Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-10
GROUP or MEN IN co;Neasss AND
OUT WORKING TO PREVENT
EXERCISE OF POWERS.
SEEKING TO FoREsTALL
CONTROL OVER RATES
Chairman Lewis, Of State Railroad
Board, Urges People to Guard Against
Eneroaohmepts Of Wilson Followers
Upon Rights Of Statos--Court Holds
President is Supreme.
snecial 10 Times Republican,

Snecial 70 Times Republican
Des Moines June 1O.-That there are
groups Of men in congress ana out Oh
1t who will endeavor to permanently
deprive the states of power to tS
railroad rates on intra- state traffic Is
the belief Of Chairman Dwight ~
Lewis, OF the state railroad commits
sion. In a statement given out here
today he declares that shippers ana
citizens generally interested In seeing
the rights of the states preserved
should make their position known to
their representatives In congress. 10
The actions of President Wilson In
dealing with war time problems, many
Of US have thought, We're arbitrary ana
at times at least were beyond the con-
stitutional limitations" said Commits
sioner Lewis, but we were all anxious
that the war should be Won and won
as speedily as possible, and little com
plant, considering the magnitude OF
interests affected, has been made.
However,, 1t is In times of peace
that we must watch most carefully the
encroachments of the federal governs
ment upon the rights of the states.
There is disposition, apparently, on
the part of those whom we send TO
Washington to change their views on
the rights of the states to control
their own internal affairs. ~.
The Capitalization of authority dur
ing the war. with the enormous rev
. enues received and the opportunity for
lavish and extravagant expenditures,
have not tended to decrease the de-
sire OF those in Washington to con-
troll everything. Those Of us who be-
lieve that the states are still best fit
ted to exercise their constitutional
j rights III internal affairs z:;;:St he
| watchful and our representatives in
congress should be given to under
stand that there is limit beyond
| which they may not go in depriving
state governments of their constitu-
tional rights" -a -
There are groups of men m con-
gress and out of It," he continued. who
believe that the states should be per-
| manently deprived Of the power to fix
railroad rates on intra- state traffic. II
that can be done ccnstitutionally, UNI
| loubtediy an effort will be made to
do it. If shippers and citizens general
" are interested in seeing the rights
| of the states preserved they should
| make this known to their representa-
tives in congress. / suppose this will
all be threshed out when congress
| considers the returning Of railroad pro-
| perties to private ownership"
Court Holds President Supreme.
1t was the Iowa railroad commission,
together with the commissions Of
North and South Dakota and Nebras
ka, which brought the test case recent
ly passed on by the United States SUI
preme court in which these middle
western states disputed the right OF
the president or the federal railroad
administration to exercise, jurisdic-
ton Nover fntra-state rates. 1t was the
attitude Of all representing the states
that the power of the state commits
sions was unimpaired for the reason
that the federal control act expressly
provides that the police powers Of the
state are to be in no wise affected.
1t was the contention that the power
to fix rates was a police power and
was therefore, expressly reserved to the
states on intra- state traffic.
The United States supreme court,