June 22, 1899 1
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
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IT CAME TO NAUGHT.
r THE EFFORT TO CONTROL RAILWAYS
BY A COMMISSION. :
A Stepfather That Is Powerless
I Affalnut tha In Horace of IndaW
I areat Mother Ob tare Solatia, of
)the Traniportatlaa Problem.
I Special Correspondence.
! Some 1 8 yean ago ao inncb complaint
was made of the unjust discriminations
of the "common carriers," the rail
roads, that, after much agitation, the
interstate commerce commission was
appointed to help enforce the laws
which congress made for their control
When any difficulty gets beyond the
reach of legislators, leaders in public
affairs always advise a commission "to
take it out of politics," and hence the
pnblio control of railroads waa provid
ed for after the most approved fashion.
In its report of 1885 the commission,
being about ten years old, explained to
ongress very fully its peculiar situa
tion. It bad understood that its powers
were very much limited by the provi
sions of the act that created it It bad
been called daring these years to hesr
great numbers of complaints of unjust
discrimination against markets and
men, it had employed many assistants
and held its courts all over the country
-examining witnesses and weighing the
reasons given by railroad officials for
V, discriminations which seemed to ship
jysfpers unjust, but which , officials ex
it plained waa Justified by competition
. . with other roada and other means of
wnnlri ranilpr Anclmlnna. rarrnllv a ran.
ing each point. If a railroad were found
at fault and did not see fit to change
Its wsys, the complaining individuals
vr " - - r -
or boards of trad might go to court if
thsy bad the money necessary to fight
railroads, is they might have dona be
fore the commission sat on tbe case,
iiu iuiiwhii luigui ur uiigu vui ir
' IM U UVVIIIVH W. VUV WWIUIRilVUWIi
At first the commission, considering
Itself only an experiment, modestly
forebore to undertake any litigation,
only advising as to the justice of a case.
- Later test cases were taken to tbe Unit
ed States courts, often with tbe result
I -of reversal of tbe commission's de
x vmiuu auu m vurtaiiiug ui tag utile
v power it wss supposed to have.
Sometimes the commission seems to
J . bava occupied tha unpleasant position
' t a stepfather to some uncontrollable,
J l.lt J.Af l.11. 11.. A
uuisnauuiua; vuijureu, wuuo tue vuuri
waa the sympatbetio mother jealously
justifying all tha cunning ways of ber
favorites.
Much of ths 1898 report is given to
n exhaustive argument to congress
proving that tbe commission's powers
abould be defined , by congress rather
than loft for costly litigation In courts
to determine. There waa also a plea for
further power which would appear to
be necessary to justify tbe existence of
a commission. The If 06 report showed
that another year bad "given added
emphasis to tbe importance of the
amendments recommended."
Tbe latest report, that of 1897, adds
"The situation has become intolerable,
both from the standpoint of tbe pnblio
and of tbe carriers. Tariffs are disre
garded. , discriminations constantly oc
cur, the price at which transportation
can be obtained ia fluctuating and un
certain. Railroad managers are dis
trustful of one another and shippers
all the while in doubt as to tbe rates
obtained ij their competitors. Enor
mous auma are spent in purchasing
business and secret ratea accorded far
below the standard of published
charges. The general public gets little
benefit from these reductions, for con
cessions are mainly confined to the
"heavier shippers. All this augmenta the
advantages of large capital and tends
to tbe injury and often to tbe ruin of
email dealers. These are not only mat
ters of gravest consequence to tbe busi
ness welfare of the country, but they
concern in no lens degree the highest
Interests of pnblio morality. Congress
is referred to in detailed cases of dis
criminations for illustrations of these
statements. "Nothing said by us,"
says tha report, "can add to their sig
nificance. These are not isolated and
exceptional cases ; their counterpart may
be found in many localities."
i An instancet Tbe roada carrying
Hour from Minneapolis and 8t. Faul to
the east varied from their legally pub
lished ratea by making large secret re
bate to certain shippers. "Ths inquiry
was greatly hampered, says tue re
port, "by tha disappearance of material
witnesses before eobixrtiaa fur their at
tendance con Id U served, tha Inability
of several who dlt teetifj to recall
transactions of then recent data and
tkvtlnt rvlnctanr of other to dis
close any lafuruiativo bearing upon lb
subject Involved, Allvf the railway
wlta denied any knuwMg of
violations of the statat and ftutwt f
the accuuntlng tfflcv rs testified, that if
rebate k4 lwn 14 ty W00M
acsarUj know a boat theut and Usl
thir emulate I14 ttul show aay sat a
payment,' It is fun4 that Uk
atoms I U ki t tf 111, oaly hum
mmtur.Kd Utryi a as p
sibla, tt ftocu wti eauLI rail
way lit)uvin, favU a MtlMs4u-
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latilu.Mi4 ruat la Vlf
giti tivugbt .ut tbe sit to ft very
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the commission had failed to consider.
This rate to foreign goods was neces
sary to socure the business, and tbe
rate to domestic goods, higher by more
than two-thirds, was also necessary,
despite tbe well known protection and
patriotic ( t) sentiments of all railroads,
in order to make the loss on the for
eign goods.
A road must pay running expenses
whether its cara are loaded or not. A
manager might start with the best of
intentions to keep to the published
rates, but when other roads by aecret
underbidding secured his business ha
would sea that hia own prospects de
pended on bis ability to secure business
and dividends for stockholders rather
than to keep tbe laws which an unbe
lieving congress had made and which a
patient commission gently urged him
to keep so far as practicable.
. A manager, knowing only of tbe s'
crpt rates of his competitors by tha fact
that be gets tbe business or that soma
other road gets it, large shippers some
times secure lower terms by withdraw
ing their freight from one road to an
other, even though the other givea no
lower rates. ' As a manager values his
position, hs must strive in every way
to make such secret rates as aball make
bis road prosperous
Tbe small business men cannot as
certain what rates are obtained by
their all mighty competitors. They can
not fix their prices so as to obtain busi
ness, because of the uncertainty of
their future profits. With a small capi
tal, careful figuring is necessary, A
large difference in freight rates alone
enablea one to aell just enough lower
than another to divert just enough
business to cans 1 failure. , Tbe suc
cessful competitor strips bis fallen foe
of bis goods, paying but a small per
cent of their worth, and ia able to ad
vertise such bargains as to divert more
business to himself and crush more of
tbe smaller kind. Thus failure after
failure occurs ss a final result of un
just discriminations. Wer it not for
combinations the logical sequence is
seen to bo that one of each of parallel
roads which bad the most capital and
one of each of the merchant and
manufacturers in a certain area 'would
aurvive all others.
But combination aavea those' wbo
most effectually combine. Groups of
railroads combine and wreck competi
tors, buying them to nse against other
railroads, just aa tbe merchants and
manufacturers us tbe goods of those
whom they have wrecked.
A judge who has bad much railroad
experience was inquired of as to wbat
he thonght abould be the remedy for
unjust discrimination He replied that
the people could do nothing, aa a legal
training and a legal mind waa neces
sary to understand auch affaire. Be
liked the custom once existing in a
certain Italian state. If a man suggest
ed a new law, ba was required to argue
it before legal powers, snd if it were
not adopted be was put to death. This
made people realize tbe serious charac
ter of lawmaking.
Tbe qnestionera, however, aald that
law breaking was also serious and
pressed tbe judge for a remedy, wbo
finally replied that it would be for tbe
Interest of tha roads in which ba had
invested if a law were passed making
all freight rates uniform.
"Dot," said bis questioners, with
nonlegal minds, "if roads can't keep to
tbe rates which tbey themselves estab
lish with some knowledge of local sur
roundings, bow could they keep to rates
arbitrarily made for them V
At this point tbe judge aucceeded in
wrecking the inquiry and substituting
his favorite monologue on tbe impossi
bility of ever doing anything for poor
people, so extravagant are tbey, so un
willing to receive advice, and withal
so dishonest.
Let ns turn to one of tbe prophets.
One of the promoters of the interstate
commerce bill, in a speech before the
Antimonopoly league at Cooper's insti
tute, New York, in 1881, said:
"Ilistcry provea that the pnblio will
not proceed to the logical and final so
lution of a difficult question until all
compromises have failed. Th people
will not believe that a mere makeshift
policy is worth! aa until they hav tried
it. They will have no teacher but ex
perience. 'For these reasona I am will
ing to aid yon in securing the interstate
commerce bilL Dot it will disappoint
yon in its operation. ' Tber
can be no complete solution of th rail
way problem but th natural and in
evitable one of government ownership,'
Eighteen years of strife slue then,
itara in which th atrougrst tun bav
earned bow to combine tuust effectnal
ly, and the number of people who be
lieve In th largest poasibl combina
tion, that of guverniuso! ownership of
utuuopuliva, ia rlWa to a pMlbl major
ity Hout of oar strongest leaden,
however, still cberUh lb idwi of taui
tng aa4 teaching lb Here owner of
iiKnpulle of an alert, eternally vig
ilant public sirktly cunttulling theiu
all la tti Intervals tj fair roiiiputla
an4 tk WuiiMg and teaiem will U
trt4 tor a kter trixtir lima,
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lU MUlteisg kat We Ms
MILBURN'S PRAYER.
It Waa Offered Thirteen Yeatra A.
Bat Still Flta the Caae.
On March 27. 1888. the Rev. Dr.
Milburn, chaplain of the house of rep
reaentatlvee, offered the following
prayer;
"Give ear, O God of Jacob, and
awaken us to see the danger which
threatens the civilized world, a revolu
tion more tremendous than any of
which history tells, in which the scenes
of th reign of terror may be enaoted
in every capital of Europe and America.
For long tbe few have mastered th
many, because they understood the
open aecret, th tools to them that can
use them, but now the many have
learned tbe secret of organization, drill
and dynamite. Rouse tbe rich of tha
world to understand that ths time baa
coma for grinding, selfish monopoly to
cease, that corporations may get sqnls
in them with justioe, honor, conscience
and human kindness. Teach th rich
men of thia country that great fortunea
are lent them by thee for other purpose
tbsn to build and decorate palaces, to
found private collections of art, to stock
wins cellars, to keep racing atuda and
yacht and find better company than
hostlers, grooms and jockeys, poolsellers
and bookmakers Teach them, O God,
that it is the wbo baa give them power
to get these fortunea 1 that it is to prove
them to know wbat is in their hearts,
whether they will keep thy commend
ments or no. and that those command-
men ta are, 'Thou sbalt love th Lord
thy God with all thy heart and thy
neighbor as thyself;' that if ths rich
men of our land keep these command
ments the poor will follow tha example,
and wa at least will be saved from tha
days of tribulation that are fast com
ing on all tbe world. Help ua, 0 God.
and save usl"
Th prayer waa entered on ths record
on motion of Mr. Grosvsnor. of Ohio.
Tba . attention of all for whom tba
prayer waa offered is respectfully called
to It once mora. Journal of tba
Knights of Labor
Booaemf la Coeablaatle.
"It is estimated that th consolida
tion of all the Pittsburg mining com
panies will mean a saving of over $100,
000 per month in salariea of clerks,
salesmen and office rents, " said a Cleve
land man interested In the Pittsburg
coal trust to a reporter. "Whore tbr
are 20 clerks employed by tha Individual
companies, one will be retained by tbe
trust, and wber bundreda of traveling
salesmen have been employed, half a
dozen will ba retained to show tba
goods of tbe trust to its patrons. Ninety-five
per cent of th business hereto
fore don by traveling men will be
transacted by mail after th trust baa
been formed. Not only tba salariea of
the salesmen, but tbe traveling expenses
will tbns be saved. Where now there
are 20 offices where th indivldusl com
paniea transact business, it is figured
the trust will retain on. With ths
saving of transaating business on this
bails, the truat cannot beip being a
paying one.' .
Comment would ba superfluous at
this point Every intelligent reader can
aea for himself or herself th benefits of
combination. But bow about tha own
ership of th trust! Cleveland Citisen
(Socialist). '
The Twentieth Ceatarr's Task.
In an article on "Tba Building of an
Empire, " John Brisben Walker, pro
prietor of The Cosmopolitan, ssys
"IIYntn tha nnlnlt wa have haA far l.flflO
years beautiful doctrines of love and
charity, while the laws of business and
tbe laws governing social requirements
have come down tons almost unchanged
and In nnbroken succession from tbe
most brutal of pagan times. Tbe stu
dent of laws may in vain sesreb the
speeches of Christian lawmakers, since
they began to be recorded, for any at
tempt to mold a system of society upon
the teachings of Jesus Christ. Injus
tices have been lessened, the condition
of th unfortunate baa been alleviated.
But these tasks havs been dona at th
Instigation of self interest It is even
possible to go further and aay that no
Christian lawmaker or writer has ever
undertaken to work ont in detail, even
by way of suggestion, a code of laws
which wonld closely conform to tb
teachings of Jesus Christ This task has
remained for the twentieth century,
and will engage, above all others, th
Intellectual conscience of it people. "
The Driwair aaa tha Treats.
Ham thai the Iranllne aiUmee el the l'nltl
Stat hat. Ultra us the SgHI ifaiiut the UuaU
Iter Mould traai la h. Utile anMfwrt ahead ol
the Utter eicvpt a fcweea anraaJitkHtal irrHWf.
The truata but rat ea the lwu.lt ei at
tsraer Ueewral tirigt eaar .we ervae ta
tt 4 the raatluaa aulu tt lae keaught a atata
eSkUta, hut vhva the drtuaaMf ef tha eeuatr
earrr the aalttttat emtlei.nl late aura
(nmef ee ethoe swatta ia ei tillage aiteea
tkieatheul the aad tha aee el a ehalaame.
ataeuaiaai to eajtMt eiaaepaU ahatthl , aa
Jaw la aaawttMe- Mwtl. at ell eeeala, the areas.
Kara aa talk the ewaataf eetoeee ell Ma toe
f m lite M ha m4 aikV h.l .ku.a.
iWeatcla.
Th trobl I Ikst few of th dra tw
iner dlamvered tb vtl In tro.aU nalil
tkty kt ifceir Jul an4 now they dua't
visit Ik cur er grocery a of jut- a
they di4 in I3V4, f la.laaee, wbea
tbey wet shoaling ft kkkUalty t4
"kuateat ttHe
ataaaaee) S)t Pea a la,
A pr 4oe at ksv ta U very
Vluteai in hi ofpueitk ta trts ta
rU!kt ttk a ikvptIUi. tk
tHa4i4 IHl rMu(ay kol4 b pre
eWi4 ky lw ftvaii Uytngaeitk a baevy
ti t) tk mh1 aa is aeaeaary ta fit
p tk MaiKtM fteuflt tktt it
every year It suy U oMte4 kt
tk M'keNUeea kV Wfowgkl a
lUat wwik ff sakl4 l kkl4iM
a tttk a ttOuUt 4 nalatkiy
4euv system a I key kv (fnle4
f )lnktif all at evarajrsittely
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"EXPANSION."
t.latea to the Toke 6t espanalog today
Aa aba plcada with our peopl lor a right to aajr,
That all tbe poaaeaatoua In our late war gained,
Should be bald bj ear nation aad daBaatljr
claimed,
81i apvaka ol oar honor Mating- here,
Ul her cauaa aa Juat, and to lojaltjr dear.
Naylog "Na? er can one antlon neath ahlnlna; ana,
Stand amoug other and lgnor enpaualou,"
from thla a dtli.na we wlah to appeal.
Not becenae aunilt? toward men wa leel .
But-wa bt thai tbe policy ol ancient Home,
Shall neear be brougut here to claim It home,
We nreall Smerloana and wlah to be , A
Loyal toeouutrjr and ever free jp? '
Ktom marring our glorlon nation laoe,
Who eipaualon nlois which mean dlagrae.
fhall we aa eltltan aaak to Ignore
Tb daedaol great beroe, who bafor "
Oar coining to thla lair land
bought tb policy whereon wa ttandr
Htiall w trmpl blood ao nobly apllt
On country' alter, asd aaaume tha guilt
Of holding a uallone eofler to nil.
0'r tb noble work f Kunkar' Htllf
Shall w take tb policy ol foreign land,
Aud bow In auhjanuon whan uiawmou demand
Our country's honor on hi alter lain
To Mtlaly bla greed lor gain f
Shall we trample the rlglite ol loatloe dear
And ay to mummon we have no tear
II he will but ulsgraedlueaa lend
To tbnaa wbo ara crying toaiiandf
Ab no. 'TH eala lor man to eer think
That thla great nation will ae.r atoop and drink
Ol that bit ler alleging cup ol wo
Which laid artb' greauat natloh low.
Tl tbolr ol mammon crying to attend
And not tba man wbo did defend
HI oountrlta flag on foreign ahorea
r feeing the oppreaaad ol bloody wars,
Today BUI MoKInley you sr writing dlsgrao
la great broad letter on yoor national taoa.
Von are aaanmlng power that wa aeeer glea
?o mortal was nath th glowing b.ae.na,
our policy la naught but the will ol gala.
Yon'r treadlngln tb. footatepaot tyrauloal SpalB,
Von'r aallln tb lie ol American meu,
Yonr Ood Si"" prlelledge Klllplno daland,
Oh, Ood olth Harnsl Mthonart watching
tbeea dead.
Wilt thou apeak to tb haartlea who is trying
to lead
Os bleaead privileges, tbos halt given this race,
Kr tb.y write dletructlos on our nation lac.
Wilt tbos bid them listen to tb people today.
An tbey call our aolillara Irom that land lar away,
lilildlug tb vole ol oppreaelos b a till,
Aeklng lor naught to b don but thy will,
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Gaining in popularity every day the record proves it.
The increase in sales of the Racycle is simply phenomenal.
Tl;e reason is because the Racycle is so far ahead of all
other wheels in exclusive and patented features that it
stands in a class by itself. In tne Racycle the chain and
sprocket pull between the bearings, making it run easier,
and with 27 per cent less pressure on sprocket bearing, and
doing away with side draft. Come in and let us show you
the greatest improvement ever made on a wheel. Fully
guaranteed, Wheels sold on easy payments. Ladies' wheels
sold by us repaired free of charge during the season. t Larg
est exclusiye cycle house in Lincoln. First class repair shop
and full line of sundries. Second-hand Wheels, $5 up to $20.
G1RARD CYCLE CO.,
1410 O Street. Lincoln, Ntfcrtdau
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at retaU WESTERN GUSS ft PAINT CO.,
324 South 12th, Lincoln. Jo"b"boro.
THE HEW LIOLII fLOHIC LULLS
Kltaated at Ninth aad Y street ar now redj lor buslaeea. W glvs In iohaaga
lor good OU'lb, wheat 82 pound ol lanoj flour f uarauteed, aad 10 lb of braa.
Try a tack of "Honest Abt" Flour.
Warranted to equal the best
All ilrst-class grocers
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turn limit Srptcmttfr 4, Full Information at to
tide tript, drive, route, stojvmer, etc., alia lookictt
dctcriptive of California. u)on application.
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