The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-25
scALPERs NOT WORRIED.
They Do Not Think They Will Be Kun
Ont of Business.

They Do Not Think They VIII DO 1Nu
Out of Business.
The bill introduced In the legislature day
before yesterday by Representative GOOD
win of Fulton county TO break up the ticket
scalping business in Georgia is not giving
the scalpers of Savannah much worriment.
They don'c think it will become a law.
| There are two here, Harry karger and Levi
J. Gazan. Both are members OF the Amerl-
| Ticket Brokers Association. ~,
! Mr. Karger was asked by MORNING
! News reporter what he thought OF the Dill.
| at Is not a new measure by any means, he
said. "a similar one has been twice before
| offered in the Georgia legislature, and each
time rejected after 'ne rem iac Is
we're laid before the lawmakers. IL
il the same old story. The railroads
| representatives get hold Of some member
| of the legislature and pour out TO him a
long tale about the injuries done to their
business by ticket scalpers. The tale Is so
plausible that, without ever considering the
general public in the matter, he offers
bill TO run US out of business. / am satisfied
that after the present legislature hears our
side it will send the bill to keep company
wi b its dead predecessors.
Ticket scalping, )" continued Mr.. Karger,
lis as legitimate a business as any other
kind of brokerage. Every man in this
country has a right TO dispose Of his prop
erty as he sees fit, and If he wants to sell an
unused portion of railroad ticket con-
slider il is on the same principle as
selling a share Of railroad stock. l
notice that the Goodwin bill provides for
the redemption of unused tickets by the
but this is only blind which can
be found in every measure of the kind.
"Other states have passed similar laws
with the blind rider attached, and have |
either repealed the law or allowed II TO be- |
come dead letter, because Of the great |
amount Of red tape and humbugginG the |
purchasers were put TO for the redemption |
:. unused tickets If man gets his money |
back from the railroads within year he is |
lucky.
"For example, suppose person purchases
q round trip excursion ticket to a GER
tain point, and when he reaches there de-
cides not to return. Now if this bill should
become law the roads would refuse re-
demption for the unused half of the ticket,
on the ground that it had been originally |
purchased at q reduced rate, while, on the
other hand, under present arrangements,
be can dispose of the ticket to a
broker and get his money back. It's all
very nice from the railroads point of view
10 destroy our business. The people are not
to have any rights.
"A similar measure to the Goodwin bill |
was twice offered in congress, but defeated
after the schemes of the railroads were
shown up by the Ticket Brokers' Associa-
ion. The American Ticket Brokers' Asso-
,iation was incorporated under the laws of
he United States in Louisville, KY, in
SO, and granted the right to transact
business in all the states and territories.
}efore granting the Incorporation the
curt carefully Investigated our business
Methods and arrived at the conclusion that
he association was a legitimate concern
nd one calculated to protect the people
gainst the railroads.
"Should the Good $ in bill be passed )" said
lr. Karger, "the association will fight it
ut in court, and | an satisfied that the
lpreme court will declare the law unconsti-
ltionaln