The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-10-07

Hear me for ny caase,
And hA afl@nf that W NAV hA.,~

Hear me for ny cause,
And DO client that ys may heAr"
There comes . time in the affain OF all men
"hea silence ceases TO be virtue. This ever
truthful maxim is as applicable TO communities
rs to individuals, and that it now applies to the
business aspect of our city and county no one
who has the welfare of Tallahassee and Leon
county al heart can deny. S;anling upon this
adamantlne basis, with truth and right for a
foundation-with the business interests of our
fair city ADD beautiful country among our chief.
est desires-we are here to contend for the rights
and TO labor for the prosperity and happiness of
this people, that this God-favored section Of Flor
ida may keep pace with other portions Of the
State and her people share in the general pros
perlty enjoyed by their fellow citizens else
where.
Our people-especiay business men and ship
pers-have been forbearing-have suffered long
and suffered grievously from what may very
properly be termed arbitrary railroad manage.
ment. While we have been silent witnesses to
this protracted injustice inflicted upon our Sec
ton and our people, We were not so from choice
but at the solicitation OF older and perhaps wiser
persons whose pecunlary interest in the matter
has always and does now exceed ours Now. at
this critical juncture in the business affairs OF
this community, with not one of these solicitors
to sanction our course, anil no one to condemn
the act so far as we know, we break the long ST.
lence, and boldly assert that it is the bounden
duty OF every person interested in the subject
matter 10 speak and act-speak altogether
loud and long. that the tone and import of your
vlno NM ko hnar1 a 4
ACT as one man. stand united and firm, as bust
ness men should do, and you will receive the re-
cognltion and treatment that men of business de-
serve. Your cause is our cause and while we
shall shrk no duty in the contest, we recognize
that single handed and alone can accomplish
but little. We are ready and willing to force the
fight all along the line until the victory is won
as it surely can be-if all will enter heartily and
loyalty into the contest Don't exhibit any luke
warmness in the struggle, but come cordially and
earnestly up to the work
When this trouble commenced it was thought
TO be war between the two powerful railroad
corporations, but now il looks very much like a
war upon Tallahassee also, especially on the
part of the Florida company. Tallahassee is the
only point that is made to suffer IN this cutting
{" rates and why? Because accnt points
east and west of Tallahassee have been gwen
rates that enable them to compete with opposite
stations on the Georgia road Tallahasseean-
have asked to be placed upon the same footing
with neghboring cities-it we are correctly i'll
formed, they have asked this more than once.
They only ask for justice Do they get it? No;
and if Tallahasseeans don't make bold stand
for their rights and for just treatment they
viii get either from railroads, and they don't de-
serve To. Tallahassee is being squeeZed-shes
being squeezed SO hard that we rtailZe il, aud it
there is not speedy and determined remon-
stance may be ground into the very dust of
HE earh-as it were.
TO show that injustice is being done to Talil-
hassee in This railroad ii sh for cotton, and by
the Florida company too, we quote the follow
ing rates via Fernardna to ST, ,nnnh From
Quincy. 81; Tallahassee, So; Monticello, 46
MAd>ou IS. If these rates demonstrate anything
ii is that injustice is being perpctraleI upon the
business men OF Tallahassee, il indeed they do
AOt furnish sufficient cause for suspicion that the
fight between the railroads is taken advantage OF
10 wage direct war against Tallahassee mer
chants and their interests
While 1t is questionable if this state of affairs
could have been averled under the supervision eta
railroad commission, it is equally undeniablc
that with Board of Trade at Tallahassee-a
good, strong organizAon-our business men
would have been in position 10 have acted
promptly, and, if wisely and determine1ly, to
have had the issue satisfactorily adjusted in
single day. Those most interested have allowed
themselves to be imposed upon toe long already,
and If there is no organized remonstrance on
their part, when and how is this imposition to
end, if ii ever does?
1t is still within the power of the merchants
Of Tallahassee t. secure fair and just treatment
in the premises, and the sooner they manifest
that power the better it will be for them. But
there must be no hardness in the matter Every
man must fall into line promptly, stand elbow to
elbow and as firm stone wall until the issue
is settled to their entire satisfaction. Fight it
out on this line il it takes all winter If you
have to haul every bale of cotton to Georgia
road and have the wagons come back laden
with merchandise and other freight for Tallahas-
see merchants
Buggies and Wagons
For sale by NJ NJ COBB.
October Z 1884 25-tf