Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-05


 Reasonable notice should be given tho adverse party
 This mat,er is daily becoming of grave importance. and 1 cannot too ur- gently recommend that congress give careful consideration 10 the subject. If some way of rcmcdying tbc abuses is not found, the feeling of indignation against them among large members Of our citizens will tend to grow go rx- trcmc as tp produce q revolt against the whole use of the process of inJunc- ton. The ultra conservatives who ob- j"rt tO cutting up the abuses will do well to remember that if popular feel. ing does bcc"mr strong against any Of those upon whom they rely, to defend them will be the first turn against them. Men of property cannot afford tn trust to any thing save the spirit of justice and fair play; for thc~" very public men who, while it is to their interest to defend all the abuses com. mittcd by capital and pose as the cham pions of conservatism, will, in the mo mrnt they think their interest changes, take the lead in just such . matter as this and pandrr to what they esteem popular feeling by cndcavoring. for in. stance, effectively to destroy the pow. CT of the courts in matters of iniunc. tiun; and will even seek to render nugatory the power to punish for con. tempt upon which power the very cx. istcncc of the orderly administration of justice depends
 IL is my purpose. as soon as may he. to submit some further recommcnda' tions in reference to our laws rcgulat ing labor conditions within the sphere of federal authority. \ very recent decision of the supreme court of the United States rendered since this mes. sage was written, in the ease of Adair vs. the United states, seemingly of far reaching importance and of very seri- ous probable consequences, has modi' fled the previously entertained view, and will make necessary the consider. atiou of opinions therein filed before it is possible definitely to decide in what way to call them to your attcn. tion.
 Not only should there be action on certain laws. affecting wage earners; there should also he such action on laws better to secure control over the great business concerns engaged in inter state commerce and especially over the great common carriers. The interstate commerce commission should be em powered to pass upon any rate or prac' ticc on its own initiative. Moreover it should he provided that whenever the commission has reason to believe that A proposed advance in rate ought not to be made without investigation order prohibiting the advance pending examination by the commission.
 would not be understood as cxpres sing an opinion that any or even q ma aiority of these advances are improp cr. Many of the rates in this country have been abnormaIly low. The oper ating expenses of our railroads. notably the wages paid railroad employees, hay, greatly increased. These and otnei causes may in any given ease, justify an advance in rates, and if SD the ad vance should be permitted and approv ed, but there may be, and doubtless are cases where this is not true, and our law should he SO framed that tho government as the representative of the whole people, can protect the indi vidual against unlawful exactions foi the use of these public highways. Tn, interstate commerce commission should be provided with the means tc make . physical valuation of any road, | ug t. tsAf f.h I A. necessary. In some form the federal government should exercise supervi sion over the financial operations of our interstate railroads. In no other way can justice be done between the private owners of those properties ana the public which pay their charges When once any inflated capitalization has gone upon the market and has be come fixed in value, its existence must be recognized. As n practical matter it IS too often absolutely necessary to take account of the thousands of in. nocent stockholders who have purchas ed their stocks in good faith. The usual result of such imitation is there. fore to impose upon the public an un. necessary but everlasting tax, while the innocent purchasers of the stock arc also harmed and only few specu lators are benefited. Such wrongs when once accomplished can with difficulty be undone but they can be prevented with safety and justice.
 When combinations of interstate railroads must obtain government sane. ton, when it is no longer possible for an interstate railroad to issue stocks and bonds save in the manner approved by the Federal government, when that government makes sure that the pro. eecds of every stock and bond issue goes into the improvement of the prop. crty and not the enrichment of some individual ar syndicate, when, when ever 1t becomes material for guidance in the regulative action of the govern. ment, the physical value of one of these properties Is determined and made known, n,-therc will be eliminated from railroad securities that element