All the unscrupulous railway men had been allowed to violate it with impunity; and because of this, as was inevitable, the scrupulous and decent railway men had been forced to violate it themselves, under penalty of being beaten by their less scrupulous rivals.

It was not the fault of these decent railway men.

It was the fault of the Government.
Thanks to a first-class railway man, Paul Morton of the Santa Fe, son of Mr.Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture, I was able completely to stop the practice.

Mr.Morton volunteered to aid the Government in abolishing rebates.

He frankly stated that he, like every one else, had been guilty in the matter; but he insisted that he uttered the sentiments of the decent railway men of the country when he said that he hoped the practice would be stopped, and that if I would really stop it, and not merely make believe to stop it, he would give the testimony which would put into the hands of the Government the power to put a complete check to the practice.