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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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rauur, march u. wt.
<uuM PWin .
The only form of food made
from wheat that is all. nutri
ment is the soda cracker, and
yet—the only soda cracker of
which this is really true is
Uneeda Biscuit
soda cracker scientifically
baked.
soda cracker effectually
protected.
soda cracker ever fresh,
crisp and, dean,
soda cracker good at all
times.
5 $ In a dust tight,
* moisture proof package.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
We have, just received a large shipment of
BUGGIES, SURREYS, DELIVERY WAGONS AND
. FARM WAGONS
Get our prices before buying. We also carry a
complete line of farm implements.
FARMERS' SUPPLY CO.,
4MJ W. Alabama St.. Atlanta, Ga.
SIR 7 HD A Y OF ST. PA TRICK
WILL BE CELEBRATED
BY LOYAL HIBERNIANS
BLAMED FOR
EVILSMTES
Governor- Elect Hoke
Smith Urges
Action. •
SAYS MORE INTEREST
SHOULD BE DISPLAYED
Urges Publicly Owned Lines
as Means of Securing
Competition, &.
Cincinnati, phlo. March IB.—At tha
annual banquet of tha Merchants,
Manufacturer and Rhlppara' Aaaocla-
lion laet nlcht. Hnn. Hoke Smith, go*.
ernor-eled of Oeorgla, who waa the
chief apeaker of the evening, dlacueerd
j the transportation problem and attrlb-
' uted the evlla of the present day to
tho.e who are suffering from them—
[the business men.
He laid thaae condition, were a re
sult of failure on the part nf mer
chants. manufacturers and olhera to
take an active part In political eltalra
and demand tho passage of legislation
prohibiting the t,suing of flctltloui
railroad aecurltlea and preventing rail-
mads from forcing the public to be
tuaed to pay dlvldendi on auch watered
stocks and bonds.
Mr. Smith urged that additional
powers be given the Interstate com
merce commission and the varloua state
railroad commissions, and declared that
something ahouid be done to prevent
the courte from being to ready lo block
remedial legislation with Injunctions.
Taking up the situation In Cincinnati
and rates charged from this city to the
southeaal, Mr. Smith declared that
Oeorgla will certainly extend lie rall-
roed from Chattanooga to Atlanta In
order to reach tidewater, and aatd that
lie believed that If a railroad, owned by
cltlrs or states, wers built betwesn
Chicago and Cincinnati, this In connec.
lion with tho Western and Atlantic,
would control auch a large volume of
business that the Cincinnati Southern,
owned by Cincinnati, but operated by
the Southern railway under a long
term lease, would be forced to terms,
and that this combination could give
auch rates from tha lakes to the south
Atlantic coast ss to fores all compet
ing lines to charge only ratee repre-
Special Service Sun
day and Banquet
Monday Night.
•l Patrick* I>ajr will fittingly c*l*
brated both Hunday and Monday by tha
members of tha Anclaat order of Hiber
nian* In Atlanta, an Interesting program
having been arranged for a banquet at III |
bernlan llall. Sooth Pryor street. Monday
night. Mayor Joyner will deliver an address
it tha banquet.
A nolemn high tunas will be said at Sacred
Heart church at U o'clock Sunday morning,
fallowed by a discourse on Ireland end St.
Patrick by Father Murphy. The member*
of tha organisation will assemble at I0:g)
•'clock Sunday morning lu Marlst College
till • ai<i s4)D inarM \o thw ihn
arch, where
special seats will be reserved.
The following program will he observed
at the banquet at Hlhejnlan Hall Monday
night:
r Wearln* o' th’ Green." Emmet Reynolds
Address. "Th* Day We Celebrate," Father
Murphy.
Hong. Frank C. Wheat.
Address. Mayor W It Joyner.
Kong, Miss Julln Manning
Address. ''Ancient Order of Hibernian*,''
Jatnoe T. I«ynrh.
Hong. JoNopk Reynolds.
Heeitntlon. Unfit Keener.
Hong. 'l»ear l.lttle Hhatntwk," James
TutfsPills
«HB save the dyswptic from BUT
feyi of misery. anaanaMc him teaet
whatever be wishes. They prevent
SICK HEADACHE,
cine the food to esshnUats nnd nour-
Uh Urn tody, give keen appetite,
DEVELOP FLESH
end aolld null. Elegantly tog*'
Take No Substitute.
Try a Pair of Our $3.50
^MART^HOES
GEORGIA RAILROAD
IS CHARGED
I
83.55
L N
$13.55
LOUISVILLE
-AND— ,
RETURN
Account GREATER LOUISVILLE
EXPOSITION. Round trip tickets
will bt sold on Msrcb 18th. 19th. 25th
and 21th It one fare plus 25 cents,
from all points, good returning until
April 1st
NO CHANGE OP CARS.
tlHiBt Pullman Sleeping Cars—
Dining Cars.
Tickets end full Information at
CITY TICKET OFFICE.
NO. 4 PEACHTREE ST.
Fperlal to The Georgian.
Washington. Ga. March 16.—A peti
tion has been filed by the Waahlngton
Cotton Company, through their attor
ney. Hon. F. H. Colley, with the rail
road commission, charging the Georgia
railroad with unjust discrimination In
freight rates oh the branch line of the
road -hot wren Waahlngton and Har
nett.
The Waahlngton Cotton Company al.
leges that they are charged a local rate
of 50 cent a per bale on each bale of cot
ton bought In the smaller towns along
the line of this road and shipped Into
Washington to be compressed and
billed out to the porta or (? Interior
mill points. They cite the case of
both Covington and Athens, where
there are competing railway lines en
tering these cities, and claim this add!-
itonal local rate la not charged. By
thla alleged discrimination In favor of
those cities that are not no unfortu
nate aa Washington In having only one
transportation line, they aaaert that be-
tw*een K.ooo and lQ.oDo bales of cotton
are diverted from Washington each
acnaon and the compress charges for
the name, at an average of 3:* cents
per bale, means the loea of fully H.ooo
ench season to the business Interests
of W.tnhluftou
The date for the hearing of thla pe
tition hna not been set by the commis
sion. but It Is expected to come up in
n very abort time. The results of the
hearing will be watched with keen In
terest here, as It materially affects the
business Interests of the city and ooun-
t>*
MRS. T. C. MURPHY
DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs T C. Murphy, the mother of
John K Murphy, the prominent capi
talist. dlexi suddenly Thursday night at
her residence. <5 Woodward avenue.
Mr*. Murphv nns the widow of the
late Timothy «\ Murphy, who was one
of Atlanta » pioneer ntlten* Mrs Mur
phy is survived l»y »nJ> one eon. John
K Murphy, who is at present spending
the winter at Kea Hteete, Fla. with
his family
The funeral arrangement* »,iU not
be announced until the arrival of Mr.
Murphy and hi* family from Florida.
Tobacco Bad
as Morphine
An Absolute "Stopper" for the
Brain-Killing, Nerve-Destroy
ing Tobacco Habit Has
Been Found.
Yeu Can Try It Absolutely Free.
The toll* 1*00 liehlt In n curse, end every
mail kuowa It. Home "smart kldn" don't
know It. Most tuen Would like to quit.
If they knew they could do it ••eesy,' 1
without causing them discomfort.
"Baay twQnlt" in n treatment that will
make the emoker nnd the eliewer Iihaolute-
l.v quit for good the use of toliaceo In nuy
form.
Burnt th* Brain lo Athss.
Ih'SSI to the anrfnce. Most toll
are the l««t ones in the rare for sun*eaa.
Ilualness men uuwada.ta are looking around
for men and boy* who are not tnlvsrvo
alatree—for • l»vtrheoded. atrong nened help-
era. who eati lie rellwl on.
It take* only tru inluntee for tobacco to
change Iho lx*at* of the heart. To keep
become so calloused that he smoke* lu th*
face of hts mother, stater, wife «r sweet
heart. "Kaay to gulf I* a Miration.
Mot hem. save the young smoker's brain,
he can not uo It liluiM’lf. When, slati-ra
eethearti. help save the tullnl. Iiodjr
A Trio of Favorites [
From the Law Bros. Co. Stores.
Law’s Special
Colors
Black
Nutria
Belly
Pearl
Gray Pearl
$3.00
Stetson
Belly
$5.00
Dunlap
Pearl
$5.00
Dunlap Derby
$5.00
Stetson Derby
$4.00
“Special” Derby
$3.00
tie d<
"Rasy-to-Oelt"
"stopper" for a...
n \egetnMe rettnMv.
potltlre. abaotutr
ny toiiacetf haldt It l«
lady ran gh
retly In food Hr drluk It I* harm
reaction or t*«l after ef.
less; leaves
ml It elope the haldt to stay atop.
FREE PACKAQE COUPON.
cud It __
f ... elienliitely ires, by mall.
In plain wrapper, a irtnl p*r*kafi> of
"Kasy-to-galt.' You will l»e thank
ful aa long aa yni live that yen did
It Addtena Ibsi'-r* |»ru< and t hem
I al « ... ICt Fifth sihI Race streefa.
ntiiluuill, Ohio
Hon of their
Mr. Smith Spsaka.
In pert. Mr. Smith said:
"A few years ago the transportation
companies were controlled by many
and varied Interests. Now they are
largely consolidated and seven Interests
control nearly three-fourths ef the en
tire railroad mileage of the United
States.
"These Interests may be designated
"Os syndicates under the following
names: Harriman, Morgan, Hill, Van
derbilts, Moores, Gould, Fontaylvanla
and Rockefeller. While they conflict
at times their struggles are In the
matter of acquiring properties; not In
the operation of properties and their
conflicts result not In better or cheaper
transportation, but In mors stocks and
bonds, upon which the public must fur
nish money tu pay dividends.
•The control of the railroads of the
country has passed from trained rail
road operators to bankers, who specu
late In railroad stocks. A notable re
sult of this condition Is a withdrawal
of authority from the local management
and local superintendents, the reduction
of salaries to those actually doing the
wofk of transportation, and the dwarf
ing of the power and capacity of the
men upon whose management the pub-
lb must immediately depend. To this,
at least In part. Is due the recent tend
ency toward a less efficient service.
Interests That Control.
The Interests controlling the rail
roads. as a rule, etudy the problem of
making Irrtmense fortunes at once out
of increased stock and bond Issues.
The right to earn a Just Income on the
tual Investment In the properties
does not Intorest them. They are care
less of the duties owed by the trans
portation companies to the public.
'The railroad properties of the United
States are capitalised at over thirteen
billion dollars. Careful estimates of
their actual values show them to be
worth less than six billion dollars. The
public, therefore. Is being called on to
pay excessive rates for transportation
to inake Interest and dividends on seven
billion dollars of watered stocks nnd
bonds. These bonds and atook* rest
like a permanent mortgage on the In
dustries of those engaged In the various
avocations of life.
"The public are entitled to a voice In
the charges which are made by the
railroad company for carrying passen
gers and freight. These charges must
tie reasonable and free from discrimi
nation.
Public Needs Protection.
The public must look to the state
end to the nation to protect their
rights. When we realise that over half
the stocks and bonds Issued by the
railroad companies of the United State*
are epeculattve. and not based upon
money actually Invested In the proper
ties. wt see how recklessly ths rights
of the public have been disregarded.
"Take as a single Illustration the re
cently disclosed manipulation of the
Chicago and Alton railroad. A few
years ago the liabilities upon stocks
and bonds of thla road were •13.fioo.ooo.
It passed Into the hands of what Is
known as the Ksrrlmsn syndicate, and
with ths touch of a demon's wand, the
liabilities of the rood Increased to
I126.««oo,0oo, and those In control seek
to burden the public to make Interest
und dividends upon this enormous In
crease of capitalisation.
in ths past few years performances
of this kind have been the rule. If the
money derived from the Increase of
stocks and bonds had been Invested III
the properties made liable for them, the
public would not today suffer from lack
of ample transportation facilities. In
stead of being so used. It has been put
Into thF pockets of a few many-time
millionaires, who have made their fab-
ul'ius fortunes at the expense of the
rights of their fellow dtlsens.
Only Nominal Reduction*. I
"While nominal reductions of rates!
have been about 14 per cent, change*
In cieealflcatlone have overcome the
nominal reductions. Railroad manage, j
merits of recent years have brought th* j
result of enormous overcapitalisation.:
and enormous net proflts. for the *yn-!
dlcstes of stockholders, with little h**t. !
ter facilities and no lower charges fir.
the public.
“Let us turn to your Immediate to-1
cnllty. Let us consider the rates from
Clnrlnnatl to Atlanta—your home and
mine. I Insist that the rates between
Cincinnati and points southeast are ex
cessive and an unjust hindrance to an
Interchange of business between your
city and the section from which I
come.
"Let us take as an Illustration of the
question under consideration, the rates
from Cincinnati to Atlanta. They are:
On first-class goods dr cents per IftO;
on second-class 81 cents; on third-
class 78 cents; qn fourth-class 13
cents; on fifth-class 52 cents, and on
ths sixth-class 4! cents.
"The rates from Richmond, Vo., to
Atlanta are 20 per cent less than those
from Cincinnati to Atlanta. Cincin
nati la 474 miles from Atlanta, while
Richmond 1*650 miles.
Competition by Water.
•The difference in these rates Is ex
plained upon the theory of water com
petition In rates from Richmond to At
lanta, but the railroads from Richmond
to Atlanta do business with h profit.
They pa? dividends on much more than
the legitimate cost of the road. Then
under the rule laid down by the su
preme court of the United State# the
roads from Cincinnati to Atlanta
should charge less than the roads from
Richmond to Atlanta now charge.
Tour failure to obtain legislation that
would protect your rights has been due
to the fact that the Influence of the
great transportation companies was
stronger than the tnfluem'c of the great
body of the people of the United
States.
T believe this overpowering Influ
ence has been due chiefly to thru#
things: First, the money put Into poli
tics by the great transportation com
panies and their allies. Becond. the
hired political agents who have ma
nipulated the machinery of both politi
cal parties, and w ho have infested state
legislatures nnd the national congress
In the Interests of the great corpora
tions. Third, the free pass system—
, Business Msn Partly to Blame.
"May 1 not nlso suggest that the
business men ore partly to blame for
this condition of affairs? They are too
a pari of the business of every Ameri
can dtlten. I do not mean office-hold
ing; but 1 mean n legitimate attention
to the affairs of his city, his atute and
his country.
"That there Is a trend of thought
more and more favorable to govern
ment ownership of transportation com
panies. I do not doubt. While there
are advantages as well as disadvan
tages to be derived from government
ownership of all the railroads, It Is
hardly mote than an academic ques
tion at present. Anything approxi
mating wholesale government owner
ship would be Impossible for many
yearn to come, and tht remedy Imme
diately before us must necessarily be
to perfect the legal Authority In prop
erly constituted agents to regulate and
control, and then to enforce througn
those agents the rights of ths public.
•Transportation comoanles should
not be permitted to load down their
properties with stocks and bonds for
speculative purposes. The railroad
commission should have ths fullest
power to compel proper facilities to be
furnished. Any effort by railroad com
panies to retaliate with a reduction of
service, or by cutting pay to em
ployees, should be met by severe per
sonal punishment to jhe guilty officers.
Evils of Injunction.
"One of the discouraging features
of the situation Is the careless exercise
of the power of Injunction by federal
and state Judges. If thla cannot be
limited by legislation. It Is to be hoped
that these officials will In future, at
least, fully hear the facts of a case be
fore they Interfere with coordinate
branches of government.
"Georgia owns a railroad from At
lanta to Uhatnnnoga. Tenn. It has
been a most profitable Investment, and
yet it can be used to protect the people
In matters of rates, for although the
state has leased the road, it has re
served the privilege even beyond state
borders to regulate charges of trans
portation.
"It Is most probable that this road
will be extended to a seaport, and
whether such a line as I have sug
gested from the lakes to the ocean and
the gulf is ever built. It Is well for
the owners of railroad properties to
understand that the rights of the pub
lic can be guarded, even to the extent.
If necessary., of. building auch a line
und operating It. ftraj 1<» pkV Interest
on the cost of constifuctIon. nnd then
to bring down excessive transporta
tion charges and to furnish better fa
cilities.
Rogd to th* flea.
"If Cincinnati ami Chicago, or the
•tales through which It would past.,
owned a railroad trom Chicago to Cin
cinnati nnd the state of Georgia ex
tended the Western nnd Atlantic rail
road so that It would reach from Chat-
tnnnoga to the ocean, these two roads,
operating a* allies, would command
^wvrtJhoes
•uch an enormous volume of buslne't
aa to vnabla tbem to dtetata rate, owl
the Cincinnati Southern from <"lncln-
natl to Chattanooga, and their powti
over transportation would enable then
lo uve millions of dollars to the penp:<
every year.
“If the trade rotations are to exlsl
between the aouth Atlantic and revert
Gulf stalea, and the territory slretititni
from fhem through Cincinnati to tli«
■reat lakes, which wilt advance tlx
business Interests of the dtsens thr»ux!
this treat aectlon. either the p<illr!e<
of the transportation companies mue
be revolutionised, or a railroad Hn»
owned and operated as 1 have suggyv.
ed. must be built to meet the neceesl<
ties of the situation.”
RITE LEGISLATION
STRONGLY OPPOSED
BY BOIROOF TRADE
Chattanooga. Tenn.. March IS. Tin
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce I
opiwsed to legislation against the mil
roads. At a meeting of that body Is,
night, strong resolutions against in
nutnsrous freight and passenger M«
of the etate, charging that thl« lexi«
latlon Is more harmful lo the ralli’—d
than benellclal to the public itt Urg<
were adopted. i
FRENCHCHAMBER ADJOURNS
AS RESULT OF DISASTEI
Peris. March IB.—President
In the chamber of deputies.
thanked the foreign government" :>[>
rulers for the message, of sympotn
they had sent upon the dlsn.tei •
Toulon, and the chamber then ailjmtrn
ed aa a mark of sorrow.
Con|)lie( with all requirements of the Natnoal Puts Food Law. Guarantee No. 2041, filed at Washington.
An old aoltfier writes about
ARIOSA Coffee: “ Your 'coffee
it the best and richest coffee 1 ever
drank since I left the service, from
'61 until 1 received your coffee
yesterday." A soldier knowi coffee
by the taMe, and the way it makes him
feel, and would sooner go without
his bread than without his coffee.
ArbucUes’ ARIOSA was the fint
packaged coffee, for
. <*
B ‘ n of coreumr __
pores of each berry sealed with
• coating of fresh eggs and pure sugar,
to hold the goodness b and make the
wffee settle clear and quickly. Better
than “fresh roast" Warming a
We develops the flavor and makes the
■Axfing easy. Our enormous coffee
business, exceeding the next four largest
firms b the world together, reduces our
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than al the other Coffee package*
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