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Show GOING DIRECT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN. Furtljcr evidence of the tendency of big Interests Inter-ests to lay their case boforo tho people direct through paid advertising in newspapers is seen in the recent campaign conducted by the railways rail-ways of Illinois to fight a bill pending before the Illinois legislature to limit freight trains to fifty cars. To combat the bill the railroads used half pages In the newspapers, pointing out that tho effects of the bill would bo just tho opposito to what its promoters contended. "The proposed legislation," declares tho nd-vertlstng, nd-vertlstng, "would not tend to reduce, but would tend to Increnso tho number of accidents. A reduction re-duction of tho length of trains would obviously make it necessary for the railways to run more trains to handle the same amount of business. Common sense suggests that under any given conditions an increnso in the number of trains would make it harder to prevent collisions nnd other accidents and will therefore tend to increase in-crease tho number of persons killed nnd Injured on railways." This argument Is supported by statistics of the interstate commerce commission. Having shown those figures nnd proved this point, tho advertising then lays the cards on tho tnblo nnd tells who is behind the bill: "Tho real turposo of this proposed legislation, which Is bong bo-ng promoted by certain labor organizations, Is not to promote safety, but to Increase tho number num-ber of men tho railways must employ, and Its passage would cause an enormous Increnso In railway expenses." One of the advertisements wns captioned "A Rill to Increnso Accidents On Railways." |