The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22

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the waterway and of the public highway
tLe two routes Of transportation owned and
operated by the pcople-to eliminate time
and distance and cost Of communication be-
tween the farm and factory. between city
and county, between raw materials Of our
soil and the markets of the world. and the
taxes Of the people are more productivity
and beneflcially Invested In such permanent
Investments for the transformation Of our In
terror than In all the panoply and pomp OF
war.
{. The Railway Problem.
1.-THE necessity for firm, public control
of the private railway is SO thoroughly in
trenched in the American mind tsat agita X
tion is now less needed than practicable
working plan for effectuatins that control.
States and nation are alike aroused. The
largest present problem is to avoid conflict
between States and nation in defining the
ger now apparent IS the tempetation of the
Federal government to attempt a 'centraliza-
ton of all railway control in itself to the
exclusion of the rights and powers of the
states. Minnesote has just passed through
the unfortunate experience of witnessing the
setting aside by Federal lower court of
three State legislative acts regulating and
reducing commodity merchandise and pas
senger rates. and the sovereign power of the
State has been arrested by United States
marshal who, with the approval of the court,
seized our attorney general and stopped the
of State law Such condition
must. be met with patience and wisdom; and
It shows plainly the dangers OF uncertainty
and the necessity of n firm stand on the
rnrt OF the State for the watchful preserva-
ton OF all tho guarantees OF the Constitution.
Must Settle Them Right.
"The right solution of these problems ana
the right establishment of these reforms
and ,hey never Will be settled until they
are settled right-are national questions In
turer, nay. in which the North and South, the
East and West, are alike Interested and
must engage shoulder to shoulder. Coming
fert, 7 taNyr, NE =, ~
West and South stand closely In communion
of interest. We are bound together by the
closest ties of Industrial Development and
Democratic freedom. Our joint, productions
OF ,cotton and breadstuffs, Of lumber and coal
and iron. constitute so per cent OF the
fretght volume which m m the trans.
America; and so per cent. of the domestic
exports Of the United States. Our produce
tions sustain the cities which to-day employ
two-flfths OF the people In commerce and
Industry
During tho twelve years that have elaps-
gate volume OF the balance OF trade In favor
of the United States, over and above our for-
100000, and the net gold importatlons APP
proximate ss00 900, 900. But this trade bal
ance and gold inflow represent almost who'll
the West and South, which was accumu-
lated by hard industry without tariff pro-
lection. or government bonus and special
examinations and tariff taxes Of a hostile
character. Only last fall. when the Wall
Street panic OF 190T-OS sent call money to
a crazy height and the clearing house banks
o. the large centres ordered a general sus-
pension of cash payment to depostors, OK
cent to meet small necessities, 1t was the
South. and West again which produced tho
magnificent trade balance thai in sixty days
brought to our shores sos. 100000 Of Isuro-
pean gold for the relief of the Eastern money
centres and the adjustment of our. unsettled
tinances.
All Bound Together.
West and South, North and East, we are
bound together not only by Industrial and
commercial ties of internal development, and
by the participates of ~ common Union, hut
we are united In the cause of making this
nation the greatest world-power for peace
ana commerce and freedom on tho high seas
And the true spirit and policy OF American
conquest. as voiced by the rank and file
OF the American people In the fields and
shops and homes, regardless OF political par
ties. Is not that OF the battleshlp or the
club of might. not that of bristling tariffs
and hostile tax penalties upon the pursuits
OF peace and the rights oftraie, but that OF
q steady and determined progress In reduc ;
ing amelioratlns and eliminating these in
and stu moro ancient bnrbarism,, and there's
or American Freedom tho Influence Of tho
American world-power, and the products
OF American Industry. Us far and wide as
the calls of the sea may bear the American
flag