The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-13

granted special terminal rates The COM
mission demanded that these small er COM
and at once the cry went out that the
railroad and. warehouse commission was
bidding for votes, and the Republican
daily papers were filed with sneers
against the commissioners. But history
again repeated Itself and when it was
seen that the railroad and warehouse
commissioners Were determined that JUS
tice should be done in this matter down
went the rates and as I speak the order
has been promulgated or within few
hours will be promulgated and accepted
securing to the smaller communities IL
our state equal privileges with the large
cities
PROTECTING STATE RIGHTS.
Another great achievement of the COM
mission under the guidance OF Gov. Lind.
has been the pfotectfon OF the rights of
the state of Minnesota in the old st. Paul
and Duluth railway. You all know the
ing t. any extent the traffic upon inter-
state railroads. All traffic which comes
from without the state or goes to a point
outside of the stale, becomes interstate
commerce and over that the state has no
control. The ST. Paul & Duluth railway
constituted line of railway entirely
within the state OF Minnesota and run
ming from the great receiving point at
the head of Lake Superior to the great
distributing point at the Twin Cities; and
this line of railroad, the only railway en-
CiFeIy Within the state OF minnesota. was
purchased by the Northern Pacific rail-
way, a transcontinentaf line.
Suit was instituted by the railroad and
warehouse commission. to set aside the
fut but the commission did not stop to
weigh the chances Of success but fear
1eSSly set about doing the best they could
to protect the people of this state. The
result was that an agreement was en- ter
ed into between the state and the North
ern Pacific Railway company, by which
all the rights which the state formerly
had over the ST. Paul & Duluth Railway
company were preserved. The maiuten-
aT1ce of the line as at present located was
guaranteed, as was that of the terminals
at Duluth upon Lake Superior and it
was further stimulated that over that
strip of railway the state should continue
to have the same control it had in the
past.
It is to the credit of the management
of that road that they were willing to
make this agreement It has been to the
credit of all the roads that they have
been willing to. meet the railroad and
warehouse commission and adjust these
various differences but 1t is above all
to the credit of the railroad and ware
house commission and to the credit Of Gov
Lind that they Instituted these various
private citizens to do the work for which
they were elected and appointed. but have
been swift and eager to do what they
considered right ;2and at this time the re-
6I6CtlOn Oh ana MI. Knox
is fully as important to the interests of
the people of this state as is the re-elec-
ton of Gov. Lind. They have performed
their duties without ostentatfon, without
fear or favor. and So efficiently that alb
solutely. no seri tieasn1s can be made upon
them.
WORTHY OF SUPPORT
It is impossible to understand how any
citizen of our sta tie upon a mere question
of partisan politics will refuse to vote
their duties in the manner / have des-
crfbed. 1t would have been easy for any
Of these men to have made a great hue
and cry over these various matters; to
have gone so Ear that the railroads in
self defense would have been compelled
to resist them and commence one of those
long controversies which only ends in the
supreme court of the United States. But
Gov Lind appointed upon the railroad
and warehouse commission men or ripe
and mature Judgment, men of conscien-
tiops convictions as to their duties. The
test that they applied, was how can we
best benefit the people whom We repre-
sent, and so they have gone on, modest
iy, bravely and efficiently and in few
menus aceompllshed more for the peo-
pie of the state than the railroad and
warehouse commission had previously
done in its entire history.
With Ringdahl and KnGx we have this
year nominated that we'll known citizen
of Minnesota, sydney n. Owen He has
been very near to the hearts of our peo-
pie for years. The accordance of a nom
nation by him for what might be con-
Sldered a minor office upon our ticket Is
not only graceful act upon his part but
shows that he is willing to serve the
people wherever he may be called With
Sydney W. Owen added to the commission
the people Of this state may rest assur-
ed that their interests will be safeguard
ed in every particular and that the COM
mission in spite Of the sneers of their
enemies will continue in the future as
thew n inv firra+ ia
ditions upon their own motion and
remedy wrongs without waiting for pri-
Vate complaints.
IN 1888 we charged the Republican ad-
ninistration, with using the binding twiDe
plant for the benefit of, the dealers in
binGlng tWine, rather than for the benefit
OF the consumers for whose good it was
intended. In 1897 and 1898 the price of
binding Irvine was fixed at a. low figure.
but the entire product of the states
prison was sold to the dealers instead OF
to the consumers, and the farmer derived
no benefit whatever from the fact that
1 this industry was carried on by the state.
This was the evil Complained Of and hera
again the remedy which was promised
mas been applied, and since the inaugural
ton of Gov. Lind the consumer has re-
celVed the benefit of the prison plant
without the intervention of the middle
man.
The management of this industry Is a.
vast Undertaking. The profits possible to
~. NCEClAd upon number of cir
Cumstances. We have lust gona tll1.o, Ie.,
a year in which the raw material during
the time that the state was compelled to
puIchase twas at a very high price, not
only because of the demand for cordage
Of all kinds resulting from various causes.
but because Of the difficulty of obtaining
suffleient supply from Manila The
greatest care has been exercised by Gov
Lind and the prison management to pilot
tn the industry safely through this years
storms. even to the extent of sending
tWfne trust has been. all of this time
alert and vigilant act has viewed with
Jealous eye the success -ef the prison
management. In spite of all these dir
nculties, however, the prison manage
ment has been able to competa with all
comes, and has actually melted the state
seAlething more thaAf $1,000 over and
s.2o'se all expenses OF the states prison
Itia.s this surplus IS not larger is due to
Inc facf that because OF a small crop this