The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-12-07

porat-on which fails to respect an order
OIL the commission. / regard this poWe,
70 establish a maximum rate as being es.
me matter OF railway regulation. The
ifst necessity is 30 secure it; n unless i,
= sralted 70 the commission there is 1t.
tle use OF touching the subject at all.
TO Punish All Subterfuaes.
Illegal transactions often occur under
The forms Of law. 1t has often occurred
nat a shipper has been tod by a traffic
olIcer 70 buy a large quantity of some
Soilllodlty and then after it has been
oousnt an open reduction is made in the
rale to take effect Immediately. the ar
rangement resulting "a the profit of the
one Snipper and the one railroad and 10
.he damage OF all their competitors: for
II must not be forgotten that the big ship
pers are at least as much TO blame as any
Tallroad In the matter of rebates. The
law sshould make it clear SO that nobody
commission paid on freight shipments,
Whether in this form or in the form of
4ceitious damages, or of. a concession, a
Iree pass, reduced passenger rate, or pay
n1ent Of brokerage, is ILLEGAL.
II Is worth while considering whether it
would not, be wise to confer on the gov
eLltncnt the right OF civil action against
me pene1c.aryr OF q rebate for at least
tWlce the value of the rebate; this would
heip stop what is really blackInail. Ele-
Vator allowances should be stopped, for
Sthey nave now grown to such an extent
that they are demoralizing and are used
as rebates.
Control Over Private Car Lines.
All priVate-car lines, industrial roads, re-
Iflgefator charges, and the like should be
expressly put under the supervision of
the Interstate Commerce commission or
some similar body so far as rates, and
agreements practically affecting rates, and
concerned. The private-car owners and
the owners Of industrial railroads are en-
Titled to a fair and reasonable compensa-
tlon on their investment, but neither pri-
vate cars nor industrial railroads nor
spur tracks should be utilized as devices
ior securing preferential rates. A rebate
IN !c!ng chargeS, or in mileage, or in a
olvlslon OF the rate for r~efrigerating
charges is just as pernicious as a rebate in
any other way. No lower rates should
Apply on goods imported than actually OBJ
talls on domestic goods from the Ameri-
cases where water competition is the con-
trolling influence.
Publicity Is Much Needed.
there should be publicity of the ac-
counts CO OF common carriers; no common
should keep any books of memoranda 9TH
er than. those reported pursuant to law or
rsguiatlon, and these books or memoranda
s s.noo pc open to the inspection Of the
government. Only in this way can viola
tlons CT evasions of the law be surely de-
lected. a system of examination of rail-
foad accounts should be provided similar
y IllO llS ndIlOlal
banks by the bank examiners: a few first
class railroad accountants, if they had
proper direction and proper authority to
inspect books and papers, could accom-
pllsif much in preventing Willful VIOLA
tons of the law.
Courts to Act Rapidly.
urge upon the congress the need of pro-
Vldlng Tor expeditions action by the IN
tepstate commerce commission in all these
matters, whether in regulating rates for
ransportat.on or for storing or for handl-
MS property or commodities in transit.
Inc history of the cases litigated under
ne present act shows that it's
el1lcacy fzGs been to a great degree de
stroyed by the weapon Of delay, almost
tne most formidable weapon in the hands
or those whose purpose it is tc violate the
the Labor Question.
Inc question Of securing a healthy, self
respecting and mutually sympathetic at
capitalist and wage worker, is a difficJnIltt
one. All phases of the labor problem
prove difficult when approached. But the
in in'1 acc ymS %prlhS W5th w 5he root principles,
must be solved, are entirely simple. We
gan get justice and right dealing only
the principle of treating a man on his
worth as a man rather than with refer
ence To- ms social position, his occupa-
ranks of life. N'
ms government is not and never shall
government is not and never shall he
government by a mob. 1t shall continue
70 be IN the future what it has been in
lne past, a government based on the
tHeofy that each man, rich or poor, is
to be treated simply and solely on his
Wortn as a man, that all his personal and
property rights are to be s~afeguarded
and that he is neither to wrong others
nor to suffer wrong from others.
To Regulate Life Insurance.
me great insurance companies afford
striking examples of corporations whose
business mas extended SO far beyond the
jurisdiction of the states. which created
them as to preclude strict enforcement Of
supervision and regulation by the parent
states. In my last annualmesIage | recon-
r1Gnded that congress carefully consider
whether the power of the bureau of cor
pofatlonS can not cOnstitutionally be eX-
insurance"
Recent events have emphasized the i'm
portance of an early and exhaustive con-
sidcration of this question, to see whether
it is not possible to furnish better eafe-
guards than the several states have been
able TO furnish against corruption OF the
Migrant kind which has been exposed.
1t has been only too clearly shown that
certain Of the men at tho head Of these
large corporations take but small note of
the, CYNICAL distinction between honesty
this SIDE of what may be called law
honesty, the kind of honesty necessary in
order to avoid falling into the clutches Of
the law.
State Supervision Inadequate.
repeat my previous recommendation
that the conSLess should also consider
the FEDERAL government has any
power or owes any duty with respect TO
domestic traEs2ctions in insurance of an
character. That state supervi-
sion has proved inadequate is generally
conceded. The burden upon insurance
companies, and therefore their policy hold
eTs, OF conflicting regulations of many
states, is unquestioncd, while but little
effective check is imposed upon any able
and unscrupulous man who desires to ex-
plot the company in his own interest at
The expense OF the policy holders ana Of
the public.
As a remedy for this evil of conflicting.
ineffective, and yet burdenSolnc regulations
there has been for many wears a wide
spread demand for federal supervision The
has already recognized that in
terstate insurance may be a proper subject
for federal legislation, for in creating the
bureau of corporations 1t authorized il to
publish and suppl useful information con-
corning interstate corporations. Including
corporations engaged in Insurance." What
is said above applies with equal force to
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