Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1914 — Autos and Movies Signs of Human Unrest [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Autos and Movies Signs of Human Unrest

By President UNDERWOOD of Erie Railroad

The automobile craze and THE MOVING PICTURE HABIT ARE ONLY ONE EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF A HUMAN UNREST, OF WHICH THE FOOL LAWMAKING IS ANOTHER SYMPTOM. THE LAWMAKERS DO

WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT AND DO IT WHETHER IT IS RIGHT OR WRONG. The railroad men first laughed at the hostile attitude of the people toward the railroads and ridiculed the claim that high freight rates are responsible for the high cost of living. They

ridiculed, but did not try to answer. X ■<’'S

NOW WHEN IT is TOO LATE TO HAVE AN EFFECT THE RAILROADS ARE TRYING TO TELL THE PEOPLE THEIR MISTAKES, MAKE THEIR EXPLANATIONS OF THE TRUE CONDITIONS, BUT THE PUBLIC, LIKE A DOG RUNNING AMUCK, WILL NOT HEAR. Business depression is due to the attacks upon the railroads because LEGISLATIVE IXTERFEREXCE WITH THE RAILROADS HAS CAUSED THEM TO STOP ALL EXTEXSIOXS. This is the cause of slowing up business, THE RAILROADS ARE THE BAROMETERS OF THE COUNTRY. WHEN THEY ARE BUSY THE COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS. OF LATE YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN HARASSED. THE PEOPLE MUST HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE. IT WAS THE RAILROADS THAT BUILT UP THIS COUNTRY. WITH THESE CONTINUING ATTACKS ON THE RAILROADS THE MEN WITH CAPITAL ARE MORE TIMID.

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