Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-06-22
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ARE THE INTERESTS oF<THE PEOPLE
ADVANCED BY THE ADM,N,sTRA-
'. TON OF GOVERNOR LIND.

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the New Ulm Coel Rate Case Sustained by
the Supreme Court, as Wa" Expected.
."And There's More to Follow"-The
Weeks Roundup of State and National
Politica-The County. Democratic and
the State Conventions-Every Indication
of Enthusiastic and Harmonious Out
come-Now for Kansas City and Next
for Victory. "ssz:' - ri =: ''''>',
Reform Press Bureau,
St. Paul, June Is, 1900.
Step by step administration Of state
government in the interests of all the
| people of the state goes on at the hands
Of Governor Lind and those entrusted
to state duties under him, of which the
state supreme court decision, sustaining
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion, in their action known as the New
Ulm coal rate case is the latest incident.
This letter recently quoted Governor
Lind as entirely confident that the state,
in that case, would be sustained, and
the decision fully confirms his view.
This case, in brief, was the result Of
efforts to obtain fair and equitable
rate for hard coal for the people Of the
southwestern part Of the state, where
for years and years exorbitant rates
have been enforced by the railroad COM
panies. Action originated in the city
of Governor Lind's home, New Ulm, on
complaint to the railroad and ware.
house commission by the Commercial
union of that city against the prevail
ing rate of 50. 50 per ton, Duluth to New
Ulm. The roads being cited to hear
ing, such were held Nov. and Dec. II,
1898. On Jan. 10. 1899, very soon after
Governor Limbs Inauguration, the com.
mission made an order reducing the
rate to $l.95 for New Ulm, and other
points in proportion. on fixed sched-
ule Of places and distances; a very ma
terial average reduction, which rates
being all that the companies could
charge in the aggregate from Duluth to
the said points, was known as the "joint
rate' that the roads could divide be-
tween themselves. The companies in
terested made every possible legal de-
Tense on test case by the Minneapolis
and St. Louis road and were defeated.
first in the Ramsey county district
court, and now in the state supreme
court. The latter finds clearly and un-
mistakably for the people, sustaining
the commission. The company an
nounces that it will still further con-
test, however, which means the slow
length Of the United States supreme
court, possibly, before the people will
come into the actual benefits Of the ef-
forts made in their behalf
The railroad and warehouse commits
sion is about all the machinery pos
sessed by the state for protection Of the
small interests which the people in the
past have not voted away in franchises.
The people are, therefore, more inter-
ested in it's administration than in al
most any other department.. That they
are pleased with the present board is
conceded on all sides.
There was opportunity last week for
only the merest mention Of the state 8
"No,' uttered by the railway commits
sion,S against the proposed consolida-
ton Of the Northern Pacific and the st.
Paul and Duluth railroads, which Wall
street and railroad and business men
had accepted as accomplished fact un-
til the state stepped in. The state holds
that those roads are competing lines, in
the sense that brings them under the
same inhibition that was successfully
maintained against the Northern Pa
cific and the Great Northern, and has
taken the firm stand that the consoida-
ton shall not be carried out except it
be shown that the state is wrong. At
the moment the game is blocked, and
the Northern Pacific and the Wall
street interests concerned are looking
around for some way out.
And speaking further Of the commits
sion, it has ordered stations maintained
at Wylie, on the Great Northern's St:
Hilaire branch, and Grow Wing, on the
Northern Pacific. A commission that
commishes is what the people have now:
The state Democratic convention to
select the Minnesota representation for
Kansas City, will have been held before
this letter reaches all its thousands of
readers. There is every indication OF
that enthusi asm and harmony which is
marking like conventions in other states
all over the Union. Such certainly have
been reports of the county conventions
of last week, and certainly it is true Of
the Ramsey and Hennepin county &C.
ton. Harmony and enthusiasm have
great big capital letters this year with
the Democrats and those cooperating
with them.
Let all of our friends bear in mind
that nobody should stay away from
Kansas City who can possibly go, and
the opportunity, as to trains and low
rates, was never equalled. You can &c
with either the official Democratic trair
or with the Silver or Lincoln Republi
cans. The full particulars are widely
| published and are obtainable from