Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-25
Farmers Give Notice That Com
gross Must Complete Work
on Rate Measure
HEPBURN EXPECTED TO WORK
The Moody Letter Will Not Be Ac-
cepted In Lieu of Future Efforts to
Right the Wrongs of the Shippers
Agitation For the Rate Bill Will Con-
tnue.

Corning Feb %. If any ono mag
farmers institute when Congressman
Hepburn proved his loyalty to the in
tcrests of his people by the exhibition
of letters from the president and At
torney General Moody certifying to the
fact. has closed the incident entirely,
aud lulled the people of Adams county
to sleep SO far as the rate regulation
question is concerned, that man is Il
poor observer.
eve are farmers said President Je-
rome Smith Of the farmers institute
and the Corn Belt Meat Producers As
ISOLATION, just farmers. We know
nothing of the law, nothing of the ma
chinery of the federal courts nothing
of the methods of legislation. We hire
men to go to Washington to learn
these things for us and we pay them
we'll for it. These men We expect to do
business in our interests.
I'VE are suffering serious injury ut
the hands of the railroads of the ma
ton. We petition for relief. We have
petitioned in vain time and time again
The withdrawal of the stock shippers
pass was but an incident In the course
of this contest; it was the proVerbial
last straw to break the camel's back.
The determinations which had been
suffered by us had been borne for
years The Interstate commerce COM
,,ic q al called ottan-
ton to the fact that it had been strip
ed of every vestige of power to enforce
IT'S equitable orders But nothing was
done and we suffered.
1--WE turned to our representatives
in congress and demanded Of them
that they protect u.s. 1t is their bust
ness to know what to do; we hire them
to find out what to do to protect the
people.
I'VE went to our representative from
the Eighth district. Repeatedly | wrote
him letters asking him to align him
self with us. But not once could I get
him to say more than that he was in
favor of all legislation that would be
of benelt to his constituents. And SO,
as for myself, | voted against him last
fall not believing that his majority
should be kept up until he aligned him.
self with us.
I'VE We're glad to hear from him at
our institute: glad that the letters he
presents show that he has been doing
but the farmers are not
satisfied, and will not be satisfied with
an effort toward their belief. The bill
passed by the house came so late that 1t
is useless apparently for the senate
will not pass it. What value to us
then. that it was written and passed
by the lower house, IT does not relieve
our ills. We suffer as much as we did
before and we shall not forget the
fact. either. If we get relief our people
Will again be Hepburn people. but
without relief we shall not be sat
sfied.
For same years I was ioked about
being the only Cummins man in this
county. But today, dare say, three
out of four farmers are for Cummins
On this issue. We care nothing about
The tariff if there are schedules which
Ire too high, let Them be revised; but
he crying need of the people, the far
ners of the west, today is the revision |
,f the laws relating to the control and |
regulation of railroads. The trans |
oortatior question is the vital one to
he farmers"