The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06

The same paper stated that Mr.. Bry-
ans statement tbhg GSTahment con-
troll OF the railroads Is a failure is a
humiliatIng admission Possibly so,
but nevertheless ~ Is a fact, and II
the editor OF thatdBaber is a student
OF current events. aahd'is honest, he
must admit the truth Of tho state
ment IpolA tu
over fourteen years the first at
tempt at controlling The railroads In
the matter OF Interstate commerce,
has been on trial and proved such
dismal failure that tho interstate
commerce commission threw up its
hands, and asked for additional leg
islatlon to give Il powers to do what
Il was established for. II may be
humllIatlng to admit that the rail-
roads were so successful in guarding
the Cullom interstate commerce bill
against anything effective, but four
teen years experience has proven the
truth OF the statement, and In the
meantime the railroads have been
robblng the general public at will,
unmolested
Governments are instltuted for the
convenience, accommodation and SER
wing OF the whole people OF the gov
eminent. The government does not
farm out It's postal business, though
It pays the railroads enough for car
rylDg It in this country, yearly. to
pay the cost Of building and equip
ping It's own railroads, In a short
time. and then It furnishes govern
ment employees to handle the malls
on the tralnsi I'm addition,
The government docs not farm out
It's armies and navies, for protection
Of the people, TO some corporation.
II the government can operate the
great postal business successfully,
why can II not also own and operate
It's great public carrier systems. and
operate them for the benefit of all
the people? sl a8str
The people pay the bills OF the
In passenger and freight
Tariffs, and the great corporations
have grown wealthy but have not
devoted tho revenue received to bet
tering the service, building double
tracks. andlqipcreAsing the rolling
stock sufficient to keep pace with
the advancement offthe country, but
have dlssipated tina funds, and let
the people put up with any old SER
vice they, could get wp4s
n the government, owned the rail-
roads, tariffs woald'b be lower, and |
the money! made gwodId be devoted
to the Improvement Of the service,
and rates would be reduced, when
The surplus became too large. Gov
ownership is no experiment,
Statistics show that In other coun-
.ries 1t has been and is being tried,
with great success.
The most humillatIng admission
hat can be made, is the argument
against government ownership, which
Ia an admission that the people OF
his country. who compose, through
heir chosen representatives, the
government, are incompetent to man
age their own affairs end run their
railroads, The, man who believes
such stuff is surely no good Demo-
,rat. He surely does not believe
hat the people are capable OF man
aging their own affairs, but wants
hem to delegate It to corporations
Of men to enrich themselves at the
expense OF the masses.
The Panhandle believes in gov
srnment OF the people, run by the
people, for the whole people, II be-
ieves that the government should
make every dollar of Its own money,
specie or bills, making every
dollar legal tender for all debts |
whether pubic or private, permit
ing no set OF men to issue the
money OF the people, and speculate |
ipon II at will. Banks should only |
% permitted to deal In the money of
he government being established
when a man or set Of men had ac-
simulated enough of It to open up |
n business. The government should
,wn and operate all of the great pub
ic carriers OF interstate business, and |
states the local ones, railroads, tel
sgraph and express lines, and operate
hem at cost, for the benefit of all |
he people. Such we believe to be
,ure democracy and in accordance
with the intent OF our form of gov
,rnment, We have faith in the peo-
pie to do this business for them
selves, without the aid. consent adj
vice or dictatlon Of any of the great
captains OF finance or railroads.