The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08


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| tSVO'p~,i,.Vss - ,is vOipsVsiiiig iIinuSnSe'
Ineta snVuid pe pdoncaGy Va ,ie accounts
Oh coDinOn Carriers, nu coInniVn Garner
engaged IN Interstate busiilvsS Snvuiu
| hveD any bOVns Va meniJianua v,her
| tne,i tnVee rtpVrteu puiesoit 70 law OF
| re 4 HuiauvII, anu tneae povns or menu
| otanua snoulu be open 10 the inspoI-
4 uOn OF the governniept Ony III tni5
way can Nio.uuuns of evasions or me
law be surrey uetcV,eu. A bJstcm OF tx
| IhlninatUn OF Itilroau accvunts sDouid
| ue prvviued siinn,tr 10 that now conduct-
eu Di.o uie hauUnai Daiins w tne BANK
eauiiners; lew nrst-ciass railroad az
CUuiiIttiI,5, IL iDey httu proper direction
| ana proper autnOrlty 10 InspeCI UOonS
and pdpvfs, uou.d accomplish mucn IN
| pIevenpiB wiIlIui VIViatiOA5 OF uIe idw.
~ wOuiu not De necessary for tnem 10
| examine nI,O the tLSvuunIs OF aily ran
lrodd uness los goOu reasons tnOy were
unecteu 10 40 30 w tine in,ers,a.e cum-
! fnerCe COMMISSION. IL Is greHIy TO DC
uGsiftd mat Seine way misnl Do-fopnd
| ny wnIcn an agreements as TO tfSns-
portauun within a slaLe intended TO
| Vpera,c as fraud GL,vn lnc iEderi,
huers,ate commerce laws couid pc
prOuBnt nnucr tne 1urisuiction Oh tnS
| ieuei al au,nVritits. As present 1t oc-
ours mat large snlpmvnts VI ,httrstsitc
trIiic are cVntroned by concessions On
pureiy state business when OF course
lanOunts 10 an sVAsion OF tne law. INC
commission snoud nave power to en-
fofco ly,ir treatment by the great runH
| mes Or laIeraI and urititsn mes
4 urge supVn the congress the need OF
proviu.ng lor eNpediuous action by the
IInterSttte commerce COMMISSION IN ~
these matters, whether IN regulating
rates for traIIsportatiun or Tor storms
OF hanulng property Or commodities i'r
transit. Inc history of the cases ilti.
gated unoer the present commerce act
n SHOWS that It's efncacy has been 70 "a
great degree destroyed BY tho weapon
uf delay almost the most IormldaoIc
weapon IN the hands Of those whose pdr-
pose II Is to VIoiate the law.
Let me most earnestly, say that these
RECOMMENDATIONS are not made IN any
spirit OF hostility to the r1liiroads. "a
ethical gfounus, on grounus OF rlght.
sucn hosuuIy would be lntoIcraple: ana
on grounds of mere national seit-inter-
est we must emsm6sr ipst ifarn snsn nos1 not
multitude of small investors, a multi
tude of railway empIoyes, wage work.
ers; and most severely against the M
ieve that on the whole our railroaus
have done well and not i'll; put the ra,,-
road men who wish to do well should
not be exposed to competition with those
who have no such desire, and the only
way to secure this end Is to give to
! some government tribunal the power I,
see that juslce Is done by the unwilling
exactly as 1t is gladly done by the Wan
ing. Moreover, II some government boov
~ given increased power the erect will be
to furnish authoritative answer on be-
half of the railroad whenever irrational
clamor. against 1t is raised, or when
proved. / ask this legislation not only
IN the interest OF the public, but In the
! interest of the honest railroad man and
the honest shipper alike, for IT ls they
! Who are chiefly teopardized by the prac-
tees Of their dishonest competitors. This
} legislation should be enacted In q spirit
rancor. II we of the American DodS
: polite are true to the traditions we have
: inherited we shall always scorn any
! effort to make us, look down upon or
; treat contemptuously any man because hc
is poor. We Judge man by his con.
due,Lthat is by ms S eharactermand &c hi nos not
cause of quarrel with him. Indeed, W
have nothing but the kindliest feelingS
! ness man who behaves decently. whether
he has made his success by building. or
gooda over that rrGhS railroad TSe sis P
: road men and big shippers are SIMPLY
: Americans of the ordinary type who
} have developed to an extraordinary de-
gree certain great business qualities.
] They are neither better nor worse than
. their fellow citizens of smaller means,
They are merely more able IN certain
{ lines and therefore exposed to certalil
PECULIARLY strong temptations These
/, temptations have not sprung newly into
. being: the exceptionally succesfui amor
mankind have always been exposed TO
2 them; but they have grown amazingly
In power as a result Of the extraordi
nary development Of industrialism a,una
> new lines, and under these new
: conditions, which the lawmakers Of +.
Q could not foresee, and therefore could
: not provide against, they have become so
I serious and menacing as to demand en-
: tirely new, remedies 1t is In the in
of ae best sSe 81 sbpaer sa
4 than OF the public that there should be
I governmental supervision and resula,
: ton of these great business operations
q for the same reason that 1t is In the in:
: terest Of the corporation which wishes
: to treat it's employees Alright that there
8 should be an effective employers liab
o ility act, or an effective system of rae
I | tory laws to prevent the abuse OF wo-
!, men and children. All such. Legislation
q frees the corporation that wishes TO dc
y well from being driven into doing III, In
n order to compete with Its rival. whit
Q prefers to do ~, ,ha.d We desire to set up
: iusion more fatal to the nation than tiit
e delusion that the standard of profits
i of business prosperity. is sufficient II
s Judging any business or political ques-
Q tion-from rate legislation to municipal
government. Business success, wnethei
= ,or the individual or for the nation, Is
d a good thing only so far as II Is ac'
C companied by and develops high
f. STANDARD of conduct-honor and integrIty
n civic courage; the The kind ma OF 6ns,nes, noasd 81
: nonor, that puts an inordinate value
Q IN mere wealth, that makes a man ruth
d less and constituencies in trade anc
); weak and cowuruIy IN citizenship. is mo-
a good thing at all, but n very bad thine
o lor tne nttlon. Phis government stanui
II lor man MANHOOD first anu FOR Dusines,
u only as an auJunct to manhood.
y The question of transportation lies a
> the root OF ail industrial Success, an,
% me revolution. in. transportation whicI
/ mas taken pace during the last ma
y century has been the most importan
J. factor In the growth of the new lnuus
n LriaI condiuons. Most emphaticaliy W,
. DO not wish to see the man OF grea
n Laients refused the reward Tor his tai
II ents. sun less 90 we wish TO see hin
j, pena lized; but we do desire to SEQ tn,
y system of railroad transportation 80
/. nanuIcd that the strong man snail b'
% gwen no auvantage over the weak man
l. yNe wish to Insure aSi fair treatment TO
,he small town as for the big cIiy; 40
IS the small shipper as for the big ship
> per. In the oid days the highway q
g commerce, whether by water or by
e road on land, was open TO All; 1t belonge,
!, to the pubnc and the 'trailic along 1
!, was Tree. AT present the railway ~ Ihi
g highway, and we must do our best q
a- snh thnI Il is kenf- nnen To MI ON aunu