The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-20

can be made only upon filing with the
commissions and publishing such
changed rates at least thirty days in
advance.
The Pullman company, following the
requirement to file rates had to equal
ize them with the result that such i'm
portant Pullman fares as that between
New York and Albany were cut from
81 to 70 cents, and that between New
York and Poughkeepsie from so cents
to 80 cents.
Any carrier making determinations
between shippers or giving rebates is
punishable by fine and Imprisonment
and subject to $1,000 for each offense.
The reason why the words of Hughes
hit hard into Mr.. Bryan's proposed
remedies for corporation evils, was
because Mr.. Hughes has had more sue
cess in bringing about good conditions
and doing away with trust evils than
Mr.. Bryan even dreamed of. Governor
Hughes realizes that while public SER
vice and other corporations are neces-
sary, their evils are harmful to the
country at large. His remedy helped
conditions, and did not harm the rail-
roads.
His point of view was not only that
Of Mr.. Roosevelt, but that of hun
dreds Of thousands of people in this
country.
His words in condemnation of Bry-
ans propositions designed to kill the
trusts, to kill the evils if INSCRIPTIONS
men sometimes engaged in large bust
ness, is therefore particularly convinc-
ing.
He said:
When, however, we consider these
other remedies that are proposed for
the trusts, we find ourselves journeying
in land of dreams. Again the magi-
clan of 1896 waves his wand. At a
complex problems of modern business
are forgotten in the fascination of the
simple panacea. And as the free coin
age of silver in the ratio of IS to 1
was to destroy the curse of gold. so the
new found specific of equal perfection
is to remove the curse of industrial op-
preston. The delusion of 1903 is com
parable only to that OF twelve years
ago.
This proposal in it's utter disregard
of the facts of business, in it's substitu-
| ton of the phantasies of the magma
| ton for the realities of life, stamps the
Democratic platform with the fatal
stamp of 1896. The commerce and in
dustry of this country; the interests of
| its wage-earners and of it's inter de-
| pendent masses, who must rely upon
the stability of business, cannot afford
to give license to such vagaries.
In the solemnity with which this
proposal has been declared, and the in
sistence with which it is advocated we
find all appropriate test of the capacity
of our opponents to deal wisely with
the problems of the day.
1t is the function of law to define and
punish wrongdoing, and not to throttle
business In the fields of industrial
activity the need is that trade should
be fair; that unjust determinations
and Illegal allowances giving preferen-
tial access to markets should be pre-
vented; that coercive combinations and
improper practices to stifie competition
should be dealt with regardless Of indi.
viduals; but that honest industry, OBJ
tanning success upon its merits, deny.
ing no just opportunity to it's competi
tors. should not be put under prohibi-
tions which mingle the innocent and
the guilty in common condemnation y
These arc not the words of a dream
| er-they are the words of a man who
has extermined abuses in business
without hurting business. They are
the points Of difference in the Republi
can and Democratic parties.