The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-20
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sz.dezvoring 10 gain such confidence
of The people shat raev vii elect. 10
the legislature alaa rho Tsll bs ALSO
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wzT or Listening IL spirit OF fair
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managers Of the fgcSs about the rail-
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spirit seao 70 the legislature AMI 10
congress and cause 20 be put On the
railway commissions Rome but men
Eao have honesty and public spirit
enough 70 try TO give the -ailEays q
square deal and intelligence enough
20 do iEs
RasIway men sincsresy hope that
the people viii Go this Year after
rear the people elected 70 me legisla-
lures and 10 congress some men Eao
deliberately and successfully sought
20 mold up' the railways BIZ introdue
ing ali manner OF strike, IN other
#ovtis Matchmaking Legislation Nos
i the lobbyists Who represented the
railways struck guilty bargains wifa
the lawmakers Hho represented the
people. we're railways Who sent the
lobbyisrs 10 the state capitol any
more AT fault than the people who
sent their inscriptions representa-
tives.
-Rsbsting,~ lfr. Winchen continues
in his letter, SIS as common in other
lines OF business as it formerly was
IN the railroad business.
4Probs bly, the roads have been de-
nouncsd for their unfair iiscrimina-
ton between shippers and commune
ties mere than anything else Nov,
there has never been any form of dis
elimination in the railway business
the counterpart OF which cannot be
found in every other business.
All commercial concerns make
lower prices 10 some customers than
TO others. Many of them give secret
rebates. To blame the railways for do
ing what is now universally regarded
as wrong. but which was not regarded
as wrong at the time it was done,
eFen By those who blame the rail.
ways for having done it, does not
seem fair
AS Chairman Knapp OF the inter
state commerce commission said. it is i
not possible at the same time TO have
the presence of railway competition
and the absence OF railway discrimina- |
ton. II this connection / call your at
tention TO the fact that one Of the
principal purposes for which pooling |
vas resorted 10 by the railways was
TO eliminate rebating and other forms
OF unfair discrimination, and that af- /
ter pooling was made illegal By the
interstate commerce Ian the roads /
formed traffic associations having the i
same purpose IN view
Dir. Wincneil adds that for past |
and present discrimination the ship |
pers, and the people of the United
States, acting through their Iawmak-
ers. hare been and are just as much /
responsible as the managers OF The /
railways.
President WincheIl further contends
in his letter that capital invested in a
should be allowed 10 earn az
attractive profit as # can in other
business