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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
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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.
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