Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-13
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! - tf'rOfh the f,tsff.Ha PritS- ttIfehfli De-
If some s,i.,i:rl1 .pl,ilosep her eha,,i,,
pit.tiict that Llle day viii eolle N wh.n
n man can lpurchase a, .three-cent
| stamp and pfepay his passage there
with t4 AIRY lsarfoftheU nitedSteltas
Fa,s heinaS anew1prels, v 1.-THE Ca mi aye.
of1a ietier, tie5 prorosiiiougsyould no
doubt BE recelvedwlth shouts of ippx-
Am g 9aisliat,iei lattyh ter. Iftht Eft15b :
sfts We're asked 10 say why the thing
a1Pi,e'ue'i - J iienl so Pfeposterous
alId absurd. they would INSANITY
point out The difference hetween' tba
sta aildard haif-otnri. OF. the posi- ott,ca
| and the hundred and fiftN+ bounds OF
the LIVING package; but on. Lejnr
pressed n lii tie further, 10 show wGI
a aPf0rofa stamp should not stlf1fea f,iP
the transIoAtation ofus hundred and
hity pounds for any distance, wouId
be Obliged 10 confess that tiere is no
lslmpossabilitv insthe case. T4 45 HI a
AIR. I'raddon, of England, insists
that The thlng can be done i'm that
country, and that threep.nny
stamp would he enough to nay fo,.
any singie journey, long OF short.
he bases his calculation upon TN,
passenger traffic of 1868, when 2. 500
600 uasseiiger trains run over ii otul
WW miles, and carried 20. 300 tyot) na.-
! Isengers. This traffic produced Ga
~ ,l02, giving an average of about
u miles ana T3 passengers for each
train, or about :; - passengers Der
mlle, and anaverage journey of four
teen pence. Mr.. Braddon has no
doubt that the reduced rates Would
Increase the tariff sixfold, which
WOULD give the railroad companies.
an excess OF 81 ,GH, 900 OF receipts.
with very little additional expense
at three-penny rate. He claims
that OF this increased numberroue-
seventh would ride iirst-class, ut one
shilling, and two-seVenths second
class, at six-pence, which would raise
the return .of.the railroads from el4.
75O, 900 to -t322, COG, 900.
These figures show that the prop-
osi ton is feasible The success of
Sin Rowland HIPS post-of1ice plan
has already shown what may be
,iole under such Il system. The in-
erti;t Of established custom will no
douiu oiltrsi formidable obstacle to
this reNolutioH,l but it must never
uleless be confessed that its success
is not Improbable. III is fact that
Very low passenger fares have al
WaySastihlu lated traNel and resulted
in faypr OF the companies " hich
have adhered To them for a reaSona-
Die long time. The wisdom of this
policy has been demonstrated on a
very large scale in Belgium for I've
years past, and its success there has
had a ..reat Influence OF fares in
Prussia, and 10 some .ueXten t. in
fraitse- y-faeH5s h.s#5a win ads -.s .re-
.. Ia merIca 40 fair trial has ever
Been made of cheap travel. orca-
sionMly competition has bronsht
fares ga particular routes Very low
ior I, time, bat only. to be raised
as.:tih a soon az 4 cOnipfohliSe could
be Effected The caml,:Yfli,4s have
always rtfsa,de,t the plii,licv:,s their
lawful prtys and the public has re-
turned The compliment by treating
th. PanicS as natural enemies,
and threatening 10 take away their
pay ile9es. :. n,M il can he shown
that the interest of the companies is
t.ointi,itnt with the desire Of he pnf-
lie for the cheap fares, "A it-ttei under
standing MAY be reached. But We
fear II VIII be difficult to persuade
the companies that the bird ia the
biiSlr are really To be preferred 10 the
bird in The hand. IL would lie. in
tereSting,- however to know Iust
what the receipts and Expenditure
Mere on the Sound Steamers last
Summer, When passengers " ere TAX
en from New lork to Hoslnu Iur a
dollar