The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-08-07
Il: WAS 100 HOGG.sH.
t. a:;,ing IL london Cabby Tint All Amcri-
rnus Are Sot "Easy Marks"

! kfIsh'UE 70 LoNNpU ANut MI hHcTi-
rans Are Nat .Easy Marks"
The ha,,sun cab is n London insti-
tn!r;r: III any rate. IL is III London
seu at It's highest State Of perfection.
iMng acquaintance has established
clr.tom which has crystallizcd into
exact regulation by which every Lon.
,!rn c,bby" is bound Most OF the
jrln,s ni lIa! town rent their rigs
c::b and horse-from companies. They
must pay 50 much 4 day to these com
panIrs. no matter what their own luck
may i've in capturing fares" This
SUM is generally Il sovereign-say IS
day. On bad days. therefore, and
on all days for that matter, there is
| the strongest temptation for cabby to
rob hi, passengers. He has perhaps
not cvolutrl beyond tho moral stage
where robbery is possible But he is
always restrained by the rules the
laws of the polico.-which name a Ger.
tain price lur a certain distance. And
every London man knows these rules
He knows how far he may ride for
shilling, anA how much farther for a
sixpcncc And If there is oue creature
on earth who is in tho habit Of main.
tanning his rights against The demands
Of ext0iti0n il is the London man. In
cise OF dispute there is always tic po
licenan, who, in contradisInction
from the New York policeman, always
decides with, instoad Of against, the
respectable citizen
II. only when forcigner-and es
pccially un Amclican-comes to Lon
don that tic London cabby rricks up
his ears The American is known
abroad as the easy mark" for extor
lion. Princess. Amerioans and fools"
80 Lhc European saying goes-are
gully Of all the extrlvaganses. They
0vcrfee walters, aveipay cahmen and
ride in iilSt class railway carriages,
whila sensible Europeans looks on in
wonder and disgust An American
Il Chicago man tells Of ali experience
which lie had in London. lie took a
cab with friend from his lodging
house in bloomsbury 10 a theatre in
Picca1illy Circus. The fare-which
is the same for two persons as for one
was ,ightfuliy eighteen pence But
the American. with that fool gencros-
ity which distinguishes the American
abroad, gavo tho cabman two shil
liigs. Tie fellow !neW al once that
his passenger was an Amorioan no
Iinglislman would have been guilty
Of such an in;iscmt;on and seeing
another siypcncc III prospect, began to
cllmnr for half Il crawn
VIVA: did | give you?" demanded
tic American.
HOnly Two hoh, sir said cahby,
and tho fares to-and.six sir, so clip
nc Gawd, sir"
Give ric hook lho two bob, said
tho american.
Ca!,i!y. expecting that his demands
were 10 be ucquicsccd in. handed over
the coin. The American thcaupon
wcat down into his pocket end iishcd
out shilling and IL sixpencc."
"I3cre." lie s;;id. handing the money
10 tho cab.H.n, "here is your proper
faw,."
Jc!lu looked nnuttrrahlc things, but.
finding his customer l::'ln ulid police
man near ut hand. p0csct.;l the oris-
aud-six, together with his alleged
grievance. and drove a.cny.
SO It will d. III Chicago when the
man who nac; cai:s lrar;!g hi. rights
anl knows how - cnfor:c th"Ei.
Ti,er will bo Scii:a unpic;.si!itHce;s fOf
tho pioneers Ia tho Go;;,lr tight. bHl
,hcTc is glory awaiting the men who
will u!:iiic the first light. -Chicago
Herald