The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-28


or that radical statutes viii
either iii Tho caso 0f5 Federal
control of RAILROAD rates or Of corpora-
.tions 4,rhHt Isl not tho point, however,
atS this 'thles tSis. iii fact, admitted Ny
,i,iany bankers fsii lw,ly and cofror,ltion
officials, That 1tcdcral charters. II They
could 30 obt,llneds would iii many cast
I'D preferable to State ctafters, III view
or tho great 1lvarsit 81 orE state corliortl--
tlofi laws. u { NJ also Admitted In hlg y
that President x RoosGve it and
Commissioner Garfield N lave not M over
suited tho serious abuses and cvils which
at present cxistsiiii traiisportutlo COR
iporation fairs. w y NJ
1T is not sos tfliich the working out Of
these problems Iii 4 helrs flnallty whiclts
concerns bankers and business tiicit q
3tllis tiffic and renders them utious rlicy8
iare more inclined too tile bel LEI That the
result VIII bn beneficial than Rot licryyise.s
and that remedial Sand Fbenetlciallle gislh--5
ton rather tlian radical and cocrsive5
measures will be tho Ultimate Oh tcolne. y
SgraYest possible Import to tho coiiitry's4
Industries iinvc been raised and tile prob
ability of citation anil 5tll,certaintysdur--R
Ing tho intervening interval that render
mem censervat i've. 4R n y many tho h slig-S
igcstiotl Of Srefofms through, enlarEing FED
Ieral5 Authority over transportation and
industrial fairs appeals as ii tremendous
step insS tho direct lon of State socialism,
This following 4 hard upon tile X Federal
election. ut which the socialistr canqi-
date for President received f$remarknbly
largo vote Isl regarded as showing e.
dangerous Tendency. .i5 u MI
Is Serious Matter.
'ha Il his tendency lis fully recognized
Is&mAdo cl carly apparent by II he irefer-S
Sences in@ Presidont x Roosevclt's message
to g n still moro radical pollcy',if the
Recommendations OF rate adjustment pro-
3r,osed I'M him #diid hot favail. rhe same
feature was DIV cit upon BY secretary-o Of a n.
the Navy rtoils when 61 ID U urged Il his
former railroad associates TO- assist A the
President n r his remedial gtslatlon u
Swas5 stated " Will & even greater dinnlte-E
ness BY Interstate Commerce Commlsslo ~
ers Prouty wlenglie SAID. S.,1, here Will be
either government ownership orj COY erri-5
imcnt regllation 81 the railroads yyhit3
Y u beals t q many bankers and
business lnet as Il decided stcp y " tl1ey
directiono OF state socialism appear to have
forward by Iii ad yocatcs 81 81
h correctionIE NJ of At that tendency. Oddly
enougll advocates %of either theory. may
Eflnd within tic measures points to stls ~
tain IN argument favorable to their u in
idlvidnal& belief. 5 ss s3 n.
iiss$1t5 III talnlyysas3 United States sela--
tor N elson, n N lnnosot said "
$mcndous s question, \, which S has been
raised sby President Roosevelt II refer
fence to ra ilroad{ rat es. and this Isl noyys
tsupplerne ted by Gominissio arfleld,I
irMrentioilS to indus trial corporal ions. II
ono reads the 81 GINS of tho n tines Alright
these ARD not aest ions thai t I have been
fr,e1
ed down wit III the terminatfon Of the pres
?cntS Congress. hey! ARE quest Ions which
Will grow and thrive on Y agitat ion ind !
upon 1t he broader kno wledge TINT comcs
switll$enlargeda land enlightened x discussion
Of various features. An ad jonrnmentfof
iCongr ess without action would doubtless
give some VI temp crazy relle III but " mall
Iprobabil 4 would onl y efer, no set
Etle. theaquest Ions, -or Kill tile sslle.s,
lconvening OF gislat I've bodies In W ester n
States will doubtless serve to keen the
and spread he discus.
sion COMM ltles where they ire real l IL
Issues Is. 9s5
Will Find Solution.
SsH#81 seems Snot$,lnfayornble, then, that the
speculative 8market should have 3quieteds
down, a ffording VI need ed opportunity
for the comm unit cons der what's
good s. and III I'M IL g sent 81 tuatloIa
As already sta ted II he mar 81 alwaYs has
asproblem to- ls7wit TIL They nevcl,sye
have proved Il beyond sssoIution. and the
esent:problenis Will be Il % excep Ion to-
this rule. Doubt less we vii mot 55,..eat
our soup as hot as served to$lls, AZ
but 1t wise to recall that II lis serYcd
very lot ind eed VI his "a ime. Forge fill
ness Of that fact might result III " severe
sscalding !. III this connectio ion. however
many ternn bscrvers iii3s I'll Wall
fanco, n originally created by 4 the proposal
and passage OF the Interstate Commerce
;act. "a "a il sipersons know j how mildly IL
worked out s1n pra ctice "a s. compared with
the alarm engender { a u the outset 4, e
Sis suggested, and not Wit Nont good Yea
son, that anything sornes out Of Com
missioner Garfield pro osal the res!,'l q
are likely to be similar. I. Il .y}{SI