Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-04
Governor LaFollette of Wiscon-
sin Speaks In Favor of a
State Commission
OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE
Intimation From the Executive That
the Roads Will Resort to Unfair
Methods, Even Bribery, to Defeat the
Proposed Bill in That state-com-
pares the Rates.

| Madison. Wis, Sept. 4.-Governol
La Toilette talked at two fairs yester-
| day, speaking at II O'Clock at the Dane
county fair. and then taking the train
| to Evansville, where he spoke at fail
at o'clock in the afternoon.
The governors speech at both places
was devoted entirely to freight rates
and the necessity of q state railway
| commission, which will be the burning
issue in the next campaign. While he
made no direct charge of bribery in the
last legislature, he read chapter from
a book by Ex-Governor Larrabee OF
Iowa setting forth the hard struggle in
passing railway commission bill there
and detailing threats used and money
spent by the railroads to defeat it, after
reading which he said:
This will remind you of what you
have seen transpiring in your own
state. You will recall the events which
transpired in your own legislature.
You will find under them a parallel for
what Governor Larrabee has de-
scribed."
Discrimination against Wisconsin
shippers by the railroads was the gov
ernors argument, and he gave compar-
isons of local rates to Milwaukee and
Chicago with rates for like distance
from Illinois points to Chicago to prove
that the Wisconsin rate is higher, aver
aging for grain 20 per cent more. An
illustration Of discrimination in COAL
rates he gave as follows:
A car load of hard coal weighing 49,
900 pounds from Milwaukee to Madison
will cost $50 In charges, while like car
load from Chicago to Ashton, ILL.,, a
like distance, will cost $26 only.
A car load of soft coal Weighing 49,
600 pounds from Milwaukee to Madison
will cost $3.50, while like car load
from Chicago to Ashton will cost only
$50.
A car load of hard coal weighing 49,
900 pounds from Chicago to Madison
will cost $50 in freight charges, while a
like car load from Chicago to Union
Grove, ILL.,, a like distance. will cost
only s26.
A car load of soft coal Of the same
weight from Chicago to Madison will
cost $3.50, while like car load from,
Chicago to Union Grove. ILL.,. a like dis
lance, will cost only $50.
1T doesn't do you any good" the
governor said, ito produce large corps
unless you can sell on an equality with
your competitors in the market"
1t was reported that a party of
GAINESVILLE stalwarts headed by Senator
Whitehead would attend the Evansville
fair and that Senator Whitehead, whose
offer to debate with the governor was
declined by the fair management,
would rise and resent any aspersions
the governor might cast on the last leg
islature, but the senator did not put
In an appearance.
While the governor was speaking at
the fair here stalwart circular was
distributed among the crowd contain
ing criticisms of the governor made by
the stalwart press, with several car
toons which are prepared under the di-
recti0n of a stalwart syndicate here.
The governor met with a warmer re-
ception at Evansville than at Madi-
son. At the former fair every one of
the 1000 or 5000 people on the grounds
listened attentively and applauded his
address, while at Madison large part
OF the crowd remained scattered about
the grounds while he was speaking.
Tomorrow the governor speaks at the
Appleton fair.