The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-24
RAILROAD LAW IS
WHAT WAS NEEDED
Senator CumminS, However,
Abuses the Men Who
Had 1t in Charge.

edpouys nan, July ex-senator Al
bert B. Cummins Of Iowa. in his
speech before the Chautauqua here to-
day, asserted that Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon were traitors to their
party, II not TO the country, when they
gave their support to the Wickershsm
railroad bill as II came from the at
torney generals office and demanded
that IL go through Congress.
That bill was a direct population
OF the Republican party platform Of
ZOOS and II was directly in the inter-
est of the railroads and not in the in
lerest OF the common people Of the
country, said Senator Cummins.
speaker Cannon and Aldrich and
men OF their class seem to think the
republican party was formed to make
men rich. ] think 70 was born to make
men free. They think Il was born TO
make men millionaires; I believe it was
born to drive misery out Of this coun-
Senator Aldrich has vigorously op-
posed all regulation OF the railroads
oy Congress ever since the bill to Gre
ate the Interstate commerce commits
SION IN 1897 was born and always
nave been Republican, but 7 cannot
and will not follow the leadership OF a
traitor to his party and the people,
Spoke In Big Tent.
Senator Cummins spoke in a big tent.
Mnere the neat was intense, but he
continued his address for two hours to
large audience.
u am a recruiting officer.S he said.
LOT the army that will destroy the po-
ntlcal leadership of Speaker Cannon
and senator Aldrich. 1 want to enlist
men and women in this army for its
Work VIII be done in the homes
Il am not here to talk to men WIN
OeIleNe as j do. for IL is only the sick
mat need physician. The people
nave found that competition is impos-
siple IN gas, electric light. water and
Otner public utilities. So you have de-
cided that this monopoly shall be
HestSo into the government itself and
not lett TO the Individual interests
am not opposed TO the railroads.
NO man who values the public vveifa re
can De hostile TO the railroad. but jus
Ilce 10 all means to pay the righteous
duties as fixed by the laws Of trade
Dy competition or through society. The
RAJ r9ed is OF the country are capitalized
mate / have ever heard placed on the
actual amount Of Independent canffal
put INTO their roads was $4,000 0Oo 00O
r,,ra - nearly ss.0O0.O0O.000 OF i'm
Charges Are Too High.
lou nave TO pay more than you
ought to pay for the service you get
IN order to pay dividends on this va a.
capitalization The railrosds chsTge
excessive rates and accumulate a sur
Plus, and this they put back into the
road in improvements. and they nov
ASK you TO pay additional interest on
this surplus. secured by extortionate
rates In ten years the railroads added
sS.oOO. 100000 to their capitalization in
Detterments and extensions without the
investment of single penny of inde-
pendent capital. We must pay inter-
est on the surplus investment that rem
resents no actual value through extor-
tionate rates.
The first legislation to regulate
railroads. came in 1887 with the passa &c
or the interstate commerce bill. sneak
er cannon was in the House then He
made no effort to restrict the grow
ing power of the railroads or enact
legislation In favor of the nation. He
was silent then and he has been silent
ever since Not a single instance can
be shown In the Congressional Record
where Cannon lifted up his voice in he
nalf or the common men and women.
cannon has been so busy trying to
look like Abraham Lincoln that he has
forgotten what Lincoln was trying TO
do for the people of this country. He
has never been able to convince the
people that his heart was right for
them. The work OF Bristow. Madison
murdoch and others will be remern-
bered long after Cannon is eternaIIy
forgotten.
Aidrich Berated.
Senator Aldrich was a senator in
1854 He was not silent, but he Wig
orously opposed the interstate COM
merce bill, and every time he has on
posed every bill that attempted to reg
ulate and restrict the railroads