Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-30
THE LONG SUFFERING AMERICAN People


The suffering patience Of the American people
shown in the recent nteountain rate decision OF the
United States supreme court which, as the washington
Times calls attention. has been pending Tor over 20 years.
or more than quarter of century, and more than the
average term of business life of individuals.
1The discrimination against the mountain states and
cities has greatly retarded development of that section
declares the Washington paper, which again remarks
sIhe injustice of the old determinations was just as
serious in 1890 it In order that just such inus
tice might be stopped the old interstate commerce COM
mission act passed 1t took twenty-five years. even
after the law passed. to get final determlnaton
under which its purpose can be put into execution
IF newspapers in Washington can realize and arel
willing to admit discrimination against the west how
much losses have been and how great has been
the patience with which have endured the condition.
to which attention is thus drawn!
But it is not this matter alone that the people,
have been required to be gsufferng 1t is not IN this
matter alone that their patience has been tried and 1t Isl
not in this matter alone that they finding that they
have been made to bear the brn OF hardship while others
have profited and grown rich at their expense
The thing is true In hundreds OF cases. 1t has
been true the past and it is true now that the people
being imposed upon made to bear heavy losses and
forced to stand the brnt of retarded Development SIM
ply that others may reap the benefits that should have
gone to them
The worst Of it is that there are those among who
aiding abetting and encouraging these losses and
these hardshps simply that they may sit closer within
the favor of those who benefit thereby.
This is not written for the purpose Of arousing
reasoning resentment for the purpose of inviting
reasoning reprsas against those who have been repon
sbe for these abuses in the past and who mainly
responsible for those that still exist but is written for
the purpose of arousng the intelligence and ndepend
of the people;-for the purpose of nsting into
them little bit confidence in their demands for
lief from present ills.
Almost innumerable abuses such those have
here limited at have driven fairness from the minds of
men, and, if continued much longer will undoubt
eddy drive fairness from the minds of many changing
their encouragement to resentment and their resent
ment to retaliation and reprisal
It for the purpose OF urging those who still want to
be fair greater effort and greater determination to
push rapidly the coming of relief.
Why should any self governing people be forced to
wait % and more for relief from burden unjust
upon its face destructive of their material progress
and prosperity, the transportation rate system
forced by the railroads. Does not the fact that these
people have waited long, 60 far toward convincing
them that their supposed self-governmen is myth
fraud and deluson and that they would be in reality
selfgoverning, they must take government large
ly in their own handsa
IL they would do so, they must relegate to secusion
the political system and the politicians that have been
responsible for their quarter-century delayed relief
If all present today as provided by law may be
present there assembled from the body of the people
1872 delegates to consider matters of most Importance
to the whole people, How will these make of the
opportunities thus afforded them7 Will they fritter
away for the sake of party advantage will they
for the sake of state advantage through benefits
ttude upon the great political ills of the day for the pur
pass by before any of them settled at which tim
new questions will have arisen of greater impor
lance than the one finally fought finish greater ever
will