Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 24, 1881, Page 2

ANTi-MONOPOLY. A Oonference of Representatives | of Industrial Associations, Corporate Privileges are De- nounced. Organising for the Regulation of Transportation Rates. B Correspondence of th Urica, N. Y., August 20, <= The anti-monopoly conference which was ew York board of ation, held its ses- called by | the trade and transy sion in this city yesterday. The conference was called to order by W. G. Wayne, of Wayne, who nominated Mr, L. E. Chittenden, of New York, for temporary chairman. Mr. Chittenden spoke briefly on tak- ing the chair, Mr. John O'Donnell, of Lowis county, was elected temporary sec- retary. The following permanent organiza- tion was effected: President—General Alexander S, Diven, of Chemung, Vice presi- dents -\, 8, Wayne, of the state range; John F. Henry, of the New ork chamber of commerce; John B; Mnmning. of the Buffalo board of trade; Theedore E. Tomilson, of ‘the national anti-monopoly league;' B. B, Thurbetry of the New . York board of trade and transportation;.J. A. Hinds, of the State Millers’ association; J, Farley, jr., of the Rochiester Millers' assogiation; J. 0. Hubbell, of the Al: bany ‘hoard of lumber dealers: Hor- ace O+ 8uiith, 'of the Canal Boat Own:« ers’ associdtion; Darwin R. James, of the Kings county anti-mohopoly league; Allen R. Foote, ot the New York go-operative. society; Josiah J, White, of the New York produce ex- change; Nelson B. Kilmer,, of the Milk association; Ambrose Snow, of the New Yoyk Maritime association; Dr. L. L Wight, of the Utica board of trade; George B. Douglas, of the New York butter and cheese ex- change; James F. Wenman, of the New York cotton exchange, and Har- ris ‘Lewis, of the State Dairymen's association. Secretaries — Henn; Nichols, H. H. Goff, Frank D, Gard- ner and R. H. Chittenden. RAILROAD MONOPOLIES. On taking the chair General Diven delivered a very valuable address. Mr. Thomas V, Carter, of Jersey City, gave a startling exhibit of the railroad monopoly in his state. Mr., Josiah J. White, of the New York produce exchange, gave a his- tory o{) railroads, showing a total cap- italization of $5,000,000,000 at present. Great good, he said, had been ddne by railroads, but their management should be guarded against abuse. Froe canals aro necessary to retain the supremacy of the port of New York, and, to regulate transportation rates, railroads should be compelled to com- pote for business as merchants are. The following address and platform was adopted: To the people of the state of New York:—Within the last half century new and important forces have made themaelves felt in all departments of production and commerce and also in the political world. Controlled and directed in tho interest of the whole people, steam, clectricity, machinery and corporate life are the most bene- ficient forces of the age, but like fire, if permitted to become our masters, the ovil is proportionate, The wise men who drafted our constitution could not foresee these enormous changes or they would have guarded against attendant evils, which have come upon us 8o suddenly that legis- lation for the public interest has lag- ged behind, wfiilu the compact force of corporate organization has shaped our laws in the interest of the few at the expehise of the many, so loose has been the legiglation of the past fifty years regardfg the granting of char- ters and coporate privileges that cor- porations have acquired undue promi- nence and power, and in order to per- petuato abuses which have grown up our legislation is corrupted and our politics debased by the ~use of money to an extent which threatens the per- manency of our free institutions, Honest and independent candidates for legislative offices are now often de- feated by less worthy candidates who are backed by the money of great cor- porations. 1In consequence - the best men in the community are deterred from entering political life. This re- sultsnot only in the public interest being made subservant to private corporations, but it lowers the quali- ty of legislation, tor legislators who are venal in one direction are usually 80 in others. When charters to con- struct railroads were first granted b, the people it was with the unduntmdy- ing that all advantages beyond ten per cent upon the actual capital in- vested were to accrue to the public, and as the promoters of these enter- prises usually had other interests which benefitted largely by the inven- tion of steam roads, their construc- tion proceeded ' very rapidly, Not satisfied, however, with all these ad- van! , and in order to absorb the benefits resulting from the new inven- tions and improvements which tended to greatly reduce the cost of steam transportation, they created fictitious valucs for these roads and maintained rates high enough to pay dividends upon these inflated values and thus e&ud the public outof a laxge por- tion of the benefi ts of these improved highways. The result has been to B ly accumulate enormous wealth for the managers of these roads. HOW A MONOPOLY 1S CREATED, As an illustration of this, in 1867 the paper and_ ink with whioh 1 was printed, would not now be in ex | istence and form a pretext for further | taxing the industry and commerce of | this state for all time to come. This| is but a singleillustration. There are | many others equally flagrant; but this will serve to illustrate low the public | wealth is edncentrated in a few hands by a system of taxation, under the THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY AUGUS the public would, at the present time, have been 000,000 better off, and 217,000,000 of stoeclk, which eost only guise of tolls orcharges for transpor tation, compared with which the tolls exacted by the robber barons of the for es were petty, and between | the ju e of which it is hard to dis tinguish. Tn the omne case there are, to be sure, forins of law; but they are forms only and have been enacted to smt the wishes of our modern barons of the rail, Each year $3,760,000 are extorted from the public to meot the dividends upon the above mentioned $17,000,000 of fictitious stock, the issue of which was legalized by a leg- islature nominally elected by the peo- ple but in reality by the money of the corporations that thus purchased a privilege to tax the public. Each year shows some new encroachment of a_similar character upon the people’s rights, sometimes in one form, some- times in another, the methods of cor- Eornlim-. finance constantly varying, ut all resulting in updue cost to the public of what has become a public necegsity. Such public abuses as those heretofore mentioned have been exaggerated by discriminations against both individual citizens and commu- nities, From time immemorial the principle of the equality . of citi- zens on the highway has been recog- {zod as eminently just and necessary. he stato is the natiral and sole owner of the public highways. The vote of one citizen in conferring a charter to constriet and operatoa railroad was a8 potent as mmt{wr, and, therefore, the element of a e¢itizen’s right on the highway should limit in gome degree the operation of the law of wholesale and retail, which is unlimited in pri- vate business; and no diserimination other than that based upon the cost of service should be permitted. This tight has been entirely disregarded by the managers of our railroads. Fa- vored shippers have been given rates which built up their business at the expense of their neighbors, and in orle instance at least our railroads haye 80 far forgotten their duty as common oarriers as to sign a written contract to protect one shipper againstthe eom- petion of other shippers. The pro- ducers of this state aro charged far more, proportionately, than the pro- ducers of other states. Communities are discriminated against and discrim- ination against the state is freely prac- tised by the railroads refusing to carry for a shipper who patronizes the canals at the same rate they carry for others who do not, thus forcibly diverting business from the canals which would otherwise seck that channel during the season of navigation, These magmfi- cent highways have been crippled and dwarfed by railroad influence in our legislature, while money has bebn squandered on enterprises like the new capitol, and one-tenth of the amount which the public have been obliged to pay in the shape of tribute to the watered stock of the railroads would have enlarged the canals and made them free. These charges were for several years treely made, and as freely denied. An investigation was for a timo defeated by ‘the railroads, but was finally secured. An able leg- islative committee, Mr. A. B, Hep- burn, chairman, devoted several months to an inyestigation. The re- ort of the committee was an official etailed statement of the evils which exist and it is unnecessary to detail them here. It accompanied its report with a series of bills designed to remedy the ovils complained of, These were passed by the assembly, but when they reached the senate it was found that the ruilronds possessed a more absolute veto power than that exercised by the governorof the state. A constitutional majority can pass a bill over the veto of the governor, but there was no possibility of securing a constitutional majority to pass a bill over the veto of the railroad power, ana the most important of the bills were defeated, It had secured the nomination, purchased the election or otherwise controlled the majority of the upper house, and the people wero powerless. The result was that bills eminently reasonable, just and neces- sary wero slaughtered. RAILROADS AND LEGISLATION, The Senate completed its bad rec- ord by emasculating the corporation tax bill; by defeating the bill to pre- vent the great telegraph consolidation through which a burden of $15,000,- 000 additional watered stock was fastened on the vublic; by persistent hostility to the canals and by seeking to place in the United States Senato representatives of the rallroad power, The conferences would fail in its duty to the people if it did not place be- fore them the names of the me(un who thus betrayed the public inter- ests, and indicate in some degree the trol legislation. aye, although had they been told by the railroad managers that their vote was wanted they would have been re corded on the other side. INTERESTED LEGISLATORS Another and more are the contractors, merchants or manu urers interested in various enterpr which the railroads can great st by awarding contracts | or by giving favorable rates on freight, | and this power is ftreely used, Of this type Senators McCarthy, Stevens, Halbert, Madden, Braman, kwell and others are examples. Another class cannot thus be controlled, but having friendly personal relation with eentatives, who are always most 7 ble men, they are influenced by them, and tnless the issue is sharply defined by their im mediate constituents they vote with th ailroads and against the public interest. This class is closely culti- ated by the railrond representatives, o passes and other courtesies are showered upon them, situations which in many cases are sinccures are given to friends and constituents, and in not a few instances their votes were con- trolled as absolutely as those of class three. Scattered between the above classes is a no inconsiderable element ot absolutely venal legislators who are not ashamed to associate with lobby- ists and to do their bidding. When public sentiment looks ulmn buyifig an election as a crime and professional lobbyists, like A, D. Barber and Edwurds, who, together with Senator Sessions, are now under indictment for bribery during the late senatorial contest, are regarded as social pariahs, to be avoided by all decent citizens, it is probable that fewer senators like Mr. Sessions will be seen at Albany, and representatives like Messrs, Husted and Alvord will ceaso to be leaders in the assembly. The same principles apply and the same tagtics are empleyed in the assembly as in the senate, but the latter is much the smaller body. The member are elected for two years instead of one, a8 in the assembly, and it is, conses quently, more easily and cheaply con- trolled by the corporations. For the information of the public we recapitu- late the names of those members of the late senate who were usually found voting with the corporations and against the public interest:—Senators Wagner, Woodin, Robertson, Ses- sions, McCarthy, Hogan, Seebacher, Eldman, Jacobs, Birdsall, Fowler, Madden, Rockwell, Baker, Broman, Halbert, Loomis, Wendover and Mills. It will be noticed that in this list ap- pear the leaders in the senate of both political parties. Let us sco what the platforms of these respective parties have to eay regarding this question, 1n the democratic platform, adopted at Syracuse, we find the following:— “‘The people of New York, farm- ers, manufacturers and merchants alike demand that they shall have all the advantages which accrue to them from their favorable position, and that the railroads they have chartered and endorsed with privileges shall be operated for their benefit and not for their ruin, We therefore endorse as our expression the foregoing princi- ples: That railroads be prohibited by law from unjust discciminations and from favoring localities and individuals, The public discontent regarding this question was recognized in the Saratoga platform of the republican party, as follows: Moneyed and transportation cor- porations are not alone the works of private enterprise, but are created for public use and with due regard to vested right. It is the clear province and plain duty of the state to super- vise and regulate such corporations, so as to secure the just and impartial treatment of all interested, to foster the industrial and agricultural welfare of the people, and, with a liberal pol- icy, favor the public waterways and maintain the commercial supremacy of the state. We look to the inquiry now in progress under the direction of the legislature, to develop the facts which will gmde all needed action. The resolution has been stated, to- gether with the reason therefor. Mo- nopoly senators, who called them- selves democrats, joined hands with monopoly senators who called them- selves repu“licans to defeat these measures. We earnestly recommend that at the next election candidates for legislative office, and especially candida‘es for the senate be chosen regardless of party affiliations, and that only candidates who will Fladgo themsolves to support the following anti-monopoly principles and objects should receive the suffrage of the peo- ple: the railroad re OUR PRINCIPLES, Anti-monopoly—We advocate and will support and defend the rights of the many as against privileges for the fow. Corporations, the creation of the state, shall be controlled by the state. Labor and capital—allies, not ene- mies—justice for both, OBJECTS, numerons class In accordance with these general medwdu by which the railroads con- | Principles we will "“d"“'?l' to secure, 1t has become a reg- [3mong others, the following lpeelhmi ular practice for railrond corporations | results: to send some of their own men to the legislature to further their interests. | tion companies to palace car fame, | cost ana risk of service, Benator Wagner, of is & type of this class, road influences he has placed at the head of the Senate com- mittee on railroads, the commiti constituted to suit his pleasure, and all measures looking to holding these corporations to proper responsibility | *™ ublic haye had to run the |PY to the guundaf of this packed jury presided toe | and combinations. First —Laws compelling transporta- charges uj mlt.;gd olm ‘Through rail- [ new theory enunciated by them, ‘‘what been regularly | the traftic will bear.” Second—Laws to prevent pooling Third—No diserimination against citizen or any class of citizens on lic highways, Fou-th—A board of railroad com. over by a judge who had a pecuniary | missioners for this state, to give effect interest in the adverse dacinilun of thi to the laws which are or may be placed case, Another class of Senators who | upon the statute books. are even more useful to the railroads are prominent members of the logal f‘l:)lunon, many of whom are regu- ly retained in'all parts of the state, and some thus employed are regular] elected to the legislature by the rd( and 1868 §47,000,000 of watered stock were added to the capital of the New York Central and HPl i &u‘, now amount to over $76,- , while the stock itself is uoted in the market at $140 to $160 of mdnqltnhflmkwol;d.ilzi ! i"fifif o of these in Mtflw, t,h‘t:im for trans- portation been to a point which would have yielded eight per went net upon the outstanding capital, roads. Benators Robertson, Woodin, Sessions and Fowler ave types of this class. This class work Fifth— Laws making it the duty of public law officers to defend a citizen's rights against injustices by powerful corporations, ixth—Laws to prevent the further watering of stock and other. devices Jacobs, | by which a fictitious value for public hways is created, . venth—Stringent laws against more uomtlg, profess to be friendly, | bribery, including the prohibition of oy assure you t for the measure where the public interest is involved, but secretly en- | tion will do all they can |free passes. Eighth—Amendmonts to our elec- ws which will better secure to deavor to stifle it in committee or|the people the power to select candi- ¥l~areu¢ 1t from ever coming to a vote. n case they are not successful in this they either vote against absent when the vote is taken. of enough adverse votes to defeat a measure which they know their con- stituents favor, they will even vote it or ulre canals, which duriuat 0 | navigation are potent i preventing some instances, where they are sure amrf)i - striction within vro) dates for office: Ninth—A liberal policy toward our e season of tant charges by rai‘roads. Tenth—Laws providiug for the re- limits of cor- porate powers and privileges generally, and for the protection, education and elev ion of the masses. solved, That in_order to give ef- to and enforce the obseryance of these principles and objects that an ization of the people on a non 1 basis is absolutely nev serbly distr allances anti-mono, should be organized; th the voters of the state in the coming full elee in to vote only for such slators as will openly pledge themselves to vote for a board of railroad commissioners for the state of New York and also to sustain eraliy the principles of the so cailed “Hepburn bill.” Resolved, That we make no war upon corporations as such, nor wpon any legitimate interest or industry, but that erience has shown that such organization is necessary to re- sist the aggressions of corporate mons 8, and to maintain the public rights as expressed in the constitu- tion and interpreted by the supreme court of the United States, and for this object we pledge our carnest ef- forts, regardless of party afliliations, Resolved, That the discriminations of the railroads, the improvement of the Mississippi river and the enlarge- ment of the Canadian canals, all ad- monish the people of this state that their canals should be modernized and made equal to any competition which they may have to sustain; and we therefore declaro that the waterways of the state should be enlarged and made free of tolls, Resolved, That the stats, having delegated to railroad and telegraph corporations its duty of maintaining public highways and intercommunica- tion, is bound to control said corpora- tions in the interest of the public, or reassume the functions so delegated, that the direct tendency of theabuses in our transportation system is to nulify the principle upon which our government is founded, that instead of the distribution of wealth they tend to make a few very rich and the many poor. The feudalistic ‘tenden- cies of theage are very marked, and prompt and vigorous efforts are nec- ess?ry to check this rapidly growing evil. Resolved; That the American pub- lic, and especially the people of this state, are not yet ready to acknowl- edge that there is a dominant privi- leged class, to which all the rest of the commumty must pay tribute; that every barrel of flour, every gallon of petroleum, 'y ton of coal and other necessaries of life must be de- preciated to the produéer or unduly enhanced in cost to the consumer, in order that the few may live in undue luxury at the expense of the many. We have faith that.the intelligence and patriotism of the Amer peo- ple will be equal to the emergendy of controlling the creature of their crea- tion, and we invoke the influence of every good citizen, and we will work and organize to this end. Proof Positive. We have the most positive and convine- ing proof thatTionas’ Brectuic O1L is o most effectual specific for bodily pain. 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