| Show THE SPHERE SHERE OF RAILROADS without the trie merits rits or do demerits merits the justice or injustice of it the iho teram ot of thu ali inter commerce bill it il may not be amiss to inquire why it lias has been so relt felt that settle lill bill more charly ile fining finine tho the relations relation ot of railroads to the people anti anil more clearly expressing till the obligations bith ought to lo exist between tho the railroads and the state ought to materialize into a law it toils v c because etlie hie spirit chich originally orie lually governed go verneil railroads lias lag pa sed acil away at plot first it VIM ling ly conceded that tile extraordinary granted to could only be b mad 0 on the ground that as aa common carriers they must treat the voidie people with exact fairney fair nef that there must bo be no tiong nod that bat tho the chargo cli arera rudolt be limited like tile inter es t charged char geil by 1 a I banker to i lint wo would old beld a lair fair interest atler after paying not millions ot of watered capital but alo real capital lit la building and equipping the roads rnoda how far that thought liaa has drift eil from tho the minds of 0 tile public anti ami the tha minds ot of railroad nion men can bo gu auvid vid hen tt e read fad the word i of 0 senator STANFORD Speak speaking log ot of reil railroad road Orvi erty to he fays faye la in effect the ot of ownership is control t and the owners ot of a railroad bills tho the gains fame right to absolute control their property that the oil owners of 0 a factory or mercantile lure have ho means that tho the it nelch aich wise also has thrown around common carriers carr lera ought all to bo be reIn ocl and in suba is U ce says baya the only thing which a railroad company Is bound to respect is competition elaborated A little moro more his meaning Is ial this when the law 0 of eminent domain glen ghen the right to drive my iron irella alio llio eiriS ms of ilion ahen to me as given tile the monopoly of a mighty can y lag ios trade I 1 was to destroy or drive away ausy stage hinge lines anti and freight frel glit lines end and the to business of azodi makeev botel keepers and scores of others abou ire I reduced tile proult of all kinds of buR burriess hiess along tho the if tny my road oa liala rind la in many cases dp de bcd un ail it t waln in abort ui a I 1 publia use I 1 aaa mas pez quitted ruit ted to a new fol boim in of property which chich ill noon tho the property pru perty of man along toy ray obligation nos as upon me to treat my patrons ial roi fairly unless hy by doing so I 1 loille for myself secure the largest t measure of 0 profits and for tile to H univ biow and to say my that while it has baa no tits to lo interfere la fa the least with tin lit ot my pro potty it must still anait inait open my my lay operations bithia the lh lawt lawn prescribing the lie limits bi bc youil loud y bleh cannot j go la Is a direct attack upon my property righo and upon my liberty llan tty lis i a that li ii tits HIA thought or the line of thought on hufh all railroad properties lint hai v e beert aged of into yo yeat arnil gand tile dt from ilia iho theory upon ulion vi aich the charters tier 11 granted tile abilio atimer thus u arim d anti the hie injury loonry Wro Plit upon and which could liy by I 1 are tho the bauges N hal 0 led 60 tunny 1401 W peo pie to deliee that railroads were the of the people and nl that if 1 jower should be permitted to go on with no check put upon it leicy in a little dibilo bo be stronger annn government itself it la Is out 0 of that the interstate commerce 1111 lias has been drafted and driven drivel through loth both houses of congress congre s the chiefs ot of tile roads cry out against its harshness liars linesa anil and in justice jug tice it alio cry la ia t the can taia 0 kit ill tile hie tanio game lies ies la in lie be wrongs w bi the roath have ulon i the people |
