Show in his bis letter to in the file transportation committee 6 ftc r the iho new york vork board of trade sov GOT stanford argues tho the railroad side or of the iho question ilia roll rail ideals and tho the people with wilh great grant and hh a perfect knowledge of the the chat train held belli in ilia abo granger cases namely that the abo or tho raf troula an in legitimate subjects or of state lehu ICIB lation bo be US as lo ill violation of the ibo primary principles on aich our ts to rounded founded as the direct 0 bapa rulf of rapino rapine a anil 1 n it robbery on CD forced by the file hand 0 or r might the idea of our tt of gove government raul he be a B N WM was that men should he free lc in dependent sod had that thai every ram should depend upon himself lot lor hia ill lifo abo establishment or commissions or espionage the api or of officers to lo inquire into or regulate and file alte ol of the ibo government tomake lo 10 for flat individuals all tend to lo destray this ibis independence and are de par which should bo be carefully caro rully considered that men nho be havano have no practical be allowed to control the properly simply result I 1 ID making one half bau of ibe people the of ibo ho to indicates the difficulties of govern ment icat control of freight and fares na As follows in any scheme of congressional acl half bullon the iho mileage gold bar to be taken take into in order to tio be just jusk alli toone to ono company thoo alio llio banac batom as an allowed for the mine herrim it would arc to 10 10 IDIO difficulties or of operation tho different farent dif dino runt grades Krai lct the iho climatic the iho cost coot prices price or of labor and up plies the question of the movement of car freight IQ dafft rent the 1 I of business local slid mid through and nd the tb ahat o li moved edd and so 0 o on under in ft ak acm it would bo be fouad failed I 1 tbt hot the ibo v 4 a goa affred for by the compan lw would bo be 1 IID I the rod d tan if thu nau least mailmen of finites ft a rato rate Rd aptt would moia fr bights tit between two lima potato at t ft a leu less rate than the other media and ad upon ibis bulb it would I 1 4 minimal w T lluc entire INA A distance M hie tarl or 1 I road cro Cj caul ul the file one oa 11 1 1 the molest grade arx aca would have uio its ad tago anil ad 0 o on thic nigh nil all tho the various circum almu inte flint probably mould be taken let into by a body it in making up ifould IL would bo be found tha hut filings that men arc 1 1 in be made equal lay by un on more mom beclar 1 I tion vt ad justify the nd ad bo cf ho country are control ling factors in the regulation of was rno aud ad they hl remain unchanged time B would seek ilia route rotate the chomp chabat ch apat east rod but service between two points to give a fair distribution of buld bud aca 4 to ft that the ibo different broadd ad might live old O belf lem am IT ft maximum price to bo hom hero you mould lava bato an arbitrary system of regulation that thai would deny dig dan of competition rod atod albre gurd gural all hem bo economic principles v hach should gorem geco g eco nd ad regulate all the other arguments for govern meet control of railroads arc exhaust ively considered and replied to rud and yet one co cononi anal mulat the iho conclusion that there a forthe for ibo conviction held ly by the people namely that the be profits of tho the railroads should bould bo 1 limit ed cd by the power which created them to a reasonable amount say bay ten per cent ply per annual on tilde actual cost coet As an aa illustration of tho the workings wor kinga of the bc OF practice rather the board ot at trade committee cito cite au from which they ibey deduce that if unit cad ot of watering the iho slack block of tho the I 1 roada made iq in the awo in ilia 1807 fill 8 mr had reduced ilia ibo rates rate of to 10 a would hero haro yelde light ciglio per cent net up upon the iho ible outstanding n stand capital the ibo public would mould at the present tune time have been becA bett bettor eroff off suit anil 11 1 I 1 of awit bb aind cot oo 00 I 1 paper m anil d ink to print it anil which is now fueled ra 10 pir albre would ml ball be iu in ul ancia aud and aw durni a prout lor for further taxing the indian tries trice gild anil commerce of the slate and country for nil time to come thov they say my uirt that a hundred other equally no fa grant examples might tie bo ulku but ads will liow how the public wealth li Is being to 10 a few hands by a flam system of taxation under the gulso guim of chaws charges for trues POrth tion comp compared arGal with which the tolls loll exacted by the robber bare baron or of the feudal aget ere pay ma between th Julioo of which libich it la Is bent to distinguish t farther on I 1 the iha commit ica want the he of the protest gross clat discrimination lad aad continues continue 10 1 lo addition I 1 to all 11 this ran fur the P I 1 P of perpetuating the bo p at kim the them control of the india indio trio tries of I 1 ibo he entire community ran rood road ga enter tho fi of polac pol pid itice lc and oa 04 comiel our at the last tho the railroad IG C mido ad it afi it if felt fell in may assembly Auci ably district resulting in fil ome anai CUCH cases in the ilia defeat of honest nud and I independent d p d do tho the election 7 their creato curci it II to tn freely facts latcu in tho the public press the th rail interest intend to control tho the senate of ue the it does doc that of this and other states state nod od ut intile tho mentioned for tho to T cancy fence this state seen to cletur by the or 1 the file for term of bat vcctor ner ker majority all ii ily I ly satiated erlih ib abc il I l abo timi tim I aanon the tes for far seoul X ans uan of the one a h hr was deatel dea ted mr platt plait as aa wall closely Iden A till the rail oil it abo kookan bill wilh ill ill of nr a board ol of R rd C De aIon it urged edn tho aola oola real rail road mao man but bat it a 0 o no arail so also 10 lo instead of their that amoc lay effect on klog king vanderbilt the moel meet likely thing lo in all alie world la Is a new dow watering cr cf lit lis railroad t 16 of sixty per par cent fi five put c ant woula bo be divid ed on OD the new maw stock block for a year or mv lo 10 or until bill it hid bad posted out of if mind A little lillic iho eight or ten tea per coot would baciho be the divid dividend Lad rate gRio all the vano is laor off ctr laia ILIA than that llie ilia people will ill bui ti moiety Gove ranat at control 0 of f 1 luo be mili vaid to lo bial r declared pral policy cy A I 1 meeting ali ilo did tribute alaid iu 1 IOL 4 coo caa pay rod nd exist the rall roada may corrupt the abc government chrismas the ibo add the bench bacoch re tah bikky kly populo kd 4 vilh aih retire I 1 altor ncy ancyl do DOW but ine as a last rort r ort is among the ibo rights of the people a right upon which luried the ibo nation i was man 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