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I NOVEMBER 23, 1906
AN OBJECT LESSON
A railroad stockholder, writing to
tlHKNew York World, says: I have
before mo your editorial "An Object
Lesson for Mr. Bryan."
Bryan may have prred In his advo
cacy of government ownership of rail
roads, provided he had nothing in
view but a selfish desire to be elected
president in 1908, but while the masses
may not be sufficiently educated to
government ownership by that time
it is positive that before 1912 a vast
majority of the people of these Unitel
States will favor the proposition and
government ownership become a liv
ing reality.
You give the only reason that has
' yet been advanced against government
ownership, that it gives too much
power to the government in power,
and you presume that that power
would be one for evil. The same arg
uments were used against the govern
ment taking over the postal service.
Can we not trust railway as well
as other employes of the government?
Would not civil service prevail?
Could we not trust the railroad em
ployes to vote as conscience dictated,
or are they unworthy of trust and de
void of conscience? There would be
no fear in the exercise of the election
franchise, as. wo have the secret bal
lot. Would the government be strict
er, more exacting, more partisan than
the present officials of railroad cor
porations? With eight hours as a
day of labor would not the laborer
be benefited and the safety of the
traveling public increased? Would
not the present managers of railroads
that are considered so proficient be
glad to work for the government? And
if not is It not possible that there
are, men of quite equal ability in the
ranks? Would not the entire popula
tion. easts and west, north and south,
be wonderfully benefited by cheaper
freight and cheaper passenger rates?
These rates are today more than
double those necessary, and the pro
ducer and the consumer are both taxed
to the very uttermost limit.
Those advocating government own
ership do not propose to confiscate
property, but to take over the rail
roads at a fair and just .valuation. The
securities given by the government,"
if bonds instead of cash were given,
would surely be greater than those
of any railroad in existence, for gov
ernment securities would not be sus
ceptible to railroad re-organizers,
schemers and stock-watering manipu
lators. There is no more positive fact than
the railroad corporations today con
trol legislation, and conditions could
not be worse if the 750;000 employes
changed their allegiance from the rail
road trust to the government, state
or -national.
What has been done in the building
of . steam railroads during the past
few years and what is being done to
day without the expressed approval
of the existing corporations? Abso
lutely nothing other than that in th
electric railway line, and the railroads
fight and delay these modern means
of transportation or buy them up as
soon as they become active competi
tors. The railroad commisisoners can
and do prevent the construction of
hew railroads, and they make.the ex
cuse that there are enough roads al
ready; that the existing roads should
not be paralleled or their territory
invaded. Where is the commission
that protects the opposition to another
drug, another grocery, another dry
goods store? Where is the law of
equity? Why prevent the man wifh
capiAal Investing in new lines ;of rail
roads and permit an institution like
the cigar trust to destroy every, com
petitor or force the small dealer to
sell? The people, both rich and poor,
the stockholder, the employe, the, gov
ernment, all will be benefited, by gov
ernment ownership, and it only re-
The Commoner.
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quires a little more education for tho
loyal, intelligent, patriotic citizen to
favor tho government ownership and
operation of railroads.
GERMANY, AMERICA, ENGLAND
The Industrial expansion of Ger
many has been achieved by equallv
hard work, but the adventurous aud
acity and restless search for novelty
of America have been replaced by
steady and watchful effort. Tho in
dustrial population has not been left
to carve out its own destiny, but has
been guided and helped at every stop.
"Laisser faire" or "Manchesterthum"
as they say In Germany, is dead; or
dered regulation is accepted and ap
plied with infinite pains by the legisla
ture, government departments, munic
ipalities,, and private citizens. It is
seen not only in the scientific tariff,
but in the careful and judicious fac
tory code, the state system of insur
ance, the organization of traffic and
transport by railway and canal, the
fostering of tho mercantile marine,
the educational provision, municipal
action and poor law administration.
So the edifice has been built up four
square and buttressed about on either
side.
England shows traces of American
enterprise and of German order, but
fhe enterprise is faded and the order
nuddled. They combine to a curious
travesty in which activity and perse
verence assume the expression of ease
ind indolence. The once enterprising
manufacturer has grown slack; he
has let the business take care of It
self, while he is 'shooting grouse xr
vachting in the Mediterranean. That
's his business. Industrial Efficiency,
by Arthur Shadwell.
W. R. HEARST
- William R. Hearst, accompanied by
Mrs. Hearst and a party of 'friends,
left New York in a special car for a
visit to Mexico, where he will rest.
At St. Louis, where the Hearst party
stopped, the great editor was given a
cordial reception by a large number of
oeople. Wherever he went lie found
that his good fight was appreciated.
The New York American Mr.
Hearst's paper printed this dispatch
from St. Louis:
A reputed interview in St. Louis,
printed by several morning papers
and sent out by the Associated Press,
was indignantly denied by Mr. Hearst.
The following written statement was
given out today by Mr. Hearst.
"The interviews that appeared in
the St. Louis morning papers were ab
surdly false from beginning to end,
but there is only one point tha is
important enough to require a specific
denial. The Globe-Democrat say3
'As to the possibility of Bryan receiv
ing the democratic nomination for
president in 1908, Hearst simply re
plied that he was not a clairvovant.'
" 'I do not admit, mind you,' he said,
'that Bryan even figures as a possibil
ity two years hence.'
"I did not say one word of this
statement I said simply that I hoped
Mr. Bryan would be nominated and
elected, but that no one could tell
what would happen two years from
now.
"The falsehoods that are told about
me personally I do not mind, but I
insist this reference to Mr. Bryan shall
be corrected, as I would not like Mr.
Bryan or his friends to think that I
would make a statement that Is both
unfriendly and unwarranted by the po
litical situation.
"WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST."
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