The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-01

one person for another. Yet what Is involved in this Is not all which shows itself in the great struggle between the two eImelts in every population or not be controverted or overcome in any quarter.
 The right to uniionism Is both natural and fundamental, but the thoughtful man must have long since concluded, that 1t would not have as- stunned those features. which suggest the most forcible arguments against 1t, coercion and destruction. which threat ened an honest mans pursuits, been lodged in and employed by the powerful corporations and combinations of capi. tolerated, both in useful development and in corrupt control of many DOT. tions of this country. Sometimes 1t has happened to the shame of our peo. pie. that the executive officers were put in place, courts have smiled and bowed. and legislation has been dictatel by the will and influence of such corporations
 Railroad Corporations.
 Such corporations, and especiaIly railroad corporations. which transport both passengers and freight: are meet parts of this country, which may re. suit in a revolution. The railway of the present day Is quite as much public ass ds oner ne streams and swamps, through forest and plain. and known as the old dirt road, ever was. The public is dependent upon such high resorted to the other kind in former days. It is a public utility. its powers. its rights and it's duties are public In character; and those who possess ana manage such institutions must realize, If they have not already done so. that the public interests are to be supplied and the public views must be respect ed.
 Ut would not have been the occasion of excitement or contest, if such cor porations had continued as they were at first created-whereby the means of where 1t passed and to whose business 1t gave attention. had been invested for It's construction. As matters now SUy stand. and as they have done TOT our lines of traffic have lost all their investments, and what was then owned by many has now become the property of a few.
 More men are now employed by. a. railroad corporation and labor In its service than any owner of property. Tn the olden times. could ever derive profit or support from. He who has the con trolling stock in a railroad corporation today receives the fruits of thousands of servitors. They labor. but for him: nc laDOrS not, yet ne TGtpS kIt lTull Ol their earnings. The acquisition of constructed railroad by anyone from others has been an open undertaking in the commercial life of this country, made to such a course of dealing; but others have rights in its use as well as those who own It, and the state has conferred powers for its use. wnich peo De State, and upon whose efforts 1t does now and must ever depend;
 "Profit in the name of dividends, may well be earned by those who control and operate such properties; but 1t is difficult. indeed, to make anyone sec. that fictitious capital should now be in the place of what was cost of real construction. and that by such multi, plication and by enormous salaries and great expenditures a price shall now be If one is In the service of a corpora tion of this kind. he should be found on its list of servants. as are It's en- gineers. brakesmen and other employees; still undertake. under such employ ment, the duty of law making. Salaries to officers and reasonable compensatory to those ,Reeded in It's operation should be considered in estimating the founda- tion, upon which reasonable pronts should be based; but it is hard to con vince a thinking man or the public that the tremendous salaries, extravagant expenditures for corrupt purposes, or the expenditure of any desired sum in political methods. should be taken as a basis for the profit, to which the l owners of a corporation should be en- titled
 "As sure as fate such corporations have got to meet and contend with op- wisdom. on their part would seem to be to conform their dealings with that to which the public is entitled; and thus to save themselves for legitimate
 nyn large n.
 which annually has been applied to
 other purposes. but which should be
 used for their own restitution and and
 to find other means of accomplishing
 their own personal ends, corporations l may understand that. from this time they be wise, they will try and obtain
 the support of the best people in this
 country, without making them feel that established rights will be destroyed. and that not a dollar will be paid for the purpose of dishonesty, or. corrup-
 suatenance and support of all com munities may be relied on. Without 1t, it cannot exist. Opposition will ever occur. the cost of transportation on q small
 connecting road shall exceed in amount
 that charged on n @,b main line. many ,h,
 which connects with it and pays trib-
 ute to its labors and it's profits? Death to Dishonesty. Another great subject for the action of the American people Is the ten
 dency, which has so long prevailed, to pervert municipal and other like pow CTS and interests for the reception of illicit gains. From all directions come the determination on the part of the citizens of this country to stop graft
 ing, which Is but another name for stealing, from all of our public insti- tutions. In States, in counties, and in | cities men are found alive to the