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Opposes Extension of ‘Freight Carry
ing’ by Government Because He
Fears Federal Ownership of Rail
roads and Rise of MaitOrder Houses.
Thomas W. Hardwick gave out a reply Saturday'night to
Governor Slaton’s card of last Sunday, in which the Congressman
defends and explains his position on the eurrency law, the; parcel
post and the State equalization law.
Mr. Hardwick says frankly that he oppcses any further ex
tension of the parcel post, but states that he would not, ifgelected
Senator, move the rgpga:l‘ of the presegfiwifl
His card, in part, follows:
In his card of last Sunday Mr. Sia
ton made a touching, though unnec
essary, defense of working people,
such as clerks, from my savage as
saults. This appeals to my sense of
humor. I have not had a very easy
time in life, and I expect I have far
more sympathy for tne working peo
ple of Georgia, and am in much closer
toueh with them, than Mr. Slaton
ever has heen or ever can be. The
“hirelings” to whom I referred were
the political henchmen of Mr. Slaton,
who seem to have been employed to
make silly attacks on me, for which
their employer escapes responsibility.
Mr. Slaton's deep solicitude in be
half of the party, the State and the
country over my absence from Wash
{ngton just at this juncture is equally
touching and almost equally disin
terested, No doubt, he prefers that I
should be in Washington, or almost
anywhere else except in Georgia, just
now. Let me reassure him on one
point: I am neglecting no duty I owe
at Waghington in order to prosecute
thie campalgn. In the early stages
of the campaign, while the House was|
in general debate, under an order
fixing a day certain for voting on the
anti-trust bills, I came to Georgla
and began the active and regular
p{osecutlon of my canvass. When the
time fixed for voting on these bills
arrived, I suspended my canvass, re
turned to Washington and helped pass
the bills.
In this connection let me inquire of
Mr. Slaton how the State of Georgia,
with its Legislature in session, man
aged to stagger along without ship
wreck in the absence of its great
Governor last Monday while he was
making a political address to the vot
ers of Bartow County, or on last
Wednesday while he was making a
speech to the editors of the weekly
rewspapers at Commerce, Ga.? Also,
how can he find time to get away
from the Capitol with the Legislature
in session to make political addresses
alone, and still find no time for the
joint discussion that his conduct and
cards invited?
What of the parcel post and the 's
sue on that question that Mr. Slaton
thinks he raises with me?
In the spring of 1909 a number of
representatives of the Farmers’ Union
held a conference with a number of
Southern and Western members of
Congress. At that conferénce I was
present by invitation. I suggested
that we fight for a rural parcel post —
one confined to the rural routes. Tie
express companies gave service to
every part of the country except to its
rural sections, though their rates were
much too high. No private agency
could be devised to serve, generally,
the rural sections of the country.
After some discussion, thig was, I
think, generally accepted, and in ac
cordance with it I first tried to i;t an
amendment considered in the House
in connection with the postoffice ap
propriation bill to try an experiment
al parcel post, on the rural routes,
just as we had established, in the be
ginning, an experimental rural frea}
delivery system. The amendment I
offered was ruled out on a technical
point of order under the rules. |
Present Law Compromise. 1
Subsequently, under legislation en
acted in 1913, we have establlshed‘
the present. parcel post system, di
viding the country into elght zonell
and fixing the postage on parcels ac
cording to the distancé transported,
with a weight limit of 50 pounds omn
local business, not to be carried more
than 150 miles, and with a weight
limit of twenty pounds on all pack
ages to be transported more than 150
miles. Such is the present law. As
is true, in most cases, it was the re
sult of compromise between extreme
and conflicting views. |
Frankly, this was a greater ven
ture upon the business of transport
ing freight for hire than I wanted to
see this Government make, but it was
so much more reasonable and mod
erate a proposgition than nrany sub
mitted that I made no special effort
to defeat it, and since its establish
ment have made no effort to repeal
it. I have no plan or purpose to at
tempt its repeal if elected to the Sen
ate, because I am willing to accept it
as a compromise, for fear that we
may go further and do worse. 1
shall, however, oppbse any extension
of the system beyond its present
limit for the following reasons:
His Reasons.
1. We have already given the farm
ers the rural route parcel post serv
ice that they are entitled to and that
will give them this service that they
can obtain in no other way.
2. Because I am a sound Democrat,
and believe that the one and only
business in which the Government
ought to engage is the business of
governing. I am opposed, on princi~
ple, to the Government engaging in
the dry goods business, the grocery
business, or even the business of car
rying freight for hire.
3. If the Government embarks, on &
large scale, in the business of trans
porting freight for hire in connection
with the malils, it will be certain to
impede, obstruct and delay the prompt
carriage and dellvery of the mails—
the result will be that we finally will
“get our mail by freight, and our
freight by mail.”
¢. If the Government is to embark,
on a large scale, in the business of
transporting freight for hire, whether
at a profit or at a loss, the inevitable
result of the enterprise will be that it
must acquire and operate the agen
cies of transportation. In other words,
it must take over and operate the
railroads of the country. The Gov
ernment ownership and operation of
the railroads is, to my mind, fraught
with so much peril, both to, our Gov
ernment and our country, that I can
not contemplate the possibility with
complacency or acquiesce im\any step
that leads to that result.
Mai! Order Houses.
5. If ;the Government establishes a
parcel post system with a large
freight limit, say of 100 pounds, or
even of 250 pounds, as some of its
most rabid and radical proponenta
urge, then the imevitable and unes
capable tendency will be to concen
trate the mercantile business of the
country into a few large cities'in the
hands of a few great mail order
houses—a large clags of our citizens
will be deprived beth of their means
and opportunity to earn a livellhood,
without compensatory results to the
general public that would Jjustify
such a radical and reckless upsetting
of the business conditions of our
State and country.
For all of these reasons, while I do
not propose:a destruction of the pres
ent parcel post, with its twenty
pound limit on all except loeal busi
ness, I certainly do oppose any fur
ther extension of the system.
1 suspect that Mr. Slaton has
stumbled head foremost into a far
bigger 4ssue than he anticipated. His
cards, so far, do not indicate a very
profound or accurate knowledge of
the merits of the questions. I belicve
his purpose wa® to seek votes at my
expense by attempting to excite the
‘prejudices of one class of our citi
zens, and most unjustly, against me.
If I do him injustice, however, and
he really wishes to take serious is-
Fsue with me on my views and posi
tion in this matter, I am prepared to
give battle. In that event, since I
' have stated my own position and
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HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1914
M[SS FERN HALLIAN.?
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Boston heiress, who eloped
with Louis FEisman, the
family chauffeur. Both were
arrested in Portland, Maine.
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views, and accurately, let me ask
him a few questions.
1. Does Mr. Slaton favor any ex
tension of the present parcel post
gystem? '
2. If so, to what weight limit on
‘parcels that travel over 150 miles?
Would he go 250 pounds, to 100
poundg, to 50 pounds, or where?
3. Does Mr. Slaton favor the zone
system, or the flat rate system?
4. Does Mr. Slaton, in his new
horn progressive zeal, favor the Gov
ernment ownership and operation of
railroads?
5. In what campaign, national or
State, did Mr. Slaton ever champion
the cause of progress or reform, or
ever support a progressive candidate,
unless it were after nomination?
6. Was his tax act born of his re
cently developed love of the farmer?
7. Is he trying to cuddle and be
fuddle the farmer on this parcel post
matter to make up to him for the in
jury he has done him with the tax
law, or does he really love the far
mer more and the merchant less? Or
is his one true love the mail order
‘house?
THOMAS W. HARDWICK.
CAAUFFEUR AND
HEIRESS ELOPE,
CHE'SFORGIVEN
Father of Eighteen-Year-old Girl,
However, Threatens to Prose
cufe Her Companion.
BOSTON, July 18—The curtain
Has fallen abruptly on the romance
of Fern Halllan, the winsome 18-
year-old helress of Hull and Arling
ton. and Louis Eisman, the Hallian
family chauffeur, who eloped from
“the movles” in Hull on the night of
July 1 and were captured In Port
land, Maine, on June 4. .
Fern and her sweetheart say the
curtain will rise again and they will
yet be-married and live happily ever
afterward. James Halllan, Fern’s
tather, a millionaire of Huil, declares
that the little drama 1s ended “for
Keeps.”
In the meantime Fern has been
forglven and taken home. Eisman
has been locked up in jail charged
with abduction. Mr. Hallian declares
that he will prosecute him.
Determined to Wed.
The locks that hold fast the iron
doors of a jail are not the kind love
{s supposed to laugh at.’ However,
both the young people are hopeful.
“I want to marry Louis,” said Fern
to-day, “and I will marry him some
how, somewhere.”
“Of course, 1 love her,” said Blis
man, smiling from between the bars
of his cell. “I want to get married to
her right away. Whatever the kid
says is all right.”
While Miss Hallian was at & mov
wng picture show in Hull with Mrs.
Baxter as chaperon, Eisman sent in
word he wished to see her. Fern
whigpered to Mrs, Baxter that she
wished to step outside and “speak to
Louis a moment,” Mrs. Baxter didn't
cbject, and Fern did not come back.
She and her sweetheart took the
train for Portland, where they put up
in an apartment house. Upon her
mysterious disappearance her father
offered a reward for her, and a police
‘hunt was begun that enlisted the in
terest of all New England.
Caught by Mother Love.
It was Fern's longing to quiet her
mother's fears that led to the arrest
of the elopers. When the girl step
red to the telegraph window in Port
iand and sent Mrs. Halllan a message
not to worry, the operator recognized
her from her picture published in the
newspapers and notified the police.
The police informed Mr. Hallian by
wire of the arrest of the couple, and
the millionaire hurried to Portland
;\‘{l!lh Chief of Police Reynolds, of
ull.
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Excellent Programs Arranged for
Sunday Free Concerts at
Grant and Piedmont.
Modern classics, older selections
that are well beloved, together with
much of the sprightly dance music of
to-day, are included in the attractive
programs for the free open-alr con
certs at Grant and Pledmont Parks
Sunday. The programs were arranged
by C. E. Barber, director of the city
park concerts, who will conduct the
Piedmont Park band. The concerts
will be given from 4 to 6 o'clock.
The prograin at Grant Park will be:
March, “Pass in Review",.....Bafranek
Overture, ‘“Trumpeter of the Fort,"
Gruenwald
Selection, “Carmen’ ..............Blzet
Mexican dance, “Maria” ........Danlla
One-step, ‘Never Too Much'......Frey
Intermission.
Overture, “Queen of Autumn”..,. Bigge
Waltzes, “‘Enchanted Nights'... Moret
Fantasit, My Old Kentucky Home,"
Dalby
Medley overture, ‘‘Remicks Hits,"
Arr. Lampe
Selection, “Lucrezia Borgia,”
Arr. Tobani
The concert at Piedmont Park will be:
March, “The Columblan”........Fulton
Overture, “Light Cavalry"” ~.M,Su{»ve
Selection, “Fantana”........... Hubbell
Floral sulte, C, *Dalsies”........Bendix
Two-step, “He's a Devil in His
Homie ToWn" ..i....vv.00c00. . Berlin
Intermission.
Selection, “Woodland" ..........Luders
Waltzes, “‘Heart o' Mine"........Keiser
Fantania, “Hungarian'”... Arr, Tobani
Medley overture, ‘“‘The Ruler”. O Hare
One-step, ‘Some 8aby'..........8er1in
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Two Candidates to
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Hold Meetings Here
Candidates “Nat” Harris and Ran
dolph Anderspn have called meetings
of thelr friends in Atlanta MondAdy
for the purpose of booming their re
spective campaigns.
Candidate Harrig' friends will meet
in the ballroom of the Pledmont on
Monday night at B,o'clock, and Can
didate Anderson’s friends will meet
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock In
room 208, Kimball House.
Both candidates are expecting their
supporters from all over Georgia to
attend these meeting and many fea
tures of the flght between themn are
expected to be arranged then,
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Home Will Cost $30,000. ‘
W. D. Luckie Lodge No. 89 of Ma-‘
sons will lay the corner stone of its
new temple on Lee street, In West
End, Tuesday at 5 p. m,, according to
Masonic customs, the Grand Lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons of the
State of Gieorgia having charge. Rob
ert’L. Colding, of Savannah, is grand
master and wlill conduct the ceremo
nies. The public is invited,
The new home will cost approxi
mately $30,000, most of this amount
being donated by members, *
The building {8 three stories. On
the first floor are two stores, one of
which has been leased ten years to
the United States Government for a
subpostoffice. On the second floor will
be the lodge library and banquet hall,
and on the third floor will be the
lodgeroom, which, when dompleted,
will be one of the most attractive
in the South.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, July 18.-—~W,
A. Charters, candidate for Congress
from the Ninth District, addressod
about 800 citizens of Gwinnett Coun
ty to-day at Lawrenceville,
He handled Thomas M. Bell, in.
cumbent, with gloves off and scored
his record from his first race for Con
gress up to the present.
WAS CROSS FOR NINE YEARS,
EVANSVILLE, July 18.-—ln her
suit for divorce against George Heldt,
filed here, Mrs. Jennie Heldt alleged
that he bad a pfi'ouvh for nine years
and seldom spoke to her,
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“ Spectacle by Leaders—En
thusiastic Meeting Held.
~ An industrial parade that promises
to be one of the biggest spectacles of
the kind seen here in recent years
will be a big feature of the Labor
Day celebration in September. The
Labor Day committee of the Atlanta
Tederation of Trades, at its meeting
Saturday night, declded to ask mer
chants and manufacturers to enter
industrial floats in the parade.
J. W. Bridwell, chairman of (e
subcommittes on floats, was Instruct
ed to take up this feature of the cele
bration with W. H, Leahy, secretary
of the Industrial Bureau of the
Chambegg of Commerce,
The meeting Saturdav night was
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enthusiastic, and indications are that
this year's celebration of Labor Day
will be the best Atlanta men have
ever arranged. Among those attend
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Beavers, IMlre Chief Cummings, Andy
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