Show WHEN PEOPLE talk about the obligations of railroads to serve the public they should remember the Immense grants of lands that have been made to these corporations The amount is no less than 296000 000 acres This is an area greater than that of I the thirteen original states an area nearly onethird larger than Texas almost as large as the combined territory of Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Kansas and Nebraska nearly three times as large as Great Britain and Ireland Ire-land more than five times ae great as Prance four times greater than Germany equal to about onesixth of the entire territory of the United States Do not these railroad corporations cor-porations owe to the people who have created them fair and honest treatment cheap and economical service without oppression extortion extor-tion aud discrimination in rates They do not always give it |