Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-26
Ticl.c, StaIninr..

THE DENORaIIZGNG EFFECT on RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
OF THIS QUESTIONABLE BUSINESS
Frc-n The Pillae,. PIMA Press.
Tie d"ye!"pn hts In The recent trials of railway
conductors In Philadelphia and elsewhere for EN-.
h'IZi"lm'nt bring To light feature In The So
called business or ticket ScalpiIg. aud explain very
clearly one 81 the principal reasons for the crusade
witch Is being wdg"d by the railroad companies
against the gentry whose boast it is that they can
discount the STANDARD rates or TIN. co,nn.,,tac
There was for long t!iie element Of mystery in
TIT, peculiar tralIIc, which WAS partially dS,,caI
when the methods oi The Scaipers were ventilated
In The courts and by the clear exposlttons ar riI
Way officers the subject
IL ! apparent thar the scalper derives some q.
hi, support from -unc OF the various link. I.rr,n
'ih slnai. vi the longer lines between distant
points A. matter oi course, rates by th. y.rtous
HAS between important ceitrrs must he Uniform
ahd ne longer Hines, by reason of their greater
length and time of transit could not and very
l:oitfit -. h"ir |" Obtain any considerable pro
portion OF jht through trafr: save nv mo or,
li'a- III The. nfdiper, who huvS Tor the inttnd,ny
Traveller who falls into his hands a rrUnl,r tLia,
~ Oh" Of The longer ROUTES. sells II To him far y
rom several OF the short lines conurSinor liz
rut'- - Il reward for diyertiug the ,rayfrT ,.1,,
li'F" dlE'ct hh" anu l'o"ketlngr fair proiit On the
TRANSACT ."h All hoGgh the Passenger may moi ba 81
IUCtlnitc. - The greater length uf rtIn,. crnsu,,
on lhe Trip. and consequent increase in cost M
meals ana sleeping accommodations may NOR
than cover The saving In the cost ih, ticker ma
the Traveller has no compensation Tor his lost ine
But this and other operations which The Sc.I,..
j. wont lo consider ''lcg1timate' would s,.,r,r
explain the magnitude which his prpI,S must ,S
~Ui!c tn maintain him i'll The traffic and these a1a
trials furnish the information necessary ia cou,
fel" solution OF The mystery Tie testjmonv
showed that the railway employees retained 1ha
urhrt> collected from passengers and sold Them m
hiiiiha! Rates Ia In" >Ctlpers VINO r.Snld Them ia
travellers at Il discount from standard rates me
companies thus carry ing two more ptss,.nVers ON
The -Iinc ticket. "
fhee" disclosures emphasize with painful clear
les" ih1 moral character of the Sralninr enter
prise FOR years past X has been the aim, OF r., n
a inst fb.ir
lafionN ~ IL relieve coudnctorS from even The
slightest lmputitiOn of dishonesty Whether ,his
has been from motives nf self interest or no, is
1HInAtrr1 u TIE point 1T ISSUE The r,.SnIt ma ;
been apparent IL ill. esprit cOf.ylS and The
s'DTdt' oi Their employees The feeling that in
view al the safeguards thrown around them, fh,.y
"tr'' above Suspicion, has wrought Il remark hie
ia" position Of railway conductor a highly honor.
aGt. Is Il Is Il responsible and eXactinc ctl,in.-
bill Just S ttiiS condition of things has bf+n So
happily cOnSu.aln.ttd. new element OF elfi arises
ana II Is not s;raI.,;e That amongst such A host az
employees sOe should De found willing 10 listen 10
t.,e eInpinoS of the scalper, and become eyentu-
ally MS willing but guilty tools.
In he ciU>r OF morality, and In behalf NJ an
insOrant ana deserving class OF railway e,npIovas
W. can cordially endorse The efforts OF the trans.
pFjali0n lines 10 utterly abolish this traffic which
has long been lniS1clneanor In this state and we
earnestly hope th; the Varun> states VIII speedily
take cOEnlZncc Of the growing evil and, by Statu q
similar To our OWN. put the Scalper under the ban
oi the Etw and compel railroad companies 10 re-
partially used tickets la the mean time the
'raV tcr Will do well To consider whether M. ear
cOh>,entouSy aid the scdlper or incur the risk N,
r,tiiDo oh stolen ticket. Va