The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-16
UNDER the Dome

for better and cheaper methods of get
ting their goods to market.
Yesterday Senator Hill, of Duplin,
who lives in the home of the trucking
industry, introduced a bill to compel the
railroads to provide cars from two or
more refrigerator companies so as to
give competition and better service.
Speaking of this bill and its need to
Senator Hill and DIR. j. NJ. Faison,
member of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, they made the following
statements:
THE bill will not hurt the railroads,
as they draw the same number of crates
in cars, but will give a generous competi-
ton with refrigerating cars which will
rebound to the benefit of the truckers.
The truckers in Eastern North Caro-
lima pay over 100000 year in freight
and refrigeration. They confne truckers
to one line, the California Fruit Trans
portation Company. 1t is an insolvent
concern and it is in the hands of a Re-
ceiver. and the railroads have failed to
acknowledge their responsibility. They
compel shipments by this one line alone.
1t has given universal dissatisfaction
for five years. The crates go to mark
late, some times with no ice in the cars,
and quarts of our berries are lost and
sold for freight and truckers have no
redress. They get nothing: railroads get
full rates when the loss is due to the
lack of competition in refrigerator cars.
1.-THE trucking business has come to
be great industry and needs the foster
ing care of the State. Mr.. ]. S. West
IL. 4 49,,
ness, offered to the railroad manager to
give him one-half of his crop free of
charge for shipping the other half That
shows the heavy burden imposed on
the truckers in freight rates.
THE freight rate to Chicago and
other Western cities is $1.35, while
competitors from Tennessee and the
West are handled by the same concern
for half the price. They haul the same
number of miles in the same cars. Kan
sas ships to Buffalo for 80 cents; we pay
$1.40.
Other refrigerator companies want Il
chance to give us competition. Armour
and the California Fruit Express would
be glad to come in, but the railroads
give monopoly to the California Fruit
Transportation Company. The railroad
claimed to have a five year contract with
that company, but it expires this year.
"The quantity shipped? Last year we
shipped 265,000 crates of 81 quarts to
the crate. This year the shipment will
be one-third more. The snow did the
berry crop no harm"
Some days ago, when big delegations
for and against the dispensary We're in
Raleigh, the members of the Legislature
from Guilford stated that they would
let the white voters of Greensboro de-
termine the matter. 1t was then de-
termined to hold white primary in
Greensboro today Thursday "for" and
against" dispensary. At an anti-dis-
pensary mass meeting held in Green's
boro, the following resolution was
adopted:
this meeting that all those who oppose
the agitation of the question of the
establishment of dispensary in Grens-
boro, at the present time, abstain entire
ly from taking any part in the proposed
primaries, called by the board of alder
men for next Observation-Disclosures the
same to be without warrant of law, and
not binding upon any of our people. So
undisputed and universal is this feeling
that we do not believe the result of such
proposed primaries as are suggested
would reflect, to any extent, public sell
timent.'
Representative Willard, of New Han
over, is not enamored of. his job. An
anonymous contributor to the Whining
ton Dispatch having made some criti-
cism of a bill introduced by him, Mr..
Willard explained the bill in communi-
cation in the Dispatch, and added:
Heaven knows any one who wants my
lob can come up here and get it at
any time"
1t is understood that the bill providing
for the reorganization of the Agricultur-
al Department. has been drawn and will
be introduced in the House at an early
day. The committee appointed to in
vestigate the department has not held
meeting as yet, and of course has
not done any investigating.
The Committee on Penal Institutions
will have an important meeting this
afternoon If a quorum will be secured.
Senator Brown will bring before the
committee the matter of issuing bonds
to cover the prison Indebtedness.
A number of lawyers of the Whining
ton bar have passed resolutions request
ing the Legislature not to interfere in
any manner with the Eastern crimi-
nal court.
The Wilmington Messenger and Char
lotte Observer seriously doubt the wis
dom of abolishing the criminal courts
and replacing them with Superior
courts.
America has not antiquities worth
mentioning-with the exception of her.
jokes.