Show entered as second clasa matter at the fico ogdan utah under act of congress published dally except sundays by abo standard publishing co subscriptions one month in advance 75 six months in advance twelve months in advance abobo prices include sunday morning free i rk r k ul m n 11 OUR TICKET for president ROOSEVELT legislation we all would be reformers and we all would tear down that which some great corporation had built up if at times experience did not teach us that much of which one complains Is but fanciful and that the remedies but add to our misfortunes at farst glance a state railroad commission appears to 10 a necessary part of the official ma of a state but here is an ex amplo 0 that misdirected reform alm ed at the abuses supposed tp be in upon the people by powerful interests known aa railroad companies down in texa they have had anti railroad legislation check but the practical test of the adverse legislation has brought negrete grete re according to as fair and impartial an authority as the times democrat of new orleans that papers judgment is this tho action of the texas railroad commission in dismissing some days ago afta motion to promulgate an order reducing passenger rates in that state from three to two and a half cents assigning as its reason that the present time is unfavorable to lower fares in texas is significant and encouraging A more reasonable drift of public sentiment in matters affecting the common carriers is indicated not alone in texas but in modified degree in other southern states which have been experimenting with reduced rates aie reaction was inevitable but abo recent flurry and the industrial depression that followed have naturally hastened But afew months ago commercial i demands upon freight equipment had swamped the carriers empty freight care everywhere requisitioned were not to be had and the car famine was more acute than that of the previous year today thousands of empties are standing upon the sidings with the millions of money invested in them earning practically no return ob the time Is ill chosen for reduction of railroad rates and the ac alon of abo texas commission proves that the public Is intelligent enough to recognize this fact and reasonable enough to see that justice be done the throughout the period of agitation has contended that passenger rates ought to be reduced only after a careful and thorough inquiry by competent investigators has shown that reductions would provo equitable to all concerned we have questioned the wisdom of arbitrary V laws hastily enacted by legislators ill informed a to the effect upon the car giors particularly Is there nood 0 caution in the southern states most of which aro so sparsely populated ail to render arbitrary reductions hazard oua it Is truo that the carriers havo been guilty of grave abuses and that their chosed methods 0 opposing rate reductions haye been shrewdly calculated to inflame the public mind but two wrongs never make a right and oppressive reprisals by legisla tures or public commissions have served to increase rather than minimize tho of the problem it a well understood thai no or community can thrive without adequate railroad facilities and a sound public policy demands that tho carriers be encouraged in their legitimate development and that their right to a fair return upon their investment be conceded where reduction of passenger rates Is justified by business conditions there can be no objection to its enforcement but the reductions ought to bo based upon exact mathematical calculation never upon sentiment or prejudice gov hughes of new york took he correct position when he vetoed the two cent rate bill passed by his own legislature on the ground that the harriot had riot acea carefully considered and tha careful and competent investigation of the rate question must be made before such a rate could justley bo enforced it this pronouncement no bo applauded in new york a state in which passenger traffic is enormous how much stronger is its claim to consideration in the southern states so thinly settled that the earnings from passenger traffic must of necessity be much smaller 1 be growing popular demand for more reasonable rate regulations and for enactments that shall bo fair alike to tho public and the carriers points the way to bettor understanding between the clashing interests and to a satisfactory adjustment of the differences existing A consummation devoutly to be wished TT TH I 1 ati IS while youre skating ollde in when you dance glide in and see roe cloavest to nearest e hall see mo angold an almo SWAN PETERSON TURF aloon 2466 grant abc best 0 gooda and beat 0 treat mont WHEN YOU SEE your horse going into the grain and hay that we supply you know it is good by the way he eats him our kind of grain and you will get your money back in service chas F grout dealer in hay and gahn bell 1229 st and office at jimanez mexico their attorney bases the petition tor a writ of habeas corpus 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