Ogden Sun | 1905-11-07 | Page 4 | Rights of Stockholders

RIGHTS OF stockholders the st louis globe democrat sayi that the prospect iff that a bill from the elkins committee will be reported to tha senate in the first few days ot the session jt will probably bo different from the measure which passed the house but it may not bo any the I 1 less satisfactory to the people on that account tho interests involved in a measure of this sort arc large the united states has miles of railway main track or two of that of the entire world those railroads have property of all sorts worth or as much as tho entire united states had at Lincol ns first election they disburse in wages each year an amount of money which would pay the interest bearing debt of the national government several times over on their payrolls pay rolls is an army of men far more numerous than were under oyama and combined at the time of tho peace A rate regulation bill will be passed which will guard the rights of the people but it will be drawn so as not to assail the rights of the stockholders of this vast interest especially as the stockholders themselves comprise a very large element of the people