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)AMSON ON FREIGHT RATES,
[otable Speech in Congress by 4th
District's Representatives.
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE TWO.)
ill, is at liberty to present
| V pertaining to u ease of ac-
■ ^or alleged discrimination,
( facts and statements to be
* | wed and passed upon by a
etent, impartial governmen-
ribunal.
‘To the average small shipper
discriminations are destructive,
but with the degree of uncertain
ty as to the merit, justice or pos-
ible decision of the commerce
Eourt, many would prefer to con
tinue to bear the burden rather
than assume the risk of possible
( defeat and additional expense,
finder the present system, inves
tigations, prosecutions, etc., are
conducted without expense to the
individual shipper.
“ ‘During a number of years of
practical experience in this work
we have never learned of an ob
jection being registered against
this plan, and we are inclined to
the belief that no good and sulli-
cient argument can be advanced
justifying the enactment of this
ids 1
can be raised profitably only in soil
containing plenty of Potash. All
vegetables require a fertilizer con
taining at least 10 per cent, actual
Potash
Without Potash no fertilizer iscom-
plete, and failure will follow its use.
Ererv fsrmeraheuM h*wour T»limblp hook,
on fi ftllliallfin-ther are not adrortiaina
matter booming any *r*viai fertilirer, but
book.* of authoritative information that mean*
lam* profit* to the farmer*. Bent free lor the
making.
GERMAN KALI WORK*
New York —Sit Ntmn Street, or
Atlanta, Go.—— S South Broad Street.
‘Tin. object, purport and in
tent of this cltiuse is seriously
detrimental to all interests and
(would result in direct opposition
instead of relief to the shipping
public, and if permitted to be
come u part of the law would re
sult in renewed and vigorous agi
tation tor its repeal.
VALIDITY OK ORDERS.
1 “ ‘It is stated by the majority,
^ in palliation of offering section
14, that we cannot by legislation
oust the jurisdiction of courts to
inquire into the validity of orders,
enjoin them, and suspend them
by temporary restraining orders.
It is true that the jurisdiction of
the court can be invoked to pass
upon the validity of any act ot
any legislative body or any order
of any official or any action of
any department, or even the
judgment of another tribunal,
but the matter of suspension of
operation pending litigation de
pends upon certain well-estab
lished and fundamental condi
tions, and the authority should
awuvs be exercised within cer-
tain limitations. It it were made
to appear to the oourt that the
action of the commission was not
bised on regular proceedings in
accordance with the law author
izing the commission to exercise
the power, such us that there was
{ U) notice or no evidence heard,
aor if any testimony were offered,
Pit did not make a case, or if un
disputed, or if the complaint it-
silf made no valid case, or if the
subject matter for any emission
of compliance with the law or ab
sence of„legal power to take the
action involved, in such cases
the order should be suspended
pending the litigation, but it
should not be done except in such
clear cases, and after notice and
hearing by the court taking juris
diction. Then, if granted, delay
an i litigation might be avoided
either by the abandonment of the
matter altogether or by a new
proceeding before the commission
if there were really a cause of
complaint, but fatal defects had
vitiated the former proceeding
and order. Section 14 of the ma
jority bill is, in my judgment, a
a Pandoras box of ills which
would largely destroy all the pro
fessed benefits of the bill. If it
does not afford more ample facil
ities for delaying and defeating
proceedings against the carriers
( than exist by present law, we are
very much deceived, and it is use
less to the carriers. If it affords
les sprocedure and facilities than
existing law it is unfair to the
carrier, and if it does neither it is
a useless waste of words. As to
remedies in courts, to enforce a
valid order of the commission or
, resist an invalid one, existing
courts and procedure are ample
and fair. What we need is to
empower the carrier to make valid
orders and enforce them in the
courts. We will do well if we
provide that much. ’
“Aside from the obsolete long
and short haul clause, the act to
regulate commerce provides that—
•‘AH transportation churges
shall be reasonable and just.”
“The loug and short haul clause
might possibly her reanimated by
repeal mg the words, ‘undersub-
stantially similar circumstances
and conditions,’ which phrase de
stroyed the clause. The first
section might also be rendered
much more effective by repealing
th words ‘under a common con
trol. management, or arrange
ment for a continuous carriage or
shipment,’ thereby subjecting to
interstate control all things en
tering into interstate commerce
whether carried the entire .jour
ney by one manage or not. There
are already more provisions
against injustice and discrimina
tion, of which many violations
are alledged throughout the coun
try.
PEOPLE NEED RAILROADS.
“I would neither prosecute the
carriers nor unjustly injure their
property, but the law should treat
them and their property just as
t.her persons and their property,
fairly and justly.
The people need railroads and
desire their prosperity. Most of
our country is yet not fully devel
oped. People are not inclined to
discourage capital from extend
ing the lines. If those iu charge
will manifest a disposition to do
right they wi'l find the people
long suffering and slow to anger.
Blit competent service and fair
treatment must be accorded.
“The railroads extending from
the north and east to the south
and southwest are efi'ective edu
cators us well as factors in com
merce and wealth. They nfford
business and social communica
tion; they enlighten the different
sections ns to the character, pur
poses and resources of their fel
low-countrymen, thereby promot
ing nccord and fraternity, if not
homogeneity, in all parts of the
union.
“Ignorance and misrepresenta
tion of one nntfthei produced
much of the discord between the
sections. The existence and lib
eral use of such effective trans
portation lines, with a few mod
ern expositions supplementing
their benign operations two gen
erations ago, would have gone far
to harmonize and unify ail part9
of our country and avert much of
our unfortunate history.
“When Lord Bacon wrote:
“ ‘Fertile fields, busy workshops
and easy meaus of transportation
for men and commodities make a
nation great’—even his great wis
dom could not foresee the dis
crimination and restraints in re
cent years inflicted upon com
merce and agriculture.
“Thus far the interstate com
merce commission has betrayed
no disposition to partisanship,
restriction, nor partiality. The
gentleman from Michigan assures
us that it it is not likely to do so,
nor is it intended by his bill that
it ever shall. I know that there
are wise and good men iu all sec
tions and parties even in the re
publican party, in spite of their
political environments.
“I doubt not that proper men
may continue to be found for that
important service, who will
exercise the enlarged powers of
the commission as to correct abus
es and irregularities, restore to
the people justice and fairness,
reestablishing in this great repub
lic Lord Baoou’s ideal condition
to protect and preserve them to
our glorious people in their full
and prosperous enjoyment of the
untrammeled and unrivaled ad
vantages with which nature and
enterprise have blessed them.
There is another provision of the
constitution prohibiting the gov
ernment from giving preference
to the ports of one state over the
ports of another. It is not now
applicable to carriers, but when
the government assumes rate-
making powers it will enter into
the question.
The commission, nctuated by
the spirit of that section in oper
ating under the carrier clause,
may easily adjust many questions
of competitive points as well as
sorts which the long and short
haul clause has failed to solve.
Under government not supervis
ion rates and practices would bo
adjusted according to conditions
of transportation, and not person
al nor local necessity nor oppor
tunity of monopoly to extort.”
Rose Hill.
We are sorry to note that Mr.
.T. L. Caswell and his daughter,
Miss Barrie, are on the sick list
this week.
We are glad to note that Mr.
A. M. Staley is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. Wick Banner
have returned from Macon. They
will make this their future home.
M iss Minnie Harper and her
little sister, Tina, visited their
aunt, Mrs. Sirda Adams, of Hu-
gansville, Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Mattie Staley and Bert
Williams ye on the sick list this
week.
Mr. Dike Tatum has returned
from Macon, and is now with his
parents.
Mr. Dogins and little Ruth are
very ill at this time, also Mrs.
Will Smith.
We are sorry to note the death
of Mr. Dan Hurt. He was an old
man and had a stroke of paralysis
Tuesday and died Saturday' after
noon. We sympathize very much
with the bereaved ones.
Blue Eyes.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Henry Reeves,
LAWYER.
Am prepared to loan money; reas
onable rates on good security.
Office: Over flunk of LaGrange.
LAGRAXGE, GEORGIA.
The March Smart Set.
The Smart Set has fairly out
done itself in the March number,
which marks the beginning of the
sixth year of its existence. The
complete novel is ‘The Princess
Elopes,” by Harold MacGrath,
an author whose immense popu
larity is due to the' fact that he
is a born story-teller. Mr. Mac-
Grath is at his very best in this
charming tale of a Kuropenn
princess and a young Amerienu
medical student. It is a delight
ful blending of romance and deli
cate humor touched everywhere
with deft hand of an author who
has mastered his craft. Nothing
better of its kind has appeared in
many a month.
Among the dozen short storii* in
this number about half are by' tin*
hors who have been either entire
ly' unknown hitherto to magazine
readers or are just coming into
prominence. It. lias always been
he avowed policy of The Smart
Set to encourage young authors,
and this issue proves the wisdom
of the policy. One of the best
stories m the magazine is “A
Venial Offense,’’ by Norvell Har
rison. In marked contrast to its
humor is the powerful and dra
matic motive of Beatrix Domnrest
Lloyd’s “A Man Unlearned.”
William Hamilton Osborne’s
'The Transfer of Thorueycrofe"
is a strikingly' clever and satirical
story of a phase of smart society,
and “The Transit of a Soul,” by
Frances Aymar Matthews, is so
strange and unusual Hint it de
fies classification. Other stories,
equally clever, are by Kate Jor
dan, Van Tassel Sutphen, Clinton
Daugorfield, Julia 1L Foster and
Algernon Tassin.
Maurice Francis Egan h..s an
ntertaining and timely essay on
“Questions of Precedence,” in
which he discusses t ho laws that,
govern social usages iu Washing
ton.
The verse in the March Smart
Sot is of remarkable fine quality,
and includes characteristic wo'-k
by Madison Cawein, Zona Gale,
Arthur Stringer, Florence Wilkin
son, Gouverneur Morris, Edith M.
Thomas, It. K. Munkittriok and
John Vance Cheney.
If The Smart Set maintains the
standard of this number oven ap
proximately for the coming
twelve months, the future success
of the magazine will be as sure
as its past.
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