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desirability of the results which we have mate r i a l : r u l e JMJU refe rence endo:rsenit d thereunder. Tn dealing with the Irish home- the British Parliament, with profuse and critical o the American Constitution, voices its humble the principles of our government. The over- throw of the ancient Chinese dynasty and the acceptance of the principles of American representative government, is a most gratifying acknowledgment of the superiority of our form of government. The real crux of this whole proposition is the industrial, the commercial, and the financial prestige which it has been possible to develop under our form of government. Yet we ourselves profess to be greatly displeased - not only with the results accomplished, but also with the instrumentalities with which they were accomplished; and we have therefore undertaken to revolutionize our form of government.: in so far as' it relates to these agencies of progress. However, in enjoying the splendid results which actually have been materialized under the conditions which have prevailed, one can scarcely believe that there possibly could be anything so seriously wrong with the railroads themselves, nor with the primary conditions under which the railroads have been operated; not that governmental control is undesirable to the railroads, for in fact it is highly desirable when properly exercised, but this sixteen billion dollar institution of the railroads, erected almost entirely
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