The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-10
lNal Saeeial to the Adversiser,l

CrSSl SrS ne Tzl4ToS0S. O-SSSer >slAA
Sre Roosevelt and Ia Toilette. jest
AZ present i @Sv be worth while 70
remember especially Is Toilette. For
s few DAYS Washington. has been feel
ing again IS though II were $ camp
u rSilroSd Interests Snd antagonists,
Just IS II wSs for mSny ne-ry weeks
TWO wears $50 when Congress wSS
broodisS over 5 rzte hill
Railroad nea Sre coming in here
daily Snd they certainly sre lot Of
sure heads. The Presiiea, struck ont
AZ them anew ths other Day when he
addressed letter 70 the Interstate
Commerce Commission 70 prepare dztS
STOUT railroad operation Sn6 the con-
dues u hn&neie-ins projects. IS zgAias;
possible strike q employees Like
many Roosevelt output II came IS $
bolt out OF the blus Snd took every
body by surprise. The Interstate Com
ms-ee Commission came right bsek. IS
5 matter ot tzet- Il sid II hSd al
Ire information the President wzs Ike
" % want On those Subjects. Under
the rate lzw there Is $ provision for
monthly zeeaSnring by railroSis SID
This system Is 50 thorough that !;
furnished about 81 the President o.
anybolv else waul6 need 70 know IS
70 whether 5 rSilrOzd h&d been Sad Is
beng operated economically and wheth-
- there i cause tor It's reducing its
wage sezls-
The President intended his letter
should ser as s preventative u strikes,
which the Commissioner Of I-misra-
tiOr. NJ. Ssrseznt. zn old lsbOr union
nsn- zn6 Others hzve been telling him
were coming. They hsve zlso been
telling him that the clash would be
something greater than II wSs II 1SSS
when Eugene Debs gOt into prison, be
ezuse the railroad employees sre ROW
better organized than they were then
and esn hold ont longer. The railroad
Presidents who have been hurrying
down 70 Washington OF this and other
questions. Sre grunbEng ST what PreSi-
dent Roosevelt has done 70 them II
the time Of their adversely. but The
opinion i that hs hS< made Il moro
difficult than ever for the railroads 70
eut down wages
And also IN this time q their sd
verzity Senator Robert " Is Toilette
enters upon the scene He nzksS the
President snd al Congress take No
tiee. The Aldrieh currency bin was
getting along nicely II the Senate. To
y sure The Se1zte has been o. the
point several days q falling asleep
- duu Vas the debate OF the measure
II has : clause permiEtin. the bonds
II railroads 10 b used IS s basis fo-
emergency currency.
he great wss1. now 3 tremendous
factor II National legislation. has been
grunbling about that clause, the wis
don u which even soue o. the great
Senate leaders doubted. The Western
Republicans insisted thst the eastern
bo1dholdsrs would p-o6t chiefly from
this provision Il would aeeentoate
The vzlue q their securities Tie rzil-
ro45s. however. would Ike 70 see the
provision become : law. Thsy ara feel
ing TIE hard times more than any
other corporations TTaEe : falling
Of Freight and passenger receipts are
II very low figures Il i nsxr 70 in
possible 70 get money 70. eoastrue-
ZION work Tie outlook for these prop
critics and the hundreds Of thousands
Of their employees Is rather dismal
The giving Of their bonds 2 little
preferences. such as that proposed.
would quicken rzil1oad business II
would D. easier 70 rziSs money By the
sale q binds. which the national hanks
would have use fo--
one day 1wo q three weeks ago.
La Toilette, rising from his
lone corner Of the Senate. gave 10
cice u al amendment that only the
bonds q railroads should - accepted
when the rozds had been appraised 20
the satisfaction Of the Interstate Com
ns-oe Commission That vas q step
toward Tia app-ziszusnr OF railroads. .
~h5ch Senator La FoIIstte vas the
first 70 advocate Prominently Presi-
tent Roosevelt only to-srzCes Senator
- Toilette He didn't Ike % Sc The
Wisconsin Senator cone ''5utting IN
zi-h any rzilrozd thunder and a. first
= f1ownst upon the appraisal scheme.
Then after Insulating several months. (
II The railroad rate bill had go1s into
feet IL embraced the idea
The railroad presidents z-oa1sd whea ]
hey heard what the President had
ore They grozns5 soma mora ~hsa
hey saw NJ Ia Toilette pe-siztently
Though quietly putting forward thai
but they hope5 for the
81 They might have remarked
Ch=- NJ. The worst Is yer % coma
h= Western Republicans Who GO Tot
estate % advocate the guaranteeing
: deposits II national banks by the
1Ts-1nsl- and So1z other Ike pro
isio1s- even though they D somewhat
-yznssQue. kept On gnoliug about
= bond provision They grumbIs5 II
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