Show S l Senator Newland N s Plan to f Cure trie the Railroad Rate Evils t 1 I N the th dAY when It tuh h wae a young the tho n IN transportation problem wa was ruch more mor serious than the one OM which eon on fronts Congress Con ere and the country to today day ela cle It wa wee not hot then a 14 question of ot rates or discriminations dl but a question of or how to get Croll the th plain plains and mountains to the new riel land on any terms The people who travel from Chi Chicago I cago Iago to Salt Lilt rAke lAke In two days day and ancl mu nights are considerably better beller oft off 01 than tiie who Journeyed In ox ax teams team over the tho same ground 50 60 years ago ayo From a Utah Ulah standpoint tl the railroad system of oC today as us compared with the hardships of ot transportation transport Uon to in an earlier tUne la ii laan iian an unmixed blessing bleating and indeed the very ery typo type and symbol of o civilisation In InI I Ii Is view of ot the matter mat er It is I eu easy to tomi mi why Ihy there ther are ace many people i ot I only among the tine railroad managers hir iii among I mon shippers shipper mud and lawmaker Ii hi i to we lIe any serious evils in ini I II i present situation and think It M il 11 nii l 1 be wise wll to let Il well enough alone Ione tOt till thu Henl Hut I u t t this hi IN tH not the tine real lesson 1111 on to be bel beI l I in ri a d from fromin u ii et of ot the fax facts I While s 1 I have a great and Inti efficient which ha hll made It ItI j I nili to tu develop the western court coun u W UI mi U II a it grand stale mule It I Is nevertheless JU that grau grase and und genuine evils evil have irI u out of ot the control of or this I utility The Tb lesson lenon i Is II not that Si 0 should do to or be satisfied with what no we have hae but hut that In going tor It rd to 10 better things thin we Ie should proceed carefully VI ly lively end and with justice to alt all I I the Inter Interest interests est ests Involved 1 bello believe v in national control of ot rail railroads railroad railroads roads road Jut just M u I S believe In national eon conS control trot Irol of ot Irrigation and arid fur tor the same lame rein rea reason I son ion Both Joth are public utilities and both I must row mow be conducted Nl ducted upon ul On a scale which makes make the states lue powerless to control them heat for tor the tb best beet advantage of the whole thole people I 1 do not mean that we go 10 Immediately to na ma national Lionel ownership of railroads a all as we wehl have hl v already gone to national construe construction ton Lion of Irrigation works work because In one ems onease mae ale private ate Is II doing and linG I Is ready la to do what private capital could not 1101 or not do ho in the other case cue It Is I none noire the tins let Isae I essential that th t railroad lute like water waler monopoly In the arid region should be controlled ana ani an animate mate made to servo the highest public In Interact 11 A All As the first st step tep p to tr Dili end ent I 1 favor favora ell vor vora a national Incorporation law Utah Itah anti and an Nevada Natla for tor Instance can assert al rt no ef af effective affective effective control over oer corporation char chartered chartered chartered in Kentucky New Jersey JerMY or other othel states state Such corporations corporation are allun alien to the vast salt majority of the public they th eer erva 11 In connection with Interstate commerce Your four senators senator and el can have no nil Influence In lit I shaping the th charters under which they thel do and nothing which haa hll been Attempted In the tine way wr of ot control by tatt or national authority has bos div diven en much satisfaction to anybody Cur Cor which h serve lter nil all the people tut as II do th till the great reat transportation tion systems system tem of at today should hould get et their charter from the government which represents represent nil all the th people and be op Oil operated In Accordance with Wilh laws law mad by ty such luch government I Urging limo Iho I am urging a measure which would bring the railroads railroad gradually under u Ii national Incorporation taw law I 1 believe bell bellI I th the consolidation of ot competing t lines Hoes l h Is I not only natural and amid Inevitable but th that t S It can be permitted under methods l 1 which will benefit 1 lt tilt tho public materially This Him ran can lIn bot i by rigid HU su vision over ver t ht he amount of or fl I Ito I I Iti to ti ho bo lH d at tine tho time of ot Incorporation II I I ItIn tIn tion or when new naw lines are lire acquired op or opi i should not b bo I S Issued In lii H of ot a present or In III tho the CA case LIllO O of ot new nOI construction In itt 11 excess of act actual ui I cost whilst dividends k n should be strictly limited to a reason reasonable reaS ll J 1 able return on or capital 1 employed In 1 i t Investment Moreover the present di diverse l verse and complex system of or collecting railroad taxes should hould be reformed It 1 needs need to be and simplified 1 I think this ran can best beit be done by having I f I Ithe J the tha nation collect the taxes in the tits form 1 I of or a tax tn IC on all gross ro receipts receipt and anuS then Linen di III divide I vide vile th the proceeds upon some equit equitable I 11 able basis among tho thu th several states tates I hut llio thu links Mould Be ISo n With this plan In operation rates nati it would be us as low Jow as IA ft Is III consistent with it l the payment of ot a reasonable return up upon t ton I on on un honest valuation All 11 Incentive I t I I for tor excessive rates niton would bo be removed tho the dividend could not be high higher i I Or er than Ihan the tile normal return fixed by law I ail i With legalized consolidation all temp temptation t 1 tation to give In inn favor di j J I of ot great shippers shipper would be removed t because competition among line op orl crating in tin the ho same lame territory would ba bl ban t ta t tn n a thing of the past The way to abol abel abolish lab ish un an evil in is to 10 i remove the Incentive for that thuL evil When excessive rate rates i and unfair discrimination between bf shippers shipper annul and 1111 communities no longer Increase railroad business and earnings earning I f such uch rates und and dIscrIminations ruination will din dina dl dla a natural death J Inder u a national Incorporation law have III V I we shall hall see a gradual reorganisation of ot I the entire transportation system ThI Th new conditions condition will be bo snore more satisfactory tory to Investor torl than the conditions condition of today tOllay because they thy will enjoy 11 as silted aured divIdends dividend upon actual Invest investment Investment ment Put lut ut It I Is III the public which wilt will e ehe he hI the chief gainer galnor Ira n r All profits In ex ox 1 ces cess of ot the normal return together with Ith the vast Increase In III values to Come coma with willi j the growth of ot tho the country will wilt bo bt b transmuted tI Into public benefits h In tin fbi Ih i form of ot hotter better r service higher images j and constantly rates shall we do justice alike nUke to labor ant It J capital to producer arid n consumer bout About Control If It I were vvera naked aked to name the worst wont evil resulting from front railroad monopoly i 1 should say lay it II U III I corporate control of ot politics which finds excuse if It not nol ac u actual 1 justification In the chaotic condi conditions lions resulting from state and loc local I con conno on ii i no of tit railroad rate rates and The lb plan of or national II II lonn I with limited dividends and fixed taxes on urn l gro gross rep l ts will wili take the r railroads p out of ot polities politics pull tic And not until thO th rail railroad railroad 1 road roads go 0 out of or politic can ran we count on ott real progress In the tIne improvement of ot our instItutions Institution I With Hoo et The plan I am advocating U la by no mean means Inconsistent with the incident i I plan of or rate rah regulation by the tha inter tate tato commerce commission but would k tontine the tho exercise of ot that taut greut grett relit power j within certain limitations deigned to protect the public on one hand and ami the tha railroad owners on the other National Incorporation under these thesa conditions would give Iho us mOlt moat of ot thin advantages advantage of ot government ownership Wn without Its It dangers It If In lii the future it tt itI I II demised to luke the more mort al step the transition trout from private to public ownership could be made mude without a jan jai janI jalI I hope the people of lit always progressive yet yel alwa ava always conservative will stand for tor sonic some mid lust last lustIng Ing In nt solution of the railroad question j such a is a I believe we 1 can ln 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