The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-07-30
THURSDAY. JULY 50. 1908

he statement n the LewIsloi
Teller last week that the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company had serv
ed notice On z A. johnson that they
would not ALLOW ais road connection
With the Northern Pacific, no doub.
enenztes from some one Who does
not have the entire say for that road
and may be done with the hope that
II may be Of some advantage, al
though the party responsible for
the statement IS satisfied II viii be
temporary only. The statement,
however. VII have no effect with
Mr. johnson whatever, but II nay be
OF some detrinent to the Northern
Pacific railroad, when. IN reality,
&c believe the company IS not d.
recfly to blame Idaho il one of the
very few states that has no railroad
commission and but few laws govern
ing railroads This subject, how
ever, has been discussed much more
in the state recently thanever before
and nothing will urge the passage
Of laws requiring the appointment of
q commission and laws governing
them than such statement as tn
one In the Teller. The railroad
company knows this as well as any
one and they also know that IT is not
a very difficult matter to get such
laws passed but that II is difficult
and very expensive TO have them re-
pealed- Laws are passed to prevent
wrongs and punish the wrong doors.
and the committing of acts that,
while they are not legally wrong,
because there is no Law against them,
but morally wrong suggest laws and
are the cause Of most of the laws be-
ing passed. The greater the moral
wrong the strongerand more stringent |
the laws are apt to be made Had the |
railroads in every state in the union
always treated the people fair, II is
quite probable there would have been
few railroad commissions and not
nearly SO many laws governing rail
roads The states where the people
we're treated the worst several years
ago by the transportation companies
are nov the ones which have the most
stringent laws and railroad com
It is quite probable
hat one and perhaps both Of the old
political parties Of this state will :
declare in their state platform this
ummer and fall for railroad and
warehouse commission and for more II.
tringent laws governing railroads :
f this state and should any railroad {
.ttempt to do anything like what the
Iorthern Pacific is reported to have I
aid, as stated In the Lewiston Teller,
viii help the matter along more ;,
ian anything that has been done for J
pine time. When railroad will be !
{ as much benefit to so large a
umber Of people as the road which :
[r. johnson is constructing will be !,
ie people will not allow one man, OF !.
few men, or even a company, to ?
.op it for a short time. furthermore
lilroads are built to make money
IT those who build them and they
ave to make this money from the c
eople and the country through N
hich the road is constructed, to a A
reat extent, and in our case en- N
rely, and they much prefer the is
bod will of the people instead Of ia
leir enemity, especially Of 50 large is
number. This is not case where
e people will not be able to help
Iemselves, neither are the people
Nerperce prairie a class Of people na
ho will quit. Energy, progressive to
.ss and determination is the kind rs
stuff that the people of Nezperce Ia
airie are made Of. He who does 50
t believe this let him attempt to Ga
wart some Of our enterprises or Sc
and gee how soon he tn
II find it out. Our motto is to
.et US work together for the good Co
the country and for our mutual ha
left."
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