Show RATE lAW LAbY l ARGUMENTS ARE HEARD EARO Governor of Missouri Suggests Sug ests That Railways Might Behave J a p l t STRANGER CARTOON INTRODUCED IN COURT j Corporation Attorneys Say Political Conditions Led to the Rate Law ti 4 fc KANSAS CITY Jan Tan 22 In In th the United S States tes district court here today when Gardiner Lathrop general solid solid- I t tor r of tho the Atchison Topeka Santa Fo Fe railroad presented to Gt Gov v. v Herbert S S. I Hadley a largo lugo sized picture of ot tho the s stranger tho the gift of or John T. T heon illustrator for the tho Chicago Chit Chi cago Tribune iThe j i The presentation was made ju just after Hadley HI bad had concluded his bis I argument before Judge Smith McPherson son of the tho cases caes of the tho eighteen Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- Missouri railroads that aro are fighting the enforcement en en- of ot the Missouri cent 2 and maximum freight rate laws The Tho mysterious stranger a 1 creation crea crea- tion of Mr r. r made mado its fir first t appearance in print in 1004 1904 when Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- for the first timo time in thirty years east cast its electoral vote veto for n n. Republican candidate for pres president Governor Had Had- Jo Icy ley who recently was inaugurated is the first Republican governor Jo of ot Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- in thirty years When hen Mr Lathrop took the picture to tho the iud judges judge's es e's bench and r showing it to tho court turned Jt it toward the overcrowded o courtroom cheers broke roko out and t the e spectators applauded for lor nearly a minute Visibly affected d Governor arose and accepted tho the p picture lie lio said It t is s a source of ot the greatest that after four years of service for the people as attorney general thoy they th thought u ht I r had bad mado made good good enough h for thorn to make me nie their governor I mav may t represent nt th party af at whose heat head I st stands to tho m mysterious stranger but my administration as Jo governor will rot riot I be bo an administration for lor the mysterious nl ous Otis stranger but an nn administration J l n for Missourians But Voted Against Him Judge O. O M. M Spencer of or St. St Joseph Mo ro followed ted Mr Hadle Hadley Ho Ire said if it there thero had to bo ho n a mysterious stranger in in tho the Missouri statehouse ho he was glad slad it was Her Herbert ert Did you vote otc for him 1 J J inquired Judg McPherson I did not answered Judge Spen Spen- cere Then you arc like Andrew Carnegie cio and anal free trade said the ju judge c. c Youre for it after it no Jon longer cr af at- Leets you yott I aI I want to say concluded Judge Spencer that er well we'll take care of the mysterious stranger cr J next time Governor Go Hadley made mado the principal argument here herc torla today for tho the state in inthe inthe the Missouri rate case and a great creat array of railroad attorneys and others were on hand to hear him hun o 0 O. M. M I. I Spencer of St St. Joseph Mo general solicitor of the tho Chicago 0 Burlington ton Quincy made mado the leading argument of ot the tho day for the railways Railways Can Comply Governor Hadley asserted that the tho proposed frei freight ht r rates wore ero reasonable and that if the railroads would stop discriminating tho they thoy could easily comply with the cent 2 law Jaw Judge Spencer declared that the tho laws came about a athe as the result of political conditions and not from any am pu public lic demand or public nN sit Governor Go Hadley said aId in in pa part rt The railroads have ha demonstrated the of th their ir contention b by their unquestioned prosperity during the last ten years far The railroads railroad have themselves demonstrated dem demO rat tho the reasonableness bien eM of the tho cent 2 fare Inre If they would stop issuing passes and discriminating in favor o of ot those thos who aro are best t ablo able to pay as UI UIa a against those who are aro 13 least t ablo to do doM dos s M so they ther could easily comply with the tho cent 2 law Jaw If If f in ten years ears with an increase of ot passenger traffic of or approximately TOO T per cent and an increase increase in in equipment and mileage of but 22 per cent ent tho the railroads railroads rail rail- roads are not R abundantly ablo able to comply com corn ply ph with the these c laws Jaws reducing freight and arid and passenger cr rat rates then they have ha demonstrated that thc they are re not nearly so o efficient as operators as th they are aro as witnesses I Judge o Spencer said aid in part Says Its It's All AU Politics This Thi in is not a fight a against Missouri but a fight ficht for Mis Missouri j ouri The Tho railroads have o made Missouri the fifth state tato in inthe inthe Inthe the union and if let Jet alone alono will help belp her hergo hergo hero go o nearer the tho top of the list Tho maximum freight law under tinder r consi consideration came camf about as 35 the tho r result of political conditions and not from froman any an- public demand or public necessity It followed as such lIuch laws la usually do the tha agitation of reform and the tho change in party parts power It came into existence in in Missouri Ii about tho the tune timo tho the mysterious stran stranger cr mado madA its ib appearance in in Mis Mis' Missouri ri ouri For the fi first rRt timo in thirty years year the political parties changed power in inthis inthis this stute Tho The new party east cast around to spa soe what action it might take to render ren ren- der tier itself popular with ith the people and without cause or reason assailed the time railroads with this thil ma maximum rate rato law Jaw following this later hater with the tho 2 cent law lan |