The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-08

him now, more, then a any time IN pre-
vlops history,ais turning also the worlds
great 4 brain. All 4 over our country are
springing up examples of labor taken
Into partnership with cap tnl--eXanples
who carry out these creations. making
common causes. Make ! t possible to give
corporate form and goyernmentai sceur-
ity to this kind of jus and helpful indus.
T trial snfiillatiOn. In short, MS I have Just
said, take the corporation out of the list
Z Of suspects Make it medium Of owner
ship into WHICH the principles Of justice
{cntcr, and the Instinct of our people, al
ways alert to help u.s. man for man, to
an individual !, independe Will do the
hat Spencer Said.
E President spenccrSfollowcd Judge Gross
cup. I; Ills address was as follows:
I''At no time has the Presidents intcn-.
ton beento advocate governmental
jury upon the Investment In the proper
ties or Impair the usefulness of the car
3riers to the public: He has never advo--
Gated and he can be trusted neversto adj
Nocnte, the adoption, OF any regulation,
principles on which the government Is
IN tribunal which will answer the de-
scription can DO organized. or II methods
can be found-nnd ] believe they can DO
and special tribunal for the purpose--by
which. the great railway auest!o Ions of the
day can be settled in accordance with
prncpes 81 w'
ment which are Guaranteed by the Con.
stllutlGHm spsak WItl5 authority
sMy te viii nIesS %
that. view, and aid In the accomplishment
OF tho desired results.
The Real Difficulty.
"The difficulties Of adjustment. there
fore, lie not. as has been so often claim
31nmentally In tho anomalous condition.
In which the carriers are placed under
hs aw ng gsa 10 rens Of t rsm ess
~ and unnecessarily tho innocent along
WIFI hq o sHtS a Gsf ausFss os
oter Sas deaf! nttfRpffiy
special tribunal and by special methods no.
which the carriers object, i Is 70 grnwse
ana unfni rc san1 not rSgmn
SPECIALIZED regulation which, while ostenssl-
bly, attacking ono evil; or class Of evils,
5intiiuts nnknown and iE1justillable In
and thai Which undertakes unnecessarily
TO intorferc WITH thss legal and beneficial
Freedom or. 6 nMnu ttsasS5ae; 40 i, ana on,
slcIVDTlss ma NUN VI lVbut
usefulness of4til, !!s:rlers, nnd impede
( thu mar erlal d!sus.ppment of the re-
saNr%$es ofth,e ,,lnsry II til, Is net t he
rsialsin % %ns5 sta aTddy0s pu' : '''
s. ss Foy,lisend Bill.
1.-THE S,1'ouJis eng }Slll provides that 9
ratio once dyed By the commission should
continue I'M force Indefinitely. unless
changed b. the commission or by the
court, Under such Law AL rates wou!di
In time, becoma commissions rates. nnat
tho functions OF railway managers IN ad-
justng rates to meet commercial con,
dlt!ons, and In extending the, sphere Or
usefulness Of the transportation system
OF the country; would step BY step come
to an end Slow, bit steady, paralysis
would creep into the industrial arteries
through which the blood OF commerce
flows and the transportation system
would gradually become dumb and rigid,
The present activities Of railway mans
ayers would bio eliminated MS an aEency
IN the Intelligent development of the
resources OF tho country. Rates would
coon be machine-lnade only, and COM
imerclal and Industrial centers, now ae-
acknowledging no bounds for the ultimate
distribution OF their products, would 1lnd
themselves operating In narrower and
narrower zones, finally circunScrlbed by
tgoyernlnental edtcts as to where their
wares should go.
The Remedy.
tThe simple. direct, equitable and eff
ton seems to me tofbe this: s5gt
lfuct har iact ha PSylry.8 and