Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The newspaper vigorously discuss s the ho federal aI injunction tion against rate raising on tile railroads Baltimore oro American The liThe intimation tion is given gi out by the railroads 8 that some somo of the tho weaker eaker ones may way go to tho wall if they do not have the relief of i increasing Charges This Thi is is' not nt a conS con argument tr hs as various matters relating ns to the management of the lines enter into their financial stability With the c country on the up plane of prosperity pros and arid lh Iho railroads all busy tho the western lines do 10 n not t seem t to have sound I argument upon which to base their claim that they have Lave need o of moro income through h rate i increases The mischief of an i in railroad rates is that it i b is almost st impossible ever to havo t them level cm brough to their ther former N 1 New w H Haven fen Register Why was action ac I tion to toP raise these fr freight rates taken 1 Simply b because when a few v months ago HgO Ih m railroads were wore given the al alternative al al- of raising the tho wages of their employees or stopping g every overy wheel on their lin I th y hoS th the former The expense of ru running ni the tho lines was great great- 13 Ir increased rI and where was the money moncy to come from save by byn an n increase in tho the price of tho the product which in n this case is the tho price of carrying freight Now to prevent b by arbitrary federal injunction tl Hon tion on tho the railroads s front from doing just this necessary thing is to cause an upheaval al which will m be serious in its practical effect ef cf cf- cf fe t rid 1 in its injustice a aNew New ew York York Globe Globe Ono One great reat trou trouble ble with troth this country is the tho existence of the Sherman law particularly law particularly the Sherman Sherman Sher man law as tho the supreme court says sas it applies to the railroads It Itis Itis is a 1 trouble maker now and will continue con mince to bo be more and moro more of a trouble troublemaker troublemaker maker until repealed It is ba based ed on a theory altogether wron wrong The trusts do wrong not when they combine combino to extort cx ex tort but when they extort How nonsensical nonsensical non non- is it to have a statute n against the combination and the offense that the combination has in view It is isas isas isas as i if it ite e made it a conspire to murder no p far penally-far f fOr the mur mur- tier der er itsel f. f Chicago o Tribune Tho The next step should be taken by congress Before the tho injunction proceedings are at end endi it should empower Dp the tho interstate commerce com corn merce commission to pass on new rates before they shall shaH become operative Then if tho the railroads should file now rates in a lawful manner tho the commission commission commis sion gion would b be in a n position to pass pas on an their reasonableness on its own min initiative initia initia- tive tivo before the they would take effect The consumers are arc tho the ultimate payers of increased freight rates It is for their benefit that tho the shippers havo have been mak mak- ing Dt th their ir determined ti fight ht Some slight reco recognition b by consumers of what shippers havo have been doing in their r behalf boo bo- half would be bo timely and pleasing Boston Herald The ini injunction secured secured se cured by Attorney General V wickersham will prevent the increased freight rates Join going into effect over a limited part of tho the commerce of tho tim countr country That no doubt will bo be a direct benefit But Butwill Butwill Butwill will it weigh evenly against an upset of tho the railroad policy of tho nation n it creation ro-creation of tho the uncertainty and distrust dis distrust trust of or a few years ago ngo n a withdrawal of railroad investments and a curtailment curtail ment of railroad operations and employment em cm of labor These results will co constitute tho aftermath of ot tho the injunction injune- injune tion pr ceding S. Richmond Time Times Dispatch Dispatch Can the ibe government hain having either b by actual sanction or acquiescence established est the thc principle principIo that it was lawful for tho the roads to make a l working agreement as to division of traffic ard the tho rates to be charged d now como come into court with clean hands and plead that what it has permitted tho the railroads and anel indeed as in the tho export traffic of the trunk lines has authorized was in violation of any law or in restraint of trade Providence Journal The The interests rf r f 1 2 rr HU aul must bo be protected in tho tha of bf rates but hut the tho ho rights ts o nf of I tho ih h are also imperative Q Those who ho nave have shown their faith in a railroad enterprise enter enter- prise b by in investing stin ill in its ts securities ore are entitled to 1 n certain fair On tho the oth other r hand 1 i public service sor corporation cannot be he allow allowed d to go Jo on indefinitely u 11 itt its J nail surplus at tho tim o of the tho it ity as a whole wl Galveston News Capital actually invested in railroads should be ted to earn and enjoy a sufficient re rc turn It is short sighted bighted policy poley on the part of railroad managers to fail to cooperate co earnestly with the peoples people's to secure clear dE-al' and comprehensive com Ol laws fair to all interests under h tit railroads safely and profitably The people will do the tho roads oads justice through th their ir iop rope r s et 1 if ti s 's frt of rf t tha loads will rp tNt t tho the po s 5 es half vy IY Boston Transcript The Tho The administration adminis cannot be wholly blamed for carr in carrying out aut tho the Sherman law Jaw so long longas longa a as that remains on ou the statute books and congress persistently refuses to modify it in in this particular No more moro unfortunate bill than this r C got ot un en our statute books an ami yet vet et neither Roosevelt nor Taft has had power enough to to bring brin about it its essential modification It is a title to famo fame of tho late lato Senator Platt of Connecticut that he lie dissented from froni it so 80 seriously while white it was under discussion as to strain his personal relations with the Ohio senator Springfield Republican What I hat the government go is no now enjoining is IS what the tho railroads have been doing g for years ears What they have been doin doing for years rears has been done openly and with rith tho the implied implied implied im im- plied sanction of the government o Indeed In deed tho the fixing of J on an the tho export traffic of the trunk line lino ha haa haJ had tho the open sanction of tho the interstate commerce commission and the same sam principle has obtained among tho the roads throughout tho the affected territory of ot mutual rate adjustments calculated to secure what is supposed fo bo 10 equitable ble distribution of or traffic as between leading points of competitive contact |