f6ff Nebraska. Independent
'Mh
"i. ii'V when it la all over.
rifiW i" l''"-v V , ii,,.' dear chancellor will
Bun" )V Rockefeller, people might
i0llv d..nai.'l as bad as he Is
In' '"l u Enterprise.
p.ioiecl.-natHM-.
uapveSTER TRUST IN OHIO
, of Ohio farmers have drawn
m AltorT! y fc.M)w trust.
link in!" Ih'' "l"''"'"" , , fhia ,B
he fol-'n-l'" ''r"si' 1 "K' W
L , Mmi,aiKn l.niin.iii" and Bays:
We rann.aiyi wvester trUHt
The ('IK''.''i ' '' .f Vih in nr well known,
Tj&T Z everybody except the
L.V., I-hiff b-rmi.-ss it is to know about
It. 11 ; i,ino aro mereed
IT ' of the Mcrormlck Harvester
' . Harvester company.
cmpan:', me ' . ' ' .ho Plnno
LI Harvest company. Such a frantic
pr dine of interests could have been made for
So nth-r purpose Minn to suppress compe i
Son and to obtain c.t.trol of the market in
, eh the farmer must buy nearly every
implem-n' and tool which his trade requires.
Wliv han the attorney general allowed this
' i. !...!... mh Min fnrmers a5-
monster ra'"1""1 '" : . .
cording to Its pleasure and to paralyze his
newer to curb Its robberies until a petition
for relief Is necessary? Let the investigation
proceed and let it proceed with such rapidity
that the result will be made known before
the eler'lon. in no oiner way mu
General Kills disabuse the minds of the peo
ple of the belief that his Investigation is
merely a "campaign promise."
THE INSURANCE PROBLEM
The Insurance revelations and the agitation
mow insurance officials for federal regulation
replace state regulation of insurance Indicate
fear on the part of these officials that state
regulation will become so rigid that it will pre
vent further peculations and that their only hope
for the preservation of theft and graft lies in
federal control:
The Mutual disclosures show porcine
greed. The McCurdys, father, son, son-in-law,
hrolher-in law, cousin, niece's husband find
the rest, should have been satisfied to divide
evenly and to give the policyholders a square
half of the money coming to them. Son
McCurrty alone showed a realization of the
family hoeiiishness In voluntarily reducing
his bontr-es, which otherwise would have
soon Rwallowed np all the dividends. In
Its simplicity the McCiirdv family system has
commendable features. The money was not
hid. It was not. squandered on others. It
was there, and the McCurdvg took it for
themselves. Naturally the dividends were
"deferred" a delusive word in that it held
out hone that they would really be paid some
day. There was no concealment of these
famllv matters. Thev appeared on the books '
of the company openly. Everybody in the
insurance world knew them. And all this
time Francis Hendricks was blind and deaf
and dumb. Why? And whv is he still su
perintendent of insurance? New York World.
The Iroquois club of Chicago, a democratic
organization, having declared for federal regula
tion, the Jefferson club has come out In the fol
lowing Strom; declaration for state regulation:
Nheress, T,, f0(lpral KOVernrnent by
ram national interpretation has come into
? cfmIro, lhe l)ank3i tfce ra(lroada
m the tnws, an,i. i)y pretense of regulating
atL 1."' "iiSS"'1 laws which have ere- .
a a horde of (1fflcial9 and erected a een-
Id-Me I",'?1 ,v,,ir' s at a tlmcs
tl '"' wi,tl " which operates with the
e-, i,i h e ami Judical branches
Of Ih.. .
" 'n ni rovei'innent un.i ,.,v,u.t, .,...,..
lu its , ... mi m n i t-i ii
its Mn, ',;""r" liV08, woveg and has
Vrea" ,),"' corruption; and
4!'irae,,i I U? ,,HVe ,M'cn cowf,(1 nn'1
e'-mmen . ' ,., ', " iU,i,!n of th M
d iiMfni i '' Wilr '""ween the states,
M., !" hv 1,10 8,ate8 m8 h,'('
. ' T'ifl f11 tend wMifta tMiinn,i
... i ti.i v"iiuiit- i:T
'''"' "ii "o that the state
' i-n police power exeent
11 'be fedr courts; and
;l eovernment. has not
' ' 's and the truMts. but
''!'!' eoiitniereu clause of
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the constitution to prevent (he stale from
regulating them so that for at least twenty
years the federal government, having ob
tained control of them, has not only neglected
to regulate them but has prevented the
states from regulating them; and whereas,
the insurance companies constitute the one
giant power of plutocracy yet within state
control; and whereas, the stales have ample
and competent power to regulate them and
to correct all insurance abuses; mid whereas,
this government was founded upon the demo
cratic principle of local self-government,
and the federal government has no power
except that, expressly granted to It by the
states; and whereas, legislation declaring the
business of insurance to be interstate com
' merce would be a transparent fraud upon
the constitution and a repudiation of its
meaning as it has been repeatedly construed
by the supreme court of the I'nlted States;
and whereas, the insurance companies, led by
Senator John P. Dryden of New Jersey,
president of the Prudential Insurance com
pany, are anxious to take sheller behind a
Washington bureaucracy; and whereas, the
fact alone that they desire this centralisa
tion is evidence that it will be detrimental
to the people and to the principles of free
government; therefore be it resolved by the
Political Action committee of the Jefferson
club of Chicago, That we denounce the propo
sition that the states shall surrender their
power over the insurance companies to the
general government, and enter an earnest
protest thereto.
CIVIL WAR AMONG REPUBLICANS
Senator Foraker's rebellious utterances on
the stump in Ohio, wehere he has announced his
hostility to the Roosevelt program for the regu
lation of railways, have disclosed a factional dif
ference in republican ranks which foretells in
teresting developments. The Washington corres
pondent of the New York Journal of Commerce
writes:
Senator Foraker's speech is likely in one
way to strengthen the psychological Influence
exerted by Mr. Bryan's letter, It is the first
gun probably in the campaign against the ac
ceptance of a strictly administration candi
date for the presidency by the next republi
can national convention. The fact that Mr.
Taft before leaving for the Philippines,
strongly indorsed the president's views on
railway rebates adds a complicating feature
to the situation. If Taft is really to be the
administration candidate for the nomination,
the situation in Ohio and the possible de
velopments of the coming winter, when re
bate legislation is up for discussion, might
furnish to the opposition republicans a very
powerful handle owing to President Roose
velt's expected support of Taft and to the fact
that what the latter has already said doubt
less commits him in a way that would make
It impossible to temporize with the issue If
If were presented in a national convention.
, This might compel the administration to
abandon railway legislation or to take up
some other man as its candidate, or if no sat
isfactory man proved to be available, It mb-'ht
conceivably lead the president to yield to
solicitation and go in for a third term himself.
This would simply be a case of the kind at
tributed to a certain Ensrlish statesman, who
was not solicitous for office for his own sake,
but who, seeing that no one elBe could or
would carry out his ideas, and feeling sure
that his own ideas were the ones upon which
the cotintrv must stand or fall, continued to
hold his place out of pure patriotism. Di
verse and conflicting as the present influ
ences now working under and about the rail
way problem seem to be, it is the opinion of
many that all the materials for producing a
sharp split in the republican party are at
hand, and that such a split, If avoided, wtl
be escaned from merely by the withdrawal
of the program of railway reform by the ad
ministration and the substitution of some
thing that will be purely nominal In character.
The weakest element in the administration s
position Is reearded here as being the an
parent fact that It does not know precisely
what it wnn's or bow far to go. The other
side know exactly what they want and what
they do not want.
The bomb exploded rieht In the midst of
the Merrick -Roosevelt camp, and after the
smoke subsided. nd the cammilrn mamu'ers
rushed up to rather up the fragment of the
cnre'ullv huiMed a'r castle which had con-talr-'Z.
be Hcrr'ck Roosevelt friendship, not
a vtlK rtmiuiued. And thus one bubble
PACE b
of the republican campaign has already burst,
and the very foundation of the entire cam
paign structure totters In consequence there
of. The Merrick-Roosevelt friendship myth
Is a myth no longer, for by the statement
of Ohio's senior senator, it cannot exist while
Theodore Roosevelt occupies the position ho
does concerning: railroad relates and Myron
T. Merrick sits with the board of directors
of two gigantic railway companies, namely
the M., K. & T. and the Hauta Po. two of
the most notorious lawl reakers In the entire
south west. Senator Dick really believes tis
Foraker does on this question, but he didn't
Intend to put his views Into language, neither
did he Intend to have them voiced during the
campaign. Hut Foraker has shouted them
from one end or the state to the other, and all
the efforts of it disgusted and demoralized
republican stale chairman cannot, call them
back. Senator Dick Is now In a position to
fully appreciate the words of the ancient
philosopher who said: "What you keep by
you, you tony chance and mend; but words
once spoken can never bo recalled." Colum
buo Press Tost,
RAILWAY REGULATION
As the session of congress approaches in
terest In the railway problem Increases. It is
to be the ch'ef quesMon before congress and tho
fate of restrictive legislation is much in doubt:
The ra'e regulation compromise which
has been suggested to the president, pro
viding for an amendment to the law whereby
the interstate commerce commission shall
be vested wl h au'horlty to tmutie Into rates,
and, if II. finds them unreasonable, so to de
clare, has a decided aspect of fa'rness. The
commission Is not. to be authorized to fix
rates, but, under the proposed compromise,
when It declares a rate unreasonable, the
transportation company is required Immedi
ately to ccsse chsrf'ng it; and to fix a reson
able rate, Hy experiment only can the com
mon carrier determine what ra'e will meet
the approval of the comrnlss'on. To all ap
pearances, a measure of this description
will amply meet evHIng needs. It Is doubt
ful that any sentiment reallv exists In favor
of empowering the commission lo fix rates
This would not onlv five the government
supervisory newer but It would practically
transfer to the hands of the government the
iranaeement of nllroad ftnmces. wh'ch
would be a long step towards government
ownership. To the pr'nelele of government
ownersh'p of the railroads (he American
people have not vet sittncrlted, nor do they
show slims of hetrcr d''wd to It. They
ask that the railroad companies shall be com
peted to ol serve the rule of common honesty,
0'i"ht not this to be susceptible of accom
plishment without movirnr In the direction of
confiscation? Pittsburg I eader.
The "nter" of ra'lwav discrimination
Is scrcelv elected 'fm one woodnlle before
he Is discovered" hiding In another. The
interstate commerce law renntres that the
same ra'es phfil! be given to all sblnoers, big
or little, and In the m-lnted tarlfs this re
quirement is met. The Flklns law contains
sfrinfent provisions In regard to rebates,
and rebate in the old form are now seldom
paid. But enrne f the blf shtnners hive been
aTn1v cornnensitcd for the abolition of the
earl'er kinds of discrimination bv thf p ro
duction of the private er lino and the private
terminal tract? and sidetrack svstems: and
It has been developed a the Hearing at pres
ent going on in te federal court In CMrw'n
that the packers hive been recelvlnf rebates
In the guise of dnma"es. Manv thousands
of dollars, it annears. have been paid thorn
for Inturles to live stocV and droned meats
In transit which never occurred There t tho
best reasons for believing that th packers
are bv no means the onlv lare firms thit
have been and are receiving re'ia'ns dls'iilsed
8s damages. A thorough tpveotlatlon preh
phlv would reveal that rebates are bclnn
paid In tb's form to mnnv otv"r ccmeemo n
fhlentm end in all usr'rf of (be enun'rv,
despPe the earnest urotestntions of railway
rnanncers that the re'atp ev) a pad fe
clnim rlcper'ment of a rntlro't t an ecePent
place to cover hp r baeo Orennr'v H eopre
pt trnnppoi'totlon ti eop'i'antlv belnr rpi'need
bv delnva, roifh hnnd''n? H'"1 wree'-p !
la an env mn'icr to Mil d'r 'o '"'" 1
.ntepier biffer S"""S tb;ti his Iohih en 'Mo
him o and e' en ri"'i''r'v to fn ii"m" b'n
for "fC'S tie-er toi-trled J'i(t fietinn Is
pliiinlv a much a vntntnn 'r t"'' 'p l"w
(is t'p fl'reet nivmi r' ri-lit
b so treated by the courts. Chicago Tribune.