Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-09-01
rHE ArCHIsON RAILROAD SwlNDLE.


books. lie found tnat the Income OF
the road for the last four years had
been made 10 appear S7,VDO,OO0 more
than il really was. or this immense
sum, 90, ,9J6, $50 was paid in rebates dur
ing the four gears ending last June, Ia
violation OF the plaiu provision OF the
interstate commerce law; and the total
Of these rebates had been carried on
the books as an available asset, ''wheD
fn fact it had no value whatever" say
Expert Littie.D The remainder OF the
false income had been paid 70 other
roads as d pooling balance-which lie
also contrary 10 law.
This 81, 10000 sn0uld be made an
available asset through the medium Of
the federal courts. The officials who
paid 1t out, the men who received II,
knew they were participating In an un
lawful act, and violating federal stat
u.e. The court should compel either
those who receive this money 70 refund
IL, or the officers who paid i6 out IT,
make Ii good. Every dollar Of IL
should be paid back into the assets OF
the Atcbison.
FurthefmOre, criminal proceedings
should be instituted at once against the
railway officials who paid out the
money, and against those who received
it. Let us have the majesty Of the law
vindicated. It's power was invoked to
stop the obstruction Of traffic on this
very same road during the Debs strike.
Now let IL as surely and swiftly mete
out punishment 10 the corrupt scoun
drels who violated the law and wrecked
the road.
The odium of wrecking the road, and
Of these unlawful acts, Is thrown upon
RheinhaTt. OF course he was the
chief culprit, and he should be pun
ished for his unlawful acts. But the
board Of directors should not go scot
free. They knew that he was "pad-
ding" the reports of asset. paying re-
bates In violation of law and carrying
them over to be paid out Of future
profits. There needs to be more strict
accountability Of officials Of corpora
tiOns and this Atchison matter affords
q splendid opportunity for the federal
courts TO give such o shaking up as
will be beneficial in every railroad Of
flee In the land.-Coledo Blade.
That u the way the great leading
Republican paper Of Ohio, and the
great leading Republican papers Of
other great Republican states speak
out. That Is not the way pretended
Republican papers in Oregon talk, bus
1t Is the way they should speak out, If
the corporations and the corporation
lawyers did not muzzle them. The
trouble about bringing any Of these big
onrrrratt fkfauoa ~ iuatfoa Ia that
the same men who manage the corpo-
ratioDs manage congress, the senate,
the courts and our state governments.
The Immense frauds and the millions
that are made by these political corpor-
alton managers. are primarily wrung
from the producer and the laborer.
The masses Of the people pay the bill
TO enable Willard 10 live like Duke In
Germany, aad Pullman TO buy titles
for his daughters In Austria, or George
Gould 10 hobnob with the aristocracy
OF England. We are told the govern
ment should not run these great conti-
mental highways. But these corrupt
thieves who cut each others throats
aud accumulate their millions an
nually, while they wreck the properties
in their care, they are now running
our government 10 greater extent
than many persons imagine. 1t will
ruin our government as well as the
railroads 10 allow the corrupt polItlco-
corporate partnership TO continue.
These corporation nabobs OF organized
capital ride up and down our land In
special trains and on free passes. They
have the leisure, the time and the
money 70 manage politics for the peo-
pie, An the people have 10 do IL TO
pay taxes aud produce BY their labor
that upon which all must live. The
talk about bringing any Of these mil.
IIonaire robbelp 70 justice Is nonsense.
Their tools 10 large exient slt on tho
bench. Their agents make tho laws,
Their money buys whslegeF Il wanted
o. nsedsd IA the way Of legislation ~
states o. IN congress, The potent Ia
fiuenee " sold w ths million msIis All
barriers aud ssags al e0nsolenoes.
When Il y aDdeFstood that the money
with whlob 0uF government u cor
Fvpiea h nfsl wTung from ths psOpls,
sad ihen used 70 oppTe~ lbs psepls
sud opggupl lhsag ss'l'plsenea lples
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