A EAILROADS CONTEOL
PRACTICALLY DIRECT LEGISLA
TION IN EVERY STATE
Unless tho People Awake and Demand
Initiative and Referendum on All
tttwi Even tho Shadow of Popular
Government Will Disappear
Six men control all the trunk rail
roads of the country and unless un
looked for disagreements arise compe
tition is a thing of the past This
wonderful combination or community
of interests as they now call it has
been formed with extraordinary rap
idity and in addition to controlling the
railroads they dominate what is known
as Wall street These six men also
monopolize other lines of industry iron
steel tinplate oil and anthracite coal
and the accumulation of their vast
wealth is being invested in other trusts
and combinations
These six men are J P Morgan A
J Cassatt W K Vanderbilt James J
Hill and George J Gould
Morgan controls the Southern rail
way system the Mobile and Ohio the
Northern Pacific the Erie the Phila
delphia and Reading the Jersey Cen
tral the Lehigh Valley and the Monon
system
A J Cassatt controls the Pennsyl
vania railway the Baltimore and Ohio
the Western New York and Pennsyl
vania and owns jointly with the Van
derbiltsthe Chesapeake and Ohio and
the Norfolk and Western
W K Vanderbilt controls the New
York Central and allied lines the
Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St
Louis the Lake Erie and Western and
the Chicago and Northwestern
E H Harriman controls the Illi
nois Central the Union Pacific the
Southern Pacific the Chicago and Al
ton the Kansas City Southern and the
Chicago Terminal and Transfer
James J Hill controls the Great
Northern and jointly with Morgan the
Chicago Burlington and Quincy and
large Interests in the Northern Pacific
and Erie
George J Gould controls the Mis
souri Pacific the St Louis Southwest
ern the Wabash the International and
Great Northern and the Texas Pacific
Associated with these railroad mag
nates and owning large blocks of stock
are William Rockefeller Jacob H
Schlff and others whose specialties are
banking and trusts
What a vast political power these
men can wield if only by their con
tributions to the political party they
think will best serve their interests
They are all acting with the Republi
can party and their donations to the
Hanna campaign funds at the last two
national elections and the coercion of
the large army of railroad and corpo
ration employes turned the scale in
favor of the Republican party and at
least in 1896 defeated the honest ma
jority of the American people
They control legislators and elect
congressmen who do their bidding
there are but few counties in the
United States that have not their paid
attorneys at the county seat to watch
their interests and manipulate caucuses
and conventions of both parties or of
- which ever is the dominant one for
the time being They are so well
served by the present administration
that they hope to see it perpetuated
and are willing to pay a high price to
have it so McKinley suits them well
they are paying the expenses of his
trip through the country and furnish
ing the choicest foods and wines not
only for him but for his cabinet and
all the followers that make up the
party They are amply paid for this
large outlay for no appointment to of
fice has been made by the president
that was opposed by any of these rail
road magnates and none ever will be
Not that they favor a third term Han
na would suit them just as well may
be better or any other man of the
same stamp
These six men therefore control
the government of the United States
Is it any wonder that many are look
ing for government ownership
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE
PRESIDENT
The supreme court decision on the
Porto Rico cases has made consider
able flutter on the presidents train
according to the correspondent of the
Washington Post who accompanies
the party on the trip He forecasts
4 the action of the administration to
meet the new conditions in the Phil
ippines brought about by the decision
as follows
The president will probably issue an
order applying solely to the Philip
pines imposing upon goods exported
r frbm these islands to the United States
a rate of duty equal to the tariff im
posed by the Dingley law upon the
same articles entering the United
States This it is believed will close
the door by a method certain to be
sustained by the suprem e court if a
test case should be brought before
that tribunal for decision
Some consideration was given to the
question whether the president had the
power under the Spooner act to im
pose a duty in this country upon ar
ticles imported from the Philippines
The general opinion was that grave
doubt existed as to whether he pos
sessed the power and it seemed to be
accepted that the export duty plan of
fered the most feasible solution The
importance of speedy action was em
phasized in view of the fact that K
the matter is left unsettled until con
gress meets next December there will
be very large importations from the
Philippines without the payment of
duty In addition to this it was re
C alizfid that the exporters of Chinese
tea which pays 10 cents a pound duty
and Chinese silks which are also sub
jected to a high tariff would send their
goods to the Philippines paying the
slight duty there exacted and then
have them forwarded to the United
States where they could be entered
without additional cost Japanese and
Oriental goods of all descriptions coujd
also enter the United States by the
round about but economical route
From this it will be seen that the
triumphs of imperialism also has its
trials and tribulatisns and the end is
not yet
FOREIGN COMPETITION
The reduction of the rate of inter
est in the United States is bringing
about a great change in the Industrial
conditions and is removing one of the
chief props of the protective tariff
Manufacturers are nearly always large
borrowers and the high rates of in
terest that prevailed until the last few
years was one of the chief reasons
why they could not compete with their
foreign competitors This barrier is
now removed and the charge that we
are still unable to compete with for
eigners is well answered by the Chi
cago Chronicle which says
Somebody signing himself A Lanca
shire Cotton Spinner writes from
Highland Park to a Chicago contem
porary to offer proof that English cot
ton mills are far behind the pale of
competition from the United States
Some twenty years ago the late James
G Blaine when secretary of state pre
pared an official report showing that
even then American mills could pro
duce common cotton fabrics at less
cost than English mills could and that
the only reason why Americans needed
protection in this branch of manufac
ture was because their plants cost more
and the rates of interest were higher
in this country Lately we have heard
a great deal about the abundance and
cheapness of capital here and our su
periority in machinery construction of
plants and so on Then can it be true
that as competitors we are relatively
worse off than we were in 1881 True
our cotton manufacturers are still han
dicapped by our tariff to a considerable
extent But they are less so than for
merly because machinery costs less in
spite of the tariff If then we are less
able to compete we must have retro
graded relatively in skill
POLITICAL COMMENT
When congress tackles the tariff
question the Porto Rican Cuban and
Philippine tariff will give the admin
istration a good many sleepless nights
Funds are getting short in the Phil
ippines and sundry expenses formerly
borne by the insular treasury are now
being paid by the treasury at Wash
ington This is to be expected for
extravagance and high salaries are
running riot there We shall either
have to be taxed to keep the Philippine
government going or the natives will
have to be burdened with more taxes
than they can bear This is one of the
results of imperialism
The meeting of railroad commis
sioners at San Francisco shows the
changed conditions between the rail
roads and the public that has taken
place during the last twenty five years
Since that time the supreme court of
the United States has decided that con
gress in the case of interstate rail
roads and the states has the power to
regulate and control them The law
is on the side of the people but the
railroads evade that by controlling the
commissioners and congress Where
the railroads are charging too high
rates the people are themselves to
blame they must select congressmen
and commissioners who will attend to
their interests
Looting from your enemies seems to
come within the Golden Rule of some
of tne missionaries in China Now
and then I branched out to loot from
those who were our enemies says
Rev Gilbert Reid This foreign
devil is according to his own show
ing worse than the Boxers for they
at least pretended to have a patriotic
purpose in expelling or killing all for
eigners who had invaded their coun
try and if any proportion of these for
eigners were like Gilbert Reid they
certainly were fully justified in doing
so
It is one of the strange political
changes wrought as a result of the
new policy of expansion that an ad
ministration headed by a statesman so
prominently identified with protection
as was Mr McKinley should now be
organizing an effort to break down the
tariff walls for the purpose of open
ing new markets to American manu
facturers and of building up depen
dencies by opening our own markets
to the products of the islands of the
sea It is a situation which Demo
cratic tariff reformers are justified in
regarding with much satisfaction since
it vindicates the principles for which
the Democracy battled for years
Buffalo Courier
What a sharp revulsion of feeling
has taken place in the public mind
on the tariff question When the Ding
ley tariff bill was passed it was the
boast of the Republicans that the tar
iff question was settled for a genera
tion and that it would be treason to
change it The business Interests of
the country demanded a rest from tar
iff tinkernig Now we have leading
Republicans advocating a revision and
a bill introduced wiping out one of the
principal schedules It is true that
Hanna says the tariff will not be med
dled with it being too scientifically
constructed to stand the strain and
that reciprocity to a small extent
might be necessary But Hanna is
known to be in league with the trusts
and it is opposition to the trust mo
nopolies that will force tariff revision
Sugar magnate Havemeyer in his
testimony before the Industrial Com
mission was forced to admit that the
tariff is the mother of the trusts
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Onban Constitutional Convention Adopts
the Piatt Amendment
ONLY fOUR DELEGATES ABSENT
Vote Represents Actual Majority of the
Entire Body Senor Ferrer Believes
Acceptance to Be the Best Solution to
the Cuban Problem
HAVANA June 13 The Cuban con
stitutional convention today accepted
the Piatt amendment by a vote of six
teen to eleven The resolution to ac
cept was carried without discussion
Immediately after the opening of
the session Senors Tamio Valluendas
and Quesada constituting a majority
of the committee on relations submit
ted as a substitute lor the committees
former report the Piatt amendment as
passed by congress recommending
that it he accepted and made an ap
pendix to the constitution In the vote
on the resolution twenty seven dele
gates present divided as follows
In favor of acceptance Senors Ca
pote Villuendas Jose M Gomez Ta
mayo Monteagudo Delgado Betan
court Giberga Lloreente Quesada
Sanguilly Nunez Rodriquez Berriel
Quilez and Ferrer
Opposed to acceptance Senors Zay
as Aleman Eudaldo Tamayo Juan
Gualberto Gomez Cisneros Silvala
Fortun Lacret Portuondo Castro
and Manduley
Senors Rivera Correoso Gener and
Robau were absent Senors Gener
and Robau voted against acceptance
in the previous division
WASHINGTON June 13 The news
of the adoption of the Piatt amend
ment by the Cuban constitutional con
vention was received with genuine
gratification here The administra
tion officials all along have felt confi
dent that its ratification would be ac
complished when the Cubans realized
that this government was firm in its
attitude regarding the amendment and
that its acceptance would be necessary
before the United States would consent
to withdraw its supervision from the
island
Now that the Cubans have demon
trsted their good faith in the United
States it is expected that a fairly
speedy evacuation of the island will
follow contingent only upon the es
tablishment of a stable government in
the island Just to what extent the
United States will require practical
evidence of this fact is not definitely
known but the officials here think that
such steps should be taken by the Cu
bans as will demonstrate their ability
to maintain order and peace so tftat
the interests of all the people native
and foreign shall be adequately pro
tected An effective police fore fend
other measures necessary to the pre
servation of good order and sanitation
are deemed as essential prerequisites
in the formation of the new govern
ment The mere physical question of
the withdrawal of the American mi
litia from the island can be accom
plished without much delay
One cabinet officer speaking of the
matter tonight expressed the opinion
that if the ether requirements are met
our withdrawal might be accomplished
during the summer and that Cuban
independence might be a reality by
next autumn
General Wood communicated to the
War department officially the fact that
the amendment had been adopted
When Secretary t of State John Hay
read the dispatch he said As an old
friend of Cuban independence for the
last thirty years I am most gratified
to learn that the Cuban convention
has done what is so clearly to the ad
vantage of the Cuban people
Closing Down Shipyards
ATLANTA Ga June 13 A special
from Newport News Va says It
was announced that 1000 men will be
laid off at the yards of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock com
pany on account of the machinists
strike
Mrs Botha Reaches Brussels
BRUSSELS June 13 Mrs Botha
wife of Commandant General Louis
Botha arrived here today She was
received at the railway station by Dr
Leyds
Btlllwells Bond Issue
MEXICO CITY June 13 The bond
issue of the railways taken over by the
Stilwell group of American capitalists
and which they will extend to Tam
pico giving this pity a direct route to
that port is 9000000 gold
Hears Committee Reports
MILWAUKEE June 13 Todays
session ot the supreme lodge Knights
of Honor was taken up mainly with
the consideration of reports from the
committees on credentials necrology
and laws Rhode Islands right to a
second representative in the supreme
body was recognized The laws com
mittees report approved all the offi
cial decision rendered by the supreme
dictator since the last session and the
antire report was adopted ffiriatim
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