The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26

the printed record and read there
from. His language appears Jum-
bled, and that he might explain 10
his credit; but the language is sum-
GENTLY plain to indicate that ne
iumbled the record, and that HIS
purpose was to get away from 1t with
all the expedition rapid talker
could command.
with the record available, the
governor should not trust himself to
speak from memory.
The witness was being examined
by senator Cullom, the friend of the
rate bill. A supreme court decision
with reference to the long haul had
been cited by the Illinois senator.
The governor responded that he was
familiar with It. The governor was
led UP to the assertion that 1t would
be better for this country II the rail-
road rates had been adjusted upon
the basis of cost" Not word so far
about the farmers products. Then
this was said:
The Chairman-Do not your Iowa farmers
and producers get their surplus grain ana
live stock to the market largely under THIS
low rate under the long haul?
Mr. Cummins-No; they do not: not In
the sense In which that Is used. suppose
you mean to imply an excessive or unreal
sonably low cost?
The Chairman mean just as the BUSH
ness Is conducted today.
Mr. Cummins-No, sir; think our people
90 into the eastern markets with butter
and eggs upon a rate to which they are
not entitled in any fair adjustment
The Chairman-Your people are not en-
Mr. Cummins-They are not entitled to n
upon any fair adjustment OF rates through.
out the United states; put tnat d9es n nos
people sell their butter or eggs. They do
not get the benefit Of that low adjustment
OF New Sas YORK Boston: and the cities Of the
east and the territory about these cities
cannot and do not produce enough butter
and eggs to supply the hep people o o. rata ne
such commodities is to lower the price to
the consumer, and not to Increase the
profit to the seller IN Iowa Suppose the
New Hampshire or Vermont could reach
Boston at very much lower rate than we
reach Boston with butter ana eggs; she
our butter and eggs must still go to Bos-
ton.
cles to market without a low rate?
Mr. enthusiastically; people must
have butter and eggs.
The Chairman-If the price Of butter
were 81 per pound; by reason OF a high
rate, / do not think the producers would
sell much.
The governor said at Mt Ayr: 1T
was stated to me" He Is not sup
ported by the record. Whatever was
said about Boston, New York. ETC.,
he said himself. 1t Is not a question
whether 1.-The railroad companies
charge the same rate from Iowa as
from Vermont or New Jersey to New
York" The question is whether the
statement made by the governor
before the senate committee on in
terstate commerce at Washington.
May IL, 1905, is Endorsed by the
people of this state and whether Gov.
Cummins is capable of defending it
before farmers Institutes or else
where within Iowa boundaries? This
is the statement:
Il think our people go into the
eastern markets with butter and eggs
upon a rate to which they are not
entitled in any fair adjustment"
The governor was not satisfied to
say it once. He said it over again.
He was not there as the representa-
tive of the farmers of the state. He
was arguing from another point of
view.
But the governors answer at Mt.
Ayr avoids the issue. Worse than
that, 1t misrepresents the issue.
Too bad 1t would seem the gov
ernor should be able to get along
fairly well in a joint debate with
himself.