Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1908 — Relief For Those Who Pay Freight. [ARTICLE]

Relief For Those Who Pay Freight.

Freight rates could be lowered instead of raised if the railroads could hoy their rails, lnmber and other materials lu a market untaxed by the tariff. They buy their labor in a free market. Since It became notorious that steel rails could be made at a profit for about half the (trice maintained by the trust .congress has had ample time to bring relief to those who pay the freight, but congress has done nothing. The president has had opportunity to recommend this square deal, bnt he has •aid nothing. Is It too harsh to conclude that those who “stand pat” also “stand In?”