Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-30
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Freight Question.
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HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS, June %, 1878.
| EDITORS APPEAL-Your very timely and
! able article in yesterdays APPEAL concern
| ing the doings of the Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans railroad company against Mem
phis and our people who wish to deal with
that market, and also its unjust and e1orbi-
tant freight rates generally, must have a
wholesome effect | have heard it very, gen.
orally Endorsed here by orr business merl. For
my part | am very much obliged to you for
writing it, as l am not only wellwlsher of
Memphis and her interests, but | am de cided
ly against this monopoly tyranny that seems
to stalk so de6antly through this great coun-
try at this time. In opposing the road in
question, we oppose one of the most wealthy
and powerful corporations now In the south.
1t has big purse, a strong arm and is not
afraid to use either or both to carry through
its selfish and sordid schemes. do not wish
to be either unjust or uncharitable, but will
endeavor to make the fight upon the facts.
In the article inclosed from the Holly Springs
Reporter, the writer has embodied sol of
these to show what the road is doing to war
rant the complaints going up all along its
line. You may use them if you feel so dis
posed. Respectfully and truly,
THE following is the extract frvm the Holly
Springs Reporter referred to.-EDs. AP PEAL.
NEW ORLEANS GREAT RAILROAD LINE"
FAINT & Bonner. fruit shippers, purchased
one thousand fruit boxes in Memphis; cost
there, $50; freight here, 80 miles, SIS VIM.
5. Jetfres farmer, shipped Ella Chicago, st.
Louis and New Orleans railroad line to Gin
c1nnati, seven barrels Irish potatoes; fret ght
prepaid here, 81 80; gross sales there, SILL 25;
clear loss to him, seven barrels of choice po-
tatoes and fifty-fve cents In cash. J. S. Bur-
ton purchased carload of cedar posts from
Larkinsville, Alabama freight Gyver Memphis
and Charleston road to Grand Junction, ESQ
miles, $50; freight from Grand Junction
here, over Chicago, st. Louis and New Or
man wanted another carload from the same
point, and the lowest price the Chicago, st.
Louis and New Orleans railroad company
would agree to carry it from Grand Junction
here is $21 25. Yet this corporation pro-
claims to the public it is re ducing fre1ghts!
]. w. FAINT & Co. purchase bill of tobac-
co in Danville, Virginia; it cost 81 Is per
hundred pounds to carry 1t TO Grand juno |
ton, about 800 miles, while, the Chicago, st. |
Louis and New Orleans railroad company |
charged "a cents per hundred for carry |
ing it from Grand Junctic'n here, Is miles. |
salt in New Orleans-cost here 81 Is; freight |
here, $50 per car load. Coal, worth at the |
mines near Paducah, Kentucky, $12 q car |
load-freight here, $50 car load, or nearly |
five times amount of prime cost. This is |
transported nearly all the way over the line |
Vi OLC OhICclSOs ~. OOulS anu 4NOW OIlCduS 4
railroad. This gre,it thorougfare charges |
eighty cents freight for carrying a barrel of |
flour from Cairo here-two hundred miles. |
1t charges forty GER is for carrying barrel to |
Lamar, Mississippi, thirteen miles from here. |
The ante bellum freight rate for carrying a |
bale of cotton herr, to Memphis by rail was
81 Is. The Chica go, st. Louis and New Or
leans railroad com pany charges now, over the
same route, 50 35 per bale. This is in the |
face of the fact that all railroad material, Ia
Dor, ETC., Is cheaper now than then. Before
the railroad was built, our merchants shipped |
cotton by wagon TO Memphis for 50 per bale,
thirty-fve cents Oh eaper than the Chicago, St
Louis and New Orleans railroad company is
willing to take it now.
An Open Letter to a Nominee.
To Hon. Fred r. Hunt:
On reading the papers few days since, | |
discovered your name In the list of candl-
dates or nominees of the National party for |
the office of county register. l am sorry that I!
you have forgotten your promise in so short a |
time. You must remem Der that on the eighth |
instant the Democratic party held primary |
election for delegates to the convention to
nominate candidates for the different county |
offices. 1t was understood that those voting |
for delegates at that primary election were
pledged or bound to vote for the nominees of
that convention. You, good Republican.
as you call yourself. on that occasion stepped |
up and voted for delegates 70 that Democratic
convention. You voted the Democratic ticket |
and obligated yourself to support its nomi-
nees, and now, your name is attached to the |
National ticket. | would like for some one to
explain what name is usually applied to those
who break their solemn promises? Is the
man who breaks such promise fit to hold |
office in any civilized community. You
worked hard for the Democratic party all that |
day, during the primary election, from the |
opening to the closing of the polls. Yours
A WITNESS.
HOW the Poll-Tax Is Collected.
MEMPHIS. June 90 1878.
EDITORS APPEAL-A small statement of |
facts In reference to the way the poll tax is
collected: On June 9th a small, red headed !
man, whose name | have since learned was
Sinnott, called at 3l8 Front street to collect |
the poll-tax of B. P. Smith for L876. B. P.
Smith was sick; the chap saw his father J. J.
Smith, who told HIM that he thought said tax
was paid, and if so, it would not be paid
again. Said chap then, without seeing B. p.
Smith, went to Esquire Gallowa y and hal
summons issued for B. p. Smith, which SUBJ
ected him to an additional expense of one
dollar, making his poll-tax cost him three
dollars. This, l think, is an outrage which
ought to be stopped. l have been here
thlrty-hve years, and every tax-oficer knows
that all taxes against me or my family are
always PAID. B. p. SMITH & co.,
Per ]. J. Smith.
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