alike an
editorial In the columns of the Chicago
Tribune under date of August 30, 1892,
with the following heading:
THE TRANsCoNTINENTAL CONSPIRACY.
The New York meeting of managers Of
the transcontinentRl railroads seems to be
far from happy one. Those fellows
who are banded together In an unholy
alliance to levy exorbltant tolls on the
commerce Of a nation, cannot agree
among themselves, and this fact holds
out to the public a faint hope for the
verlfcation of an old saying about the re-
suit Of rogues falling out-Rnd it is the
arch conspirator that complains and pro-
tests against certain features Of the
arrangement. The Southern
Pacific company managers have hitherto
forced the other American lines that
CROSS the continent TO pay heavy tribute
to themselves as owners of the Pacific
mail steamship line, which hRs been
subsidized, as an inducement TO leave q
free field for the combine to levy on
freight and passengers all the business
will bear, and which extortion these
roads have come TO regard as their legltl-
mate prey.
The quarrel thus far, Is simply one
over the division Of the booty, past and
prospective. One robber thinks another
has got or ls getting more of his "right-
full" share Of the extortlonate profits, and
insists that whatever is obtained In the
future by making the "traflc pay all 1t
will BEAR" shall be divided on some
other plan than that followed In the
past.
There is no lntlmatlon of a willingness
to recognize the rights Of the general
public to cheaper service; no idea is ex
pressed that the robber policy will not
be continued. On the contrary, the de-
sign appears to be to draw the ropes
more faulty than ever. The Pacific
mail company ia to suck It's pap as here
tofore in reward for not competing for
business. There Is to be no let up on
full maintenance of the blood-sucking
rates exacted by the most southerly mem
Der of the robber system. In the name
Of all that lS just, what has congress been
doing that It permits this state Of things
to continue year after yearH Why do the
supposed conservators of the peoples
rights who meet annually In Washington,
allow this subsldized, blood-sucklng
leech to keep up its extortionate drain
year after year, and get still richer out
Of the necessities Of the public? Why
are these fellows permitted to draw divi-
dends on stock which Is three times the
value OF the propartv and sOmethinp lllxa