The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-06
Intimates Effort Is Being Made
to Deceive People.
ARE PEOPLE TIRING2
Appear to Take Little Interest
in Bank Guaranty Law.
Much Like JOckeying For Posi-
tiOn in a Race.

II promulgated by the state railway
board in an effort to show sweeping
reductions on shipments of commodi-
ties:
indications are that the freight
tariff experts Of the Kansas state
board of railroad commissioners may
have been fooled by the railroads on
the new freight tariffs on wheat and
corn.
at develops through the Wiclkham
grain company of this city that the
comparative freight schedules, printed
yesterday in the Salina Journal and
nearly all the other daily papers in the
state are incorrect on wheat, cern and
other grains.
THE reductions which are really
made by the new freight rate law are
not as large as made to appear in these
comparisons.
This list Of comparisons was sent
out from Topeka and was probably
furnished by the experts - the state
board of railroad commissioners. These
same experts gave the information to
the legislature on which the new tariffs
were based. Possibly they gave the
legislature to understand that large re-
ductions were being made.
LAS a matter of fact, the rates that
were printed yesterday in the Journsl
as the old rates are the rates which
were sent out Of existence on May 2.
1907 They were succeeded then by a
companies. The tariff of May 2. 1907,
related only to grain rates. The cat
tie. hogs and other rates were not
changed from the schedules previously
in existence"
The above criticism will also hold
true as applied to the boards recent
defense of it's action in raising the
cream rates for Kansas above the in
terstate rate. The board undertook to
show by comparison that IL had cut the
rate on the short haul to a material ex-
tent as an Offset for the increase on the
long haul. But the board, as In the
case of the above instance, did not base
the comparison of the new with she
lowest of the old rates. The state rail-
road board, elected by the people TO
serve the interests Of the people, should
never have to justify or explain its &C
tion on any rate cases. The people do
not want the board to be Unfair to the
railroads or express companies but
they do want them to stop short Of ap-
pearing to be on the side OF these cor
porations and against the interest Of
the shipper. The arguments OF the
board lately sound too much like those
used by corporation lawyers in the trial
of rate cases.
The effort to make a lot of poll
ticaI capital. out of Robert Stones
connection with the DeBoissierre ODD
Fellows home lawsuit would appear
not to be justified by the sober facts
in the case. Discussing this matter
! in its last issue. the Western Odd Fell
low, the organ of the order for this
section of the country has the follow
I'm the last issue of the Western
odd Fellow appeared communica-
/ ton from r. D. Wilson on the sub
! ject of That Orphans Home In
/ it appeared some statements rejecting
upon the character of Messrs. Trout
/ man &, stone which should not have
| appeared. We have no intention OF
I casting asperities or throwing degrad-
| ing epfgrams at those gentlemen, or
| in fact upon any one. and do not IN
tend to permit any correspondents TO
/ do so, hence were little sur prisea
ourselves to see them in print; we
/ desire, therefore, to retract that part
| of the article referred to-
Is the sentiment in favor of guar
| anty of bank deposits on the wane in
Kansas? There are two answers 70
I the question. Among the people who
/ talk most about the proposition the
| noes predominate but the large major
ity of the voters of the state nave ut
/ tie or nothing to say ABOUT II 1hls
/ Indifference on the part of the general
! uubIic % the row now on between
/ the national and state bankers over
/ what rate Of interest shall DC paid
upon deposits and whether or not
| there shall be a special session or tne
legislature is significant and may De
| inferureted to lack Of interest as wen
as any other cause.
| THE reformers, square dealers,
| want to protect deposits and at the
| same time Will call a special session
IN order to insure that these same oe-
| nosits shall not draw as much inter
est as formerly -,
great many people regard this
quarrel between the bankers with
| susnicion. It smacks Of racers jockey
\ inc, for a position. once the race - on
come one will have TO pay the
| freg0bt There is nearly always a
! 4oIrer in reform measures. The DIG
fellows are restricted. the PUBIC ~
! protected and yet there Is ny N
|; fbe ointment when the little teHoW
sits down to digest his reform meal
well known Republican politician.
| ! sneakfng Of the deadlock between tne
| state and national bankers over the
! annlfcation Of guaranty legislation.
nEts in the following knock against
the state law:
soThe bank guaranty law IS mis-
| named - said a Republican leader To-
5aI- at should be entitled An act
~ enable banks to save from TO
Der cent interest on deposits. That
what II really does. Most All saving
| accounts in the state have been draw
- 4 uer cent interest Some IN
western Kansas have drawn even .
| ner cent Under the law banks can
onIv nav per cent in the future
|, / Trlev will save enough interest on de-
| nosits to pay all their insurance
: 1rennfuus II the people got any rcal
| Insurance for IL that might help some
| But financiers know that the snsuf-
, ! auce IS questionable. One big banF
? failure would mortgage the Insurance.