THE CARRIER CRISIS

ISBN: 9780265960479 Géneros: GB Sinópsis: Excerpt from The Carrier Crisis Plain Spoken Treatment of the Government Ownership of Railroads Issue the Canal a Commercial LiberatorThe carrier issue is the biggest question the Ameri can people have to deal with It is a question of such broadening scope that security points to the earliest possible settlement of the matter consistent with prudent national conductThe proposal that the nation shall buy immunity from its Oppressors or that we shall as a people do any thing akin to compromise with outlaw combines of predatory wealth I hold to be nuamerican If we have lost control of public affairs and have as a people surrendered the mastery of public conduct that an honest intelligent and independent people by right own and enjoy then may we play the weakling and talk of compromiseBelieving however that a goodly majority of the voters of America have sense enough to know what isgood for themselves honesty enough to be trusted alone with the ballot and courage enough to spurn intimidation I am convinced that the truth of the matter at issue broadly diffused constitutes the solvent remedyAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works