KILL SI BILL BILLOne 1 PI g One of or tho the misleading phra phrases es of or the ba bad bill now known as Senate SenaLe bill number ninety live Is that providing provid ing that tho companies to be benefited b by this proposed legislation lation will exorcise exercise It without violation of or tho the laws law of oC the United States Now 1 dont don't you worT worry about the laws of or the United States Slates The They will take talo care caro of jf C themselves That phrase io so o glibly employed in Bill ninety live Is balderdash balderdash puro ash puro pure and simple Of or course the railroad companies to bo granted grant grant- ed I tho tho rights asked for In this bill will wm not disobey and doC defy tho lie laws of Ot tho ho United States Thc They dare not do du It It ii But nut tho they are aro trying to beg or bU buy the laws Jaws of or the state date of Utah And AIl if IC the they suc succeed ec the tho state tato of or Utah will 11 bt belong lon to the tho railroad companies companie NO RAILROAD COMPANY SHOULD BE DB PERMITTED PERMITTED PER PElt IITTI D TO DEAL IN COMMODITIES IZ S. S The They are aro common carriers and amI that should be the limit of or their powers and possibilities They should not be he permitted to go Into Ino the market with their own coal th their Ir own Iron their own cole coke their own merchandise of or an any character whatsoever er And AmI this bill gives them the tho right to go Into the them m market t with absolutely everything c that Is produced in inthe tl the tho st state te The They already arc are In the tho street railway busi husi- ne ness ne The They can cnn drive out and keep out an any competitor titor Jj Tho The JH people will be le absolutely at nt their mercy If IC they f dont don't want to haul coal for a competitor they will not do to it ft AND TIlE THE COURTS CAN NOT OT CO COMPEL THEM TIIE They IH be bo Independent of the courts an and can laugh at injunctions and antI mandates of the highest tribunals of v i They f W will vIlI have the power of life liCe and death over i f dr company or r lI Individual d v ll developing the re res resources re- re s sources 9 of or orthis this state or offering merchandise e In tho tim market CARRIERS BUT nUT NOT MERCHANTS Thoy d. never nevel should bo be permitted to become merchants mer mer- chants of or coal That Is what this tills bill hili empowers them to be hc No Independent owner would woul over ever havo have the ghost ghosto o of ol a n chance against them unless he should build a railroad rail rail- road lt from rom his mine to his market The They can b by tho the pro I provisions lons of bill Number ninety- ninety five con condemn water rights and that is a thing forbidden to any one else elsa In the tho state of or Utah There is a n privilege privilege l lege that no thinking man h in iii the legislature can for Cor a moment seriously consider The wat water vater r of this state should f be held for COI the people of or the state It is limited In quantity It is jealously I regarded e Hero is a measure measure mea inca sure that would give Ive it to the railroad companies and no ono one could prevent their monopolizing It whenever and wherever they might think the they needed It FOR Jl-Fon FOR RAILROAD MANUFACTURING IA Ul OR ANY Y OTHER o r PURPOSE We e e arc not wildly declaiming against railroad com corn But nul we protest against granting to tho those c corporations cor cor- or 01 to any anyone one else elso powers which can not safely be he given Iven And If IC Tho Tue Republican Is to bo be punished 1 for speaking plainly against this iniquitous measure then weare wo we ate are willing that the tue blow shall shaH fall It is amazing that no other paper other paper In the city has to speak peak the tho plain and evident e truth In this matter mutter Wo Vo 0 should be glad f r tl e tho the operation co-operation of the press of or the city In a w work rk so clearly clearl In tho the interest o of tho the people But if that is denied u uy us we shall hall fight alone The rhe bill I la 1 vi- vi clou It is and full Cull of or peril to the tho people of 01 the state tato for the tho pre present ent and for all alt the future And Anc It IL It ne neVer r should be bo allowed allowe to pass COULD DEFY DEFT THE TIlE COURTS companies tho the authority which Is written h In this bill arid those thoRO corporations originally Intended ns th OK common common carriers bound to do the hauling of or n any y that might hl offer would be he In position to engage In my 11 0 of or in industry They rhey could condemn land They could condemn water water and the they would The They could sell coal cont and the they certainly would drive ever every competing coal dealer l out business SS Do you ou think a n. railroad t oom- oom would haul hau your coal when it hall hal coal of or It Its own ov to haul It would have ha cars for Cor Its Ita own product and 01 would woul have havo none for tor you ou It could CoUll f furnish power for tho the electric lines linos of or the state It could coutil fl furnish light It Il could drive o out e. e bust bubi- cry firm or corporation that undertook U to c compete with It in It could coull fix what rates It choso chus' and t no no court In all the world would have havo authority to call a II 1 halt The Tho courts might revise ro tho the freight tales intes o of the railroad company compan But the tho courts could not limit the amount they would charge for a n ton of oC coal nor nr for power nor for light Tho They could take tako water wherever where tho they found It ft condemn con cor It It appropriate It to own use use rU ft with wILh I It develop their own mines and run their own mills And the tho courts could not ilot touch that nn any more than lhnn thc they could Six lix tho the price at which a 3 farmer will vilL s sell Iroll ll his Jm hay or hi hl hili grain In every line out outside of transportation rate rates the companies for Cor the enactment of or bill number nine ty five would bo be able to defy the courts court I I REPUBLICANS SHOULD IU REFUSE FUSE Let us call to tho the attention of or this legislature another an an- other ohr thing It Is not tho the chief objection to tho the bin bill hut but it is ono that should not ho bo wholly ignored b by members of or the the pr present senate and house This bill If enacted will bo be a n frightful blow to tho the Republican party of or Utah The Democrats want tho tim bill to paw pass and the they will go goUt o up Ut 11 and down this state two t years year oo from Crom now nD with he perfectly legitimate declaration that the Republican I legislature leg leg- g- g the people i- i It ht will vit b be the truth Nothing short o of betrayal will I oj I.- I. y 2 Yi s J 4 i S k r J Ir u L r to il av i P I express a compliance willi In he demand dt I that dial ha t l t- t w I ii It ii Iii II this bill hili J The thing Is Ig an ab absolute oute reversal re of oC the position o of Oc President enl Roosevelt noose and of or the Republican party part of or th the nation It Is an nn ab absolute lute violation of oC the pl pledge dge of or in the legislators themselves cA who are arc under obligation to conserve conserve con con- serve ser tho the Interests of oC tho the people especially In the thc matter matte of or transportation and In the dealing dealing- with the tho railroad corn companies panics The East has found tho the foU folly of or trusting Ung railroad com companies panics to deal fairly with competing merchants of o coal Tho The Eat East has compelled tho the railroad companie to confine confino themselves to tho the work of oC common carriers carrIers and that Is the limit of oC activity that should be permitted d I to a railroad company compan Tho The national government go has forced arced the railroad companies to get out of or the business of or mining coal and selling It Il In tho tim market The Tho rule was as mn made e necessary b by the fact that lint human s would not permit a company compan to give gho to a competitor an equal opportunity with Itself When 1 both were sending coal to tho the same market the tho railroad company would woud drive rl the competitor out of oC business ever every time Ume And Anti Hit th people were tho ho sufferers That Is what would happen here In Utah The national na na- na government has forced torce tho the railroad companies to get out of ot tho the business of or mining coal and selling It In inthe tho the market mt Tho The rule was ma made mado o necessary b by the fact fac that human selfishness s would not permit a company to give to a competitor an equal opportunity with Itself When hon both were sending coal to the same samo market the railroad company compan would drive e the competitor out of or business o cr every time And Am iid the lie people wore were tho the sufferers That Is what would happen here hero in Utah Tho The national national na na- government overn has pronounced against the policy of or It The Republican party has declared itself Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- J every ery every Clem enemy of or the Republican can cnn party part In antI and out of oC Utah wants the legislature to pass this bill hili There Is no good reason wh why It should become a n law and every reason a against It Kill KIH senate bill 1111 number ninety e