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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. ' ™" r ' 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 SOLO IN SEALEB PACKAGES ONUT- FDR YOUR PROTECTION average cost pet pound, and enables m to give you better coffee for T 01 * money than you can buy in any other way. Then are mote packages °f ARIOSA sold b the United Suw than al the other Coffee package* r, WIIIC K HroY-iO* If your