Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1906 — RATE REGULATION. [ARTICLE]

RATE REGULATION.

How Railroad* Are Controlled I* Dominion of Canada. That railroads can be controlled and unreasonable rates regulated is shown by the success of such a law in Canada. 11. R, Emmerson, minister of railways and canals in Canada, has been touring the United States in his private car and in an interview at Kansas City said: “In Canada a law was passed two years ago which is practically the same as that asked for by President Roosevelt. The plan is excellent in theory, and so far in Canada we have found It to be eminently practical. It is just and right” Under this law the railroads do not claim their property is being confiscated, and what is being done in Canada should be possible to do here without any injustice to the railroad corporations and with entire justice to the shippers and the traveling public. The bill reported by the Democrats in congress would, if the majority would adopt it, give the relief the people have so long demanded, but the probabilities now are that the Republicans will compromise with the railroads, and the legislation that congress will pass will be practically worthless.