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Georgia Railroads Pay More Than
Rail Their Gross Revenue io the
People in Labor, Wages and Taxes
It is absolutely imperative that the freight rates within the State of Geor
gia be revised at the hearing on August 17th so that they may be applied to
intrastate commerce in a way which will not discriminate against interstate
commerce.
1 his is a requirement not only of the Interstate Commerce Commission,
but in the Shreveport Case relative to the Texas rates, was required by the Su
preme C urt of the United States.
The proposed Georgia revision contemplates an increase in some existing
rates, but it also brings about a reduction in other rates.
Should the revision increase the revenue of the railroads it would not be
unreasonable for the Georgia Railroad Commission to grant it and so permit the
Railroads of Georgia to maintain the present high standard of service and to
improve and extend their facilities.
The Railroads have already shown that they are operating on rates sub
stantially lower than those promulgated in 1880; that the average price of 25
necessary articles in daily use has increased more than 77 per cent since 1914;
that the increased cost has not been offset by increased revenue or increased
efficiency, in spite of every effort known to human ingenuity in connection
with the economical operation of railroads.
The railroads now present ACTUAL FACTS AND FIGURES relating to
the steady increase in labor, wages and taxes.
The increased labor cost to 25 representative railroads of the South, includ
ing the principal railroads of Georgia, for 1914 over 1901 was as follows:
Including General Officers, $40,650,841.64, or 33.92 per cent.
Excluding General Officers $40,573,672.06, or 34.53 per cent.
And the increase has been equally as great up to June 30th, 1916.
The 25 Railroads paid out for labor in
1901 $ 60,055,407.12
191 5 145,470,642.29
The Railroads paid 142 PER CENT more for labor in 1915 than in 1901.
Ihe amount paid for labor out of each dollar received by the Railroads in 1901
was .39 46-100 cents; the amount increased in 1915 to .46 34-100 cents.
Ihe amount of taxes paid by the Railroads increased 178 per cent from
1901 to 1915. The increase in the value of railroad property has not been any
thing like the same ratio.
The railroads paid for taxes in
1901 $ 5,098,328.66
1915 14,224,942.38
In 1901 the amount of taxes to each one dollar of revenue was .03 35-100
cents; in 1915 the amount of taxes to each one dollar of revenue had increased
to .04 53-100 cents.
In 1901 the Railroads paid .42 81-100 cents out of every one dollar of reve
nue for labor and taxes. In 1915 the amount had increased to .50 87-100 cents,
or more than half of the total gross revenue for those two items alone.
Amount paid for labor and taxes in
1901 $ 65,153,735.78
1915 *. 159,695,584.67
In other words, the Railroads returned to the people in wages and taxes
ALONE more than half of the gross revenue of the Railroads.
Not only are the Railroads of Georgia confined to rates actually lower than the 1880
rates, but they have sustained greatly increased cost in equipment, of which we shall have
more to say at a later date.
The above figures relating to labor and taxes are actual.
They are evidence that the Railroads are of substantial value to the State of Georgia
in paying towards the maintenance of the Government and in supplying lucrative employ
ment to thousands of Georgia citizens. This does not take into account the service ren
dered to traveler and shipper, and the creation of wealth through the development of what
would be, without railroad facilities, remote and unprofitable territory.
The railroads of Georgia are just as much interested in the development of the State
and the prosperity, of the people as are the people themselves, because the interests of the
railroads and the interests of the people are identical.
It is not and will not be the policy of the Railroads of Georgia to
propose any system of rates which would unjustly discriminate against
the Georgia producer in favor of producers located at points without
the state. Should this principle appear to be violated by any technical
construction of our petition, we give assurance that we will not pro
pose, nor will we attempt to adopt in actual practice, any rate at va
riance with the same.
It is a matter of grave concern to the people of Georgia, interested in the growth and
development of the State, to which the Railroads of Georgia have contributed, and will
continue to contribute so materially, if given an opportunity, to see that the Railroads are
granted a fair, a just, a reasonable revision of freight rates.
THE RAILROADS OF GEORGIA
ST. SIMONS
WARM SPRINGS
VERY LOW FARES TO EITHER POINT
VIA
A. B. & A. RAILWAY FROM DOUGLAS
|7 TO TO
J ares St. Simons Warm Springs
SUNDAY $ I >65 $
WEEK-END $4.10 $5.25
SEASON $5.05 $ 6.75
Convenient Sunday and week-day schedules and the
best accomodations every day.
The New St. Simons Hotel is under new management
and will promise perfedt service and sea food will be a special
ty this season. ¥ , , . . ,
The Warm Springs Hotel has been completely reno
vated and is under new management and the service will be
mora satisfactory than ever before.
Inquire of any A. B. & A. RY. Ticket Agent or write:
W. W. CROXTON,
• General Passenger Agent
*•’ ~ >rgia
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JULY 15, 1916
1916 Service at
Less Than
1839 Rates
NOTICE TO WATER AND
LIGHT CONSUMERS
J By resolution of Council in regular
meeting last night the office of City
I Collector was abolished and in future
' there will be no collector sent out for
j the collection of water and light bills.
! Those who desire to ake advantage
of the ten per cent discount allowed
;on these bills must pay same on or
before the fifth of the month, as
; there will be no discount allowed any
J one after hat date. All w’ater and
| light bills not paid on or before the
[tenth of the month will be discontin
ued and will not be reinstalled until
, there is a fee of one dollar paid for
same. All bills due the City, for
anything whatever, are payable at
the office of the City Clerk.
By order of Council, this the 29th
day of June, 1916.
J. D. KNOWLES, Clerk.
WANTED—POSITION BY MAR
ried man capable and willing. Can
not live and be honest on dollar a
day. Best references. Address this
office. 2t.
' BUGS RAYMOND
FAMOUS PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
By RANDOLPH ROSE
BT'CS RAYMOND
wa* one of the few
baseball players who m
ever enjoyed the dis
tinction of having a u
keeper. The said keep- J
er traveled pretty gen- V
orally with him on the
road trips and hell
Raymond down to one
or two beers after a _
game. But at. home, Oaxpolpii Eos*
the keeper couldn’t be as constant, as
Raymond was married and had more
chances to elude the keeper by climbing
down the fire escape and other such
devices.
One day after the game in New York
Raymond started down town from the
Polo Grounds at Issth Street. At the
first corner he stopped and had a beer.
A big Pinkerton detective, paid to make
a report on Raymond, noted tha beer
and kept out of sight.
At the next corner Raymond stopped
and had another beer. As saloons are
about one to a corner in this part of
New York it’s not hard to figure that
Raymond had about thirty beer 9, al
lowing only one to the stand, by tha
time he reached 105th Street.
The next day John T. Brush, owner
of the Giants, called Raymond on the
carpet.
“Raymond,” he said, “I’ve got the
dope on you this time. You were drink
ing a lot of beer yesterday.”
"Oh, 1 may have had one or two.”
“No, we had you watched —you had
more than that.”
“All, Mr. Brush, I gues3 I had five or
six maybe but no more.”
“No, Raymond, our man watched
you,” said Mr. Brush. “Here’s his full
report. He watched you go in every sa
loon from 155th to 105th Street —he saw
you drink no less than thirty beers.
Why, the report even shows you ate an
onion in that last saloon.”
“Say, that detective is a liar. 1
never ate an onion in any one of them
places, all the way to 105th Street.”
Boys’ and Girls’
Agricultural Clubs
Enrollment This Year Shows Large In
crease In Georgia—lnterest And
Co-Operation Gratifying To
Leaders
(J. PHIL CAMPBELL, Director Exten
sion, Ga. State College Of Agr.)
Nearly 45,000 men, women, boys and
girls have been enrolled this year to
do specific agricultural demonstration
work under the direction of the Geor
gia State College of Agriculture. Ap
proximately 10,000 boys have been en
rolled in the Corn clubs; 5,850 girls
In Canning clubs, 2,500 in Pig clubs,
1,500 in Poultry clubs, 1,000 Four-Crop
clubs, 2,000 in other clubs and 21,461
farmers in co-operative demonstration
work.
This is the largest enrollment by
far that has ever been made in Geor
gia, indicating the greater interest and
justifying the larger expenditures
which are being made by the College
of Agriculture on extension „ work.
Many communities have not yet been
reached and a few counties have not
yet bean organized in any of the forms
of agricultural activity mentioned
above. Effort is first being made to
organize where there is a demand,
where proper local initiative is given
and where, for these reasons, success
may reasonably be expected. Eventu
ally it is hoped that every community
may have its opportunity.
Marked increase in enrollment has
occurred in the Canning clubs, pig and
poultry clubs. No decrease in inter
est in Corn clubs is noted and no ef
fort has been made to increase the
enrollment above 10,000 which seems
to be a reasonably large number of
members to handle.
Reports of work done along all club
and demonstration lines is highly
gratifying and some good general av
erages are anticipated if seasons and
conditions generally are not unfavor
able.
Trade At Our Store
We Always Have Something
New To Offer Our Custome s
Rogers Silverware FREE Call
Us Up And Ask About It
J. C. RELIHAN COMPANY
Heavy and Fancy Groceries
Uhe Clnion h~Scinkina Co.
With Capital ant) *s urp/tis of
$150,000.00
Appreciates Your Account
Either Large or Small
L9ANEO ““
interest, and upon very desirable terms. By
reason of the direct connection which I have
loans can be handled without delay. :
Union Banking C* IS/ Fl Af? T DOUGLAS,
Company Bldg ** • w▼ • L Vl\ i GEORGIA
MfINFYIMINFI) onCoffec
IllUhijl hmlm County farms
AT 6 PER CENT.
The borrower has the privilege of paying
SIOO.OO or any multiple thereof at any in
terest paying period, thereby stopping in
terest on the amounts thus paid. : : : :
J. W. QUINCEY
FIGS N WJI
fact that they have been grown longer than perhaps 'SjBLv \
any other. YVherever they will thrive, no fruit is better
for family use or as a commercial crop. I
Fig trees are inexpensive, they are easily planted and ran FF.
be cultivated without great outlay; into bearing HV
early and there always a demand for the fruit. That's why
I THEY ARE A PAYING CROP
$75 to SIOO will buy trees for five acres. They will begin bearing in two
or three years, and at five should bring in several hundred dollar*
revenue. They are good, too, for home use.
Vi’!’"?” Every farmer and fruit grower in the Southeast ought to plant some I
figs. We have all the good kinds and have made a study of B
fig culture. We know the varieties you need.
Send today for our new 1916 tree and plant book. Free. B
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AT HOTEL EMPIRE
Opposite Union Depot on Pryor
St. Renovated and refurnished j
throughout. Reservations made i
on application. Hot and cold !
water, private baths, electric
lights and elevator. First class
accommodations at moderate
prices.
Rooms 50c anVup
[ JOHN L. HDMONDSON, Prop.
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