Arizona republican., 1908-02-06

the commission would not be upheld
 in this test case.
 Mr. Dunlap was much interested in
 the rulings of the commission affect ing Arizona points. which he said illus trated that rate making was the most intricate and ticklish business. The commission was able to get at things only in slices, so To speak. It would hear of complaint i1 one part of the country and immediately conclude that things needed some fixing, which 1t proceeded to do. No sooner than this was done. the action aroused a com plaint from other perhaps remote parts of the vast United States, that the commission had never thought about or perhaps not noticed were on the map. From a legal standpoint, this fixing" into which the commission had entered so energetically, was caus
 ing all sorts of complications. The fact of the business was that rate making is too complex a matter for d few well-meaning men to handle, in view of the fact that the railroad companies had never quite adjusted things to fine point with the employment of hun- dreds of expert traffic managers, who had grown up in the business of rate was a relative one, no one case being isolated, and men must be thoroughly posted on prevailing conditions in ev- cry section to do justice. which even then is a very troublesome undertak- ing.
 Asked what in his opinion would be necessary to establish the former high ly prosperous business conditions, he said the restoration of confidence in securities. Until this was done it would be difficult to obtain money for great Improvements. railroad building and extension of manufacturing and other industries. As long as the ham, mering process on our securities con- tinued, there will be unstable condi- tions. The business men of Chicago with whom he had come in touch were rapidly tiring of that policy. and have come to the conclusion that govern mental attacks are doing the country harm. MT. Dunlap called attention to the presidents very unjust and unwar- ranted attack on President Ripley of the Santa Fe, which was only one of SAAO many oNibiiS Ol ANpNSfNtiN S love for spectacular stunts. He had noted, he said. the growth among financial men of the feeling that Roosevelt was not only too impulsive but now was regarded as unsafe.
 There has been a cutting of oper- ating expenses in Chicago among rail- roads and other industries. as the costs have greatly increased in the past few years, and at the same time there has been a continuous demand for reduc- tion of rates He called attention to the Texas incident this winter, where the people of many sections of the Lone Star state petitioned the cOmmis- sion in that state to cease rate cutting. What they wanted awas not to save a few cents in mileage but more miles of railway to develop their country. The adverse legislation and jim crow laws which have been enforced i1 many states had done much to demoraliZe the traffic and trade in general
 MT. Dunlap said that Illinois would give Cannon a complimentary vote on the first ballot He did not think that unless the administration forces, the pos:masters and the office holders in general were able to swing a Taft ajority on the first ballot. 1! that he could get the nomination. After ] that the fight would be a warm o1e