The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-07
THE RAILROAD QUESTION.
Interwovcn with the Trust eu,stIOn


interviewer with the Trust Question.
The railroad question III also interviewer
. with tho trust question, Neatly all tho
private m"npp"lieS nave received rcbIt's
OF sec wv u" NAI'I ""N Sl'NN'S over Coinpol-
!,piN A'N"Ilu, 'luail'y OF teHIlh"Ht NJ
,lp nIh"H OF we I"IiIoLuN "oulu go Tar
p"",| IlNUII ~. bu'tH, nIlu l'JoI.'
..', ~, I' nv Nus uuu M NuuI %to 20
.,'7. ga, 'V',.l"l Hppu Lplsl.N7 NJ
VIZ ~" M ~ VI many ui',"'''u by ,INt
! f''l'lr. ~ ny az nv ''u" n' WISHED. "
"'''' ''' '"'. ~. ~
p Ne" Danger
Rate regulation WAS absolutely neCcs-
| s1ry, and II furnishes some relief from
the upbc1riblc conditions which previous
| ~ existed, hut We must not forget that
| the lcStlnR or this enormous power In the
hands OF the commission appointed by tn"
president introduces new danger II an
appolntIyc board has III" Iower 10 tx
rates and can, by the exercise of that
power. Increase or decrease By hundreds
% millions Oi dollars the annual revenues
Of the railroads, VIII not tho railroads
feel that they have largo pecunlary In
irtcSt IN the en- Ctlnn OF a president friend
~ 10 the railroads.
Public Ownership Of Railroads
ENpcrIencp has demonstrated that mil
nIcIppi Corrllptior il largely trnrrabin Ia
the fact thai franchise corp5ratIons do
sire TO control tho rltv rounrU nnJ time
increase their dividends II their man
ayers adopt the same policy. tho srnii-
q
railroads by tn. government Ia likely 10
increase as rapidly throughout the cSun,
try az thr sentiment I'm favor of munich
nal ownership has increased in tho citIss
Railroads ntst Reoon,a puhII, rron.r,,,
I b,v. ,tr,,t,, ,,.'',,i,i - tHiy
tbat ral,',I " 80, IN ,''A,,''
nat,iys n9 r,nn',,ni, III ~, i',uS1 "l ,,'
tIrntcIv L,.1,,,. rI,i,It,, ,,,,,,,yy 4 49,
rrlra,a ~, n,i, ,t,, pi"Pu' " "tI ~
".I"p ta .itt'' , ", 80 ~ W, INV,
ancr villa rnc yyc.,.,i'fiI.L' 49,, IL
mint, ,,y.r,r,EI,, t ,.,'.' '','' 1870, 800 'N'
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M "a, ,r,,,,,,. a. a." ~ MIN
rb"ncs ~ 'ytHauy ~ WIZ
~ ,ny ~, D,, ~ g,mN Ina, mlJ",iE
fbpt On W.rs',;y,B' ,,,,,,i,r ~" - t,.
~ an ~, -, H. - T. ,"it'iitt''' % I''ilIoS
.i,rs rr,Ta,t, - di,,,t,,,,,, 80, 1,.,p Wy
r,rsc,,s I'M ~ ~, - ~, 'o'1 w" WI
fi,,', -, 80 o. ""I 20 'lS ,eht"I
H,J ,,,s,,,,sor, IfIi., o. IL W t',h',
- n,,r,,tt, %, III - '''h, t 'i"" ~, '''
S"d.,nI ,n,.rn,,,. 'i ,,,i uauS ~ '"l
ccntraiizstinn which yoIilt nU n,t ." ,t
ut"rnIn staio limos rr,fer 49, s.. o,,I,
lie trunk lines orarotr5 ~ tI,c Co.,
gpyrrumcnt ana mo lnrqG Iin,g h,, ,t'
several state governments som" br,,
opposed this dual o,yuership ms iynrrlr'
tica bio hut lnysgtirntInp IN f,urn,.n L,t.
convinced mo that n IL entircIy p,l,r
tcahle. Nearly ali the railroads of Cor.
many are owned BIZ the several st1t,s
the empire not even owning the trIInt
lines and Vet tho Intersizic train,
In no wise Obatrueted In truveIinr from
Constantinopie TO yIenn, ous nn .s.,.
through Turkey bulgaria geryie lin.
gary and part OF Austria without n
change Of cars. and vet snch cuIIntr,
owns and operate4 its own roads M
different languages nrs suGl,cn an ths
different divisions Of the line. SWodcr
they have no trouble about tntcrstat,
traffic although tnpir pulitiCal r.lntlnur
are somewhat strained The ovnergblu
and operations OF tho local llncg by H..
..aI
feasible but II suits Itself To the coudt
lions existing in its various stntes In
those states where the people are rips
Tor a change. The local lines can he mir
chased or new lines built. At once. wnilt
private ownorship can continue In tnog,
states In which the people EtI! prrf,F
private ownership Somc states have
been more careful than others to prsy-u
the watering Uf stock. and in the ncuulr.
ing Of roads each state can act accor,lins
20 the situation which il hna to meet
No Doubt Of Government Power.
A 10 ILr Ti-ht ~ mo Rny,rutn,nfs fed
orai and state, to own and operate rail
roads there can 10 no doubt II We ear
deepen tho water In the IaEoa, and bul.
railroad TRANSPORTATION during half u the
yrar, We can build a railTn1d ard cnrrp.
IN rates tho whole year. II We can Epon,
several hundred millions on tho Panama
raral to lower trnnscuntineutal rates W.
can build "A railroad from New York Ia
SAN Francisco to lower both trnnarnutI-
mental ana local ratcs The Unite,
states mail IN Increasing 50 rapidly tina
we shall soon DO nnt0 to pay tho ifitrrrs.
on the cost OF trunk lines out o, IN,
money which we now nay 10 railroads Tor
carrying through mails II any Of you
Question the prouriytv ~ my mentioning
iNlS subiart | boE to rsnind YOU lh.t
tho prcsident could not have secured III,
pnsaaEe OF the rate bhl had he not ap-
praled to tho fear Of the more radca
remedy OF government oynership nm,
nothing will SO restrain the rallroa,
mugnatss from attempting to capture the
Interstate commerce comini.slon AZ ths
same fear Tho highhanded manner n
which they hay, Violated law md ir-
nOred authority together with the cor.
ruptlon discovered in high ulac.s had
done more To create sentiment in favor uI
public ownerghip than ali IN. snrechss
and arguments OF tho opponcnts Of nTi.
yntn ownershIp | have referred 10 ths
railroad uucstion ns mari sf tho ,rus,
question because ,,sy are no interwoyeu
that il /. difficult TO consldor one without
~ n,har