Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
RY H;R. [lEE!M STAR STAFF
WALKER fllas!s ESpoNDENT
LIVING COST KEEPS RISING

I quitting business. Kindel began tC
fight. He organized other business
men and got them into the fight
| They went into court, and when Kin
| del found that it was difficult to fine
lawyers who knew anything about
railroad rates and law and weren''
retained by the railroads and expires;
companies, he practically gave up hi;
business and took charge of the cour
cases himself In few years he be-
came known as one of the best rail.
road rate experts in the West.
1t was necessary to fight the rail
roads in the legislature as well as ii
the courts in Colorado, and SO Kinde
went into politics and was elected Il
the legislature. Then he found thai
the trail of the railroad and expires;
| influences led into Congress, SO las
year he ran for Congress. and raT
as Progressive Democratic candi.
date in his district, but he received
1000 or 5000 more votes than Presi
dent Wilson in the district
II didn't come to Congress to get
a meal ticket, / came to get Justice for
the people of Colorado and the West,
said Kindel when he first came here
and he's been repeating it since.
! Kindel hadn't been here long wher
/ he ran dlOul Oh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! Burleson. In one town in his dis.
trict there was a Republican post.
master who had given good service
! Kindel wanted him kept in Office and
| told the postmaster-g general he woulo
| take the responsibility for keeping
| him there. Burleson insisted that q
| Democrat must have the job, and ap-
pointed man Kindel refused to In
dorse for the office. I<indel said
| what he thought about it, and was
| warned that he'd get into trouble ii
he talked that way.
Then Attorney General McReynolds
laid down." as kindel charges, ON a
| lawsuit brought by the government
against Western railroad. A cir
cult Judge refused jury trial on the
case and gave a decision for the rail-
road, and McReynolds let the case
drop, although kindel demanded that
he appeal il to the Supreme Court
I[indel did some more talking. and
criticised the attorney general. Will
lam Jennings Bryan told him he'd
get in bad if he didn't quit fight
ing the administration.
"Why?" asked Jindel. and went on
talking. Among other things he has
said is that the present parcel post
system is ridiculous. and he produced
o lot of figures making fun of Post
master General Burleson's last order.
which makes a rate of Is cents for
II pounds for $50 miles, and makes it
cost 81 cents to send II pounds Isl
miles.
The other day hindel went to the
White House and told the President
why he had fought Burleson and Nc
Reynolds and why he intended to
keep on fighting. All the satisfaction
he got was q scolding from the Pres
ident for having criticised Demo-
cratic cabinet officer.
kindel isn't popular at the White
House or at the State Department
or the Department of Justice. but he
doesn't seem to mind il a bit To
those who want TO know, he imparts
very cheerfully the information that
he's been in the fight against the rail
roads for quite n good many more
years than President Wilson has been
in politics and that lie doesn't in
tend to quit his fight, regardless of
who gets in the way.
II is reported that the President
is going to send some new railroad
regulation laws to the Capitol next
winter to have them o. KID by Con-
gress. If he does. look out for hair
pulling match. Kindel knows more
about railroad and express rates
than most people in the United States
and he's likely to have his say and
to make it very lively If any rail-
road bills that come along don't
stand his idea of the acid test.