The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-18

IItIHut rate increase asked uN the
railroads Fuukl, tho advocate and
champion of nig business. tho defend
Or Of trusts and monopolcs. Leslie
eo'a Hrth,r than usual this verk Iu
-coulruu.nF what DO terms otct
regulation % business ut declare,
that af this Time when The country e
prosperity seems 90 haug in the bal.
once thui u s dangerous for com
rrrss foo remain In session. thus per
mttinp the fial0uurlcs ana dream.
'ta BOO that body uIl rein % de-
.laroa That Iho tcis conservative nd
dItIuus Goo tho lHVs regulating trade
aud monopoly proposed hy the pr,sI.
dent. are "Husrtulug to business and
enough tY bring about 90 panic Do
declares thli th, whole prosperity OF
the nation. present md future. rests
uu tho rrautiuR tp the railroads the
nr, ror cent freight rate increase ht
the Interstate commerce commission
concludes with the assertion TINT
THE Interstate commerce commission
should perform lts duty prompts
grant tho rate iu%crpusc uf bc SUM
mHiily removed from ufJc, rs iugapb-
|Io and Inefficient
There are q great many people who
feel that the alarming financial state.
mcuts issued recently Hy the eastern
railroads are statements g. fact and
not "hluns to drive tho interstate
commerce commission into granting
the increase in rates asked u is
hardly probable that great rail-
road eystcms would dare "fuk, these
alarming reports OF decreased earn
lugs and increased upcrnting expense,
oven if they desired co. do 500. There
~ little doubt hat the discharge of
nearly $4,000 employees Of the eastern
railroads during the past few months
has been due to the necessity OF sharp
r-ctrcnchmcnf 60 make ends meet, and
Tor mo- other reason. Yet there are
few thinking people iu this coun
try. 10 les safe To- say, who are willing
to agree with Loslie's md demand the
immediate dismissal OF the commerce
commissioner because they are inycs-
tigatin ~ every phase OF the question
before acting on the rate increase
The thinking people" uf the country
find that L%eslie's. in its enthusiastic
championship of big business. is cN-
trcmc. And for this reason alone.
Lcslic's has httlc influence IN this
country In the way OF directing public
sentiment. for thinking people uu-
derstand and object Co cxtrcmos
In h current number OF Penrsons
Magazine We find the other side OF
the picture. Congress ~ an aggrcga-
OF incompctonts and crooks. be-
cause II docs not conhscnte immcdi-
ntely the railroads, the telephone ana
telegraph lines, the oil and sugar ana
packing ana weaving interests. aud
turn them over en- masse To- the pco-
Pile. The president b. false To his
PLATFORM, MS party ana ms ouhtf
because he hns said he socks 20 help
business. not to hurt H. The inter
state commerce commissioners are
daring tools of the predatory railroad
Interests, delivering over the people
60 the ravcnuus beast. The news
papers and magazines of the country
are uwned by The grinding monopo-
lies. Tho people themselves are fools,
IDIOTS, Incompetent, covering .%scrts
and all tho above, elaborated Though
many pages under she heading of an
appeal Co thinking people
The thinking people of this country
understand extreme and sometimes