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

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contrary to Law. III was sagaInatss pt III
policy, It was q crime against re
eatatutas and was not right sthdn nd
10 Just as wrong now as then. It W.
4 combination which annihilated COM
petition. 1T created power. whachE
placed hundreds of thousands within
Its control and gives to one man GO
set OF men the power to establish enl
rate OF transportation throughout tt
great northern part of this state. IA
|: i. It was direct blow at the producer,
who has right to fair profit for his
labor and on his investment. It, IL no
argument to say that there will be no
abuse Of that authority. The au-
thority is illegal. The merger Us
+ against the. law. There can 80 DO
question now as to the motive In p0f-
ting the law in operation to dissd4ei
{ the merger. The executive sfmpu
did his duty. 1t is common knowIo6eo
that Minnesota shippers and producecsi
are suffering unjust discriminatlpn
Every shipper in the Twin Cities
knows this to 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. If
the farmer and the railway and the
business mon are to enjoy q COM
muntty OF interests and to feel a part
nership it Is about time that there was
more even distribution of the PROFITS.
1t has been said of at least one Of our
great railway men that he has been q
great factor in the upbuilding Of the
Northwest. True, most true. would
not detract from his greatness or tho
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 for
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 laborer in the shops who tolied
faithfully and lived economically The
producer would have survived without
him, he could not have pro6pered
without them. The fact that one man
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
land. 1t does not give them the right
to take the profits OF the store, the
shop and the farm because by comld-
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
10 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 10 c0mo-
would not destroy corporate In
terests, would not take away q an6e
right that a railway has by law. bat +
would give the humblest citizen evgkT
constitutional right and protection Ia
that right, and to this end the law.
must be obeyed by small and great and
should be upheld without favor ~
those to whom the duty of UNFOLDING
/ It Is committed. The railways and
h other corporations of the country have
q right to enjoy fair rate OF interest
on their Investment. and the farmer
has right to fair rate OF prodt On
his investment. Farms are not bonded
at fictitious values, stores aRo-nnt dis
/ posing of Watered stock. and the pah-
lie has a right from all public-servlce
corporations to demand good service
ut 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 unjustfl-
able and when contrary to law should
be prohibited by the law. 1t matters
mot who attempts violation.
Il 1t it not more worthy in q restdsaA
than in a nonresident. Let me again
|emphasize my position by saying that
ANY consolidation or union for private
gain at public expense is unholy. It
fs.: un-American. The trust should
have no place in the land of tho tree
and the home of the brave
1t cannot be charged that humilla-
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 o.
good q governor as this state has aver
had. For two years of our almost
half century of statehood the Demo
cratic party had control of the execQ-
tive department of the state, or rather
q portion of that arm Of the govern
ment. A. it's governor. John And.
Goye this state an impartial admiats-
tz1tion Of Its Laws which resulted ~
great credit to the state and e4erlaot1
ing honor to him. It was a cout1e:
marked by such wisdom, economy end
fairness that Il he's never been sur.:
passed by any other administration.
within our history. Every proml9s
made BY Mr. Lind was fulfilled. Eveey.
pledge was redeemed. In asking agal1.
that tho administration Of affairs So
placed In our hands We point to the.
record Of Mr.. Lind and ask for q ~.
newa1 Of confidence.
We ask for, a fair comparison Of the;
two tickets presented to the voters Of.
the state. We ask q cAeeld coasid-
Sratlon. OF the platform aad We ask,
you, to compare the conditions which
brought both state tickets into e.!
1Seence. and we ask you for an honest1
opinion as to whether or not We merit
your confidence. Conditions change
with the periods. It IL not q Questiea
, Qt what the Republican party W..
forty years ago nor what the Demo-
cratic party was forty years ago, tho
question IL Of today and Of tomorrow,
There was once prevailing opiniotS
Mat diNaster and amharraaavNatiks