Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16

ed the proceeds in the construc-
Etionp Of ID RAILROAD 9underA d char-
tier from a State Or genera, Gov
| ernment which authorizes them
to take q fair profit il the shape
of tolls, they have as good a
right toa the tolls as il the ,capi-
] tai to build the road had been
raised BY themselves; that is to
say, those cohTpatnies which
built the railroads with capital,
donated BY he public have the
same right as Other companies
to charge d Reasonable toll but
their demand Of excessive tolls,
though not worse in law, seems
IN the eye Of natural reason Il
greater outrage. 2 a'is z -
IF railroad Corporations have
the unlimited power which they
claim then all business, is at
their inercy;; agriculture, COM
Fmcrce, manufacturers must suf-
fer what they choose to infiict.
Interchangeable 6fsthe bread
it wins.-and- deprive all enter
prise Of its JUS, reward. Though
this power does not belong to
4 them legally, theydlhaVe been
Permitted to psurp sit,and Ineed
A not tell. You that they have gross
Il ly abused it. We know that
they smake their7exnctions With
an eye,single to, their Qwn adj
vantage, without considering
any right:or interest of the pub
i HAL 19ot oiiW ssJEfioJs'l -soi
They boldly express Tier de-
termination TO : ebarge as. ylnuch
as tile traffic VIII bear; this is to
H say, theylwilfItakefiom thc. pfof-
; Its of, gdveryiImalfs9 business as
, much as Can be taken without
completing him to quit led IN
} the aggregate this amounts TO
the most enormous, oppressive,
/ and Unjust tax that ever was
laid upon the Industry of any
. spaeYles iunder,the sln.1sThes liz
B regularity with which this tax is
atlaid makes ii still harder to bear.
] Men gdinto busiiness which may
| thrive, at present rates, and Will
: find themselves crushed by bur-
-Hdeds. phexpectedly thrown . i
then. LAT after they gel, Started. - ,
: il, is the habit Of. the railroad
: companies to change their rates
d of transportation, oftenand sud-
e denly and in particular to make
: th5ee, charges Guinpusly. high With
/ out any notice at all, The far
mers Of the great West have
4 madeia largeci6P of grain, whitfi
they may,seh at Ifair prices 9if'
u they can have it.caiaied to the
4 ! Eastern ports, even-at the un-
/ reasonably li9iaf feightsof last
n summer. But Just now it is
. said thasItheshsilway companies
t. have agreed among themselves
u to raisethe Freight fivelcents per
weight, which is equal
llto an export tax upon the whole
! tcrop OF, probably aseyenty-fye
i niIlion Of dolfars.. aosl4 ~la
FL The farmers must fSublit to
althis highwayfebbery or else keep
1.-the prdt1nefsof tlleie1andseo1rot
: ions their hands, aTheyiIsn bniit,
7 of course, sasIaHgotbea elassesiof.
industrious people siIhmit1 to
similar imposittiiopsrE7pT 81 W
As Common justieeIimperithvel
alPequires that freights be fixed,
settled snd BFescribedd by law,
and that ltheYbe net changedhtl
the mere will Of the rad rohd etIfd-l
phnies. --Bntthe determinations
make theIyrates .uneguall
sslhfe the INC st, odiousu fea turesrr a
grain dealer at Baltimore gets o
production OF arawbaek when IS
denied t0etieae, and AeH makesa
fortune for himself whilelier
hisIedlhpgtitafs by 5iiflefselEing
s4tbemso AlsiAs4e iifiIl atR6ei}esp
tereanstop tlieDwheeIs of aTptIie
most If Hsf fiSGiy beEearisedoaF a.
9elPfate much lower. By disefifilz
4nationI ofsthis kind The profits
: of cosl1Raiie may Befdtadb
; rdpled, while aif0thefowith4alP Pits
I iktaees end machinery IS Ireii-
i defedIweaathlessl I0atisI y oeA
7 ISuch Ws1rA0igg AZ these are ire Zone
aEnot only III few spofadfic eases,
fBut generally and habitnafly On
very large Scale. Certain oil.
linen, whoserefinery was, On Long
/ Island, got rebates nling / d
! $10,0 10000 in eighteen MOTT hss;4
land seyentylnin9 honses CT be-
sIlieye that is the numbert engAg-
led in the Same business Mere
I broken ken hpIs d. nv i ), 3
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