Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-30

| contrary to law, 1t was against pubic
| policy, it was a crime against the
| statutes and was not right then and
Is just as wrong now as then. It was
| q combination which aEnihilated COM
petition. It created power wtlch
placed hundreds of thousands within
Its control and gives to one man &C
set of men the power to establish epF
| rate OF transportation throughout thA
great northern part of this state.
1t was direct blow at the producer.
who has right to a fair profit for his
labor and ON his investment. It Is no
argument to say that there will be no
abuse Of that authority. The au-
thority is illegal. The merger was
| against the law. There can be 40
question now as to the motive in Qut-
ting the law in operation to dissolve
the merger. The executive simply
did his duty. 1t is common knowledge
that minnesota shippers and producers
are suffering unjC,;t discrimination.
Every shipper iii the Twin Cities
knows this 10 be true, every farmer
from here to the Canadian border
| knows this to be true. The railway
commission is inactive. Complaints
are lodged and placed in IigeOn holes
to gather the dust and must Of time.
and the people bear the burden. II
| the farmer and the railway and the
business men are to enjoy a COM
| mun1ty of interests and to feel a part
nership it is about time that there was
! more even distribution of the profits.
| It has been said Of at least one of our
| great railway men that ne has been a
| great factor in the upbuilding Of the
Northwest. True, most true would
| not detract from his greatness or the
extent of his accomplishments, but
while he has done much for the COM
mercial development of our great state
this great state has done much Tor
him. His personal prosperity has
been cOeQual with the development Of
the state and would never have been
possible but for the farmer who has
toiled faithfully and titled regularly.
It would have been impossible but Tor
the 1aborer in the shops who to4led
faithfully and lived economically The
producer would have survived without
him, he could not have prospered
without them. The fact that one men
or dozen men have contributed much
for the development OF the state gives
them no right that does not belong to
them under the supreme law Of the
AssAAA. ~ NpCo lAO1 6AVC SACAAA IAlO tt8AI
to take the profits Of the store. the
shop and the farm because by conrbt-
nation they have the power.
! The merger is an issue In this cam
pa1gn as much as in the last. and must
remain an issue until absolute justice
IL had by all the people. There must
be sanity in conducting public affairs.
We are not for anarchy; we raise 40
red flag here or in the time TO come.
I would not destroy corporate ln-
terests, would not take away auIte
right that railway has by law. but {
would give the humblest citizen evoeT
constitutional right and protection In
that right, and to this end the law
must be obcyed by small and great aod
should be upheld without favor by
those to whom the duty of UNFOLDING
It is committed. The railways and
other corporations of the country have
q right to enjoy fair rate OF interest
on their investment. and the farmer
has right to a fair rate OF predt On
his Investment. Farms are not bonded
| at fictitious values, stores are not dis
! posing of watered stock, and the pab-
| lie has right from all public-serwce
corporations to demand good service
at legitimate earnings. and any at
| tempt to take more than that is not In
keeping with good government. Any
consolidation formed for the purpose
of exacting more than that is unjust1fi-
able and when contrary to law should
be prohibited by the law. It matters
not who attempts violation.
l. 1t it not more worthy in resident
than in a nonresident. Let me again
emphasize my position by saying that
any consolidation or union for private
gain at public expense is unh0ly. It
is un-American The trust should
have no place in the land of the tree
and the home of the brave.
1t cannot be charged that humllia-
ton will come to the state with Demo
cratic success. That charge was pre-
viously made and the contradiction
came in the wise administration Of Is
good governor as this state has ever
| had. For two years of our almost
half century of statehood the Demo-
! cratic party had control of the execu-
tive department Of the state, or rather
portion of that arm of the govern
! ment. Az It's governor. John LApd;
gave this state an impartial admials-
tration OF it's laws which resulted IN
great credit to the state and everle0t4
ing honor to him. It was course:
marked by such wisdom, economy and
fairness that 1t has never been SCR
passed by any other administration
! within our history. Every promise
; made by Mr.. Lind was fulfilled. Every
pledge was redeemed. In asking again!
that tho administration OF affairs be
placed I'm our hands we point to the
record of Mr.. Lind and ask for ~
newal Of confidence.
| We ask for fair comparison of the,
, two tickets presented to the voters o.
the state. We ask caEsEU consid-
GRAFTON OF the platform and We ask
you to compare the conditions which,
brought both state tickets into e.:
lstence. and we ask you for an honest1
opinion as to whether or not We merritt
your confidence. Conditions change
with the periods. 1t IL not q question
Of what the Republican party was
forty years ago nor what the Demo
cratic party was forty years ago. the
question is Of today and OF tomorrow,
There was once a prevailing opinioni
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