Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-08-17

shows that he is IN the hands OF tn
politicians and that all his prett,
talk is Il rank bluff. Even if he die
demand tariff revision it would b.
the rankcSt kind of bluff. for 1T
knows full we'll he would not get i
frc:n the gang that will control th'
next congress. Why then does h,
hesitate To make the demand. Hav,
| the politicians OF his party got hin
that badly lococd?
| Is the peoples idol, after all, jus,
common clay?
Iwould not be surprised if the true
inwardness of this railroad rate regu
| latiOn business should come to the
front in Il short time. Railroad men
of course, have known what it was
all along. The public, however
have been in bfisstul ignorance
What makes possible that revelation
Just now is the fact that Chicago has
| been forced to show her hand in the
little came tine west il nlavino
| against the east. Some weeks ago
the Cincinnati board of trade asked
the president to direct Attorney
| General Moody to bring proceed
inrs arainst the Southeastern
Freirht Association. winch it is
charged, is Il combination of the rail
roads south Of the Ohio and east of
the Mississippi to control freight
rates. But week ago 81. Louis and
Chicago were theoretically invited
TO come in and be narties to tins nro-
cecdlnr. That let the cat out of the
bag.
For wears these three cities have
bccn trvin~ to ret from New En-
Gland and the North Atlantic states
the trade tb,t tho1- have hu;1t mn in
the southeastern states. The rail
ways feeding the southeastern states
have insisted on a fair rate for their
haul from the western trading cen
ters. They have been forced to take
a lesser rate than the railroads run
ming out of the northwest because
they were in direct competition with
water routes. The Interstate Com
merce Commission has repeatedly
decided that this discrimination in
favor of the northeastern territory
was perfectly justified and right be-
cause of the water competition which
the railroads had to meet. Now the
western trading centers ask that
they shall be given the benefit Of
water competition which does not
exist as to them. That is because
they want to freeze the northeast out
ofthc trade Of the southeast and finn
If to the midAI. n4 1+4o+
lv nronor husiness scheme ofconrse
Tts fob+ botuoan New York ond
Cbicaro for the husiness Of the
s+o4os Tbo+ tho lono
and short oft and Chicomo i hound
.o ,o, = f+ho+ ;s within +bo ,.orno
RESPONSIBILITIES, whon C,h;oo,,o so+s
1,o,. d an on,-+h;nn sbo hustIos
4 A,o,-h f,.o,x
.o+tIosno1-o :, sro -, os ,,o1as.os ~
aa,,,
Won don,t .ea the connection vat
wou + wil, ba nlaipar whom 7 fol,
Won that Cb;caoo interests and Chi
caoo Influences have been back of
all this aei+ation for railway rate
control bv the government That
has been the ground work for the
nrcsont nroccedino under the Sber-
man Anti-Trust Act to comnel the
railroads south of the Ohio. which
arc an indoncndent oroun from
,boeo north fthat river to helm
Cbicaoo mil her chcstnuts out Of the
fire and Give her the trade she wants.
cbicaoo has been back ofpracticallv
all the aoitat,on in the west and has
ne sod Govarnor aFolIctte Wallace
Hoard and many other aaitators rs
oopu ,o,ys e,,en +bornb those esti-