The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-10
A CONVENIENT "MON0p0LY."
About tile Southern Express Company
Its Work I'm the Western Epidemic OF
1873.
From lie Atinntn Hln.ie.

From The AHdntu Bidie.
private correspondent asks us if we
do not think the Southern Express Com
pany needs as much stirring up" as the
Pullman Car Company, or any other mo-
nopoly, on the score of oppressive charges
for transportation, &c?
We are glad to record our answer to
The above, for while it is pleasure to us
TO pitch into mean and oppressive mo-
nopolists, We do not desire the rcputa-
ton Of being indiscrininatc editorial
bulldozers so to our friends inquiry, We
emphatically say-No, sir, ne do not. The
Southern Express Company has TO com
pete with the United States mail service
on small packages, ana with ali tine VA
rious freight companies on the more
bulky parcels. And, again, the Express
Company inSurcs against and promptly
pays all losses; whereas, goods lost or
stolen in the mails arc never made good
To the owner. Our experience as extern
sive shippers and patrons Of tho Southern
Express Company, cntitle 0ur opinions
to some weight in this matter, aud our
honest conviction is that the South
crn Express Company is rs honestly and
ably managed, and doing as good work
for the commercial interest of the coun-
try, as any organization in the United
States. What their profits may be, or
what salaries they may pay their en-
pl"ycs, we do not care to know; but
this we do know: positions in the c0mpa-
ny are sought for, and when obtained,
are Kept by n fine Il lot of men rs can be
found in the country. And, when good
services have been rendered and misfor-
tune, accident, Sickness or old age over
take n servant, his treatment at the
hans OF this company, ~ rule, is an
honor To humanity, and n crown Of glory
III the eyes of all who love their race.
C"mmcnt' cfMc Mtmphis Appcnl
The above, from the Atlanta ,%mhcrn
Btntc, will be endorsed by every mer-
chant and business man in the South
who values dispatch and safety in the
transmission of merchandise or money.
The Southern Express Company is an alb
solutc necessity to American business
men. 1t is as much an evidence of
growth in place that there is al Ex-
press Office as n telegraph or postoiIice.
When the facilities that are afforded
are taken into consideration, the fact
that small way stations, rs well rs large
cities, are promptly served by the Ex-
press Company, and that the poorest as
well as the richest have the best guaran-
tees OF faithful service or reimbursement
IN case of loss, without cavil or DELAY
few who are intelligent enough to appre-
cinte will gansay the fact that the South
ern Express Company is worthy the conf.
dcnce. which the public have in it. Fo4
| ourselves, we cannot think OF the cpl
dcmigtM 1878 without recalling the gene
rosiLy this o.poration, which through
~ M,ing dful days carried to all the
! (A/moyc us and cities of the South
<06G his sc.ey and without price, food
,1sion ycstcr ling and medicines. To 81,
flor his cffpr work it lost more than the
r. -. VI year is putting it mildly
The Charleston Railroad sunk ono hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars during
those dark days of horror The South
ern Express Company running on all the
ronds of the stricken States, must hay,
lost even more. 1t kept all it's employee;
under pay, ran it's messengers evcry day
and maintained NIL the machinery usua
IN the most prosperous days, and all tc
succor and save the communities that
were the helpless victims Of dreadful
plague. We have heard Of fsoulless corpo
rations, but the Southern Express Com
pany is not one of them. We feel thai
we owe it debt Of gratitude, and do moi
propose to pay by Undermining and lev
Cling 1t to tho earth. 1t is, as we have
said, public necessity, as much SO a.
the postoflice department, and we hope Il
Will long continue an example of what
honest and properly conducted corpora
tions ought to be.