THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24 , 1881. ANTI-MONOPOLY , A Oonferenoe of Representatives of Industrial Associations , Corporate "Privilecos are -De- , . nouncod. lor tlio RoRnlatiou of Transportation Hates- Correspondence ot the Urn. UTICIAN. . Y. , Aiiguit20. . The nnti-moifopoly confercnro which was called by t the N6w Vork-board of trade and transportation , hold its ses sion in this city yoslcrdayi The conference was called td order by'W. G. Wayne , of Wayne , who nominated Air , L. E. Ohittqiulon , of Now York , for temporary chairman. Mr. Chittoiidoil spoke briefly on tak ing the chair. Air. JoinY O'Donuoll , of Loxvis 'M J county , was elected temporary sec retary" , i The following pormixnontorganza ! tion wai effected : President General Alexander S , Divon , of Choinlfng. ' Vice presi dents-W. S. Wayne , of the state range ; JbhnF. Henry , of the No\r fork chamber of commerce ; John 11 : Manning.1 bf the Buffalo board'of trade ; * Theodora E. Tomilson , of < thd national anti-monopoly league'K. ; B , Thurboli of itho Now York board 6f trade ) and transportation.T. ; A. Hinds , of the "State Millers' association ; , J- Farley , jr. , of the KocHostor Millers' association ; Ji 0. Hubbell , of the Alt bany Aboard of lumber. rdoalers ; ITpr- acu Oi Smith'of ' the Canal Boat Own * ers' asaociittbn ; Darwin II. Jatnod , of the Kings county anti-monopoly league ; Allen II. Footo , ot the Now York cooperativesociety ; j.ToainhJ.j t Wliito' . of the Now York produce ex change ; Nelson B. Kilmer. , of the Milk association' ; Ambrose Sndw , of thoNow York Maritime association ; Dr. L.'L Wight , of Iho t/tica bo.wt of trade ; George B. Douglas , of the Now' York butter and choose ex change ; James F. Wenman , of the Now York cotton exchange , and Har ris 'Lewis , of the State Dairymen's association. Secretaries Henry Nichols , II. H. Gpir , Frank D. Gard ner and H. H. Chittondon. 1UILKOAD MONOPOLIES. On taking the chair General Divon delivered a very valuable address. Mr. Thomas V , Carter , of Jersey City , gave a startling exhibit of the railroad monopoly in his ( .Into , Mr. Josiah J. White , of the Now York produce exchange , gave a his tory of railroads , showing a total cap italization of $0,000,000,000 atprcsont. < 3rcafc good , ho said , had been dchio "by railroads , but , thcir management should bo guarded against abuse ? . Free canals uro necessary to retain the supremacy of the pori of Now York , and , to rogulata transportation rates , railroads should bo compelled to compote pete for business as merchants uro. The following address and platform was adopted ; To the people of the state of Now York : Within the last half century now and important forces have made theniaclves felt in all departments of production and commerce and also in the political world. Controlled and directed in tlio interest of ( he whole people , steam , electricity , machinery nnd corporate life are the most bone- ficiont forces of the ago , but like lire , if permitted to bccomo our masters , the evil is proportionate , The wise men who dratted our constitution could not foresee thosu enormous changes or they would have guarded against attendant evils , which have come upon us so suddenly that legis lation for the public interest has lagged - god behind , while the compact force of corporate organization has shaped our laws in the interest of the few at the expense of the many , so loose has boon the legtalation of the past fifty years rcgardnig the grunting of char ters and coporato privileges that cor porations have acquired undue promt nonce and power , and in order to pur potuato abuses which have grown up our legislation is corrupted and our politics debased by the use of money to an extent which thrcateilti the per manency of our free institutions. Honest and independent candidates for legislative oflibes are now of ten de feated by leas woithy candidates who are backed by the money of great cor porations. In consequence the best men in the community are deterred from entering political life. This re sults not only in the publio interest being made subsorvant to private corporations , but it lowers the quali ty of legislation , lor legislators who are venal in ono direction are usually BO in others. When charters to construct - struct railroads were first granted by the people it was with the understand ing that ull advantages beyond ten per cent upon the actual capital in vested were to accrue to the public , and as the promoters of these enter prises usually had other interests to which bonofitted largely "by the Inven tion of steam roads , their construc tion proceeded very rapidly , Not is satisfied , however , with all these ad vantages , and in order to absorb the benefits resulting from the now inven tions and improvements whiph tended to greatly reduce the coat of steam transportation , they created fictitious values for these roada and maintained rates high enough to nay dividends upon these inflated values and thus cheated the publio out of a largo portion tion of the benefits of these improved highways. The result lias been to fiuddonfy accumulate enormous wealth for the managers of these roads. HOW A MONOPOLY IS CKEATEP. As an illustration of this , in 1807 andlSGS $47,000,000 of watered stock were added to the capital of the New York Central and Hudson lUvor rail road , upon which regular eight per cent dividends 1ms since been paid , and these dividends , with the interest thereon , compounded annually for thir teen years , now amount to over $75- 000,000 , while the stock itself is quoted in the market at $140 to $100 In per sharp. In other words , if , instead of watering the stock of these roada in 1607 and 1808 , the rates for trans portation had been reduced to a point of which would have yielded eight per cent net upon the outstanding capital , the public would , at the present time / , have been $75,000,0 $ ) belter off , and S 17,000,000 of stool ? ! whichfcostjbnly the paper amUiuk with which it'nai printed , would not now lib in ex istence and form a pretext for further taxing the industry and commerce of this state for all time to come. This is but a single illustration. There are many others equally flagrant ; but this will serve to illustrate how the pijblic wealth is.cpticcntrated in n few hands by a system of taxation , under the Ijuiso of tolls or charges for transpor tation , compared with nhich'tho toll1 exacted by the robber barons of the feudal ages wcro potty. Mid botwccr the justice of which it is hard to dis tinguish. In the ono case there are , to bo sure , forms of law ; but they are forms only and have been enacted to suit the wishes of our modern hnrons bf the rail. Each year ยง 3,700,000are bxtortcd from the public to moot the dividends Upon the above mentioned 817,000,000 , of fictitious stock , the issue of which was lc&alicd by a leg islaturo nominally elected by the i > uo pie but in reality by the money of the corporations that thus purchased t privilege to fax the public. Eacl ; year shows some now encroachment of a similar character upon the people's rights , sometimes in one form , somo- limes in another , the methods of cor poration finance constantly varying , but nil resulting in undue cost to tlio public of what has bccomo a public necessity , Such publio abuses as tlosq | heretofore mentioned have been exaggerated by discriminations against b&th individual citizens and commu nities. From time immemorial the principle' the equality , of citi zqris on tlto highway hasbeen , rccog nixed as eminently just and necessary. The state Is the naulral and solo owner of Ihp public highways The vote of oncj citizen in conferring charter to construct aiidbpora'toa railroad was as potent as another ! and , therefore , tljo element of d citizdn'r right on the high way tshodld limit in como degree llto operation of the > law of wholesale arid retail , which is unlimited in pri vate business ; and no discrimination other than that based upon the cost of service should bo permitted. This light has boon entirely disregarded by the managers of our railroads , Fa vored shippers have been given rates which builb up their business at the expense of tlioir neighbors , ' and in oila instance at loastour railroads have so far forgotten their duty as common carriers as to sign a written contract to protect ono snipper againsttho com potion of other shippers. The pro duccrs of this state are charged far moro , proportionately , than the pro ducers of other states. Communities tire discriminated against and discrim ination against the state is freely prac tised by the railroads refusing to carry for a shipper who patronizes the canals at the same rate they carry for others who do not , thus forcibly diverting business from the canals which would othcrwiso.seok that channel during the season of navigation. These magnifi cent highways have been crippled and dwarfed by railroad influence in our legislature , while money has bobu squandered on enterprises like the now capitol , and one-tenth of the amount which the public have been obliged to pay in the shape of tribute tq the watered stock of the railroads \\-ould have enlarged the canals and made them free. Those charges were for several years troely made , and as freely denied. An investigation was for a time defeated by the railroads , but was finally secured. An able leg islative committee , Mr. A. B. Hop- burn , chairman , devoted several months to an investigation. The report - , port of the committee was an official detailed statement of tlio evils which exist and it is unnecessary to detail them hero. It accompanied its report with a series of bills designed to remedy the evils complained Of. Those \yero passed by the assembly , but when they reached the senate it was found that the railroads possessed amore moro absolute vote power than that exercised by the governor of the slate. A constitutional majority can pass a bill over the vote of the governor , but there was no possibility of securing a constitutional majority to pass a bill over the veto of the railroad power , aim the most important of the bills were defeated. It had scoured the nomination , purchased the election or otherwise controlled the majority of the upper house , and the people were powerless. Tlio result was that bills eminently reasonable , just ruul neces sary were Hlaughtor6d. HAILHOA1W AND LEGISLATION , , The Senate completed its bad record ord by emasculating the corporation tax bill ; by defeating the bill to prevent vent the great telegraph consolidation through whiph n burden of $15,000- 000 additional watered stock was fastened on the uubhc ; by persistent hostility to the canals and by seeking to place in the United States Senate representatives of the railroad power. The conferences would fail in its duty to the people if it did not place be fore them the names of the Senators who thus betrayed the publio inter ests , and indicate in some degree the methods by which the railroads con trol legislation. It has become a reg ular practice for railroad corporations send Bomo of their own men to the legislature to further their interests. Biniator Wagner , of palace car fame , a typo of this class. Through rail- load influences ho has boon regularly placed ( it the head of the Sonata com mittee un railroads , the committee a constituted to suit his pleasure , and all measures looking to holding these corporations to proper responsibility to the publio haye had to run the gauntlet of this packed jury presided over by n judge who had a pecuniary interest in the adverse decision of the to case. Another class of Senators who are oven moro useful to the railroads arc prominent members of the legal profession , many ol whom are regu larly retained in all paiis of the state , and "OHIO thus employed are regularly elected to the legislature by the rail roads. Senators Robertson , Jacobs , Woodin , Sessions and Fowler are types of this class. This class work moro secretly , profess to bo friendly , assure you they will do all they can for the nieasuro whore the public interest is involved , but secretly oiii dcavor to stiilo it in committee or ptovont it from overcoming to a vote. case they are not successful in this they cither vote against it or are absent when the vote is taken. In some instances , whore they aio sure enough adverse votes to defeat u measure which they know their con stituents favor , they will oven vote aye , although had they been told by the railroad managers that their vote Fwas wanted they would have been 1C corded on the other side. INTF.UESIMl LKtiIHLATOIlS. Another and moro numerous clais are the contractors , merchants or manufacturers interested in various enterprises v Inch the railroads can greatly assist by awarding contracts or by giving favorable rates on freight , and this power is Jrecly used. Of this typo Senators McCarthy , Stevens , ilalbert , Madden , Drainan , Jloekweli and others are examples. Another class cahnot thus bo controlled , but having friendly personal relation with the railroad representatives , who are always most agreeable men , they are influenced by them , and unless the issue is sharply defined by their im mediate constituents they vote with the railroads and against the public interest. This class is closely culti vated by the railroad representatives. Free passes and other courtesies are showered upon them , situations which in many cases are sinecures are given to friends and constituents , and in not a few instances tlioir votes were con trolled as absolutely as those of class three. Scattered between the above classes is a no inconsiderable clement ot absolutely venal legislators who are not ashamed to associate with lobby ists and to do their bidding. When public Kontimcnt looka upon buying an election as a crime and professional lobbyists , like A. D. Barber and Edwards , who , together with Senator Sessions , are now under indictment for bribery during the late senatorial contest , are regarded as social pariahs , to bo avoided by all decent citizens it is probable that fewer senators ( like Mr. Sessions will bo seen at Albany , and representatives like Messrs , Ilustod and Alvord will qcaso iffbe leaders in the assembly. Tlio sanie principles apply and the same tac'tica are employed in the assembly ad in the senate , but the latter is much the smaller body. The nembor are elected for two years instead of ono , aa in the assembly , and it is , consequently quently , moro easily and cheaply con trolled by tlio corporations. For the information of the , public wo recapitu late'the names of those members of tlio late senate wlm wore usually found voting With the corporations and aaaihst the public interest : Senators ' \yagtior , Nvoodin , Robertson , Sessions < sions , McCarthy , Hog'an , Soobachor , Eldman , Jacobs , Birdsall , Fowler , MaddetvRockwoll , Baker , Broman , Halbort , Lbomis , Wondovcr and Mills. It will bo noticed that in this list ap pear the leaders in the senate of both political parties. 'Lot ' us see what the platforms of thcao respective parties have to eay repardinj ; this question. In the democratic platform , adopted at Syracuse , wo find the following : "The pcoplo of Now York , farm ers , manufacturers and merchants alike demand that they shall have all the advantages which accrup to them from their favorable position , and that the railroads they have chartered and endorsed with privileges shall bo operated for their benefit and not for their ruin. Wo thcrcfoio endorse as our expression the foregoing princi ples : That railroads bo prohibited by law from unjust di&urimmations and from favoring localities and individuals. The public discontent regarding this question was recognized in the Saratoga platform of the republican party , as follows : Moneyed and transportation cor porations are not alone the works of private enterprise , but are created for publio use and , with duo regard to vested right. It is the clear province and plain duty of the state to super vise and regulate such corporations , seas as to secure iho just and impartial treatment of all interested , to , fester the industrial and agricultural welfare of the people , and , with a liberal pol icy , favor the publio waterways and maintain the commercial supremacy of the state. Wo look to the inquiry now in progress under the direction of the legislature , to develop the facts which will guide all needed action. The resolution has been .stated , to gether with the reason therefor. Mo nopoly senators , who called them selves democrats , joined hands with monopoly senators who called them selves republicans to defeat these measures. Wo earnestly recommend that at the next election candidates for legislative office , and especially candidates for the senate bo chosen regardless of party affiliations , and that only candidateswho will pledge themselves to support the following anti-monopoly principles and objects should receive the sulTrago of the people ple ; OUU I'HINCiriES. Anti-monopoly Wo advocate and will support nnd defend the rights of the many as against pi ivilogen for the fow. Corporations , the creation of the state , shall bo controlled by the state. Labor and capital allies , not ene mies justice for both. OBJECTS. In accordance ) with these general principles wo will oiidcavor to secure , among others , the following specified results ; First Laws compelling transporta tion companies to base charges upon cost ana risk of service , instead of the now thuory enunciated by them , "what the trufllo will boar. ' " Second Laws to prevent pooling and combinations. Third No discrimination against any citizen or any class of citizens on publio highways. Fou-th A board of railroad conir missionora for this state , to give cilect the laws which are or may bo placed upon the statutn books. Fifth Laws making it the duty of publio law officers to defend a citizen's rights against injustices by powerful corporations. Sixth Laws to prevent the further watering of stock and other devices by which a fictitious value for publio highways is created. Seventh Stringent laws against o bribery , including the prohibition of free passes. Eighth Amendments to our oloc-1 a tiou laws which will bettor secure to the pcopjo the power to select candi dates for ofiicoi Ninth A liberal policy toward our canals , which during tlio season of lu navigation are potent in preventing exorbitant charges by mill-ends. Tenth Laws providing for the re striction within uropor limits of cor porate powers and privileges generally , and for the protection , education and elevation of the masses. Jlesolvcd , That in order to give of feet to arid onfoico ( ho obseryancrt of these principles and objects that an organization of the people on a non partizan basis is absolutely necessary ; that in ovoryasscmbly district farmers' alliances or aiili'monopoly leagues should bo organized ; that wo mlviso tlio voters of the state of Now Yoik in the coming fill elcc 5 m to vote only for such legislators as will openly pledge themselves to vote for a board of railroad commissioners for the state of Now York nnd also to sustain gen nraliy the principles Of the so1 called "Hepburn bill. " llcsolved , That wo make ho war upon corporations as such , nor upon any Icgithnato interest or industry ) but that experience' has shown that such organization is necessary to re sist the aggressions of corporate mon opolies , and to maintain the publio rights ( is expressed in the constitu tion and interpreted by the supreme court of the United States , and for this object wo pledge our earnest' ef forts , regardless of party afliliations. llcsolved , That the discriminations of the railroads , the improvement of the Mississippi river and the enlarge ment of the Canadian canals , all ad monish the pcoplo of this sfato that their canals should bo modernized and made equal to any competition which they may have to sustain ; and wo therefore declare that the waterways of the state should bo enlarged and made free of tolls. Itesolved , That the stabj having delegated to railroad and -telegraph corporations its duty of maintaining public highways and intcrcpnnm'inica ition , is bound to control said corpora tions in the interest bf the public , or ' reuss'umo the functions so doldgated , that Iho , direct teiitlbncy of thcabuscs in our transportation system is to nulify the principle upbn which1 our government is founded , that instead of thd distribution1 of wealth they tend to make a few very rich and the many1poor. . The feudalistic 'tcnden- ciod df the ago are Very marked , and prompt and vigorous efforts are nec essary to check this rapidly growing evil. llcsolvodj That the American pub lie , and especially the people of this state , are not yet ready to acknowl edge that there is a dominant privi leged class , to which all the rest of tlio community must pay tribute ; that ovcry barrel of flour , every gallon of petroleum , every ton of coal and other necessaries of life must bo de preciated to the producer or unduly enhanced in cost to the consumer , in order that the few may live in undue luxury at the expense of the many. Wo have faith that.tho intelligence and patriotism of the American pco plo will bo equal to the emergency of controlling tlio creature of their crea tion , and wo invoke the influence of o/ory good citizen , and wo will work and organize to this end. 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Trice , Specific , 91.00 per package , or sue pack. ages for $ S.OO , Address all orders to B. SIMSON MEDICINE CO. Nos. 104 and 100 Main St Buffalo , N. Y. Sold In Ouliha by C. F. Goodman , J. W. Btll , J. K Ish , and all drusrglstsoverywhcre. Notice to Coal Dealers. Scaled proposals will be rccched by the un dcrsijrncd until Saturday , August 27 , 1881 , at 3 o'clock p. m. , for furnlihlng such an amount of hard and soft coal as w 111 bu required for use In the county court house , jail and poor house , and for delivery to such persons as the Commissioners may order , durlnir the ensuing } car. Iy order of the Hoard of Commissioners. JOHN It , MANCHESTER au22-St County CUrk. D , S. BENTON. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AHBACH BLOCK , Cor. Douglas and 16th SU. UmohaNcu. J.H FLIEGEL Successor to J. II. Thlcle , MERCHANT TAILOR No , 230 Douclas Street Omaha Neb. W. J. CONNELL , ATTORNEY - AT - LAW , OrriCB Front Rooms ( up stairs ) In Hanscom's new brick building , N. W , corner Fftcenth ad Karnhain filrwtn PROPOSALS FOR COAL- OIWK or Cm CLEIIK , > I OMAHA , AutIB , 1681. f Sealed riioposals fill borecclted by the under , signed for t o weeks from the da to hereof , 1 hum- da ) , September 1st , 1881 , 12 o'clock noon , for furnishing hard and soft coal for the use of the tlty oltlees and fire dcjiartmcut , from this date until August 18 , A. D. 1882. Sealed bids or pro | > osals shall state the price for such coal dclherednhero ordered , and Khali name sild price without respect to any definite amount of coal. The right Is resened to reject any and all bids. Kin elopes containing said pro- poaaU shall be marked " 1'ronosals for Coal , " and ilelhcrej to the undcr&Uned not later than the time alxn e specified. J. J. L. C. J K W ETT , aulB lUpilrnl In2w City Clerk. Master's Hale In tlio Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Nebraska. Augustus P. Kldder ) > s , J-Iii Chancery , Nelson Feauteau. ) roRtcLosuBi or MORTOIOE. Public notice Is hereby gl\en that In pursuance of ft decree entered In the alxno cause on the 18th dayol Not ember , 18iO , I , Kills L. Bierbouer , Muter In Chancery In tald court , will on the 29th day ol August , 1S81 , at the hour of S o'clock In the afternoon of the uald day at the west door of the United SUtes .court house and poototQce building in the city of Lincoln , Lancaster coun ty , State and District of Nebraska , sell at public auction the follou Ing described property , to-\\it : Tlio northwest quartr of Ihe northeast quarter , aud loU Noa. three ( S ) and four (4) ) of section No. four ( O , ton nthlp No , thlrty-ono (31) ) , ranjro No. i ) I'.ut. AUo the cast half of the southwest quarter and lot throc(3) and the northvt cstnuar-1 terof thu bouthttcst quarteroj section Ko'lhlr- ty three , (33) In toun&hh ) thlrty-tvto , range No. (6)fiteea t containing m all t a hundred and M\Liity-threaand 10-100(373 10-100) acres all la lliou county , Nebraska. 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