, 1876-11-29
TIE RAILWAYS.


AN EDITO1t1AI4 RCALPEN.
13yno c1ass ,of people IS the frcc-pass system
more abused than by the editors and proprfctors
OF small country papers. They claim, and
usua,lyrcceyc, free passes, or ,0o'm1'c tickets,
from the railroads IN lieu Of their printing the
railroad ttme-tNblcs. These passes always con-
tain The stIpulnt!on TINT they shall not be used
by any other person ttlnn the one In wl,osc
natnc they arc made out. Yet, III most In
stances, these tickcts and passes find their way
into scalpIuE Offices. People wllo buy these
tickets or passcs arc not aware that tho railroad
company Inns tho right to take them np II the
fraud IS objected, and arc therefore surprised
when the conductor aska for their namea, takes
name given does not correspond With the pa,ne
On tho pasa. so fur, however, country editors
lnyc only heeu detected In selling tickets or OH
tanning sucl undcr falsc prelenscs, but It Is
s,o,!nethlnE entirely nuw to see so.tntry quill
Such man Inns been found lii tic reraun Of Il.
Il. Moore, editor and proprietor Of the Columb,ss,
Iowa S4jsgNa,rd: J. appears that tllls gentle.
nau lins @ received either passes or Tickets from
most railroads lca.llnE ont Of thfs city. Not
satsted with this, lIe Inns now sent through, tho
mails postuI-casla directed to the scatpcrs Of
the various cities, requesting :hcln to sci. lin
tickets Of any kind as hc rcadi'y finds p,,r-
chasrrs for them. Several Ut these pustat-cards
hive found their way Into t1.e hands OF Tn1n-
uNE representative. Tile following, Is copy OF
q printed posta1.card directed to "Any Railroad
Tsckct-ScAlper, pittshurg, fa.":
1;uMnus 5uscr'os. a., Nov. eu.--SIf DEAN sin:
Have yuu any raroat tickets for ra1el being aiiu-
ntcd 1T tic junction af two important t1sufUugh.
fMFca, my clanCrs TO find purchasers OF at kinds OF
tickets nso good, hence am prepared to bid on
tickets Of every description. II sou luyr my for
sale let nc know by portal cagl and will bid on
them and give you tho casE. Very respectfully,
II, H. MOORE.
Now, this editor has obtntncd from tho ratl~
roads passes for usng Ills influence for them,
but Instead Of this lc goes to work aud Injuries
them as much as lle call, - lie deals In tickets
Which he must know ca1l1,ot be otherwise than
fllcgisinately obtained by the sralpcrs. The
gentleman aud the scalperB will proGahly con-
tend TINT they buy their tickets llEltimately
from passengers WHO do not Use them. But
every tnan OF ordinary common brnse knows that
there nrc hut few passcngcra who DO not
use the Tickets thry purchase and tile few tick
cts Of This Kind which find tlieis way into scalp
Ing offices t1i year ,woua not supply: tllc de-
mand for reduced tickets for u single day. Tile
simple fact Is, the minority OF tic Tickets sold
by ecalpcrs aru tickets or passes given to priv
| i!eycd parties, wl0 nbuAe The privilege mid
| rcAltze on them, Or they nrc tickets which
were stolen by dishonest ratlrOad employees and
| disposed VI fly them. Persons who have tick
| cts which for SUNG cause or otller they have
| not used call get them redeemed by the rnIl-
road companies ut their full value, and there Is
no use f0r any one to sell sueh tickets to scalp
| crs ut trfllfng amounts.