The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08


in his work and tenlng now this
trust or that trust Is about 70 he an
INFLATED by the terrible Teddy, but
when the smoke OF battle clears away
IL Is found that the fcll deFtr3yef5
have hardly reached the s@irmish
| line. The trusts 30 right along III
the even tenor OF their say garner
/ ing the harvest 81 prosperity ~
t0osting prices.
| We byae been told What terrible
things Teddy and his trust lighters
was going 20 do TO Hartman and
other railway magnates who have
teen disobeying the law and roboing
the people, 10th by excessive freight
rates and manipulating railway
stocks Competent authorities place
the wa,ered stocks Of the American
railways II 100 per cent. Hartman,
the man who Was TO be aunihilatcd,
/ the undesirable citizen increased
the capitalization CT the Alton from
- million to lis millions, in seven
| years, 0f which Is millions was eX-
pended in improvement aud addi'
| tions, aud the rest was Invested IN
hydraulic pumps 10 force water into
the stocks. Who made This prolilf
Was It the people?
The same authority states that in
eight years less than 80 millions have
been actually invested 10 the Union
Pacific, yet the market values Of its
securities has increased more than
40 millions in the same time. Who
has made this go millions Of gahie
Ia Union Pacific stock. Hartman or
the people? Has anyone heard Of the
terrible Teddy doing anything to
cause this undesirable citizen" to
disgofge?
The market value Of the Reading
system is said to have Increased from
100 millions IN ten years to 500 mil
lions, mostly watered stock. Has
the stock manipnlators been benefit
ted by this pumping system or has
IL been the people? The Great
Northern, in seventeen years, has IN.
creased in market value from 40 mil
lion to over 800 million How much
OF this fictitious salue does the PEG.
pie own?
notwithstanding the terrible fights
Teddy, the terrible, baswaged against
the railroads during the past yeal
the gross and net earnings have eX'
ceeded the earnings OF any Other
year OF their history and are growing
every month. In the face Of thest
earnings; in the face Of the people
I being required TO pay freight rates
on a capitalization Of several time
their actual value the federal courll
, stand in with these corporations Ii
their attempts to declare that STATE
avs against excessive charges are un
constitutional. In the face OF th,
terrible punishments ~ the rail
roads have received at the hands o
the Terrible Teddy we ate told thai
there will be no hostile Legislation
against the railways at the next SEES
sion OF congress If the Terrible
Teddy can prevent, The press asso
citation reports state that the Wal
street manipulators OF railway stock
are so given 10 understand from tn,
White House.
Justice Brewer, of he supreme
court Of the United States, has com
TO the rescue OF the railroads ant
, sc0lds the people for their allege,
hostility TO the railroads. 1t Is even
, suggested that he Is the m0uthpiect
of tbs Terrible Teddy. He says tn
railroads are not permitted to earn
! fair return 90 the capital invested
This Is In face of the fact that tn
, reports show that the earnings hay
been greater during the past yea
than ever before known In the his
: tory OF the country. The Terribl
! Teddy was going To accomplish won
J ders, but when the whole grant
stand play TO the galleries is analybet
: IL viii be found he has done nothinI
but form an Ananias club, can tn
heads OF labor organization undeslr
able citizens, form forest reserves
} and shake his big stick at the moon
: Yet there is such an Overwhelming
~ demand foi him To succeed him
! self