Show NOT THE LEAST BIT OF DANGER GENTLEMEN Some kind friend has enriched The Thc editorial rooms With a circular letter entitled Radical 1 Railroad Legislation and Its Effects on Business We Ye read it with a good deal of interest But we dont exactly understand un what it means For example we are advised by a aline aline aline line In the first page that the railroad companies of the country have held up purchases to the amount of over one thousand million dollars and that al although although although though these purchases for the most part are for necessities in the making and maintenance of railroads they have not ot been made the money has lia not been expended because the rail railroads railroads railroads roads are afraid of something ng Just what is not so ao clear clearOn clearOn clearOn On the second page the reason be becomes becomes becomes comes more apparent It has to do da with the fear of radical legislation in nation and state and the public is assured by the circular that The trouble with the whole situation Is that many of 0 the men mon who make the laws are not familiar famUlar with the true in inwardness Inwardness inwardness of the relations and depend dependence ence which the manufacturing and business bu interests have upon the gen general general general eral railroad situation nor do they realize that in administering their so called discipline to the railroad com corn companies companies that we are the ultimate con sumers Burners of that discipline It affords The much pleasure to assure the authors of the circular that there is not net n t the slightest reason in the world for wor worry worry radical antl anti ry 7 There shall be no railroad legislation either in state or nation We expect to see orders for forthe forthe forthe the spending of that thousand million published at least as early as Tues Tuesdays Tuesdays Tuesdays days paper It is a safe sale promise Here in Utah there the rue smallest possible hope ope of d legislation radical or otherwise There is no desire for forit it Even Abel Ab l John Evans of Utah t county countenance counsel el or sup support su port any law l w looking to the destruction of railroads or their smallest depre depreciation depreciation elation in value And in the matter of national policy polley we feel warranted in revealing a secret evidently heretofore guarded from the eye of the author of the circular in question It is this The President of the United States has gone so far as asto asto asto to declare he does not want any law at all aU or In any way Interfering with the rightful operation of of any railroad company He has made the statement so clear and distinct and so emphatic e ph in terms that no man m n can be misled In fact he demands Justice and hon honesty honesty honesty esty as the policies of his administration administration tion and speaks of it in connection with such legislation as may affect aff ct all aU corporations So that it must now be b clear to the author of ot the circular and to all alt and else that the rail railroads railroads roads roada will be protected by liY the national nal government in all its branches And no one tone shall molest m lest them nor make them afraid Go on with the thousand million Spend the money and as much of it in Utah as Is possible There shall beno beno be beno no legislation |