| Show A GIGANTIC combination THE report to is current that the canadian pacific railroad is no longer competing for united states overland traffie traffic this company maintained until a few days ago a line of coast steamships between vancouver and san francisco this line was used asa as a feeder for the canadian pacific it picked up freight in frisco and in other coast cities brought it to vancouver and sent it overland via canada this of course was a means of keeping down rates in our trans conti highways the reason for the withdrawal of the line above mentioned is said to be the payment of to the canadian company by the american companies furthermore it is e charged that these same american lines are paying a year to the pacific mail steamship line which plies by way of the isthmus to keep up rates to the standard dictated by the railroads these charges are made by numbers of influential fluent ial newspapers throughout the country there must be some truth in them and as most of theroa deif not all were constructed by government aid this system of manipulating the peoples property is most outrageous the czar of russia who owna oanh and operates most of the russian railways would not be guilty of such bribery notwithstanding all his absolution and one man power here we have paid annually to maintain a railroad trust for sand bagging of people and for controlling the trade and commerce of a whole continent this is a combination which augurs calamity for our country and when taken in connection with recent developments in chicago it is more than significant in fact it is premonitory of a coming anarchy that will bring disruption disaster and ruin in its train the chicago tribune une asserts that the facts in the case have been known to members of congress for somer some time that while the railroads remained quiet and did their work in secret there wis w is reason for a past pastelle elve acqui acqua an on the part of government govern meni but now that the roads have come out openly and are using the peoples money to enslave and rob the people it is time to act it wants the roads taken away from these persons who are using them to destroy the country and the government and says gays it becomes nece aary wary as a matter of self preservation to take the robber by the throat and he be who declines to aid in the arrest thereby proclaims himself an abettor of the criminal and lays jays himself open to suspicion of sharing the plunder the outrage has reached land and passed the point at which with honest men patience ceases to be a virtue alq and none but rogues or fools will abstain from denouncing it |
