St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-17
WHAT IT MEANS.
Tendency of such Measures M
the Anti-ScaIpeP Bill.

the Anti-Scalper Bill.
Daily exhibitions OF the same old LOT
of WORKOUT and doctored railroad tick
cts are being given at the capitol evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of convincing
the members of the two houses that tho
"antI-scapers" bill should be passed.
In this connection the following COM
municati0u from well known gentle
man, not "scalper" is interesting.
TO the Editor Of the Globe
In the year 1906 Shakespeare wrote
macbeth" Ills works are admired by
all who have read them. His theories
are good; so are Darwln's.
When Darwin pictured with his
mighty pen the origin of man he hit tho
nail on the head, and that nail has been
driven so deep that it can never he
erased by the hands of time. His theory
is good. To illustrate. will cite few
of the fine specimens that we have in
our day, namely, the 0riginators Of the
"scalper's bill" They are the people
who would have this government
changed from the republican form to
the mOnarchcal because they do not be.
lieve in the freedom of the people, which
is clearly shown when they legisate
against the ticket broker" whose bus
mess is just as legitimate in dealing in
tickets as the buying and selling of any
commodity. The idea of printing on u
ticket Not transferable" as though i5
cost more to carry one person than an
other. The company gets its money for
the ticket when ii is issued, and should
not care who the poSSessor is, as
it would only be good for one person.
This rule of the various companies Is
about as reasonable as it would he To
place similar contract OH the seat OF
boys pants and say to him those pants
are non transferable, you must keep
them and not sell them TO any one. IL
yOu do we will have you sent to prison,
or fine you at the discretion of the
court. What cares Il merchant when he
sells an article who the buyer is or
what becomes of the goods? He has his
pay for them. Why should the mighty
railroad corporations, whose iron horse
runs across this great land OF ours, care
whether John Smith or Johnnie Graus
rode on one of their tickets? No one Is
injured the companies get tariff for
their tickets, and should be satisfied.
The railroad corporations have re-
ceived from the state OF Minnesota
thousands of acres of land, right Of
way to build their lines and appropri-
aprlaClOnS besides. NOW tney want 10
step in and rule the state government
by making laws to govern the acts OF
the people.
The ticket brokerage business is just
as legitimate as any other. There may
at times be unlawful things done in tho
business; so are there in all lines of bust
ness. There are laws already To punish
the wrOngdoer, but the innocent must
not s uffer for the guilty. His business
is considered as a necessity by seven
tenths of the commonwealth of our
land, and they are the people that placed
you where you are today; and now it ~
your duty to see to it that this bill is
nipped in the bud, ana by so doing you
will place justice where it belongs.
L would be in favor of q bill to regu-
late the sale Of railway tickets. but it
would be to have the tickets good until
used, and have mileage good for bearer,
so a person could take il whole Sunday
school on one book if there were mile
age enough. Get up bill of this kind,
and you will gain favor with every one
who is not directly or indirectly con-
nected with the railroad corporations.
a MEMBER COMMERCIAL CLUB.