Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-02
THE FIGHT
 ON RaiiRCaCS.

THE ftSfF ON RAiiRcscs.
 If there is neel for conservassve action and encouragement towards tec ,.tsss1. % 10. s-;tc of Texas. how much more need i5 there for s1ci. action tosarls railroads in Arizcua- We arc led to this thought by the fol- lowing article tak5r from the Fl Saso Times
 That the interest of the state and the citizen and the interests of the great industrial enterprises which are developing the waste places and the resources of the state are mutual and very largely inter-dependent. is Q bus mess proposition so simple and true and patent that 1t is astonishing to find any man of information and aver age business capacity to question it.
 The people of Texas have had more clearly demonstrated to them the truth of this proposition than the people of any other state in the un- ion. particularly with respect to the value of the railroad as developers and as the agents ard promoters of progress and prosrerity.
 "No other agency has done so much to build up and advertise and people her waste places os the railroads which traverse her plains. But for the railroads, Fl peso, today one of the greatest cities in Texas. would be but Htsle better tran camp on a cattle trail, and Fl Paso is but one of the thousand of other Texas towns that owe the possibility of their ex- istence to these great enterprises.
 Just why, in view of their value to every interest in the state, the rail roads should be the especial targets for hostile legislation. it is hard to comprehend. Yet f1r twenty years or more a senseless warfare has been waged upon them
 They have never asked for any thing at the hands of the legislature or the courts but q square deal. They ask that their rights be respected, and do not ask for special privileges, though they are greedy enough to em- brace every opportunity for the ad- vancement of their interests. It is simple justice that the rights Of cap ital should be recognized and respect ed, just as the rights of the individ- uai arc. and no fa!--minded man will question the correctness Of that DO sition.
 "The Waco Times-Herald in very strong and vigorous editorial criticism of Governor Campbcn's radical rec concentrations on the subject of the regulation of railroad rates. and par ticuIarIy his demand for the enact ment of a law prescribing a twO-cent passenger fare. points out that the governor was discreetiy silent during his campaign in the primary last year. and in the convention which he and his supporters controlled, on this subject, and accuses him of having purposely kept it from before the pri- mary for the reason that he knew neither the people nor the party would endorse his destructive policy. There fore, the Waco paper concludes he is un-democratic.
 '1f the measures advocated by Gov ernor Campbell were carried out, the railroads in this state would be crip- pied or killed. and the blight would extend to every othe- line of industry. The loss would ultimately fall upon. the people in whose behalf the gov ernor claims he Is working
 Tt is to be hoped that it may not be long before sanity. business tudg- ment and sound principles may again assert themselves in the lawmaking branch of our government"