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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
THE RAILWAYS AND THE PUBLIC;
PRESIDENT FINLEY, OF SOUTHERN,
TALKS TO SHIPPERS OF ATLANTA
Railroad Problems
Discussed by High
Official.
ENCOURAGEMENT
GREATLY NEEDED
Roads Must Have Credit if
Would Secure
Capital.
* Pre»M»nt W. W. Finley, of the
' Southern railway, who recently auc
the late Prealdent Samuel
. Spencer, delivered the principal ad-
' dreaa at the annual banquet of the
• Chamber of Commerce on Tuaeday
. nlctfl. Prealdent Finley 1 . addreee waa
• on "The Relation of the Rallwaya to
I the Public." and waa heard with the
1 cloeeet attention by the represent.-
tlve Atlantan, prevent, many of whom
were amimi the heavleet imtrona of
the are it t ayatcm. Mr. Flnley'a ad
. dreaa. In full, follow
f Ur. Tuaatairt.ter awl i
< ■ peer me to talk to ym _
lattona lietyeea the rallwaya an<t the pul
Yam tloaltlVm htreedy bttitw that thli
a aalipet to which I hare derntnl tr
. time aud attention. Cordial relatliHM with
the imade ahiuf tlielr lines have alwaya
tern dealred try the rallwaya. lamrlna aalde
I the qneathHi whether railway tuauatera In
the pan hare alwaya adopted Ike lost
i conrae to aerure eaeh relathtna. tt may In-
, i art-eided aa now admitted that the rail-
• way. of the ptveent amt of the fatare tauat
! ewltivata the «ood will and en-nperatlon of
! the aahhi. They tenet do thte liy the adop-
■ tlon ami prourahrattmi of eeonanalrally aad
! i camae-retally aouail prlnrlplea ae to the
I romlurt of their ttartoew. Their poller
• matt le one of frank ptdillftiy, In wblrh
I the people depen.lent on e railway ayatem
. fae tranapnrtalloa maat he token Inin Ita
coandem-e. They matt lie made oenutilntetl
with whet the rued le dome aatl with what
I It pmpnaea to do. They otuat know the
limitation, npon Ita alifitty to meet the
demand* mode npon It aatl tho dllflrutllea
* that atand In the way of eipanalon of Ita
- faftlltlea. and they mnet lie frankly Inform-
1 ed ef the miauna whteh compel (he adnp-
t tlon of imllijea that, nueiplnloed. mtiat
, peem to fie dictated tty eaprtra or Imlllfer-
■ enev. I rati heat develop thla aahjrrt liy
I iwtewlnc traaaportatlon rnndltlnni In the
! Heath im outllnln. the poller of the Month
.. ere Hallway Compear la dealt tip with aoait
For a clear underatamtln* of praeent
£ importation eondltlone la the Month end
the laatienitlve neeeaalty for the eaten-
a end Improvement of tout hern railway
‘ le nereaanry to take Into ma
ke wonderful ripaaalon of the
thla eerllnn dnrlna the peat
twenty-tire yea re. I ahall. therefore, re
view hrlrfly Ike Indnatrtal development of
tbe Houtbern atate# alma lkm with aiievlnl
' 1 of Ueorpla aud Ike
left-the Iwluetrlea
refetvnre to Ihn etete t
city of Atlanta.
The eloae of the war
f
©F 1
Hiw c
tlM» Mill r
thla aretton. which lo li ,
to lOilS |ht rrnt of tbe total for the
Ird mate*, had twqn practically H rat ray-
and lit ItCrt— year* after the close
the war—they amounted to lat M per
••eat of tin* total. Thera waa aoine Improve,
incut during the next «leeade, but not at
the rate of the advantv In other aee-
ttana. and In the pro|»ortlon of the
Moeth had fallen to «.S par real. In the
« de between IW» and 1»0 the real In
rial revival of thla aeetlan begiu. and
It baa been going on at ao ever lorreaalnt
rate alnee that time. The census report on
namtfarturea In 1W shown that the In
dustrial developmeat of Uie Houth In the
flea yearn followlme ifm ara« at a rate
•ever before equaled In the history of tills
•action. The value of the ontpnt of Mouth-
era faetorte* lu inft waa U per rent greater
“ of ad
lu lion, showing a rate
dvnnrr
•anted a large pereeatage.
- — Hl i, R |
. but haa
ii the front rank of the advancing
column, with un Increase In tbe value of
In the atate and ninny of tin
lilies eon tribal ed to thla progress. At
Iwtng at the head of an Increase
1*® and HMIMM In
MOltt
lantii „
over 421 per^eent slaee and 7*6
rent alnre lto». The renau* flgur
do not lui’lndf what are rlaaslfh-d
borbood Industries" or "hand trades." nor
do they Im-tode the values of anburlutn
•Mnnfartures. I am Informed that the total
▼nine of the manufacture of tha city mid
—f«hf )KM waa not less than liMH-
I5£
IPn.
._»• total value for
•Georgia lu that year. The population of
yonr city and suburbs la given In a recent
estimate at Itf.mn, an Incrtaae- of about 144
per eeot over 1W0. .
It la noteworthy that "the period of the
greatest Industrial and rommerrlal expan
sion In tbe Mouth bus lu*en eontempora noons
with the pertml In wblrh the rehabilitation
of tbe .railway lines of this aeetlou and
their amalgamation Into through systems
have Iteen aeeompllahed. I think that a
moment's reflection will eonrltire you that
this la hot a mere eolnHdence. but baa been
the logtral and Inevitable result of the
working of economic forces.
The tremendous energy of tbe Bontbern
rople. awakened by the shock of war and
„ie,establishment of new social and coin-
mete In I eoudltloua. could never have lieeti
developed If clreumscrtbed bv local limita
tions or confined to local markets. The ne-
caaslty nml the demand of the new life
of tbe Mouth wen* for au opportunity to
compete for romuien-lal sncceas nml sn-
preuincy, not lu the markets of n state,
but In tho markets of the world. The op-
|M>rftmltv could only Ih» afforded by means
of transportation that would admit them
Into these world markets under conditions
of fair competition. No brokeu lines of
‘ anspnrtatlnn. Interrupted at state lines or
upping nt nearby markets, would have
...ef this necessity. Mysteius of transpor
tation. strong and continuous from the
point of production to the most favored
and the most favorable markets of the
world, was an essential requirement of their
situation. In order for the energies of tbe
Month to apply themselves to the innuufie-
ttira of cotton roods, the railroads were
obliged to put their manufactured cotton
irodaots, not Into the liutne markets, but
nto the mnrkcta of the North and Weal
•nd Into those of Europe and the Orient.
In order for the Iron furnaces of the
Mouth to lie established, transportation of
their product wan neceamry. not to ue|glt-
tinring cities nor to newrby markets, but to
*> markets of the wogWi
It was thus n eondll
successful expression of tl .....
intelligence of the Mouthern people that
contluuoun linen of transportation rrneblng
on favorable terms to the markets of the
world should be established. It wus sn
economic necessity of the age. Tha fact
that the railroad managements of the Mouth
hava aeen ami met this necessity should.
I submit, be always remeintirred to tlielr
credit, and whataver may have l*ec> tlielr
shortcomings, this great achievement, ao es
sential to Ihn public welfare, should ucver
In- forgotten.
The Mouth's Industrial development could
..ot have proceeded sn far nor so fast with
out exteLSlva> systems of railway Iti the
Mouthern states under managements In tlmr
ough sympathy with tb* Uotim
nsjtlrnlions of Ita people.
i needs aud
ough
ml ... - r
You am nU more, or leas familiar with
the history of this railway development.
You know that before the war the roads
of tbla‘ section compared favorably with
those in nay other part of tbs Union. You
alto know that there was no etnas of prop
er! yl bar suffered mere during the war tlmn
did the mllwa>s of thla section. Alternately
weed and destroyed by tlrst one army ami
then the other, when tile war dosed they
had little left but their debts ami llidr
rights-of-way. The task of rebuilding and
of connecting these fedde, disjointed lines
with different gauges Into extensive stand
srd gauge systems capable of gltliig
who did not shrluk from tbe undertaking,
cm- of the chief among them Is-lng Unit
splendid dtlscu of Georgia, my Intmtibsl
predecessor, Mitnud Mpenecr. Hot for the
work done by these men and that being car
tied on today l»y their aucceasora. with the
aid of the energies and efforts of the people,
the Industrial development at the Mouth oil
auytblng like Its present scale would bare
been Impossible.
For carrying nnt this work large amounts
of capital were required. The Month needed
every ikdlar In thle section for the rehaldll
latloil of Ita farms wd Ita factories, t'spl
tal for the railways ha«l to lie raised In
large proportion elsewhere. This was done
through the ability of Mouthern men to con
vince the Investnra of the futnre of the
Month. Ily far the larger part of the capital
thus raised has l»e«*n paid out here lu tbe
In the purchase of ~4upjdles of alf^lnda
from Mouthern manufacturers to the extent
.... K.nith by provU.
Ing I letter transportation fadlltlea. the rail
wnya have drawn large amounts of ontolds
capital to this aeetlou. and. by their dla-
biirseiiieuta, hare atnrtdl It Auwlug through
the diannels of Mouthern trade. This proc
ess Is still golug on mid should coutlnuc for
rears to couie, for the presaln
Mouth today Is for IriMtcr au«
aim trans|Hirtatlou facilities.
trans|Hirtatlou—
. t ^ ..... ray has for aale,
The Houth now haa rates that enable Mouth
cm producers to market their products lu
widely separated home and foreign markets
on such terms that they ran compete suc
cessfully with similar products from other
bN-alltlca. but It haa not the means of iuov
lug those products to market as promptly
as Is deslhibte. Every skipper wants low
rates, but when rates are so low as to en
teritis nt least ns favorable ns those of bis
competitors, prompt aud efficient service
becomes of more Importance than rats re-
dnetlon. Freight rates In tbe Tutted Mtatea
are tbe lowest In the world, and, In many
cases, when compared with the value of the
eomiiMMllty transported, are Inappreciable.
TW- Imperative need of the Mouth tmlay la
Improved transportation service, and the
margin of profit Is now so low that any
material reduction of rates would Impair
cnrulugs and credit. In the nature -of
things, the Mouth can not have both lower
rates and In-tter sen lee. The choice must
In* made lN*tw*ecn the two, and I nui sure
that the Intelligent business men of this
section will sgicc with me that linn
facilities an- more urgently needed than
miv reduction In chargrs.
Unless the prosperity of the country Is
to In- retanbal large sums should be ex
pended for railway extension aud Iwtler
incuts, nml the funds needt-d must In* ob
tained from private Investors. In the early
days of railway construction- when com
munities were vicing With each other to
secure roads, goreruinental Hid In various
forms was given by the nation, by the
states, and by municipalities. In almost
e'ury state tills policy was pursued to a
greater or less extent, some of the states
l cities going so far ns to undertake the
in*rshlp and o|N*ratloii of railway lines,
•fitly experiments lu governmental
• the
the
here satisfactory, either
» who had to fimt the bills
of transportation, aud all
been wild or leased lo prl
>• The day of state aid to
I lilted Mtates luts passed.
these Hues hn\
\ ale corporal lo
railways In tin
but the m-cesslty f«»r railway ronstructloh
which gave rise to It still continues In the
Mouthern states. The money that must In*
supplied will have to In- furnished by prl
Hub*
Shall accord
•tree of protection under the laws that Is
ratten to Investments In nil other kluds of
property. We must not overlook the fact
that the Investment of capital for oilier
pur|toscs very often df|H-nds on the exist
ence or promise of traiis|airtntlon facilities
The great lend lu the economic situation
nt the Mouth todny Is that Its iMstple— not a
few here mid there, but thst the whole poo
tide should rfeogliUe the fuel that the pe
; ibsl .if rnllroiid construction has not passed.
| but l(iat there Is ns much need of eiieour
iwpunent -not now In tbe slin|H- of nnsurtsl
i<rt»tilrlbt|tiniis. but In tbe moral favor bud
• support of the pnhltc—a* there ever was to
railroad enterprises. Former generations
rsMircd the Inilldlug of railroads aud the
slugle track ralln-ads or the Mouth are the
result. Thev wen* adequate for their time,
but the enlarged energies and productive
capacity of the |*coido now can no louger
be adequately served by existing facilities,
and enlargement and Improvement of exlat-
Ing facilities an- ns mueh needed now In
the Inten-st of the people ns the establish
ment of mllmnda fifty ycara ago. This en
Inrgvuicitt and Improvement of faellltlM can
only In* erentiNl If the puldle purpose Is fs-
vorable sud the public seutluicut. conlltl and
eoNiperatlve.
The extent of the Investments In railway
property already made lu this section can
In-Ft In- realised by vvmpartson with gov
ernmental expenditures for river and h*r-
l*or Improvctnetits .and for Federal build
ings. The total railway capital Invested lu
roads south of the INdouuie and Ohio and
east of the Mississippi amounted on June Jfi.
156. ncrordliig to the Interstate commerce
eommlsslon figures, to ll.C77.OTS.C71. It can
be demonstrated that thla sum. vaat as It
Is. falls far Abort of representing the total
amount that has acnally hecu put Into
railways In this section.
Hut compare these figures with the total
expenditure* for rlv*rs and harbors, cred
iting this section with one-half the amounts
^ r-spender! on the Mi«sl«w||ip|, Us Totouiac
| the Ohbv-lsnimUry stresias. The tout,
from the earliest appropriations to the
present day. lueiuding the large amounts
rxrrterl hy the Idll that has just passed con
gress. Is onle fl44.tr>?. IM, All expenditures
c.n public buildings lu this section fraiu the
foundation of the government, Ifrlndlng the
pureksoe of sites, erertbm of bwlldlnga. and
annnsl repairs, amount to nuly t7l.Clg.ClC.
These figures show tiuit the railways of this
section have cost nearly twelve tlmM as
oim-h as all river aud tisrlior Itaprov smeats
re than Tl times as tow b as public
Has Cured Others |
Why Not You?
No kick woman can fail to Se fntemkd fn the experience, of
others of bet iex, particuUrlf when their ttotf girt* her good
new. that she had thought perhaps never to hear.
Thousands of rick Indies have written to say that Wine of
Gudui has cured them of all their womanly ills.
Why not you?
“I was rick from female troubles, for 8- yean," writes Mrs.
Maggie Van Horn of Revere, Minn. “I had ptCMing down
pains and yatn't able to do anything. I could not eat or sleep,
and got io weak I could not be up. I often wished I could die.
I doctored for five years without relief, till at last, after 1 had
riven up all hope, I began to take Wine of Cardui. The firet
bottle Ktmed to help, ao I kept on taking it and now I am fat
good health. I advise all sick women to take Wine of Cardui
for their female troubles, for it it a sure cure." Foe h.ck.chf,
headache, irregularities, pain, distress and general female weak,
ness, Cardui is strongly recommended as a cafe and reliable
home treatment. For Sale by all druggists in $( bottles.
IRH BOOK til'll
MwSaaasai
KnouaXaTonu.
U
/Vine of Cardui..
of private r.tplfg! for the ronatrnrtion aud
operation of rallt ' "" - “ "
of puldle money
livers and harls
contrast. tN-|areeu ... -
earrlera hy water ami carriers hy rail. Tha
carrier tnr outer not only pays nothing
for hit Ingliwuy. but the people of the
country tux themsidves inllllous of Uollgra
annually for Ita
tennnee. ...
vehicle nml II — -
nor Federal regulation ss to bis charges or
his treatment of his customers. The carrier
by railway, «>u the other hsud, must con
struct bis own highway at enormous ex
iienae, must pay taxes to atate. county
and municipality, and la lielng subjected
to <*oustantfy lurreaolug governmental su
pervision aud regulation.
I Mi not understand me aa criticising the
attitude of the government toward river
and bar I Mir Improvements, for I nin heartily*
lu favor of the improvement of every Houtb
ern harbor and of every uavtgabte stream
of tho Houth. Neither do I criticise the reg-
ulatlou of railway transportation by law,
so far as such regulation la necessary to
aaaure equality of treatment and prevent
unreasonable or exorbitant charges, and It
lo possible thst tMt degree ot regulation
might advantageously ha extended to ear*
rlera hr water. What I do contend for la
a popular understanding of tha fact that
rail transportation la. If poaalble. more In
to n community In tr— —"
hese times
IN I
•nlv In tbe fall
f, twit
uulMtuuded fnllb,
le Mouthern |wopic. —
ly to realise their own beat Interests,
aud I believe when once they understand
tbe Interdependence of the railways and of
to regulate rallwaya may prove to Im an
obstacle to their extension and devlopment
and may tend to make worse Instead of let
ter the condltloua sought to lie remedied.
An example of .thin la legislation propdo-
Ing to Impose penalties for failure to sup
ply ears or to perform other services, with
out regard to whether such failure la the
result of wtlfnt negligence. Just at thla
time, owing to the tremendoue AXpausloa of
tbe business of the country, the demand for
cars Is lieyond tbe capacity of tbe rail-
ways and tbe ear builders to supply, and
some states propose, by oo-ealled "reclpro*
p * lows ■* “■ *
cal demurrage”
i and tb
«ltkm of
rallwaya In favor of shipments wholly with
In the tiordera of the state. It must l>e
apparent that tho Inevltabla readt of this
Avoid
Appendicitis
It it caused by the clostoing of the
bowels and intestines. Keep the di
gestion active, the atomach right,
the bowels healthy and open with
Beecham’s
Pills
Sold Everywhere. In boxea 10c. and Be.
\GRAND
Matin,, Today—Tonight.
MR. JOHN CORT PRESENTS
MAX FIGMAN
The Foremost Comedian of tho Amert
run State, In Harold Mearath’a
THE MAN ON THE BOX”
Night, 25c to tl-60. Matinee, 25c to $L
Hale Now on.
will lie to bring about ft compel It Ion of
griN-I and rivalry lietweeii the states to
mn- which ran Impose tbe heaviest in-usI-
lies and
md r
•very
, p
tbe largest supply ot cars
... prompt service, and that
penalty Imposed for fsllurr to do tbe
lm|Misall»le, must rxNluee tbe ability oi tbe
rood to secure more cars and other ueed-
rd In-iferments. It must also U- apparent
that such a pollry Is In direct violation
of the common law rule f — 1 r
crimination, which has been I
out pels
nation
m ibe
.. , es aud
agalnat Interstate traffic. Thla la a mat
ter of great Important- to tbe people of
Georgia, for liy far tbe larger proportion
of tbe shipments originating In thU state
are carried across state lines, ao that, while
a penalty law In Georgia more severe than
those In other states might compel uloerita-
t ii it t ton lu favor of sblpmeuts within tbe
atate. It would be detrimental to Georgia
business Interests as a whole.
Advocates of this legislation contend that
It la unjust to compel a shipper to pay
demurrage charges when ho bolds a c*Mm*.
yood tbe time for loadlug or nr
while tbe railway can not ue com;
where demanded.
kiet olir
iblpper
that does not In-lops
reasonable charge for
rrier
luvatvea two eft-
jo. The obHgatlon
_ surrender property
to him nr to |mv a
Ita use. The obllga-
and Its oelf-lntereats
Thursday, March 21, &00 P. M.
Christian Science
Lecture
by
BICKNELL YOUNG, C. 8. B„ member
Hoard of Lectureahlp. Mother Church,
lloaton, Maaa. Seat. Fraa—All are Wei
coma.
Friday and Saturday-UatlnM Batnrday
John p. nhorru co. iinc.) offers
■run COMIC OPERA 81CCEH8,
THE YANKEE CONSUL
With Harry Mwrt and a Splendid Company.
Night 25c to ILK). Matinee Sc to tl.tt.
Bala Now Open for tbe Appearauce
. FUIHAY. APRIL 6.
MARCELLA
SEMBRICH
(From the Metrepomaa Opera Hoorn. S. T.)
Prlree ,1.00. C OO end MO).
BIJOU
Tonight—Mallnee Thureday.
Firat Tima al Popular Price*.
“A MESSAGE
FROM MARS"
Next Week
-AT CRIPPLE CREEK."
tlon upon the can
are to farnllh fscumrs lor irmNiurisuuu
without discrimination up to Its utmost ca
pacity to do go. Demurrage charges, while
they fall upon tho ludlrldmri shipper who
holds cars over time, are lit the Interest of
tho great body of shippers, as It la their
purpose to preveut tin* conversion of cars
from their true use ss vehicles Into wars
houses aud to enlarge the annply of cars
available for aU shippers. These charges
are not remunerative to tbe railways, for,
taking latn consideration depreciation. In
terest charges and the earning rapacity of
a car. It ran In- shown that a road loses
money every day that a ear Is being held
by a shipper aP present demurrage rates.
In this matter and othsm which It Is
the relations between the railway aatl thosa
ra imports tlon from It should eon-
... the well-eatahtlahed business rule*
that govern commercin', transactions of all
kinds. There seems to In- an Ides In the
minds of some that tbe business of trans
portation by roll Is no different from all
other farms of human activity, and that
the railway corporation Is so different from
all other business concerns that they
should be hedged shoot with restrictions
** * mixed as lielng fatal
ndlvldanl or corpora'
„ her business.
A railway corporation Is an organisation
engage,I lu the production and selling of
transportation aud differs from other cor-
iioratlona generally lu that It requires a
Jarger amount of capita! for the creation
and operation of Its plant than la needed
In moat oilier lines of business. Kxartly
like any other bnstnesa enterprise. Its cap
ital can only be secured If those seeking In
vestments rah Ik- n-asorably sure of a fair
retorn, and tis business cun only In* con
ducted sneceasfuH) and ;Jto~gacllltlea ex-
the people should realise thst effl
dent*railway service Is necessary for their
own advancement and that the railway*
should not be put In a position where they
may simply be tbe prey of those seeking
selfish ends. It Is equally ln»|»ortnnt that
railway owners and innnngem should under-
stand that the prosi*crl|y of n railway can
In- |M-rtnaneut only when It la bnllt on the
solid foundation of prosperous communities
and when It enjoys the good will of all tho
■ whom It i “ •"
,.jrt of evt
prealdent to the — .... ---- -
lng. a xeslou* devotion to hla duties and
that I am determined to have observed
the lines of the Mouthern railway, aud. nt
n recent gathering of representatives of
‘ ‘ “ sitter departments
y. I outlined cleat.*
all Its officials and
comi r —.
reived many letters commending my view
aa to the relations that should exist l«-
tween the Toads and the nubile. Among
these letteik are one from Mecretsry of tie
HI 118 »1V8»* «* ... — ..
Is In Its dealings with the pnbllo. Is from
Judge George \V. Gage, of the circuit court
of Mouth Carolina. It Is aa fr“
..uuacr, VI faery miner, of every
manufacturer, aud of every nun In business
along Ita lines. The farmers' crop Is of no
vdluc to him unless It ntn reach a market.
priNlactlou, aud efflclcut
mediate locality,
aarr to complete
and prompt tniusport
the turturr aa fertile fields, aud to the man
ufacturer at an efficient plant. It I*, there-
fort*, to the Interest of every one !u every
community to co-operate la orery way pos
sible lu every effort to bring Its traaspocta-
thru lines to a higher atata of efficiency
and to enable them to perform more and
licttcr service. Here again Is n reciprocal
obligation, and It la the duty of the railway,
as It la also to Its advaatage, to eld lb tbs
building up of tbe communities along Its
lilies. They moat Ik- assured that commer
cial and transportation condltloua will per
mit. The official* of the road, with tbe op
portunity for a broad vlaw of tbe commerce
and Industries of the country, must lie on
the constant lookout for opportunities to
Introduce new ludnatrlea In tbelr territory
aud to •uMrftr tha markets of those al
ready lo operation. 1
-tan principle baa lieea arted upon by tbe
Mouthern Hallway Compauy since Ita organ
isation. One of the first acts of Mr. Kpeu-
cer waa the creation of a land and Indu
nil tha people nloug the line <
Individuals. Its services have always lieeu
at the disposal of evenr state, municipality,
?gnnlsatlou, or. Individual aud have been
Iven without charge of any kiwi. It '
recent utterances before yonr eninloj ,.
dleve—that I have determined
>lt? Judges a railroad corpora-
Atlanta. I lielleve-that
to ao say to .x
"A com muni
tlon by the treotment It Is accorded by the
road’s agent there. If railroad agents In
aulHvrdlnnte places would treat tbe public
like a storekeep«'r <Ioe« when tha public
enters a store, the public would rapidly
grow to regard kindly the railroad com
pany. I am sure the average railroad agent
does not realise how much good and how
much harm he can do hla principal. Yours
truly.
iHIgnedl "GEORGE W. GAGE.”
Judge Gage la right. A railway Is s store
keeper with transportation for sale. If Iti
business Is to lie successful It must lie man
aged much the-same aa that of a store
keeper who has other commodities for sale.
A reputation for fair dealing and for Ibe
absolutely equal treatment of all custom
era It as neceaaary to the lastlug success
of the seller of transportation aa It la to
the seller of dry goods or groceries. It
la true that the buyer of transportation Is
often limited to one seller, while the buyer
«f dry goods or groceries can go to x
rival store across Tbe street, hut. In the
lou,
tbout charge ol __
N*en a direct benefit to tbe 8outh and haa
benefited the railway only ludlrectly
through tbe building up of the localities
traversed by It. It naa tieen conducting a
great educational work. and. In orasou and
out of oeaooa. It has been bringing the ad
vantages and opportunities of the Mouth to
the attention of Investors, home-seekers
a mau of Industry or a man with large or
small capital can find In tbe Mouthern states
are better understood today, both In tha
Northern states and In Europe, than ever
liefore. Every man Induced to locate on a
Nonthern farm or lit a Southern factory be
comes a missionary and assists In briar*—
more from where he came, ao that
results of this work arc cumulative awl are
yearly becoming more and more apparent.
The Interest taken by the Houtberu states
lu securing desirable Immigration Is wel
corned by tbe Mouthern railway, and wc
stand ready to co-operate In this work to
the extent of our ability. In oar co-opera
tion with the states, as with Individuals,
It tuts Ik-tii and will continue to be our uni
Ity to go to that locality. It never has
Inn-u, nor will It 1n», our (Nillry to endeavor
to settle In stiy community it class of people
not desired by those who are already then-.
In this work the managers of tht-*road art-
uot thinking of the Immediate returns from
tlon umy seem to In- the Imlldlng up of In
dustrial towns and distributing eenters, Imt
the work done for the fnrmlng eomniunltb-s
la at leaat equally Importaut, especially
when the lnter-dci»eudew-e of towft and
country are nmsldered and It Is rememlN-r-
t*d thst a well-settled rural district Is a
constant aotm*c of tabor supply for the
town and furnishes customers lor Its shop*
and that a prosperous town affords n home
market for a large proportion of the prod
ucts of the nelghlMtring farms.
lu this connection 1 may well refer to
the revolution In Houtheni r
Is now In progress and that
Missllde by Improved trausi
•"DPlj-lu*_M*i »‘Hh OMUtaatlj grin.In,
lioui- market, that artre formerlr Vrnii.l
A crurrelloti ago ■ Flo-- ■
uuge ni a Imurjr la nunr pari, of tn.
I ailed Hl.il,-a. earl/ frail, and erretn.
Iile, for Nurilirru market, were grown lu
hot bonae, and wild at Mire, that mil iin iu
iM-roud t.e reach of all Inn the arealthr.
rodajr Florida oraagea rau be iuiuglir ail
orer the North, nml earl, Houtbern tegw.,.
Idea nud beniea aad Georgia iieai he. .mil
wairnnetoaa bare I’ooie to be reganlul „
almoat neeeaaarlea of Rfe aad eon Tie Ihojsih
Ilf Ibe worklngmau of Boatoa nr min,mi
buy tbe hot houae pri
few >e
Houib. Thla reeult baa heea Ur
almut by the derofcmneat of
Iranaportntlon. aud If there la ol
jredae
ago. The retail la that tbe North la ,
tnliutlug inllllonaof dollara aarb year to
■ rower, of
rgely brouslit
. _ through rail
uaportntlon, aud If there la one inn who,
wore than any otbar, la ettally I
lu eearytblug that wUI coutrtlmm lo the
Improvement of tbe railway ayatema of ihia
aeetlou be la a Southern farmer.
I have apokea at leagtb of tbe eonnei tloa
betareen railway dereiapateat aad eounuer-
ehil derelonoieut aad ot the rhaiarter of 4
railway lu Ita deuUoga with bayera «f trail*-
port a tlon awl hava explained the attitude
of the Houtbern Hallway Company so fully
because I l*llcrr that the Interests of ii**
railways nud of tbe public are ao Intimately
Interwoven that the moat lni|»ortaut work
that can be dona today la tbe brltigin| -
alMiat of closer rdntloua of uiutusl l*-*-i
will ami c-operation between them. I
lleve that It Is my dnty lo tbe ralhvay »
gle dealing t _
tribute' to this work to tha heat of tny
ability, bveanoe I am canvluccl that the
prosperity of thla section as it whole
of ,-acb commnntr * ‘ "
|»euda n|N)u tbe
of all questions
clUtiea. I have
‘•option of a rail
business Institution. _
economic aud commercial 1
the conduct of baalnera of all other kinds,
and to direct attention to the danger of
legislation that may lumper railway devei-
* »*—• *—-— Id serv-
ir
development of Indus!
inortn
•trial
lively south of the tiorder stntes. nml when
few farraera thought of marketing any-
thing but cottou. The tynutheru fanner atlll
tons almost n complete monopoly of the
cotton production of the world, bt *
mil be Is
farming. Tha Hoathern towns are
dty and tndlxidnal In It d«-
s Just sod proper solution
•lr«Nrtlnff transportation fa-
tried to make plain my con-
opuieot or compel discriminations
I'reoent tsndeociet In
lilies sr#
_Jocall
toward nndcrtaklng to ragalats all the tie-
tails of tbe business of transportation by
rail by otatnte law* regard leas of whether
or not the stntutaa come Into cooflb t with
the Immutable laws of economics ami trade.
This Is not n new proposition, and lessons
ao to the futility of attempting It muy l»
* * t, ‘* f the |Mst. Ever
learned from the hli
alnee the day when IBS tSinnte’st«NN| u|m
Hie coast of Britain awl forliade tho tide to
rise there have been men who have indie* ed
that tbe laws of nature nod of economics
could he repealed or modified by leglslsthc
acta. Attempts bare been made to tlx lo
Inw tbe prices of commodities and the
tvage^of lalmr and to prescribe lmp«»sslhie
conditions for the coudnct of hnalness. but
every such attempt has ewled In failure,
and thr failure baa geserally Inn-ii attendeil
with conseqnencea more disastrous tli;io
the wetting of the royal rul»ea that followed
King t'anme'a mandate to the tide.
.The transportation problem rau not
■olved lu prejudice or psaalmi or In
tnlaumlerstaudlng of the condlttou* tUst
surround It. Its Jnat solution calls for m**«l*
era tlon and Justice on tbe part of tin* i*ro-
■ le and n fall underatamllng and coopers-
Ion iN-tweeu our atate and national govern-
menta and the rallroatlo. In such an effort
to work out omVesafully the problem, wlilro
I* the greateat buolncsa and governuic-iitsl
problem of the times and which can only to
solved on principles of construction, and not
deal rut tlon, and In full recognition of tie*
high and Jnat purposes of ImiHi aides. n»av
Go*l 8|nnn| the rallronda and the people ef
the great athte of Georgia.
One word In conclusion. It has heema*
imnular to discredit the purposes of tb-
rullrond manager. Wbfltever he announce,
a |Ndley luteniled to Improve the relations
between tbe carriers ami the public nui
founded upon broad and Just principle*-,
there are those who question his slun-rlM.
Au effort la made to make of him a tliti'g
fi|*art from the goo»| awl patriotic men or
the community. I appeal again"! am h *
aeiitlroent to the aenas of right aud Justb-e
of the Americau people. We. who arc ‘•till
ing to Improve condition* and to perform
well our nubile duties, must l*e admit t-»l «•»
your confidence and uphold by your cuej ur-
ngcuicnt. The task at beat la ham. H'*
conditlona that surround us are most trying.
We can only succeed If tbe sincerity and
honesty of our pnrpoaca are recofnl«c-l nr
tbe people, xml we are upheld liy their gen
erous favor and co-operation.
_ »he mind of every railroad man.
for tbe railway can no more afford to per-
wit pa a* raters ami shippers to lie dealt
with unjustly or to lie treated dtaeonrteoax-
ly than the merchant can allow hla clerks to
treat Ms rnstomers with Incivility. In
truth, the fhet that • Imyer of t reus port a-
tbm often baa no ebolce lie tween oellera
*hst be abenhl
lie treated with ronobleratlen.
While II Is tnra. as Jmlge Gage polats oat.
that a railway la a merchant with trans
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