Show LEGISLATION IN IX THE TIlE STATES Very Yeo likely the movement of or the I Manufacturers and Merchants' Merchants association association i tion to secure consideration of oC th project for a a. railroad commission In fn Utah responds to a demand on the part of the tho tho people It Is one of ot the I things that may ma properly come before beCore I the next session of or the legislature and It is more than likely that the average II sentiment of or the p people ople who are arc in interested interested in- in I ted will be expressed In law It will by b no means bo lie Intemperate or radical legislation such as may be expected expected ex ex- to sacrifice the interests of or In Investors Investors investors In- In or lessen Jessen the earning power of ot big enterprises That was tried with bad results In Kansas many man man years ago and even Governor La Follette of or Wisconsin has not been quite gull guil- guil less In the matter Utah la Is not likely to duplicate the experience But that there Is necessity for the states to follow tallow within their borders border the example set by Pre President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt In the nation no c careful ob observer ener can doubt The movement for regulation regulation regulation regu regu- lation within the states is la far too strongly developed to bo be Ignored d. d And the result In states where the law has been carefully considered before enactment enactment en en- shows the best results for the people and for tor the railroad companies com com- com I panics themselves themselves In Ohio for example example ex ex- exI I ample three of or the the the- biggest est railroad companies s have stated emphatically that the work of at f the railroad commission cornI com corn I mission lon has hag been b n beneficial to them And AHI In that state a a two-cent two pa passenger er fare ha has been put ut In force There is of Increased no disputing the report earning There I Is a n. n logic in III those statistics which defies defils contradiction The work of the commission has re resulted re r- suied In betterment of oC rates both pass passenger passenger pas pas- s n el and freight and both shippers shipper travelers travelErs and the companies themselves themselves themselves them them- selves state slate U unequivocally I voc 1 that the tho re results re- re suits are beneficial Both BOlh political parties In Indiana have haw Incorporated a demand for Cor a two- two cent fare far in their platforms and the legislature of that state slate will wi next winten winter winter win win- ter ten express the sentiment of the people peo peo- pIp pIe In corresponding legislation For years ears the tho railroad commission of or that state has haq been laboring to lo a better beter condition of timings things thing for tor the railroad companies as ns well wel as for the people people and It I Is believed now that their thell la labors la- la bors are oro soon son to be crowned with suc sue cess ces No such low JOv rate can be expected In Utah for tor tho the present probably The scanning of the fr freight l ht situation will willbe willbe wi be considered a prior requirement of or orthe the situation here here But Dut In any event the railroads and the people who patronize patronize patronize pat pat- them will wi some sonic day be brought nearer together b by the or organization of ofa ofa ofa a commission which will wi seek seck wisely to conserve con erv the Interests of both par- par parties parties ties tics to the controversy |