Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
RATES FOR CLERGYMEN.

A numberofthe eastern railroads hav-
ing on January |, 1895, changed their
rules regarding the issue of reduced
rates to clergynen, and unauthorized
statements as To thereaSons for making
the change having been published, con
sidera BILE correspondence between the
clergy and the railroads has resulted.
The recent letter from Hon. Chauncey
NJ. Depew. President of the New York
Central, corrects certain one i'm
preSsions and states that company's POI
sition in the matter very clearly, The
letter is as follows:
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
Co. Grand Central Depot,
NEW YORK. January 10, 1926.
4tr Merton J. Coakli, Gai H. H. S~te6bias,,
D. D., Committee;
GENTLEMEN am in receipt of your
letter of January 18th, enclosing the
resolutions of the Presbyterian Minis.
ters' Association of Rochester.
The resolutions are based upon a
misrepresentation of the facts. The
press dispatch announcing that the
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AueePlS regret 'lc puo'ci'y WHICH
was given W 'n'' ihHl'cr anu .nc us
cussioh Wntch d grown ou' Oh II DC
loie we h"I 'e"lsS "II.'eu ~ "l'V was
.le oeS' poI'cy loF VmH company VI"
'.s aeSocI"Vos in 'lc AruiN LINZ ASSN
oia',oAt W pursue - ma" oeon uVEc'-
opeu 'ilaVFelS EEe"V "ouses cAls'Su IL
'nc issoanoo "pu USE vi Vio so,oAi'eu
nlIhls'erlal tlcNe'' ~ was hot' however,
the iauiV Vi the MINISTER'S % Lar Us
cdh ascert"ln' no clergy nai Oh any
oh.ioli mas oceii suiiVS U! any iHlpro-
Prlcty III INC use Vi VnlS prl'''e8e' IKE
inoS' departures lro"u ieS"'"t ruieS'
Vhis one !co "ltef a"hile 10 serious ue-
ihorali|a'lon Vi passenSet raVes' Inc
pri'Ilese VI Vne ii,nlsVerla' oruer NC,
came EXTENDED 10 all persons VINO hao
ever oeen orualheu as c~iergyhleh'
whether tlcy sun " any charge OF
Perloriie" any ii'niS'erla' services OF
hot' MANY WHO .iau So'ie l"to p"sllcsS
clalnieu ana recel'ea tiie oruor' linen
IL was eNtehuca 10 missionaries ana
olncers Vi inc oaiValioh army OF the
IL NJ =. a. anu Oh other llglo or
ehlI-leiiSlo"s ORGANIZATIONS Inns eha'
oleu railway onlclals VINO desired 10 90
> ~ ISSUE 'ie hall-rale tlcAeI 10 almost
anyoooy.
1 aiil sorry 10 say that some railways
~ no' 'ieav 'heir"8reellehts Win each
oriei "i'i' ono SAINT sense Vi hohofaole
ooiisa.'oi Wnlch the oIicers would op-
setfo III lhcir lhui'luual lransactlohs
we were aniaAeo % discover Una IN Or
uer W increase thelr business without
apparently cutting the rates a Few OF
.he roaos paced the ministerial tickets
hscaipers ounces lot SAFE IN MS way
they amt ihto hands OF ~thegeneral
puoiic' IL frequently occnrred that
lne conductor "heh Gazing upon some
passenger II ne dlo not tank was
" munster 10 produce the ministeila l
oraer "hich every clergyman carried,
was met oy Il hat REFUSAL simply be-
cause the passenger was not a minis
ter hao no order ana had received or
Purch'seo tne tlcket In some II OF
the ways when nave described. Or,
tne conductor would find that under
tne guise Oh a missionary or an officer
OF one OF these organizations he had re-
celved the order and ticket or else had
bought a ticket which some n who
could not De vouched for as clergy
man with a charge had secured, anG
then placed IN a scalpers office for sale.
VI course the essential principle at the
bottom OF the relations between the
railways and the public is that every
body shall be treated alike; that the
railway iare shall be like the postage