Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-15

will not forget that we have only TAX
en- one step, albeit good long one,
| in the right direction. Should we be
defeated In the impending litigation
over the advances which the railroads
are about to make, the situation will
be critical from the standpoint of
those of us who believe the govern
ment ought to control railroad rates
and charges. We must have friends in
congress, and capable, devoted ones, IL
we are to win in the end, and not al
lied, by practice, profession or SYM
patty, to the Interests" I hope you
will be willing, as you have always in
the past been ready, to help arouse
public sentiment in your territory to
this most vital matter
Please write me about the progress of
the senatorial fight in Iowa. Governor
Cummins Is candidate for the SEN
ate, and hope you are able to give
him your active support. When he APP
peared some three years ago before
the senate committee on interstate
commerce, in the hearings on the rail-
road question, l became impressed that
he was one of the few men who
seemed to understand the great ques-
ton that was before the country, and
to have both the legal knowledge and
the courage to take the peoples side
in effective manner. against the trans
portation companies. Such men in
public life are singularly scarce.
have watched his career since, and
observed that your state legislature
has enacted some of the best laws in
country, along this same line of cor
poration control and regulation Of
transportation. / can not but assume
that your governor must have had to
do with these things: and the oppor-
tunity of his coming to the senate
greatly interests me. as 1t must all live
stock and farmers interests The peo-
pies side of these questions needs
men with his legal experience and ca
pacity, uninfluenced by the habit
standing for the interests of compro-
missing away the rights of the public.
He is not the sort of man to be driven
to panic by the mention Of a onsti-
tutional difficulty, or the fear that
watered stocks may get dividend
He knows all about the constitution
and its interpretations. He would be
tower OF strength in the coming
fight, which is going to last for good
many years before 1t is settled; for it
will not be settled till it Is settled
right: that is to give actual investment
what it is fairly entitled to, but to pro-
tect the public against epillage.
observed recently some census fig
ures which represented that Iowa suf-
fered a loss in population in the five
years from 1900 to 1905 knowing
something Of Iowa for many years,
and being very intimately acquainted
with live stock interests; knowing that
as whole 1t is probably the richest
equal piece OF territory in the United
States, wondered about this showing.
My conclusion Is that your Iowa peo-
pie have had too much craftsmanship
of the kind that was dominated by
eastern interests. You have been.
fully believe, too loyal to leadership
which has grown away from you, and
has learned to see western interests
thru eastern spectacles. You need
some fresh, vigorous western men
,regnated with the genius of west
srn ideas and inspired with an accu-
rate knowledge of present day west
ern conditions to represent you here
WILL 11O ChIdAS iihS diAiaAASSo' sSSsSAA
a man is Governor Cummins. I have
seen him in action, and am sure you
will pardon me when / earnestly ask
you, for the sake of your interest and
that Of the live stock interest of the
entire west, which is really one In the
big fight which is ahead of us on this
question of corporation regulation,
the enforcement Of antitrust laws and
railroad regulation. to support him.
Iowa ought to elect senator this year
with its eye and its thought on what
it wants to get. To defeat Governor
Cummins would be nothing less than
calamity to the whole west, and I
thoroughly believe to your own state
especially
We must extend our foreign trade
to cattle and meats; we must relieve
the public from excessive tariffs; we
must divorce our public men from
Wall street interests: we must make
railroads subservient to the rule of
right we must have the tillers Of the
soil in congress by actual representa-
tives. Your people know that Cover
nor Cummins Is right on all those
questions without bubble and with
no record" to jar him loose, and ev-
cry stock raiser and feeder should
support him. Very truly,
S. II. CoWAN.