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The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC. Published Thursday Mornintrs. B. W. & W. R. Bradford Publishers W. R. Bradford Editor B. W. Bradford Manager Subscription Rates: One Year.... .$1.25 Six Months 66 On application to the publisher, advertising rate* are made known to those interested. The Time* invites contribution* on live subjects, but docs not airroe to publish more than 200 words on any subject. The riirht is reserved to edit every communication submitted for publication. Telephone, local and lon?r distance. No. 112. FORT MILL. S. C.. FEBRUARY 10. 1910. No Rate Legislation Necessary. At the behest of a handful of travel- i ing men, led by a Brooklyn (N. Y.) j agitator, an effort is under way in the Legislature to regulate the passenger rates which the railroads shall charge in this State. If the proposed legislation is placed upon the statute books it will be of n benefit to the general pub'.ic but will handicap the railroads in the conduct of their passenger departments, and, incidentally, it may boost the political fortunes of a few ni-statesmen who will thus be enabled i to go before their constituents with < the record of having successfully ] fought?harassed would be the better j word?corporations. 1 There appears to be no general de- i mand in South Carolina for passenger 5 rate regulation. Seemingly the people j are satisfied with the agreement which ( the governor made with the principal t railroads two years ago for a flat rate i of 2J cents per mile, with a concession \ to persons who bought mileage books, t We have not heard of the railroads i violating the agreement; but we have j heard of the "hardships" to which the i traveling men claim the agreement t subjects them?heard of it until we are disgusted with it. 1 Think of it!?the agreement between the governor and the railroads provides that holders of mileage books shall ' ' present their books to ticket agents to secure tickets in exchange for the y mileage to be used instead of the mileage being pulled from the books on * trains as was formerly done. A grievous complaint, to be sure! The traveling men save half a cent per mile by buying mileage books, a cheaper rate than is accorded the general public, but they object to the "hardship" of securing tickets, as other people do, anil run to the Legislature with a fatuous cry of wolf when there is no wolf. We object to the time for which the people are paying the legislators being wasted on such inanity; but we would favor a law?if such a law vceri- ! possible?permitting the railroads to j charge certain traveling men five cents per mile for transportation, for it not ?n- j frequently happens that many of them occupy three seats each?one to sit on, another for his feet anil the third for his b.'iggage?while fellow passengers stand in the aisles. The city of Char'otte in its zeal to catch an alleged thief, seems to have turned thief. Some days ago the police department of that city received word from Mooresville to arrest a woman who was suspected of having in her possession a stolen watch. The woman was arrested and taken to the police station. She was searched by the matron of the station but the watch was not discovered. Over $400 was discovered ii the woman's possession, however, but rather than be outdone a charge of vagrancy was docketed against the woman by the police officials and she was required to put up a cash bond of $10 for appearance in the recorder's court the following morning ti\ rhifi>nd lu?rci?lf orroinaf fltn nKorrro The woman did not appear for trial, so the bond was forfeited. If the Char- ; lotte authorities have any sense of ( justice left they will return the $10 to the woman. Vagrant (the Standard dictionary): "A person living without visible means of support." If $400 isn't visible; means of support, then there are many persons who would wish ' to get in the vagrant class. Rightly there is very little sympathy for John K. Walsh, the Chicago banker who has just begun serving a five-year sentence in the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for defrauding the depositors of the numerous Chicago bank ?r which he presided. In 1896 Wal.h > proprietor of the Chicago Chronicle, a paper professing to champion the cause of the gold Democrats. Of all the bitter and abusive language that was heaped on William J. Bryan in that year, none equalled Walsh's paper, tye called Mr. Bryan a cut-throat, anarchist, thief, villain, and every vile name that he could think of. Today Mr. Bryan is one of the most highly respected men in the world. He has the good will of friends and foes alike, while this famous Pharisee is -- " r?-- - arrayed in prison stripes. A great many other men who indulged in similar abuse in 1896, and in the other campaigns in which Mr. Bryan was the Democracy's candidate for the presidency, have also suffered more or less humiliation and disgrace. Thus time rights all things. It is stated that many people who left the country for the cities, and who have been living a sort of shabby-genteel life on small salaries ever since, are now going back to the country life which they ought never to have left. If they do, then there is hope that most of them may become producers and do a pood thing for themselves and the country. A second benefit will result if ihe high cost of living will but teach people to be more economical. The abundance of our natural resources and of prosperity have made us, as a nation, extravagant in living as in other things. Many families never live within their income, not because they consume too much at their meals, but because they waste so much foot! which, if properly ( utilized, would make many a plentiful meal. Financially this did not so much matter when prices of meat, eggs nnd other foods were low, but it matters a good deal now that prices are up. Unless the South Carolina Legislature wishes to play directly into the hands of the Republican party it will have a care as to passing the proposed ncome tax amendment to the Federal institution. It is true that the last national Democratic platform declared for an income tax, but it was not an- I ticipated that the matter would be sub- 1 rutted to the various States in the form >f a constitutional amendment by a Republican Congress too cowardly to lccept the responsibility for such legisation. If the amendment should be idopted by the necessary number of State Legislatures, two-thirds, the Rerublican party would claim all the redit for its adoption, notwithstanding :he fact that it is a Democratic meastre; and there are many "jar-headed" raters in the North subject to the nalign influence of the Republican Kirty who would believe that that >arty should be given the credit for the xtra tax which it would impose upon he wealth of the country. WANTED Several good, fresh milch cows. L. 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