d would meet the want.

But beyond the carriages there is nothing regarding American
railroads equal to, or as good, as our system. Here in England the
lowest tariff, the third class, is fixed by Act of Parliament. Every
line is compelled to provide traffic at a given rate, viz. one penny
per mile (parliamentary fares), and thus the poor can always travel
cheaply, or the rich either if they choose to go third class. In
America, as far as I could ascertain, there is no Government
interference at all in this respect, and each railroad company can
charge what fares it pleases. The consequence is that on some lines
the rates are simply prohibitory.

In England we have first, second, and third class, to suit the means
of passengers. In America some lines have first and second class,
some first and emigrant class, but some again only first! The second
class avails nothing for long distances, inasmuch as you have no room
to lie down, and if you go second, as I said above, you cannot, even
if ready to pay the charge, get a bed in the Pullman car. You are
therefore, unless prepared to go emigrant, practically driven into
the first class. On those lines where there is only first class, you
are, of course, still more helpless, and can simply elect between
rail and any other conveyance. I later bought a ranch in Colorado,
close to a railroad. On that line there was only first class. I there
wrote the following letter to a local newspaper, and I give it here,
as it elucidates much of what I have said.

A RANCHMAN'S PLAINT.

_To the Editor of the_ DAILY GAZETTE.

Sir,--I am an Englishman. I have lately bought a
ranch near a station on the Denver and Rio Grande
Railway. I naturally thought when I did so, that
being near one of the iron roads would be a great
advantage in many ways, but experience has shown
me I was mistaken, inasmuch as the rates for
passengers, goods, and live stock are so high, no
benefit whatever is conferred by the said
railroad.

First, as to the said rates. On all the railroads
I have seen in all the many countries I have
visited, and I have travelled much, there are
different classes for passengers. Here, on this
railroad, there is only one, and that first-class.
Where the justice, nay the policy, of this, even
in the interests of the railroad? Is it fair to
make a poor man travel in a velvet bedecked and
gil