Show 4 HV Called For I entire people of the western states should l be e aware of f the he strenuous efforts of allied f stern eastern manufacturers and railroad Interests to toJ J f obtain passage at the last session of congress of I the bill to repeal the long and shorty short ft y haul hazl clause of the Interstate commerce act Knowing the cost and and extent of this effort they should be forewarned that it will be continued r as the next congress convenes at the first of off f r. r the year In all probability there will be many new members in both houses giving the railroads new opportunities to gain converts to their cause a a cause imperiling the welfare of labor industry ini in- in i d and consumers in the western block of i i slates slates r i r f This calls for vigilance on the the part of all fj shippers all business organizations interested in inthe r. r Yr the economic welfare of the west of their states 1 and communities and the public generally Not only does the situation call for call vigilance but 9 Thor for timely action The position of all congressional ional candidates on this vital subject should be if 4 known wn in advance of the November elections is a need for widespread cd education cation to f C increase knowledge of ot the inner meanings andt and t ft the inescapable c consequences s que ce a attaching aching to the r 4 ci el ac mem U oz Ot vicious legislation Yf kc The inclusion of the fourth section of the Interstate commerce act marked the success of a fight light on the fhe part of western states carried 4 on for many years to release shippers and consumers consumers con- con 1 sumers from the penalties of railroad domination domina domina- tion non in the matter of freight rates It denies to railroads the privilege of charging higher freight T rates short hauls than for long hauls moving j Iiri r n the same lame direction sr What the railroads want is the repeal of this i so w that they may destroy the competition f waterborne commerce and reto return re- re turn m. m to them a monopoly under which they may o 90 as th they y please to western shippers To the v Jn Industrial trial u sta states es along the Pacific coast it would z mean mean crippling g or killing vital manufacturing enterprises unemployment mt for countless countIes j. j sands ands an of workers and idleness for those engaged in A. A the production of many kinds of wealth wealth from irom rom st stores tea of natural resources and from all branches I r JL agriculture Trade with the orient would beard be i hard ard hit These and many other baneful conse- conse q would follow if the west were vere to tobe be It turned returned to the railroads for fo exploitation l' l Throughout the western states immediate concern over this threat should be actively man- man 11 f fest t and steps taken to organize an i ri ad aa adequate q quate ate 7 defense against railroad propaganda and lobby- lobby io ip Not for one moment since congress adjourned t have Llave aVe the railroads and eastern industrial groups Crested ested from r m their labors They are organized and nd prepared for another stiff fight at Wa Washing Washing- hing- hing on and the west vest must be prepared for or an ive tive counterattack ck i |