Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Railroad Regulation.

ment regulation OF railroads will prove
disastrous to the business of the coun.
try and that therefore Congress and
the State Legislatures should ''let the
railroads alone" But the people who
! have been and are being plundered by
those corporations feel that drastic
legislation and strict enforcement of the
laws now on the statute books has be,
come necessary. 1t Is we'll, therefore
to inquire just what the public demand
namely:
Reasonable passenger and freight
rates.
Safety and reasonable celebrity In
transportation of passengers and goods
Fairness and equal rights to all per
sons and places.
No watered stocks and bonds.
Cessation of stock -jobbing operations
by railroad managers and directors.
Discontinuance of political activity
and corrupt lobbying.
Taxation of railroads on the same
basis as other property.
These seven requirements would
seem to be fair. and reasonable and
why trying to enforce them should pro.
duce business depression, or ruin the
railroads, can hardly be sustained by
evidence OR the facts in each case
Everyone Is glad to see the railroads
prosper, their employees well paid, with
reasonable hours Of service and all
modern appliances for their protection
and the safety of the travelling public
AS it is IMPOSSIBLE to have competi.
ton except at terminal points or where
two or more roads toucHs the same
place, 1t lis useless now to ATTEMPT ia
abolish combinations. Six great com.
blnes now control about all the rail.
roads and competition, except with
water routes. ia virtually abolished,
The public have received no benefit
from the dissolution of the combination
between the Great Northern. Northern
Pacific and burlington railroads and
the energy Of the administration. the
Department. Of Justice and the. sn,
preme conrt has haen entiraly wasted
In tho dissolvinp! ~ tho Nortbern So.
cur,ties. romnony for ra,thor fra,a,,
nor messenger rotas have heen reduces,
thereby nor ony advontaga o.Ined nv
tho n,,bi,c 4 o,i,,n =. a. - ~, go,
nol,tIcols mint ns wow this ,sa,ase
effort to rastora connst,t,on 10 o,, the
Roosavelt adm,n,strot,on ho. oooon,
nIIsbad Tbearo,irood ro+a hi, 80 ~,
last 1,onorass noe ,,ran +ha In+orstate
Commerce c,omn,iss,on moro ,owar -
s,nvestioa+o ra,Iroods ora SOW nj,
rates ara ,nroosonoh,o MT 49, $50,
r. estahl,sh : reosonah,a ra+o =, n,a =,
of fba rnroosanaS,a M - r,n.,a,,, III
,acl,,no thorasnro ~ +os ~ +ha sa..,s
40 hafore 4ba law ras enacted
~ n,st ~ aa,,, : :, s,a,,s - -. -,
GOODS - III. sae,.ssss. ~ .a'',
unayo,d,hlo ard ~ - aros4 80 s,a -, ~ ~
tho chior oonsa 80. oaas,,e,,.S !. :.
sinirra tho h,s,nass 80 ~ oa,,nt..- t :.
limit the snaed 70 +ba .raan,ron,ants =,
safetv. To- fcharpo more 'sor ~ bo y
shaiiisthanf * 1o;nafona, g mi a1r anas Il
{ REORGANIZATION in favor ~ torr,i,,a
points and against Interior nlaces
Free passes and rebates ore notnrIons.
" unjust 10 those who do. NOT receive
snch foyors o,,d tha .a,,ss.ss ~,
afford to reduce rates 70 the nnhlic
now these drains on their incomes have
been about abolished. Sncb reforms
{ should not prore disastrous ~ tha roII.
roads or the business of tho country