Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-23

IN council may, within certain and lin.
defined limitations, fix the tariffs OF
railway transportation at what they
Will. They can determine when,
where and by whom business may be-
transacted 1870 si
Il am not an enemy Of the treat
corporations. nor of any of the trans,
portation companies as such, but am
opposed to the abuses which have
grown up, fostered by those corpora.
tions-abuses incident to transporta.
ton Of freight. But am not unmind.
full Of the fact that one of the important
elements OF American progress is that
American people shall have saved to
them individual opportunity Individual
opportunity has made this country
what it is. 1t has spread, our com.
merce over the seas and 1t has placed
in the railway lines great commercial
record.
amy system. any practice, the use
of any power that takes away individ.
ual opportunity, Injuries the progress
OF this great people, and / undertake, to
say that the power to control freight
rates, vested in the hands of few
| whose interests are personal, destroys
individual opportunity. 81
Sees Two Alternatives.
"One of two things is bound to hap.
pen in the not far distant future
either the power of controlling rates OF
Transportation Of freight will be vested
In the national government or the
whole great transportation system, OF
the country will pass into the hands OF
the government.
Personally, i would view with alarm
and concern the acquisition by the gov
ernment Of the great transportation
lines. 1t would be dangerous. But
here, on one hand, we have organiza-
lions Of men insisting upon govern
!, ment control On the other hand we
have organizations controlled by the
six or ten who control the railways, in
sisting that nothing be done. Between
them stands Theodore Roosevelt, and
the American people must and will
sustain him. If you are conservatives
| appeal to your conservatism; If you
are radicals, beseech you to look
twice before you carry that sort Of
propaganda too far"
i Canada Has Rate Control.
I Santa Barbara, Cal, Nov. 20.--H. r.
Emmerson, minister of railways Of
Canada, said today regarding federal
Il control of railroad rates: S.
l 1--WE have irf Canada federal juris-
diction over freight and passenger
rates, and have, what President Roose.
welt Is seeking to establish In the
United States, federal control more
comprehensive than that now exer-
: cised by the interstate commerce COM
mission. This jurisdiction might we'll
be extended without infringing on the
private rights of your citizens.
: 1--WE have the same questions be-
tween the federal government and the
: provinces as you do between the ma
: tional government and the states
Hopkins for Rate Control.
Washington, Nov. 20.-"The people
are with you, Mr.. President, for rail.
road rate legislation" said Senator
z Hopkins at the White House Satur.
day, land believe we shall have some
legislation in that direction before the
next session of congress adjourns..','
The senator is unalterably opposed to
tariff revision. He denies that there
! is any demand among the people for
, changes In the present rates. Senator
3 Cullom met Senator Hopkins at the
: White House, but both say it was an
:. accident. No appointments are to be
r made now.