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Much = said Of the grsat beseft. Goa.
ferred apon the people By the railroads
building up the country. That il true.
but even 20 Q greater cxteat the r.souls
euasd up the railroads. The people dsa
manage 10 live somehow before the rail-.
reads were built; but the railroads scula
not live = day without the people. AZ
every dollar they earn comes frsm the
pockets Of the people In the shape OF
freights and fares. The fact In. they ar.
mutually dependent, and should frznk.
~ recognize each others rirhts. Small
roads, which pay but little. and ve, arr
= great convenience to the people. should
be dealt with in perfee, fairness and
allowed reasonable compensation for
the cost aad value of the service res.
dered.
To Work Together.
TX elected, there is one matte, "a
which / shall devote my most ear.s..
endeavors- That In. TO bring the sat.
corporation commission and the int.r.
state commerce commission into IN.
most harmonious relation. The latter
Is an able commission, and now possessed
OF ample powers. III complaint il made
10 US, do not think we should dismiss
It SIMPLY because IL involves some oue.-
tion or interstate commerce. If meri.
torious, | think il should be certified Ia
the interstate commerce commission for
its action. / do not see why this can
not be done without any special act.
but such an act could very easily be
passed by our senators and members In
view OF the fact that many of our COM
piainants are poor men, it night be we'll
10 have an act of congress permitting
the state commissions to hear and de-
termine minor cases, with a RIGHT Of an
peal to the interstate commission. In
the large majority Of cases the mere in
vestigatlon would settle the matter. In.
terstate commerce is Just as much nm.
der the control of Congress M nat;op.I
banks which may be sued in state
courts; and in fact, the United States
mas no constitutional courts outside CT
the supreme court.
another section Of the rate bill which
VIII assist In the reduction of rates. as
1t viii greatly add to the net passen-
ger earnings, is the absolute prohibition
OF passes except TO certain specified
classes, with the further provision that
the penalty prescribed shall apply not
only to the railroad or person issuing
the pass, but equally so to the person
receiving the pass or other free trans.
portation.
Personal Record.
Inc distinguished delegate who placed
me In nomination kindly stated that NV
record was platform in itself.D I
nope 1 may be pardoned for citing n
Re" Oh my public utterances in ths past
showing that the compliment was NOT
entirely undersigned. have an inherited
disposition to stand for individual
rights, as against corporate aggression.
In 1886 my father, Stephen A. Douolas
linen member of the legislature of
Illinois, moved to insert in each charter
granted a clause deserving the right
10 after, amend or repeal this act when
ever the public good shall require it.U
AGAIN, In 1851, while in the senate of
the United States, he insisted that the
grant OF lands that secured the build
ing OF the Illinois Central Railroad
should be made directly to the state os
LIMOS. de then had them given by
the state to the Illinois Central Rail
road upon condition that the road
should pay forever to the state seven
per cent. of its gross receipts. in lien
OF taxes upon its original line. am
INFORMED that under this agreement the
company has for several years paid IN
the state of Illinois an average of over
one million dollars year. For the wear
ending April 30, 1906, it paid s1,i4s.-
capitalization and Taxation.
In December, 1880, nearly sixteen
J ears ago, wrote letter TO the leg
lsia.iVe committee on railroad taxation.
saiiing attention to the great disparity
between the capitalization of the rail-
roads OF the state and their assessed
valuation for taxation The following
3 an extract therefrom: .sThe Western
North Carolina Railroad is assessed for