Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-30
Emery
PROGRESS
| POLITICS
ed by the Editor on His
lrip Across the Con.
tinent
Editorial Correspondence }

q, Northern Pacific train that
'et he former city at Has p. m.
E bs you at the Sound metropolis,
3 5 at a. M. How that city has
t n a few yearsl The Seattle
ssa man is more striking than ever,
IA hg, breezy, nervous class, who
bu feel a greater pride in the
= ace. The country between Ia
Ia Seattle is rising out of pric-
hal mud. Black river is being
ened t,new channels are being
Nj, the land cleared, dyked and
u planted to berries, vegetables
It trees. Land is being cleared
be hills that slope down to the
Is. New towns are springing
electric roads are extruding
l. irections.
ectric cars between Tacoma and
beat the fastest railroad trains.
:. Ter run the 40 miles in an hour,
juice jerkers' put their troll
Rpns through in about so min
he trolley cars now run be-
chicago and Milwaukee in 75
while the fastest limited
!. 9he SO miles in SO minutes.
Ee are pulling up the mountains
Cascades. Soon we stride the
Siver, green water, green banks,
Rcks covered with green MOSES,
Orests overhead, green refiecr
the depths. have rode the
: of this river many times but
me it is a new revelation of
I Gorthern Pacific route has a sue
Of the most beautiful rivers and
IN canyons. In the past few |
be tracks have been much inn
\ so that two modern compound |
take the trains up and down |
Ountains about as fast as the
Sains move through the William
&ney. Now we are up in the
knks.
remarkable that the state of
,Ngton, which is much better
Md with railroads than Oregon,
have enacted stringent rail
tmmission law. The commission
pe elected by direct vote, has
to make rates of fare and
and its findings are prima facie |
reasonable. Governor Mcbride
the fight two years ago last
N forced the issue. This bill
the house of the Washington
.ue, but was killed by the sen
a narrow majority. The senate
sen to "influence in Washing
as in Oregon, where for several
i has been used to kill all
es to tax or regulate corpora
But to defeat the Mcbride bill
rOads had to make terms with
awmill man, every manufac-
tyery wholesale dealer and cat
pper in the state. They said to
Hppers: Kill the Mcbride bill and
do better by you than you can
er the provisions of that bill.
defeated the bill in 1908. They
ed they had the commission bill
d Of. But the legislature Of
pOk the bill up and passed it in
ee of the opposition of nearly
newspapers of that state, and
Portland papers. The railroad
was strengthened from all over
lited States. w. w. Cotton, the
counsel Of the o. r. & N. Co.,
o the rescue and told the people
fegon was happy and prosperous
I a railroad commission, or rail
aws Of any kind. He was unable
hvinee the stubborn Washington
kers' The bill passed. The rail
have not quit extending their
In that state. That state has not
oWing. It's cities are advancing
Nilroad managers win do well if
peep the Washington commission
nt Of Oregon. Washington has
fOngressmen and oregon(S) is to
our after the census of 1905,
mean time the corporation law
e looking up the law and deeis'
\ railroad commissions, a subject
pave neglected for about ten
Rockefeller, who is reported to
ige owner in the Hartman prop
ef Oregon, win have TO hurry up
o'g gifts to colleges and Libraries
hopes to avert railroad legisla'
oregon If the managers OF
'''nan properties in Oregon will
advance tip they win no longer
construction of some branch
lAg'on is not only very prOgres-