The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24
RAILROAD REGULATION AMI
TIE BUSINESS GLASSES.
Chattanooga Times


The Journalistic duties of tho oS;-
tor OF the Chattanooga Times brinp
under his scrutiny nearly every
class journal published in the South
and West. Not one of these papers
fails to oppose the attempt being
made in certain States to arbitrar;I@
regulate railroads through S.ats
commissions. These papers are the
organs OF the iron, coal, cotton man.
afacturing, agricultural. lumber
onllding and other industrial inter.
ests, and are to be found in every
merchants and manufaeturer's
counting room, and in tens of thou.
sands OF farmers residences. They
are taken, paid for and read by thu
most intelligent, thrifty, energetic
aud successful citizens of the soc.
ton. If there is such widesnreaS
demand for State regulation # tia
railroads how comes it that the
newspapers published for. catering
10, seeking patronage of our entire
reading population, Industrial and
commercial, persistently antagoDizo
the views of their patrons on this
most important subject? ? which thew
must do if Savage & Co. are right
IN their statement of public opinion.
One OF the most intelligently edited
and useful of Southern class iour-
nails is the Baltimore Manufactur.
ers Record. Its management have
devoted much time, talent. energy
and money to Investigations of tho
agricultural, iron, Gotten. cotton
SEED OIL, lumber and other indus
tries OF the South. Its Constituency
IS scattered. frsm the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, and thew are
among the most prosperous mer-
chants and manufacturers in tho
southern States. In q late issue
TINS Journal shows that in the
States Of Georgia, Tennessee and
South Carolina, where the control
OF the roads has been taken or at.
attempted to be taken by tho Gov.
ernments, $3,000,0OO was expended
IN railway building last year. while
10 FLORIDA, Mississippi and Lnuisi-
ana (neither of which have Cam
missions except Mississippi and
there the thing was promptlv
strangled by the State ceurts), over
S35, 900 900 was laid out on new
roads and equipments. The Record
proceeds to comment on one of
oaVages late utterances as follows:
One of the Railway commissioners
81 Tenn ssre is quoted as having lately
nlaie statemcsit In public speech
that as soon as the RAILWAYS weuid do
certain things he was filling 10 cease
war against them Coz sidering the
TACT that the position OF Railway Com
missloners is of a Judicial character.
TINS Is rather a remarkable abatement
TOT one OF them TO make, and IL very
lorcioIy illustrates the folly Of these
= commissioners, composed often of pol-
itlcians who know nothing about rail-
ways or the management of them. Ten.
nessee is now reapiBg the reward of
her III advised legislation uron the
railways, and SO long an she continues
Ibis Commission in force, just so long
VIII she suffer from the lack of trans
p@rtation facilities No capitalist ia so
lfoiish as 20 put his mpaey in railway
+, 'nterprtses IN -tnte.that refuses 30 al
low him TO msnage his ewn nrspe,ty
and wi'hsut railway faci itios the South
must practically y stand still -IaG cad of
epacting unjust and arbitrary railway
ia VS. that will fnev fabiy prevent the
banding OF new road :. il is or the very
1rst Importance that .hs Southern
states shsuld give every possible en-
enlargement for the caastruction OF q
rahways, and for the successful work
ng OF those already in exiGence."