The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-09
sEMI.WEEKLY.

the object for which II was onactedi but ft
| may DO proper 20 say that tho people OF Ohio,
ever slow aud conservative IN tho nattor or
amending the organic law have ssen
| ohanRe brought about by this provision
aud u Il believed that Wise Legislation may DO
enacted by the General Assembly that win ro-
suit IN giving 70 the people all that they do.
| Grease Of the cost Of tho administration or
Justice, Ii believed that tho number or
| equal tho number OF Circuit Judges that VIII
RAILROADS.
| The report OF tho Commissioner Of Railways
| shows steady growth In the mileage and la
| the business Of tho railways OF Ohio
There wore Jun0 ~, lhil, $500 mlleh OF rail.
| way IN the State, an Increase oyer tho num-
ber OF niles of tho preceding year OF 1905 per
cent
The capital stock OF these raIlwaye repro
aents value OF ssjO,1iB,Jidl7, an increase OF
~ per cent,
Tho capital stock and debt makea the sum
| or NiN,Nm, tD H. showing decline In tho
| Indebtedness Of DW per cent
The business OF this year waa In advance or
| the preceding ono In tho number or pasaon-
gers, 1la per cent In the passenger mileage,
800 per cent, In the Tonnage, iOl per cont, Ia
tOn'lnllonge, i,Oi per cent, Tho average rate
per passenger per mile was s,tp0 cents, an ad-
vance over tbs former years rato OF 90 per
cent Tho average rate per ton per mile
rnte OF aI cent
The gross earnings Of the year were 49,.
W0,bn2B, mn Increase ~ pW per cont Tho
net earnings were l6a26,gl287, an inoroaso of
labA per cent, making q le upon the total
amount OF stock and debt.
The operating expenses OF tho year were
'rhoso onorntinu oxnenSoa were 0T 28 NOR oent.
OF the gross earnings
slstyoght per cent, Of tho railways OF Ohio
are now laid With steel rails,
There arc ~, Isi men employed upon theso
ronda, nm average Of AZ men 10 the mile.
since lnll the mileage of Ohio railwaya haA
Increased l01 pcrcont the number of looomo.
tIyes ll6 per cent. and Tho number OF cars 40
per cent Tho number Of cars 90 each loco.
motive In IAN wns l6i now the number IA a.
IL viii be seen thai the Improvement In per.
manent way, By the laying of steel rails and
substantial ballast and superior motive
power, has Increased the carrying capacity or
railways lHH per cent, without considering tho
superior capacity OF many OF the cars ana
the greater speed or transportation or tho
present time.
TEMPERANCE,
The Tecelpta for tho sale nj retail IN Ohio OF
wine. boer' nnd lntoKIonting lI1,lors probably
amount 10 thc onorno,Ia siin OF seycnty mil.
lions nj dollnrs That n entails upon M. gen.
cral public an onormous outlay OF money,
which ia raised by general taxation, no one
protGnds Ia dony. while Tho annual profita
az those ongngod In tho business IA more than
forty mllIInns of dollars. yot, until recently.
tbis trniIic contributed notGinr 10 the burdens
II lmungea uunu tlp IuNuuNpra of the AtulD
And now. beoa,Isc ire General Assembly
haa In nbcdicnco IN tho dcnnnd on an over.
whclmlng nuhllo sentiment, undertakcn In n
conservative way, 10 Impose restraints upon
II, aud 20 require II 20 contribute something
20 the cost Il Imposes upon the people, this
interest recently though Ia delegates gath.
crod IN convention, formally demanded the
repeal Of the law, The law paaaod by the
last General Assembly entitled "An act 10
provide ngnlnst the evils resulting from tho
traffic In Intoxicating liquOra" IN the first,
seekIng 10 impoao restraint upon the liquoI
lraiic, over passed. pissed In thIs state, that has been
successfully put into practical execution.
Under lts provisions more than four thousand
Ave hundred saloons, and places where the
traffic has been onrriod on, have gone out or
existence, and IL the inv ia permitted 10 atand,
the number retiring from the businoas will DO
materially lncronaed
A rcyonuo M ncnrIy nj ON ooo hoa been re.
colyod from tho operation OF Inc law and paid
into the various county, village and city treas-
urlos Of the state. Ondor the local option
features of the law anumbor Of villages have,
by ordinance, prohibited the tpIho within thoir
oorporatc limits bui because OF their phrasc-
" aprltuous liquors cannot bc prohibited, II
not sold IN tlppling houses, Tho Inv should bc
amended 40 nA 20 include aplrituouH liquors,
tho sale Of which, ~ well ~ wine aud beer.
may be prohibited hy ordlnnnco, ANA the pro-
visions OF local option should bc extended 10
townships so that, whom by village ordinance
the trnlllo IN prohibited, the people OF tho
loWnHnlp nN plnhluI hlho W 'huy ohooso,
thus preventing the traiic upon tho border
line Of the Village.
The General Assembly may rest insured
that thorO ls nm overwhelming public aenti-
moni opposed TO the demand OF the liuuor
dealers aud In favor Of giving tho Scott lava
full and fair trial before any serious Interior
once with liz provisions Ia attempted,
Tho fnct that three hundred aud twenty
three thousand votes were returned for tho
prohibition of the liguor trnffo In evidence OF
Inc atronE feeling OF our people upon this
subject
Ifthls IA done tho law will bo found ia prlnoi-
plo ihp boat over pnssod upon thIa aubloot In