Sleep Story 209 – The Heart of the Railroad Problem
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The Free Pass Is the First Step on the Road to Railroad Servitude
In investigating cases of corruption, i have found that in almost every instance, the first step of the legislature toward bribery was the acceptance of a railroad pass. Governor folk said to me the railroads do balk legislatures at the start of the by free pass. It is a misdemeanor by the law othis state to take such a favour, but it seems so ordinary a thing that the legislature takes it. He's in the railroad power anyway to a certain extent, and thinks he might as well make something out of it. And if a legislature does not recognize the obligation that adheres to the pass, the pass is not likely to adhere to him in subsequent years. In many case, the pass
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