Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-12-22
REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.

The Churchill is glad 10 SCI
a concerted movement participated II
by nearly the entire press OF the state
IN favor of a lower. freight rate for Ne.
Vada. If there is any.section i'll Nevada
that is vitality affected by high freight
rates that section is Churchill county.
because our whole future industrial de
yelopment is dependent in no small de-
gree upon a satisfactory adjustment oil
freight rates. The immediate future OF
the Truckee-C Carson irrigation project is
mitigated against by the extortionate
demands of the Central Pacific, thus
forcing west bound travel into the more
favored sections of the Northwest,
where a lower freight and passenger rate
prevails.
Then again, the Carson Sink is the
agricultural heart of the State of Ne
vada, and must grow in Importance in
just SO large a degree as it is favored by
sur rounding conditions.
If there has been in the mind of Mr..
Hartman any doubt as to the proceed
ure to be followed by the business in
tsrests of Nevada advocating drastic
IN easures, calculated to force his rail
road to render service in keeping with
the extortionate tariffs paid by the peo-
pie of the State Of Nevada, then that
doubt will certainly be dispelled when
the true purpose of the movement start
I'd by the Nevada commercial interests
10 made known.
Nevada has been a patient and long
suffering state. The ultra conservative
nature OF our people has held back this
insurrection a great deal longer than
was good Tor the states best interests.
Meanwhile with higher rates, poor SER
vice and a totally inadequate feeder sys-
tenn, Hartman has continued to "sow
of the wind" Now, harvest time il APP
preaching and he is about to have some
experience in reaping the whirlwind.
And it is whirlwind OF sentiment
that can eliminate i'll nothing
but the more equitable adjustment oil
railroad rates.
After all, we do not blame the mer-
chants association of California for
coming to Nevada. They were nothing
more or less than hirelings oil the liar-
riman interests, riding ON free passes
and being entertained on railroad grub
and wines. The real instigator OF the
excursion into the state OF Nevada was
the Hartman interests, and his cause
was o common cause with that OF the
California merchants.
II the movement that is now aloot
finds no lodgment in the actions OF the
railroad people, the only course that is
left for Nevada is legislation, and il
should be melted out with the same iron
hand and utter disregard for the inter
eats it affects as We're the eXtortlonate
demands of the railroad company me.
ted out to a patient and long suffering
public.
One Of the foulest bots on Neyada's
legislative record is the factor ii is a
fact-that railroad interests dominated
the successive legislatures Of the state
for many years without interruption.
That an outbreak similar to the one
that is now gaining ground did not oc-
sur sooner is due to this fact, coupled
with the further fact that local Ilarri-
inan officials have fought yaliantly to
keep down the sentiment, using every
means at their command to attain their
end. That they succeeded is not to our
credit but it is a high tribute to the
character of men who are employed by
corporate interests.
We have been as easily pacified in
times past as is the f~retting youngster
who bushes upon the dropping OF a few
grains of sugar upon his buttered bread.