Show HAS NO USE FOR RATE LAW LA Believes Government Ownership Ownership Ownership Owner Owner- ship Only Solution of Railroad Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road Problem HE ADMIRES ROOSEVELT Former Senator Schafer tm From South nn Dakota kol n n Visits Salt SaIl Ial Lake to Look After Mine Former FOI United States Senator R. R F. F of or Sioux Falls South Dakota I arrived In Salt Lake yesterday esterday comIng coming com corn cornI ing direct from Washington He lie i is 18 I at nt the I Knutsford and came hero here on business Mr l PettIgrew Is heavily In Interested Interested In- In ter-ested ter In mining in this state slate and anti Nevada and will confer with the tho superintendent su- su of if his properties Railroad legislation of oC course Is at present uppermost t in the thc minds of or the tho American public mid said Mr h Pettigrew and tho ho question by virtue of Its Illi Importance Im Inn- should be considered fully by o el every citizen of oC our great countr country I stand for governmental g ownership of railroads Our Om government lays claim to being the greatest republic In the world When it was established It was for fOI the Intended to be a government go people of the people by the tho people leoPle It guaranteed equality promised equal rights to every ely individual Thinks It Will the bill now to us for or consideration prove provo effective Nosh No sir Jr Can rates be governed by In c investigation tI- tI gation gatlon of or individual complaints How rIdiculous I think tho the railroad companies companies com corn overcharge mo me for fOI hauling my myres ores res from the mines I file a com com- Tow How shall shrill the Investigating j Jury i illet determine how lio nuch I much thc the railroads railroads rail rail- roads are arc entitled to char charge e me mo There are arc thousands of other commodities hauled 1 over the same roads by the same companies How can rn my complaInt complaint com corn plaint be considered without full tull In Investigation In- In atlon regarding these other classes of or goods An And finally how howare howare are alO these poor investigators atols atol's going to determine what Is an honest rate for or hauling certain goods How are the they going to get the facts regarding cost of maintenance of the road facts which they mut mu must t have In iii order to Judge at fairness or unfairness of or a rate rato And finally I If IC the they should succeed In getting those facts fact how are the they sol going iiI to determine what Is a aall fair all remuneration to the company lint hiss Xo No Hope of Justice There Thero is no way of having the case blou brought ht before the higher with any hope for Cor Justice Most of Its Judges have ha been attorneys s 's for railway railway rail rall- wa way corporations and won won their laurels by their success in these capacities And many of oC them become become become be be- come large larse stockholders in railroads Would you rou expect Justice from lOm them themI I can see but one way vay to solve sol this great problem Governmental owner owner- ship When the government runs inns the railways the 5 government will know the connected with their theil maintenance and can then in fairness place the lowest rate possible ble lIC for foi the hauling halIng of oC all goods I Sn Says s 's Roosevelt Is Con Conscientious In referring to the nations nation's chief Mr PeU rew said I can not agree with President Roosevelt regarding his views upon the rates question but butI I consider him one of or the tho best men that ever held the tho office Ho is conscientious conscientious conscientious con con- and stands firm film for his hisCo Co convIct convictions Ct I lon 0 ns Mr l Pettigrew was elected Republican Republican lican United States Slates senator from flom South Dakota in 1889 and served until 1901 He left leCt tho the Republican party and supported Bryan Bran In jn and 1900 He led tho the opposition In the tho senate against the tho policy of or the time administration tion In Jn the tho Philippine Islands H He Is tho the author of the forest r reserve C law lawand lawand and antI introduced minor bills upon forest st reservations |