The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-03-22
FKEIGHT RATES.

FXEIGnT RATES.
The visit of Gen. Pope. Of Mankat",
and MIR. Burlingame. Of OwatOnna, was
both timely and profitable. They were
on their way to Omaha to lay before
the Inter State Commission some OF
the grievances Of 4 large part of Mimi
psota, and to urge again the adoption
nf the principle for which, they are con-
tending, viz: that roads shall not at
any time charge u higher rate per ton
Der mile Tor the longer than the shorter
haul
Gen, Pope is President Of the ''Bus.
mess Mems Association Of Minnesota"
and Mr.. Burlngame is Secretary. The
ob,.ct Of the Association is Ito secure
equal and reasonable rates Of transpor-
tatiou Of persons and property in ac-
cor,,,nce with Staate and National leg
i-lAtion, and the advancement OF CON-
mon interests"
The need OF tins Association is shown
by some of the figures presented ut the
meeting Of the Board of Trade. Thus,
while Mankato was havinga 2Oc rate
on first ella freight 10y the N"rthw+s-
tern. Marshal! WAS paying 96c per 100,
Watert0wm Co., aud Lake Benton and
Tracy sc.
DR.. Barber stated that he had some
seeds shipped to Worthington over the
Northwestern. They should have been
shipped via>Alton, the shorter route.
1T the lie rate. whereas they were
shipped via KasOta ut the 45c rate. Mr..
Thompson stated that Mr.. kindlund
had some wall paper shipped by the
Northwestern which should have come
via Alton 1T the Zoe rate, whereas 1t
was shipped via KAsot' At the S5c rate.
This was said to be i common trick
of the roads. The Commission has
decided that roads must base their
charges Oh the shorter route, even
when sent by the longer.
Worthinxton's Board Of Trade is
now u member or this Association, and
if the Association succeeds in regulat-
ing these inequalities and disc:'m'''a-
tions, it. wilt b. thousands of dollars IN
the pockets Of our business men.
SiMPLYA QUESTION or LIBERTY
The ADVANCE receives, and has re-
crived during the past few years, hund'
reds oflrtters and subscriptions similar
to the following:
REDD1CK, III March 18th, 'S8.
Mr.. y. +. MILLER-Sir:-lnclo
you will find ono dollar for the AD.
VANCE for six months. Send to Red
dick, III. think you are Freeth'nk-
er like myself. Judge 50 by reading
your paper, as l brought one home
with the. read your letter t" Con
gresham Lind which is g"od. we
have TO watch our liberties or we Will
soon lose them. am AL Agnostic.
Yours truly,
HENRY PALMER.
Mr.. Palmer is right. We are Free
thinker and an Agnostic. But we are
also q Christian, Il Spiritualist, a
Communist, a Socialist. and, 1t you
please. an Anarchist. They are all
right in part. To sum it up III one
word, We are an Eclectic.
But in this matter of COmstockism
ION which the Lind letter was publish
ed) we are simply All American. And
every American ought to be with US,
and would be if they were not blind
with bigotry or indifference. The
Comstock Postal Law, and the most
infamous Vice Society organized tc
enforce it, with Comstock for spy, fer
rit, blood hound, bull dog, and tempt
er, all in one, is the greatest blow ever
struck at American liberty. 1t is
amazing that sensible men and women
cannot see it. Liant, Bennett. Hey
wood, Slenker. and nearly every one
who has teen Jailed or imprisoned un.
der this accursed law, and by the &C
cursed Comstock inquistion, were
sp"tted, arrested, prosecuted and im
prisoned. simply and purely because
they were Freethinkers and writer's
and not because Of any obscene writing
or any obscenity whatever.
A prominent jurist recently said, ii
answer to some question about th'
Constitution, that practically we hat
10 Constitution. AS matter Of rhet
oric in Fourth cf July orations, W
have, but as matter of fact, no at
tention is paid to it any longer. Courts
are governed and awed by church, soci
ETY.. monopoly. and orxanized or asso
ciated prejudice. Decisions are nov
simply so much precipitated popular
clamor. or 80 much precipitated pop
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