The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-11-15
THE RAILWAY Question
GOVERNMENT EXERCISES FUNCTIONS OF OWNER
= ship IN MANY WAYS AT PRESENT

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1sions in the Pacific Monthly writes of Mr. Bryan and
Government ownership of railways in instructive manner and
y,e olive herewith a few extracts, as follows;
f Rrvan's uerances on Government ownership of railroads
his return from Europe clear enough and are OF record
therefore if must be deliberate OF truth when it IS against
noicv which crously part of the morals of the mod
m es which Bryan newspapers to sneer at Mr. BanS
present attitude politicians cowardy recanaon OF his ogn
m BRYAN today says in effect considers Government
chin premature issue that only at the beginning OF an
an in Government regulation of railroads and not till that
has been fairly found wanting more radical theory
he MT before the people for consideration but that IN his personal
belief Government regulation will be found satisfactory and VIII
evolve info Government ownership Now If the reports OF MS
ches on his return Europe be read they will be found to
he in effect precisely what above stated He at that time
said that had been convinced for some time that Government
regulation would prove inadequate and that Government ownership
was the true remedy and that his experience and Observation
rope had removed many of the fears he had entertained ana
confirmed him more strongly his belief in Government ownership
but in saving attempting to speak Tor the Derdl
na nor for anv one but himself that he felt the public was
entitled to his personal views all public questions Inc
d has gone by for accusing Mr. Bryan OF nsncer or cowadce
If ever man his heart his political sleeve II IS |
If Mr. BRYAN endeavored make and force the issue Oh
ownership he would be assaed as dictator anu |
coted tyant When stands consistently with his former a
d and simply repeats his personal view without evasion ana says
the time yet make it popular ISSUE men e "'O "
political shifting and cowardice.
"The dishonesty of such accusation IS manifest as against
who hide his personal views on anytnls 9
stands in open daylight be taken rejected according 10
fitness and beliefs When before his second nonnauo' NJ
that if the convention saw III
ate the platform on which he formerly then the conVeuo
seek candidate, he was barked at by te Sd
press as IN over-swollen dictator.
r BRYAN stands for the people and for equal opportunity o
all; therefore whatever he does whichever he turns ne %
only instrumentation and hostile criticism from the press fo inc
daily press taken generally is puocratlc be 1t calea
Republican, whoever is for standing pat and leaving
ege alone finds only praise matter who he is OF WHAT "
The strength President Roosevelt is his democacy NJ
man Is more cordia1 hated in his own party But his democracy
made him so strong the people that the leaders anu
ayers not openly attack him. And as between hm ana y
certainly hev prefer man who belongs to the RepuDh
party, the party of privilege, and who cannot "Loiy D
1t and its traditions and its leaders
"he difficulties between public and its trustees te d
managers are chiefly questions of rates. suthcency OF e
discrimination Failure extend lines, poor and HreSul"i
"he Government has already laid the hand OF the owner na'
say, debating conditions the hrst three hea's' anu
soon arrive At regulation of the last For example EASTER
and Central Oregon clamorng to be put IN o1ch WIN W
Mr. Hartman says the population is too sparse, ' P: a.
traffic too slight This will be so there railroad opening W
country The railroad be the preliminary Inc 9red' ~
continent Of te limited States would still be Indian and coWD
land if the transcontnena railroads had not been Du'
sential commerce is highway Therefore Oertdi
gets railway will be sparsey settled and 1t wan graz
raising wheat barley, oats, sugar Deets aill9 ~
brought from the Harvey Valley this fall sack OF c
hard Utah winter white wheat raised without drop OF sd'
on the high ridge of the rolling foothills twenty i've oSne " "
acre Barley ran high eighty bushels ana te W ,;
fortyhve bushels to There are millions
of such acres but the local consumption already oVerSuP
and these same acres cannot be used for anything but ca
till there is railroad to take the crops to market "l
remedy? Mr. Hartman and his associates VIII ny D,
their own business and they will build when they s -
#? Tbe have taken from Oregon millions on mnohS o ~
lars net profits many times more than enough 70 p
prsoned country Do they duty to then ui p' -
territory to develop with sufficient rails as we" % y
fcent cars? They will tell you If you want road pu o
selves. The country is free But it? The Hartman Ies M
round as water surrounds and-eas west no anu