The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-08

innate there is one general elm
ach If seven States at q salary OF
- 900 - year. and one assistant
counsel at a salary OF $500 . year.
TOT al sala ries for such coansel per
year. $50. 500.
Ans. to No. O. 5000. There IS
no way tf getting accurately at an
answer 10 this question. II is known,
that Carlisle has an i'm.
mense reputation among monopo-
lists and a man in that position does
not work for monopoly at "A cheap
rate. He IS a moEopolist himself
and must share the boodle)
Ans. to I. $40 900.
Peotls who know no better or
people who may design to hide the
facts may "pooh-pooh" the above
statement, but IT is not far from cor
rect. SO then it appears that an
swers to seven simple questions OF
almost a personal Off cial character
show an expenditure of 1902 500. II
other questions should be asked
as TO how much money these corpor-
atoms put into political campaigns.
and these questions should be truth
fully answered, the facts brought
out would be astonishing. On the
quiet, the corporations deny that
they participate In campaigns by
contributing money to them. but
when the light is turned on the facts
appear differently. For instance it
was shown and PROVED that the
Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company gave $40, 900 in one lump
to the Democratic campaign in Vir.
glnia two years ago. The Southern
is just the same thing now the Rich
mOnd and Danville formerly was.
| Well. where does all this none.
come FRONT Why, it comes out o
the railroad company Of course!
Yes, but where does the railroad &c
all this personal Doodle money! l
gets it from the people by MAKING
TOO GREAT CHARGES IN PAsSENGE1
AND FREIGHT RATES. Where else cal
it come FRONT Do you sect
Now, let US briefly state one O
two facts, and let them be remember
ed. The first class passenger rate
8 now 81 cents per mile. The secon
g class rate is some less. When the raj
roads count up the number of pas
sengers they have hauled and the
count up the money they have re
ccived for the hauling, they find the
have received an average of 2 l.
cents per mile for each passenger
This is bound to mean that man
passengers ride on free Passe:
About one passenger out OF fou
; rides free, but the expense of hau
. ing the fourth man is paid the othe
three. Yet, by getting an averag
y of is cents per mile from passe1
o gers, the railroads are able to pay a
u the enormous salaries above state'
- and the paper and campaign funt
u suggested, and not one-half of eith'
o has been referred to. If the raj
u road can do all this at an average {
&c 2 5 cents per mile, would it
10 much of a hardship on them
80 make the rate 2 cents
=. Finally, the people have tried Il
49, present rates and they are oppre.
i've. The railroads have never tri
the proposed rates and cannot kne
!, how they would result. Let's have
test of the matter. Let the Comm
&c sion establish the proposed new rat,
- If they prove burdensome to the "a
"A roads they could be changed a9ai
But the fact that q railroad mig
go into the hands of a receiv
"A would not prove that the rates VIC
too low. If the roads want to go
a. a receiver, let them go; and as 10
- as they continue to run and do bu
20 ness let them stay there. 1t is til
nd that the people were having tn
~ rights, and they ought to have TIT
h despite all corporation threats a
:. bluffs.