The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-22

(COmtfRued from E@Be OSr
 .hat thev give the new rates test. the fest that Justice Brewer, now oI he limited states Supreme Court tnSn Eederal Circuit judge. ordered III iowa wears ago, under the same conoi- tions and over the same protests
 Course of state Liberal.
 '"The course of Alabama towarus aa, @ -,h!!c service corporations mas M peen sxtremeIy liberal. They admit the laws here have been the fairest in the onloh' and 1t now looks ungracious TOT any raiiroad to fight the people by inJuhct i've process in the conservative anu reasonable efforts made to secure moderate rate reduction ..o,.h+
 .Ts Is well known that hrelsnl charges governing the cost or trss nortation vitally effect every proouGt and interest and the industrial deVeI- opment of the State. It is, therefore inst and essential that they should pc reasonably regulated by law.
 "The people pay in the way or tdAes four and one-half million dollars a .,oar and surround this taxation with every limitation of care and law. Ihe railroads levy upon Alabama aoout thirtv-fiye million dollars per year. ana the first attempt at regulation or rat9S hy law is sought to be prevented py ln- functions, some of the roads seemingly persistinR in a refusal to put lnto Iorce tba nevv rates after numerous important fines of railroad have agreed to do~so.
 .T wish to say, however. that l have not vet lost hope that these public service corporations that have not yet fallen in line with the purpose to try inc reduced rates and have assumed the attitude of opposition to State mar mony and State regulation, will yet reconsider and consent to give the new laws a fair trial
 'sT sbalI use every effort to persuade and induce them to mitigate the fric- ton which Is being engendered in the state. by the cooperation which IS in their power to give.
 VIII Try to Enforce Laws. Tt Is perhaps needless to say that under Section l20 of the Constitution of Alabama. Ly which I am bound Ly mv oath of office. and which declares | 'that the oGvernor shall take care that the laws shall be faithfully executed. 1 I shall endeaVor at all times, to use all lawful and proper means to secure the | enforcement of the laws of Alabama. | and during my term Of once shall certainly adopt all lawful and proper measures to secure the domination by | inc State of It's domestic affairs.
 | If the statutes already enacted are | insuf7cient or need modification or | Amendment, or if other legislation Is necessary to accomplish the end stated I will not hesitate. as often as may seem necessary, or from time 10 tune to call the legislature together in ex- | traordinary session.
 "Furthermors, if the statutes upon the subject of freight or passenger | charges or interstate and domestic business are not being observed by oc- tober 1. 1907, by all the railroads under the terms and upon the conditions agreed on with these roads hereln above mentioned, that is, the Southern and allied lines. Frisco. the Seaboart and Birmingham & Atlantic Air Line and the Coast Line. and if 1t shall ap' near that under existing laws, the state in its just effort to regulate rates is thwarthed by any superior power. will, at that time. call the Legislature in extra sesson to deal with the whole
 subject and for the purpose of passing
 such laws as may secure the full reg
 ulation by the State of its public serv ice corporatonS~