The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1910-11-03

Iment the rate bxed BY Jaw, he must
lpaS $40 or $50. the minimum nxed
toy me railroad 6ompany. am III
favor Of the scales hxipg the mimi
mum so that II q man chips stock
either in carload lots or less than
carload lots he can tell when he
weighs the stock what the freight
VIII Sbe. Under the present syatem
Eof assessing railroad property, on
the main line from st. Louis TO
Kansas City; the valuation is fixed
at $4,000 mile. while from
Pleasant Hill to Joplin It Is aked 1t
$4,000 per mile. There is not q
county in the state of Missouri which
furnishes the railroad companies as
much business per mile as does Jas
per county. The enormous product
of our mines and Of our quarries,
and our fields, makes it the most
desirable portion of the state for the
railroad companies Wlien a COM
pany issues stock or bonds 1t treats
Its property as a unit. Every mile
Of road bears the same amount OF
stock and carries the same burden
In the way of a mortgage upon which
dividends and interest must be paid
by the patrons of the road. Then
why should 1t not be treated as q
unit. for tax purposes? If it was
Jasper county would receive at least
from $4,000 to $1S,0000 more per
year in the way OF taxes than 1t now
receives, and it would not be an In
justice to the railroad company to
pass this law. do not mean that
the assessed valuation in Jasper
county should be raised to s22, 900,
but the assessment all over the state
should be equallzed and each mile
of road be valued at the same figure.
Gov. HadIey's Attack
Gov .Hadley when he spoke in Garth
| age, made a vigorous attack upon
ne. Up to- that time j haye never
mentioned the name of Mr.. Smith,
my opponent, in any Of the speeches
which / have made, nor criticised
him in any way. | have but slight
acquaintance with him, and he Is q
perfect gentleman. l have never
criticised, and do not expect to
criticize his course in the legisia-
ture, and shall only refer to 1t for
the purpose of answering what /
consider to be the unfair charges
against me. Gov. Hadley spoke in
this room one hour. Thirty minutes
were devoted to himself, and the
railroad company held It's train the
same length of time to give him an
opportunity to discuss me. It would
not hold its train five minutes for
Bryan when 1t was requested, to en-
able him to discuss political ques-
lions; though he was the idol of
more than six million voters. Gov.
Hadley, at the end of the laudation
of himself, with characteristics mod
esty. said: How can you be patient
at being asked to send to the Legis-
lature men who will oppose the po-
licies of such an administration"
He said: 1.-THE. Republican House
passed the following laws in the in
terest of the people. $50 . II
should be a source of qualification
to the people of Carthage to know
that your representative In the lower
House of the Legislature voted and
worked for every one Of these
measures passed in your interest by
the Republican House of Represen.
tatives. The governor said: I'll
passed a law providing for public
service commission with power tc
/ regulate the rates of public service
fcorporations doing business in this
state" Governor Hadley must have
known that our state convention
had adopted resolution in favor OF
a commission of this kind at my sug.
4 gestion and that every nominee Ii
pledged to vote for such a bill. The
difference between the commission
Favored by my resolution and thai
desired by Gov. Hadley is, that ii
one case the commission is elected
by the people and in the other 1t II
appointed by the governor. He also
said that the House passed bill