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NOVEMBER" 16, 1906
The Commoner.
A REPUBLICAN PAPER ON
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
. .The New York Press 'is a stalwart
republican paper, having In recent
years strong anti-monopoly leanings.
In its issue of September 9 the Press
printed -the following editoriaJ:
The -corporation -organs are going
rather tobfasl; in "proving" that Mr.
Bryan'q; -public;-ownership- of railroads
is the most revolutionary thing that
ever happened. There is nothing
about this suggestion nearly so radi
cal as Mr. Bryan's preposterous prop
osition -of ten years ago that it was
possible -to put more than double its
value Into silver merely by fixing a
stamp on- ikt Public ownership of rail"
ways id n& new thing in the civilized
world. Most-of the railroads of the
worm, outside of the United States,
are public property and are operated
by government The principle of
public ownership of the public high
ways and the railroad is the modern
public highway has been recognized
and ob8eryp.d in our own country from
the very-$ banning of the republic
jThe. wairon rpads were built bv the
public ppjsraVd by the public and the
tolls "wera paid" intothe public treasury.-
Sorwitn the 'canals, whch wrp
the next development of the public
bicmway -for 'enlarged mens of trans
nortfition. 'There is nothing revolu
tionary ntt trfe ida that the state
should ' provide the highway, whether'
a pike, 'a canal or a railwav; operate
t afifl ma'ke!the trn flier rates enual
tn all whd-use ifc. Judge Oavuor has
nointed ouVthat this fundamental
principle eoverns all the judicial de
cisions'rwhich,,have' been given on this
sitMedt.
h'e matter- of operating thse rail
road hiehwavs as public property or
as private- property iq merelv an
economic q?jesli on.--1 The. American
It's: Easier
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tq cure, th,ari endure,, those dreadful sick or
nervous headaches. ,
Jt'saUJnTtrjoyrlnjrhow.
n jiivtja few.min trs without any other ef
fects but just to cure the pain Dr. Miles' Anti
Pain Pills will relieve you of your suflrinjr. If
lt- any pain, anywhere,- or from any cause
Just take one of
Dr. Miles'
k'r
ARtiPaih Pills
tji
people are not yet convinced that the
public can administer a railroad so
efficiently as privato management'
can. But the Issuo is not only the
cost of operation; it is the cost to
the general public of the service per
formed, both directly in the rato
charged on the transportation and in
directly and of vastly more conse
quence in the cost to that general
public of having its production, dis
tribution and marketing controlled by
Standard Oil trusts, coal trusts, steel
trusts, etc
It is of slight satisfaction to the gen
eral public to have privato manage
ment operate transportation lines
more cheaplv than public administra
tion when all the benefits of that more
nfllqlent private management go into
the pockets of the private owners
and operators. It is of incalculiblo
Injury to the general public that allies
of the transportation trust can be so
favored that all their competitors can
be exterminated and that the con
suming public can be placed completc-
iv at the mercy of the sugar trusts,
the oil trusts, the steel trusts, the
coal trusts and the beef trusts in the
prices extorted for heat and shelter
and raiment and food. A publicly
owned and publiclv operated national
transportation svstem mleht actually
ratee freieht charcres, because of the
'nahHUv of the government to con
duct railroads so successfully as the
"Hills and Harrlmans, and vet confer
Inestimable blessiriirs.on the nation bv
crfvinr to every, one. a- "square dalf"
wberev there could be an.eoun.Htv of
transportation rates and consequent
competition in producing and in "seir
ine. -Tbe-ereat evil of privato ownership
of railroads. In narfnerRbIn wlh othfr
trusts, is that discriminations in rates
make it impossible for any one but
te trust partner 'to do business.
Wbon cornnMtinn is dpstroved and
when a market is cnn'trolld the public
mav. and vory often does, pay four
and five times as much for wht is
consumed as is theoretically saved In
lower traffic rtpq than could be ob
tained from public ownership of trans
portation faculties. Tt makes no dlf
forpnep to the Independppt shlnner
how mueh lowpr his rafp is than the
rate of tbo sbipnpr in TCurone if the
trust which is eliminating him gets
a still lower rate than he dops. If
Tip has to pav a binder frIebt rate
fbn the trust hp must oult trvlng to
opll apfnst the trust. ."When hp milts
THE
HARVEST THAT
NEVER ENDS
,rh.r0Mh fnlI, w,ntcr sI)rIoff and summer the harvesting of
;..,, crop contlnues year In and year out. Tho over
faithful cow novor falls to add a goodly sum to each year's
rovenuo from tho farm. Yot how little many do towards making
the most of her product Hundreds of thousands of dollars are
lost yearly by cow owners through failure to employ a centri
fugal cream separator and thereby securo every particle of
cream from the cow's milk. Over 700,000 DE LAVAL usenr
are dally proving that tho increased gain In tho quantity and
quality of tho "milk crop" is from $10.- to $15.- per cow
each year when tho
DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATOR
is UBed, to say nothing of the time and labor t-yed. Isn't it
worm your wnno to investigate such a saving? If you own
three or more cows the practice of economy and good business
methods in tho care of their products demands a DE LAVAL
machine. Remornber that ono will last from fifteen to twenty
five years, and that it can bo purchased upon such liberal
terms that it will earn Us cost and more while you aro pay
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