Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-01-18
OYERNOR'S MESSAGE
Declares for Two>Cent Fare and Reduced
Freight Rates.
SPEAKS FOR a PLURALITY PRIMARY Law
Contributions by Corporations Ter Political purposes
Should Be Prohiti.e and the Proiessaonai
Iobbvist Should Es Abo!isteL


horeicssly wrong II costs we ruis
company Just ~ nuch 10 carry PASS s,.t
ear who has purchased aoeu-mi!e Door
Epf E;..e, az u does 10 carry I'M
VINO has bought q single Ticker lW -.
niles, indeed, \ think the URINE ,iaars
niue more, Tor the use OF lne rna,,
nook erttils more expense III the "a
trhnnce extensive bureaus 1pr H..
talion. nhdittAg nhu feonthis tH .,,h.
ahs o, tiehsts oil ticKeis al stnt"H. ., ,,,yr,
OILY saNelitnse derived ny .he 80 noy
cohpdny IS ehe interest," uPon . 10,
h.cnt IN aovahce, ana tnis uovs ~. ~ ,ate
tSn. Hns hppre'Ahpis uNtiop "a - e.
tue Pfactice OF iuaElls ~" tatss 80
e;.eisfSl'ohs, GShSehti0hh, n.eet'"ss ,,,,aHi.
siRS'ohs; ana Tue nhs' su ahniis6
Luz ,rhu"a! 1coinpaiiish Gun eunAs $50 H.
y. ror my p6rt, mn sAe ho iuno,e ,aa
sI.e snslnh Wash eoiups's JUG "a nc fan.
nls lathiiS, or me merchant any n's i ,S
tN, Us tNy 20 from Piacs w pt"ee' ,'n.
lo pleasure VI iuf pusiasss, ~ p"s
Piui on she cost VI cutfslue hien ~ ~ ~
ae'fishs or 10 Sashefthss o. t nns ,,.isantr
ana much less can I perceive tne "isau ..a
OF haEihs our people pay, US .hes r n,Ss
'epotI eusaseu IN tnsIr ur.lih"ts 1aaI
ltr losses incurred 10 taElEe t'n il ''a ~
after TRAN ioaa on pleasure saehu,s 70 20
poiiits Oh entestaiahleht on alnus -. aist,Ut
states IA inc nope OF hnalng t'ci -, t.i'A'
tlts couia more eastis n4"coSe' ~ hHii,s
Lnese th'hgh, hoseN"r' IRE t,,,,,s
Nlt'an sue tontf"i - tAe reaiw,s 20
nlgs' ~ we So theih uu opp''tuI..s w
t'the tMo eeu.s pI m.ie Hti ~ o Un,s
n!ho flaes ullph tiisif stf;hs III iown. nuu
lissy hE"h themselves Oh the 'p'orsun ~
us lacy can, Lhetf revenue from 1hs pa a
senGeF ttatc WIZ MOI ne feauceu sAn
sie uoitSf on Tue o9nIraf9' aecuf.line ~
9'fssiSai e&psrleuls NH ~ me- aas ','o
II on TIE DINER mama lhe railway cono'
cei'ts per miie IRON al VINO Lravel; hha ~
aoNshtagto'is' ny feasnn OF uAstlor anu
s ,Sl. uchstlts 10 feauce Tue rates IN a
DER certain circumstances ee.ow the max,
aiuih' 'tnu tnus atuNlsh ti1e '"etnse luz
hctnalty received, laes cahhef assert INA,
ING Jaw mas zone them ah luJustice' !
s,ana,n,s ,' opr tne baa nts
n.,r Ill onn a.,,1 Nv" 80 So. 90 othar
ira vele,s , psns aae tate a, o.m me-
tna,. o, WV "a a.. , nas "phe ~ 70.
ths $500, 'inu ,ae ,. &C i"Iu up1 ~
~ ,s S.i,,,,, 81" .sst ahi' W peai ia H.
dcrand ad "nd u.i't.,t' - ~. 'a.no' n
finns T. m,I,, nnt n .nran 1t .;+bar
,hnt tho ,rdit,,, n.y. n 81
ready n tnroa ana " 800, pu'Ses ~
,rnhibitin, h rnh Ai E1hieno VI nme
anriv "a ".,,nt ".su 'pLan p &c s..
in force ,frj nas a.arIo, VA. :. ~ ~ 80 ~
~. -. ~ i' GU n'aeeiinI! " t,le fe ',e,
ha,,, ar,,+iv T., ."r"a a Ioa,paa Ives UNI WI,
mr. stnrs l.. 49, rrasant .lai, lne A'eiase u
what ! have said has been upon the
NY Oh u strict division between
the earnings OF the passenger and freight
trs1nc. ! 40 not coneeoe' however, that
.he proposal lof two,cent passenger 1ares
rs ito 10 be tested wholly BY any such cri
OF the failfoaas IN Iowa us whole. ana
u they are found to be more than they
shouia De, II Is not very material to In
Wit In ~ Mn NH IT,. J., a"1een. passenger rate
@aai or WI rh not ee' IN ana OF itself; pro
ntapie; Inc chie1 business OF railroads
"a lhis state the transportation or
freight. and It clearly appears from the
aLguihehis iala before you last winter
that they regard passenger trantie as H.
t ti,a , ana 40 NOT attempt to make It
The gross earnings Of all the railroads
upen business done In Iowa for the year
1905, not including interurban railways.
was $62.G92. BOT. 90. In ascertaining these
earnings. Iowa Is givea mileage proper
tfon upon all Interstate traffic 1t Is not
safe 10 accept the report Of anys particu-
lar railway company respecting the amount
expended for maintenance and operation
tnasmuch as the variety In the methoGs
Of bookkeeping destroys the value of any
to averages. and according to the com
putations made by the Interstate Com
merce Commission the average percentage
OF gross earnings for maintenance and
or!ation turuSHona the United States 10
n.''e &c 'ess than 's per cent. II we as
tnno ! am OF the opinion that the as
sumption VIII 90 the railway companies
no in5nstlce) the net earnings Of our
rallfoaas uhon business done IN Iowa for
sum wiil pay y per cent interest upoi.
S"a4. $4,000. II VIII pay per cent
interest upon $2s7.ooo.54G 90 The las,
assessment liked the actual valne OF the
RAJ raiiroacs IN the state MT S-49.34S.7S0.0 90.
ne Executive Council. however. chose 10
apnly the same proportion of value as II
hflevea hah been applied to farm prop
nfty: namely, about fHnr,hfths. Incre"s-
ias the value by the ADDITION of one fifth,
o 1s rae e| ~ ~ az nceita' value or s29o.-
2lh.o5ho W. IT VIII be remembered, how
ever. tnat ~ reaching this valne. the
executive Council was LARGELY Influenced
Nv the gross and net earnings, nri In n
less degree hy the amount which had