Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-12-13
ATTACKS
THE RAILROAD
Declares They Have Comb
ined to Rob the People
of Millions
.FAVORS AN INCOME TAX LAW
He Opposes the Appointment or
Election of Judges
for Life.

Chicago, Dec Ex-Governor W. R
Stubbs, of Kansas, made sensation
al attack upon railroads and trusts,
at a banquet of the Illinois Manuwac-
turers Association last night. He de-
clared that the advanced freight
rates demanded by the railroads, were
agreed to by the combined railroads
and are therefore clearly in violation
OF the Sherman antitrust law and
were unjustihable
The speaker condemned the Judge
who fines corporations for violations
of law and discharges the officers
who get the money and are the real
criminals in the case" He asserted
that the relation of the federal gov
Crnment to unlawful commercial in
stitutions organized for spoils and
plunder is one of the most humiliat.
ing and disgraceful chapters il Ameri.
can history" Governor ST. 1bs said
in part:
1T is common on occasions of this
character to sugar-coat words and
round our sentences TO please the
audience. The question of entertain
meEt IS not matter of deep concern
to me at this time. 1t is my purpose
and hope to present in a plain, bust
nesslike way facts and conditions that
may be worthy Of your careful con-
scientious and serious consideration.
In the evolution Of government, ey-
cry generation has had it's own respon-
sib!lities to bear, its own work to do,
its own problems to solve, its own bat.
ties tC fight This generation must
meet the problems of today like men
who are conscious of their power and
ability to meet every emergency, and
determine every question of govern
ment in broad, liberal spirit for the
benefit, and in the interest of a ma
jority of our citizens
Let us have the courage to tell the
exact truth, about unwholesome com.
mercial conditions that have grown
m during the last score of years. Any.
thing short of plain, accurate state
ntent Of facts concerning the iron
grip which monopolies, trusts and IL
legal combinations now hold on the
commerce of our country, means eth.
er moral prostitution or personal COW.
a1dice.
Every student of public affairs and
every public official charged with the
enforcement of law, knows that the
alliance between professional politi-
clans, corporation lawyers and the
financial and commercial interests
Which are concerned in shaping state
and federal legislation to serve their
own special interests, is menace to
the welfare and life of our republic.
ut is well known for instance that
within reasonable limits the packing
house trust exercises arbitrary power
to fix the purchase price of cattle,
hogs and other Livestock, and deter
mine with accuracy the amount of
profit which they will take as their
share of the transaction. 1t is well
known that the packing house trust
was formed and is being operated in
open and fragrant violation of moral
and statutory laws"
The speaker said that the methods
employed by the giant masters of
finance who have destroyed the natu-
raj laws of supply and demand
throughout the nation are in open and
fragrant violation of the Sherman an
thrust laws, the plain provisions OF
our federal constitution, the common
laws of our land, and all moral obli-
cations imposed upon respectable
citizens.
In this connection, the transporta-
ton question is perhaps the most
important issue before the American
people today. The Wall street fnan-
ciers, through a community of in
terest' scheme have by indirect meth
DDS formed what practically amounts
to gigantic railroad trust, which
controls the rates and policies of the
most important railroad systems in
the United States
There is well established princi-
pie of law which prohibits man
from doing indirectly that which the
law forbids him to do directly. II
penalties are provided by law for do.
ing an act, the same penalties should
attach when that act is accomplished
| by indirect means.
"The Northern Securities Company,
which WAS organized to consolidate
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Burlington railways, all compel
ing lines, was declared illegal by the
federal supreme court. James ]. Hill,
j. Pierpont Morgan and their asso-
ciates proved themselves to be above
the law and higher than the courts
by proceeding Immediately to de
stroy competition in railroad rates
| throughout the northwestern states
by indirectly doing what the supreme
court had decided was unlawful for
the Northern Securities Company to
do
THE railroad is government
agency, and is therefore, supposed to
be subject to law. 1t is creature of
government, but the creature has
grown to such proportions of wealth
and political power that provisions of
law and DEGREES of courts have proven