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Recorder. «« •
W. h OLIWUli, »U(*r.
«MI (Him #f W«hster4pAj. y
FRIDAY. MARCH T, IHH4.
OL'B POSITIOJI Bl'HTAIHEO.
Wn !a*t Wek spake of tlie Rail
road CommlaMon mad obstacle la
the wag of obtaiping Increased rail
road facilities In tli« iitate, because
capitalist* were afraid to invest
tboir money lit property which it
•once wu placed under tbe control
•of three men who were reiponilble
to no one for their trusts Tbit tbli
4a tbe view taken of it by capitalist*
ia confirmed by the following ex
tract from an article intitled “Rail
road Building In tbe South'* lb the
B.IWniwiIaW^ifrtb r gtiseilfa!
Notwithstanding the unwise and
unjust railroad legislation in many
of tbe Southern statesffdurlng the
last few yean, and tbe consequent
fear that other itates might enact
similar arbitrary laws, tbe outlook
for railroad building in tbe South
4a on the whole very good- In
some of itatea railroad building
will remain almost stationary until
^‘“lle^lflHjlVlUAWlll
cerprlsea are permitted to manage
tbelr ownipropoety c but 4n others!
where railroad*'are ibere' highly
apprecited, there will to a Urge
amount of building done durjng tbe
present wfo. \Aim4r Wk, bw
commenced} oniio number< of Im
abort ba
of which
it* main demerits have not been
brou. bt fully out to view. Let us
look aomewhat critically into the
whole concern-luqulve into Ita or
igin, bow it is constituted, it. pow
ers, duties, and probable effteta.
its omoiN.
This tribunal, so unknown to our
laud, so foreign to our notions of
one'* right to control one a own,
was rot demanded by any public
uaqessity, was not heralded by any
general, public complaint. The idea
that railroad corporations hud be
came instruments ol tratid and op
pression. that they bad I ecouie too
strong lor the suatfle and needed a
cn r b Ilka ibis, was an invention
and not a discovery- Tbe thing bad
Ita origin in tbe greed ol commerce,
which sought, by diminishing
freights, to enrich itqrjf. pom.
-m ,wi *m 100
off the freight on corp,*pd 1 Wake
ten dollars iqore than ,! now do on
'W WWW thousand
pounds; add ,tb*t to tto.ejgbly
w make
ernor of tbe state had power
eneugh already, it wm not wue to fer flefehk land passenger*.
Its rOWKRS ABO ACTIONS ANALYZSD.
give him more. It won't take long
I am glad to notice that tbe preoe tor tbiATSniTssiou to resolve in-
fstahtneooq|W«ay^e»ort|e TSTmApcfUcal poUoeJTorc- un-
fT "TtPM Wb f H tbeJMnte command of the
tbAjnsgtuitfn J* JijLJfr. JLiw* already, to some
deratood by tbe people, in my Juilg- , lUnt) been mads to aaawertft
meut the Uw establishing it will j^HUcal purposes of tbe
have to get out of tbe bonk. WbiU Guvarqur. LeVu* .*#*., , , < j
the Commission baa been pretty q*wo years after tbe Commission
fully discussed, i: has bens in » w „ organ^ed JoeCommlieThner
running abort bead sort of a way; lo ^ ,ppoioted (the abort term
See. 719 (|) provide* how the
rates prescribed by tbe Commis
sioner* »ui a: «-t Bnsr. vidi-nc
that said rates are Just end reason- reasonable
.ho., utaXG Iwai-lShA •tthty « e nfcJul nt V.J reckon I can
tatioa facilities. W
building baa hem overdone]
• r «kHjw
-ceiudoly baa out in tbe South, and.
■ for WjMttM MmhM 'M’TWStaflk!
ly rich,In mlnonl nml timber wealth,
erenow ao.'davold of transports-
tion laaHitleanUto makottlmpos-
tho Southern states there will soon
•coma greater Ootivlty in lailioad
building, And new Ilfs will be In
-ilined Into regloni' that ire praclt-
•cslty cut off from sharing in tbe
general advance of the material in-
terosta of the South. Tbe growth
of population, of msnnfkcturei and
of agriculture will soon demand
largely increased railroad building
at tbe South.
AHKlttCLH SHOULD UR KRl'Rt?
mm*.
A regular annual meeting of tbe
Southern Immigration Association
will be held at- Nashville on the
lltli, I Silt, a-id I nth of lids month
Thu object of this Association ii
to call attention to tho resources of
tho Kouth and invite'Immigration
from tbe North and-tho better
classes from Europe. At this meet
ing a general plan will be adopted
and means taken to scauro this
immigration, which Is now tending
to tbe Northwest. AS Southwest
Gooight needs this Immigration And
can offer a* «My attractions, if
not more, than any otbor section
of the Sontk, Amerieus, as it* com-
inca-ial > eipUal"and > ceb'^t-,"idiould
be represented at this meeting.
'By being so represented, wo would
lie enabled to reap a} least a por-
-lion of tbe result* lo be obtained
>by this movement and In our effort*
we would bare tbe co-operation of
a powerful organisation. As Ameri
cas baa no Board of Tiada or or
ganised Immigration Associations
it would seem to be tbe duty of tbe
City Council to send u representa
tive, and wc arc aura that such no
tion on tbelr part would bo hearti
ly seconded by our people.
of two year* being out.) Barnett
was tbe incumbent, and lie sought
reappoint menu Barnett wm pro-
eminently the scholar of tbe board,
Just the man to put with Hmilh sad
Wallace to make tb* Commission
m strong as tbe talent ol the state
ecnld make it. The Governor re
fused to reappoint Barnett, and
did appoint Trammel. Subsequent
ly the Governor ws* elected to the
United State* Senate. What'mo-
tlve prompted his aution in tbe
premises ! Was not bis action tbe
result of. a calculation ol tbe
chances f He might have reasoned
in ibis way,doubtless did : “Tram
mel can do me more good ia tbe
direct lua for Senator than Barnett
can, Tbe stale wants a Commis-
sloner, I wool an advocate. Many
a man would; bt found that would
makes good.CommUtioner, (Bar
nett would make a-gopd one; not
so many could be found to answer
my purpose as an advocate. Tram
msl can serve me the best.” In
tide tb* Oovernor may have been
mistaken; butbaj«MDM;mistaken
lo this, that Trammel would do bis
levai bOMj-foe him; Trammel did
do bia level beat. Hodr: be been
working fur wages, or to pay a
debt Of gratitude, or. to redeem a
ptodge, be could not hare 'worked
birder than hedld to elect Unbent-
ner m to tb* real rase* of charges
g.) makes it tbe
duty of the oommUsiooen;
tions to'iucertaio If the rules and
regulations itolJP (Hearcomplied
with. B
a. To rasko personal visitation
of railgMd offices, stations and
other plpccs of. bnsiness, for tbe
purpose of t-xnuiinations.
3. To mn|e rules and regulations
concerning' such examinations,
which rules ana regnlatloos shall
be observed.
4. They bare full power and
authority to extmint all agents
and employes of railroad* and
other persona.under oath or other-
WiMi. |
Section
contracts w ^
tween railroad companies xx a* to
inherent. It is not a derived
right. Only “tbe method* of con
serving it in ft* present owner, end
of translating it from men to
are derived
ernment hM
.Bnlwer Lytton’s Bridge.
WSw, It ThiVh UU Saar.. IM Uw
Uvsat Cal naans la Jtl4.tr.aas.
•'WauabMsUjbA(M(S MM* sMsoaae
«0«VaMb rvOdm-' Hsw IsUiUnlr ifer eklM
l^q, thing , has tnrqod out, Cpm-
merce clamored fpr i|edpotjpn ,of
'reigbta, got it and poqketed the
lOftW share ..Mjfif-Mf not aU of
uji'l .»)* n uaruvr uuuiucuiucucicci.un uena-
IS Vtmsr/Ttrxp, iaotar United Slate* Senator. He
There ere Uiree CoqimUsiopera
appointed by Uc Gavyrnor with
the advice and concept of the acn-
ate, with a salary enub of ISHOIJ.
' They hold for a term of six year*.
I 'M Vl}*,, lw ”
yt-srs ; so that af first one, was ap
pointed loi 'two. one for lour' anil
one fin six years.' ’They are sworn
by the Governor to an osili Irauu-tl
by iiiui. t’roviiton is made by
which the Governor can suspend
any one or ail. The Governor nils
all vai-NiicicM. They have a clerk
at a salary of $1200 a year.sndard
allowed 9390 a year to pay office
rent', etc. In all fff,800 a year.
did <Aot bide tbe talent that bad
bees given him in a napkin, but rr,
turned.it to bis matter witb-uvury.
The Governor wm elected Senator
by .the skin of bi* teeth, and it ia
very likely that but for ibe change
.pf Barnett fur Trammel, on the
Coutinisklou,. he would not have
been elected nt aU, The moral is,
tile more friends a governor who
lias aspiration* beyond hi* .term
rection, that Ik may bp seen whether
or not they are a violation of the
law or of tbe provisions of tbe con
stitution or of this article, or of tbo
rules and regulatloL* of said com
missioner*, and all arrangements
and agreeuitmtal Whatever M to tbe
division of earhlbg* "dr any Rind
xx shall be submitted to said
commiMioners for inspection and
approval, in so far m they effect
rules and regulations.made by sa|<|
commissioners, to secure all per
sons xx just rates
«—and said commissioners may
may-maka such' roles —as to sueh
contracts and 'agreements as may
by them be deemed n«reentry and
proper, ami any sot-h agreements
not approved by such eommlMion-
«rs, or by virtue of which rate*
shall be charged exceeding tbe
ratkptlxail, sbiqll to n viotatioq ; pf
tbe constitution and lx* illegal and
void.
The act itself in very suitable
machinery for ttoutpassing an im-
possiltlu end. If It wen- an extract
merchandise. T don't
that tbe government la hampered
by any constitutional Impedimenta;
1 mean that tbe thing cannot be
dofle by government, with,or with
lias on the Commission, the better j going the rounds of the press, pur-
fur him. i porting lo lie a translation of a
Printing expense, I suppose, is to
be added lo this. We have here a
little universe—the Governor as tbe
■uu, the three Commifsiouers and
their clerk*, *atallies revolving
around' him—a pretty considerable
unit. J'
OIUSCTIONM TO IT.
The lirsl objecliou to the estab
lishment is tbe expense of it. Tlmt
Is not much, it is true, still it is
enough lo object about if that little
is all cl.ar waste.
Tbe second objection is tlmt tbe
state pays the expense. The argu
ment in support of tbeComrolMion
is that it was mad* necessary by
the failure of tbe railroad copers-
liou* lo make “reasonable and jnnl
mien vf freight and pauenyer tar
iff*” themselves. If the argument
ia sound then it tollohra that said
corporations should pay the ex
pense of the Commiulon. To
make the state pay it ia much Uko
paying the line of one convicted of
a crime with the public funds.
Tlitj third objection to tbo Com
mission is that it increases execu
tive power by increasing executive
patronage. Here are three men
(four) appointed by the Governor,
who may suspend either one or *11
of them at pleasure, aud nil the va
cancy. In the first place the Gov-
The Iumsoii the people should learn
from this scrap ot history ia that
this same Commission will soon
become a dangerous and corrupt
factor in tbe politics of the state,
unless it is got rid of, and the soon
er it is got rid of tin- belter.
Exemine ibis third ol-jectiou
well it, will be found a hard one to
get over.
The lourlh objection to tbe Com-
mission is that these railroad cor
porations May Joiu the ring formed
by theCbuimiiisioiirrsand the Gov
ernor, aud rule the whole concern.
The corporations wilt not nlwav-M
Russian ukase, showing how the
Cxar deals with the property of his
subjec.a wbru the notion takes
him, it would probably be discred
ited as something too monstrous
Tor any despot to venture upon; it
no; discredited, it would be read
with a shudder, and furnish some
excuse for the excesses ot the nihil
ists. That it may lie disputed, if
it can be.diaputed, I will say,right
here, that tbore is no law of any
country in tbe world, not touching
the person, more brim full of tyr
anny and injustice than this:
1. It take* Ilia whole capita! vin-
antagonize the law. If they can- 1 ploted in rail roads out of the con-
la objectionable to himself; in the
next place lie will suspend any one
not gel lusticu any other way, they
will buy it. Sixty miliiouaof mon
ey, well in hand, skil r illy managed,
ran, and after awhile will, whip out
any lour men in the world. That
sum or money is lucked up in the
railroad* of the stale. It can't get
out. Either by Stir means or by <oul.
It will-he made tq yield an income
approximating ita value. Tbi*
fourth objection is about tbe worst
of any. A ring composed, of tbe
Commissioners sad tbe Governor
alone, beaded by tbe Governor,
would be bad enough; put the rail
road corporations at the head of the
riug, and the people aru powerless.
COWXII-i A NO bl'TIRM or rm: commis
sion.
trol of it* owners Into the control
of the anile.
2. It gives the owner* of this
property nogaaranty of any /rr
ernt ou their capital—none against
bold property through or by strijs
tee. The properly resU in fee
simple In the bc»efie!ary. What It
the Commission but a board ol
trustees bolding lor the b nefft of
thersUrood property?
The state caunot “secure reasona
ble and juet rates.” Government
has but one laneMon. one power,
and consequently, but one duty to
perform, and that It “fo provide
security for persons and property
Managing persons or property Is
outside its sphere.
Ex-President Tilden said “a gov.
enmeut should never do for the
people what Uie people can do for
themselves.” Many a gnat man
has lived, acted and died without
uttering a sentimept so obviously
true. The people can do every
thing for themselves but provide
security Tor their person*and prop,
erty. They do that too in a cer
tain sente: They make a state, and
the state does it. Security for per.
sons and pro[ierty being given,
everything else in" provided and
regulated by' individual*. Hast
ness men's Interests, Ay' Cqnducted
and aaen from the individual stand,
point, regulate* the price of com,
moditie«, the price or labor, and
the value or. m /ney. Government
may cojn mooyy legujaiq^jjit
value,Jr e-.ltcoin» mouev,agqMjy
*o much metal, in seen a shape,
shall be named a dollar, hut it can
not main the dollar worth one
cent, Tbe Miters and buyer* regu
late the value of currency.
-Government cannot moke a saw
arid’plyh, and so many dollars,
equivalents, one of the other. No
more can it,say that carrying a
man a uiile, whether in a‘wheel
barrow, or in a railroad coach, is
equivalent to ho much money, no
worse, Ho less.
The Comndasionersare but men,
fallible, and must sometimes err,
do the'tost they can. It so Imp-
peus that they can only err- to the
hurt of the i-allroudri, Kvory dot-.
igs. which they
prevent, the road* from making, is
that much unjustly taken from
them, nul it i* taken precisely on
the principle* of the highwayman,
by the Imml againat their protests,
against* their appeals for iusLice.
leaving Them with no me ius ft
retires*.
Up to dato the Commission- has
failed to “secure reasonable and
ju4 ra/cs.” Tbo corporations art
constantly complaining of injustice.
Tbo commission hM failed to satis
fy them. Every now and then
somebody complains, that Ibis or
that person, article, or plac-o hM
been discriminated against. There
is about a* much dissatisfaction
now ns lie-fare the Commission was
established. Kates have been re
-luced by tbo Commission. It does
not follow from that fact that tbe
existing rates are reasonable and
juet.” Kates can to unreasonably
low, a* well as unreasonably high.
Kate* were lower when the Com
mission was established, than wheu
the roads tirst went to work. So,
although mluoed, it does not fol
low that they are as low now as
they would to had therebecn no
: ■'^''TrV* «*»• sai smUp on aMtnaf tir«,
r P*4 too teialilrslj, os qatuiag 1I4», tb* *14 saa
S t*ru« back v» pnjor a*4 worafclj., paltlss StaMiUr
aaalaaMrby.Mowlik Ik* iaMV* murks tkr
«. n*iw«r L/tfan. la Us “Mnmge *•*/.'
Yss, bat bets era !u distant akauwala Ik*
kaMgesTUrt taa ratay fclfk a«4 awful erakaa
Ikrjagk aklak tka srtld walara d«Sk aM rasrls
out leave. Tbe act it a huge ob- wreilieedWeSetiu*. rissiadnnklrikie
strnctfoir thrown squill ocrok* the '*’>Wr«SUa'tkMa;' Xawn'aalSiSa moat
current of tour legislation. In
Ueorgin* male twenty-one years
old, and of sound mind, cannot
Bwsatttasr'ftS
Ikxfs * III la Uut -trraplid-d In tl.e Uw. Da k*a
uait« hr < be rnsuTwa tthon Rakaa fkaat aakar'
• * iu - *"
■etaoMiuk.1 art Srau-thta faith aad ptsyrr-U
maaiaol tliarasa*aanosaM-Baiftaar ufoidiafaef
ssi. UUwabarisa to yoat paca Ulna Srast
la ywur powrr t-> co'p# with liie'a p.ob|. m and
duUa* orakrnedt Yaa aru not well. Tour blood la
aluuptab and lalutad, lorbap,; nr toiaa boMrtaat
araan la tori** or owt*>.rkbd. TBI- feel may have
m any of a down otkar II'-. FAXKH'a
Toxic will iuTironiU too. aa boat ohr lerwoaraa
tka-a who bava Iwon Act ap in daa:.. fatl-l ctlla.
It I- power rat, i.arc, drlloluoa, «iooiiR-,«*f*-tb» >
kat tiooo o. Ike aaatrbl trek mi tko M4fa or lifh.
I have returned from New
York, when; I bought the larg
est stock ol
?1IAH .2 ,0
AH
rail road property. Then, a guar
anty against loss—a guaranty of n
reaounabte profit, is a condition
precedent that common houcaty
dictates—to solxc this property
and run it at the risi of lie own
ers, hM all theelementq ot highway
robbery in it, but murder.
The object of tho law is, “to se
cure reatonable and just rale* of
freight and pateenger tariff*."
The object is s good one, the peo
ple are entitled to such rates. Tho
Now let ua look ami aoe what the! scheme to secure them, however,
power, and duties of the Commis- j auT.^thK*
sion arc. I xlikll quote the law e*. y ou ma y turn the whole tbiog
loss, or abuse, of any kind. Con- Commission
eeJu mat it in necessary for the ! One. bail effect of the Commis-
state to take the Management of j J* 0 ", . wil1 *** *® r *, Ur l th *
. ..... I building of railroads In the State,
erty. Then, a guar- \i» nn _ —in .1,,^ 1. 1.
ernor will not appoint any one w | 10 ‘Ublis'iiog the Commission pretty j over to the stale without objection
who liecomes objectionable to him , Commissioner* :
aftci his appointment. In time, I
therefore, the Commissioner* and I rates of freight and pasaenger tariffs,
the Governor, with such others aa ! ■' Beasonnble mid just rates as to
fully—it will to found lu the code ot | from anybody, and even at the re-
1883. See. 71-.I (e) requires the' <iue*t of °»e owner* of the road,
! and the state will fail “to secure
reatonable and just rates."
Pi
Tl
Money will go alow to where it I*
immediately seised by the 8ute.
•Such new roads as apring op will
likely to built by existing roads,
not by small capitalists, associating,
to And proflteblc investment. But
for the Commission it U likely a
road from Macon to •locksonyllla,
Florida, would have been built be
fore now. In any view of the eub-
jeet the Commission 1* not favor-
able to building new rood*.
Another bad effect of tbe Com-
mission is that it will reduce the
priea of labor. Dividends, m large
u may be, must be bad; if 4k* rate,
forbid, wages mast be reduced.
The dividends must come. Tho
employe* of tbe roads are is much
entitled to reatonable mages As the
public are to reasonable rates. If
(Miog,
JAW0J
,T8I
Jsto., ;*3to.
ever brought to Americas,
the goods were bought at nuc-
will enable me to oner my
goods at nmcUtl lower prices
fitun I expected to he able to
sniu&ip
And in ajlditiop to the CASH
system. 1 have also introduced
the PENNY SYSTEM, which
will enable me to make the
exact change.
Come, exaniihe, and price
im goods. Respectfully,
S.M. COHEN.
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A tors- j the Commission bad been ettsMieh-
riie management of private prop-: dneing the wages of railroad cm-,
erty for its owner*, I* not an end ployes, that result would not have
tlirv
»v see lit to take in with i charges, at any nnd ail points, for tiovernment. conteqoently gov- more certoiuly followed, than it
i.t see nt to tasi in with * ’ ... [ ernment has no means to that end.' follow* now. The whol* scheme
ill forma powerful ring necessary handling ami debt- j wi„t these corporations own Is j is, on principle, had. There is no
. .iHh*, tthija,
llr^Mlark orrM-ilcriAUiRMH, xul F-adlan •<
Relow Cost for Cash.
| AU *1>.> w.A .-rikliu is my Unt »UI So vMIfl*
! <-«:i ,*a iuk< lUr ,t mm m
I Mean Exactly What 1 Say.
tuc legislation eresting the com
mission conflictsjeith the eleventh
artieto of the Slate nonatiUUios
sad with ike fourteenth amrutl-
inent of the couMltaiton of the
Cirtteil Slates, slid totherrfore hn!l executive shoulu he a little weak,.
nt void.
may
Tbe Supreme Court of Tenues-] them, will
see hM decided the set creating the ] whieli will run tbe politics of the pl - v 1,1 freights. vrivate property, as much so as I excuse tor ii. The railroads can
Usiroad Commission of that state slate in Us own interest—a ring i “• l ’ or preventing unjust dis-j snv man's mute, cow or pocket j manage themselves under just
unconstitutional. It was held that that it will almost take a revolution ‘■rtminstions. j tC
. . ,. , ... a »h*p«M for u*e nf mil says “The tiilra nusorate right, In- j ventqa from cnsrgiug more than
to get rid of. Governments by the • . .... 'iiicrent in every Englishman. i» 1 an much. They can to made to
people cannot safely disicgnid the I Pl,a, l ear* i-arrymg any and all kinds | , )( - property: which consists »c-alo'charge* to suit distances,
rule that the exevutive should have ' ot 1,0,1 pasMrngers. ! in the tree ii‘c, cujoyment, and j They can be prevented from dis- i
no rnorv power than whaVtaatoo- 1 ■'»■ To prevent the giving or p iy- i dispisal ol all bis aaqulsitioaa, j crimination* again*) perrons orj
- .. - - ing of soy rebate orlonux, directly j without any control or diminution.; places, also fjom laying sny re-
rateiy ueoesaary. Hetter that tbe ,, r | a< | im . Uy . save only by the laws or the land.” . bate or 6os «*. They can oc re-
rah,, ff. To prevent the. misleading or ’’Here we sec that the right of pri- jquired to seriroall alike, promptly,
* than any too strong. The Gov-; dvtcffSag ol the puWic in any oiau- s . Yale propcity i* l*t obnl»te, 2nd | tach in hi* turn.
Mn aiib»nnt(r W jW 11
UnnirnWyca mr» time, «r*wHc >mI rxi^t i.y
liUlny (iiua
Jno. M. Coker.
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