Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-10-12

people bolt their meals ana
hurry and worry as they
do in this country.
ood'sSarsapari'la
cures dyspepsia Il has "a
magictouch" " m this disease.
For testimonials Of remarkable cures
send for Book on Dyspepsia. No. 5:
c. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass
fix the prices of commodities, and
worst Of all, they have come to think
and claim that by use they have ac-
quired a vested ffght to continue in
this wrong-doing. Ii win require the
power Of the state and of the nation
to teach them that no one can have a
vested right to do wrong (Applause),
and that no one can acquire vested
right in anything through the means
Of wrongdoing Great applause
II is only in the last few years that
the parties have begun to say any
thing against the crimes and en-
croachments OF these conspiratOrs.
And 1T has only been in the last few
months that anybody has begun 30 do
anything Now and then party plat
forms have inveighed somewhat
against them, but they have been led
to believe that if they elected the
ticket, the platforms would not mean
much. Now, and then reformers,
sincere or otherwise, have proposed
the enactment Of statutes against
them, high sounding in terms, but for
the smost part practically harmless.
Yet few persons have been found with
courage to earnestly and sincerely
urge the enforcement Of those laws
when passed, or, in the absence u
legislation, to enforce the common
law OF the land, thai has been the law
ever since the English speaking people
have learned that they must and
could take care 0f themselves 10 the
past the idea Of arresting these power
ful captains Of Industry''-Rocke.
feller; Morgan, and Others Of like
character-and bringing them into a
court; and trying them as criminals,
would have frightened the average
prosecutor and even disturbed the
equanimity Of the bench
| But the day Is now approaching
when ambitious men will be seeking
the job; it will not be long untilit vii
be seen that public opinion, which 4
always the strongest auxiliary In ami
prosecution, will support and encour
age these prosecutions; and courts will
get busy, and be diligent 10 seeinl
that all officers enforce the law AM
that all people obey it, The people
who have winked at the growth 0
these monopolies, and suffered thei
extortions and determinations II
order that they might build up th
country, have now walked up to Sc
that while they have built up th
country they are claiming the countr
as their own, when built. The grea
meat packers, the Standard Oh Com
pany, the coal dealers, in connection
with the railroads and other trans
portation companies, are the chief Of
tenders in the estimation Of the pee
pie. Statutes require that all railroa
companies shall charge the same rat
to every person for like service, ant
under like circumstance. But the
have not obeyed that law; they hay
continually violated It, The earlies
J devices for violating the requirement
Of the law was the giving Of rebate
to favored shippers. The freight 9
all shippers, OF course, would be bile
l out at the regular scheduled rate, an
; each shipper would pay his bill in ful
but on the desk of the favored shippe
would be found the next morning
when he came to his Office, a roll
: bills ia repayment Of, say, about one
half Of the freight he had paid. II
didn't ask any questions about wher
It came from; be knew where it cam
from. He didn't see it brought II
5 but there it was. The way-bllls SHOW
? ed that all were paying freight alik'
! but the purse Of the favored shippG
showed that he was only paying on'
L half Of what his competitor was pa
ing. This matter OF directly giyin
e rebates became so notorious ths
n special statutes we're passed again
: II, and prosecutions were instituted
e and now it has been, for the mo-
h part, abandoned.
y But, gentlemen ot6er schemes hay
q heen devised to take its place. F'
II instance, the meat packers, grow
q rich by this license which the peop
II have given them, in order that thu
9 might build up the country, and
order that men be encouraged in u
g raising Of cattle, and In order that j
: dustries and cities might be built
y under this license they have grow
:, 50 rich that they now buifd their ov
d cars to ship their own products. ThI
el load one OF their cars out Of Kans
o City to go to New York; they tend
d it to a railroad company; the railroi
/ company accepts it, billed at u
r regular scheduled tariff rate, Just q
d same as it would bill q car Load
: meat that yoa or l were to load tn O
4 Of the railroad cars. The packlI
4 company pays that sum, Just as you
4 | would pay the freight on ours, b
3 after a while the railroad compa
] pays 10 the packing company an
1 horbitant amount Of morey as re
] for the use Of the packing company
1 cars. paying them three or four tin
/ as much as they would pay for [
rent of a car from another rallro
/ company, or from any car manufact'
/ ing company. In that way the pack
/ receives what is squIyalent to rebat
and there IS given back to him as re
/ upon his cars an amount which
i duces the rate which he pays, TO