New Britain herald., 1921-08-30
COMMUNICATED
ID the Editor of The Now Britain
 Her1 Id =

Herald:-
 Should there not be a possible and satisfactory solution of thls pubhc conveyance question? To one at least thls is the way it seems to present itself:
 4 generous public needs vehicles of conveyance A corporation desires opportunity for investment. Happily arranged one may serve the other with benefit to each. But when ana by whom has it been ordained that he greater should be subject to the l sss? It has been generally supposed hat the public has right of pre- eminent domain. Corporations exist by virtue of public consent. In con- .l!derate and helpful cooperation both | public and private enterprise may l flourish in happy accord. But when the latter attempts to coerce the gen. eral public We are presented With dangerous issue. The spirit of "16', l however. must not be mistaken for l Bolshevism. The two have neither l resemblance nor kinship.
 l Once on a time a corporation ap- 1 piled to our State authorities for per l mission to build a railroad for pub 1 lie convenience and general utility. | The request was generously granted 1 Tor a time the public was served with l marked acceptance. For period Of ] years the prosperity of this enterprise | seemed phenomenal. It became an l absorbent of lesser enterprises. The stage coach and long distance horse | rEpress disappeared from accustomed | rcutes. Sailing craft of our rivers l were at anchor or sold for junk. The | general public were pleased for a | lime to notice these evidences of pros
 per:ty and share increasing accommo- dations.
 l The years flew apace. The trolley | rame into existence. The horse car
 save way And still the people were | pleased. The corporation, meanwhile l Gecame rich. Gradually our citizens iaWakened to the fact that interested d
 uarties were camping in our halls of | legislation: that a certain corpora l Son was ih virtual control of all leg | station needful for it's own aggran- , | cement, and that the tentacles of
 his growing monster were found tc l De intertWined with almost every bus l ness enterprise of the Sate. In 6 l word, the less was discovered to be
 n control of the greater and interests
 of the state subject to the demands l If a corporation. Stock of the latter l was at premium. Nearly all oul l lblic conveyances were discovered 10 be subject, in less or greater de
 rec, to this mighty octopus.
 l Sooner or later, there came a day | of reckoning and in the accounting l iEe corporation was found with one
 Mellon too many. Presto! The same
 corporation, but with r<gged pockets
 $ today demanding double rates t.
 save it from fancied bankruptcy. Anc hat which bites the very center nerve l If public life is the demand that the l public banish every conveyance com
 ng to relieve us from this nonaccom.
 modating and burdensome monopoly
 Think of what this extra demand means to,the thousands of our citizen!
 who of necessity must provide thu
 transportation for themselves anC
 families In many instances it mus
 largely detract from our benevolences It requires twenty cents to reacl l | the nearest contrit tution box , IS there a disinterested citizen wh'
 ,ioes not believe that a five cent far'
 without transfer would meet witt l larger returns than the ten cents nov 2 | demanded?
 - In all this there is no charge of in r 'entional dishonesty or purposed un 1 kindness, but a burning desire to cal | attention to the presence somewher
 of monopoly unwarranted powsr.
 is power furnishing soil for the cul a l tlvation Of a spirit entirely foregn t = the genius of American institution " l and liable to misconStruction. Say
 Ing to the wind we reap the whirl
 wind. It is needless to suggest tha
 | walking is healthful exercise. All ou
 feet are not yet in the stocks. Gu
 | legs are our own.