The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-30
smAEs1DENT EARL1Na's VIEWS


turned over to 4 governmental COM
mission. President Earling spea'ss
from q point OF view IS to how the
railroads would be effected and also
what would naturally result to the
people, whom a great majority Of
,cases, pay the freight. The follow
ing are q few extracts from the rail-
road Presidents statements.
That government made freight
Tates will be adjusted on a distance
principle-thet Is, q charge Of SO
much per mile FOR every ton Of
fEeightShauled regardless OF CONNER
Scial conditiOns or requirements-nay
y regarded as Inevitable: This is
shown, not only BY the history Of
other COUNTLESS, but. In the opinion
the United States Itself.
lin several Of the state rates have
sbeen fixed by direct act Of the legis.
lature. OF by orders OF state COM
missions. In most Of these states
the schedule of rates Isl required to
heSons distance basis, and In all OF
MISUNDERSTANDING has been toward
distance tariffs. Human nature Us so
e0nstitutedtfat ills much more easy
Z Oeolve the question OF euuality be-
tween towns md communities and
interests, bysgiying them all exactly
the same rate par ton per mile, than
10 attempt the ssdln1cult task OF ad.
slnst1nR rates to the satisfaction OF.
all. IhoIe1ult lsSthat commissions,
8WbiehSh1ve thespoWer tosmake rates,
lind sthemaevle9 constantly drifting
sboWArd#distance tariffs, 10 the hope
5sof asointnRIg2the CRITICISMS Of towns,
scItie6s an0 Nregions which are de-
mandilgXt their favor.
ltS1SsnOW#prpp0sed to confer upon
theslneeretote OOmMeIce Commission
astheappWeI tomakeaa all inter state
sF2teSsthtoughOut the country. It 10
the greatest power which it has ever
been@pfOpoBed tUc0nfer upon any
@shodYsofsmen In the United States.
Ae1Shxye said, the inevitable ten.
sdaneYsOf rate making BY a commits
nions3B toWarda distance tari6, but
ACSSik my belief that The Interstate
Commerce C0mmissl0naW0uld be COM
pelled, ia the observance OF the man
datessOf the constitution. 70 make
OnlydistaIce tariffs tOand from all
pOYfA 81 the United States.
Insfr1ming decentralization, one OF
the Important 1nbjectssOf debate, as
sis4Well known, WaRSthe provision re-
sopecttngs C0n6mercesam0n the states.
EbespoWextos1egQlAte this commerce
W1se inallySglyenst0scOngre but not
militia Limitation has been placed
upon that power providing that no
ssxGGuiatiOn s0f commerce should giye
preference tc the ports s!Of one state
over tho6e OF another. While the
Stmportancesof the congressional pow
or Ia regulate cOlnrer cannot be
over looked, the limitation placed
upon Its OF quite as much Import
aance ; and it lis clear from the debate
I'D thu constitutional convention
sfhat.but Tor the limitation. the
power never would have been grant,
The ei5ectsof this upon the great
agricultural districts OF the middle
WeatSw0nldSbe more disastrous even
than upon the manufacturer. The
system OF transportation has heen so
adjusted by the carriers themselves
neutrality-suspicious. OF the farm, both
grain and livestock, though produced
q thousand miles Oh more from the
seaDOard, are able to compete In the
mafketSo Of tile world with the pro-
ductSSOf other great producing re-
gIOnsain THIS and other countrles.
Iheg feat national food producing
district comprised in tile region
Drained by the Mississippi is so.situ-
ateds that sit could not possibly ship
Its products TO foreign markets II 1.-The
arbitrary differences Ofs distance mere
applied against them. IL the varied
resources 81 this region we're limited
30 local markets-tllat is, the points
ssof consumption nearer to them than
TO any other competing regions Of
producti0n--the paralysis Of Its great
agricultural and live stock raising In