The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-06
Washington: A Spectacle
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WASHINGTON. A SDectacle
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,yn arc hrn,ob ,,itn t,,tc,
Whom paa ,a,1c - NJ. sLirata, =,
/ ia - biobe,. ,,I,no
but We are NOT above business. Aud
- Sfl"hld ne db"\' business. 'iH
neaL me S"pd business man cNetaim
why AND think / can answer
nam: our government should he
ABOVE all OF Us. IT Is sovereign and il
should dominate I'll! other Interests,
mot dbSoiuteIN. but sehlaliN ANA Just
} anu hnaiI\. il We ciaSii, either as
ildiNlaualS or as interests, ana It tie
!o"9 81" 'he courts II the course 81
men routine cannon ahd -" not Judge
larry between IL, "t should aplral
TO thc representatives of al of Us mere
and in our states. FOR better laws and
= better eniofceinent Of laws. Even
nc ialifoadS should be lee = come
mere % get ldN.S or - ~ event ie9is-
lation. but-and here is the point
Inc railroads should find here not rep
feSentatlNeS OF all railroads. but rep
reSeHtatlVeS OF Ill Of Us. ~ this very
moment. the hircd counsel ~ railroads
should be free To come here II ask
that the IIepburn-DoIlfEcT bill be not
passed. But that isn't what see. The
tac'e-IS TINS:
We, the people of the United states.
ere the petitioners. We are coming
here asking through the President
that that bill be passed 50 as to re-
l;eye rs from certain abl1ses nl,acticod
everywhere BY our chartered common
carriers, the railroads. And the rep
rcsentativeS Of those railroads and
their allied corporations, sit here en-
throned; and they decide upon our
case. They may decide in our favor
but-the intolerabIe fact of it al is
they decide. They rule, they may be
good rulers. but thew rule.
Take the rate bill which we have
followed through the House. Maybe
it should be defeated; maybe If is bad
to let a Government commission tx
the prices of ranSportatiOn But some
BODY must. The rai!roadsshavc failed
to do it properly: they have failed
~purpoSely and intelligentIy. And
iheN nave 1alied because, having cor
iupte1 oui politicS ILtA nave uoIlllal-
ca our 1'NerilEleill ana because nav.
Hls put themselves above boNtiiliiclll
control lheN nave pteh undpte 20
suoJect themselves ana tlelf agents
70 se~ll-colltfoi. IN pfie1, they nave
abused thtli power, ana lheS are
abusing tiiell power hoN' over men
ana over cues OF men.
Among the petitions before Congress
y ~ LIN lily LILY - DdhNlAC,
Virginia, which illustrates tins pretty
Well. The southern Railway is me
common carrier down there and Sam
uel spencer, its president. is the man
VINO managed the railroad flghl hi
Futile appeared. DanVllle was nj
right up tO'1SS6, it had two railroads
IN competition. But in that year the
southern Railroad purchased the Viz
ginia Midland, and says the petition.
deprived Danville Of the competing
line and Of its equal freight rate adj
vantages." Danvil!e had some spirit.
however. and in 1890 it subscribed i
large sum to help build a new COM
peting railroad. Then says the peli-
ton. after operating a few years as
an Independent line. it was purchased
by the said Southern Railroad. and
since said purchase. the petitioner. the
city of Danville. has been subject to
the will and mercy of aid southern
Railroad
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