| Show A blast ill at lie file railroads ahil a the bill to enlarge the power and the duties of the railway ailway IC core in mial onera of ohio was belore the state senate uon hon L D woodworth delivered a scathing speech on railway monopoly we home of his points the law w which reaches duals is ia too weak cak to restrain ref res traia there gigantic offenders almost invariably the iho modes of ob gainin legi Altion are corrupt and they beli believe eve in the ilia orli poten co of money no iliin ln in carl can non flow maintain his bin rights one of these corporations in a court of justice all our merchants ants manufacturer manufacture rg miner and all others in productive industry are wholly in the po power iver and bl at the ilic mercy or of these lings that have como come among us the railways own and rute rule the states of new york now new jersey I 1 pennsylvania till Illi illinois illinoi not noi NV wisconsin IS iowa Miss missouri ourt ka kansas n aa and california and they have leave the chi chief of influence in in connect connecticut cut and masna ma eh use it in discussing the remedy mr woodworth taid said the necessity for resort to a super power over railroads lias has given giren rise rise to much thought and discussion in ohio and elsewhere the result of st which lich his has been so far as results las baie a been reached the establishment of the office of railroad I 1 commissioner with power similar to those now proposed by this bill in each of the states slates of law massachusetts and connecticut there are three railroad commissioners with power more extensive than will bo be g given i ven should this bill pass in id ohio and th the tendency in both these states I 1 is ia still further to lo in crease the authority of their commissioners sio sio ners tiers the result is ia that the people of those two commonwealths are in a great degree relieved from the e vils evils of which our p people eople so bitterly complain railroads flouri flourish h equally well 5 in those states as in ohio and while their beir maori management germent is far from pe perfect acts it is more in accord with if the ne rl rights g 11 and the he welfare of the people cincinnati times |
