The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26
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half OF the rights OF tho people, anti
monopoly; and the other in behalf OF
the combination, expressions OF the
corporations, monopoly.
1t is too late to confuse the public
thought or to divert the public pur-
pose. The lines are too distinctly
drawn. The forces are too completely
mustered. The issue win not be With
drawn; 1t will be contested to a right
conclusion, and right conclusion
will involve the subsection Of corpo-
rate power TO an honest and legitf-
mate and healthful dictatton Of the
EQUITIES Of business and the general
people or the corporations are In the
wrong. Which?
Sioux city Journal January rs.
1888: The people Of Iowa were quite
radical, on the subject OF slavery.
They have been quite radical on the
subject of temperance, They are
likely to be a little radical on the sub
ject of regulating railroad corpora
lions.
Sioux city journal. January &c.
1888: 1t would seem that railroad
corporations ought to be required to
furnish SUFFICIENT facilities for the
transaction Of the business which they
undertake to do by becoming common
carriers.
Sioux city journal. February /.
1885,; 1t isn't Gov. Larrabee's neon
sistency but his persistency that is
worrying the monopolists.
Sioux city journal, February z.
1888: 1t Is easy enough to allege this
or that Of the governor, but there Is
no Just reason for saying that he &c
cupies a position Of personal hostility
to the railroad properly Of the state
or that he desires to promote legisla-
ton calculated to cripple the railroad
business, If the people OF iowa, ire
spective OF party association, are
wrong upon this question, then Gov.
Larrabee is wrong, but not other
wise.
What the people want Is equality
of rights, protection against discrln-
ination, what is right and fair, so that
they shall not be simply ut the mercy
of the corporations. They want some
defined limitations placed upon the
corporations under which there may
be defense against injustice. They
want a legal remedy.
They are willing enough to concede
the great advantages the corporations
have brought TO the state and to In
dulge all fancy as to what Iowa would
have been II no railroads had been
built here but they do not want Just
the railroad companies to be here by
right and free Of law and legal penal
ties. and everybody else compelled to
abide by the generosity of the corr
porations and such standards Of JUS
tice and business equity as they may
set up from time to time. The petit
ton Of the people is for fair play.
Sioux city Journal. February &
1885, The fatal blunder of the COR
porations is that they resist with
making of any beginning. They pro-
pose absolutely nothing; they simply
oppose. They are vehement obstruc-
tionists, confederated to prevent by
all the tremendous resources at their
command the contamination of any
legislation, let II be what it may.
which proposes TO limit the poyTg
There is no disputlng the substa1fsl
tial issue, which IS the subsection Of
the corporations TO lawful control, to
the end that wrongful discrimination
shall cease or lie niinimized. Neither
can It be disputed that the power
for wrongful discrimination exists in
the corporations. The power TO dts
criminate between localities or be-
tween individuals and classes in any
locality implies the power for wrong
full discrimination
The history Of business in Iowa for
the past quarter OF a century has
been largely history OF the abuses
OF the power OF the railroad corpora
tions to discriminate. 1t is universal
experience. II poisons the very
fountains OF business. There IS no
stranger fact in all the history Of the
Saxon race than the fact that such a
peopie as that OF Iowa would so long
endure the existence OF such an arbt-
trary power ia the railroad corpori-
lions. to say nothing OF Its abuse. 1t
Is p power which the people will not
even trust 70 their own government,
even though that government Is adj
ministered by their own agents.
subject 70 change at their. own Will,
Kings have been sent TO the scaffold
for the exercise Of arbitrary power
not one-haif 80 dangerous as the
power Of the corporations 10 dis
crlmlnala This * cold fact The
people Of Iowa ara waking up % II
~ il tc<2 AZ he forever