The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-11
UNJUST S%CRlMINATlON

are patient and long suffering. | uio
not know there was SO much or the
Job about them. For years the i:
g. M. V. railroad has Disseminated
against them in a manner ~frightful 10
contemplate. 1t has made its freight
rates and the passenger schedule SO
that every possible cent Of trade along
its line could be carried to C~larksdale,
Grenada and Yazoo City. The truth
is, / have about concluded that the Y.
& M. ". railroad company, like most
all other charitable enterprises, is
working for its wi interest, and 1T
does not care a continental who is
hurt by it. You see Yazoo City, Gre
NADIA and Clarksdale are on its lines,
and it has a complete monopoly of all
the business Of these towns.
Whereas Greenwood has the Yazoo
River and the Southern Railway to
the south and east to compete with
the Y. & M. v. railroad. 1t is but
natural, therefore, that the Y. &. M.
V. road should work in the interest of
those cities. AS the popular express
sion goes, that is business" and in
this & of material development"
he is regarded a vagarist who would
expect a private individual, much less
a soullesS corporation, to be swayed or
guided in the least by a question of
morals. Well, 1 guess the merchants
of Greenwood will be called upon to
fight the devil with fire in this case.
If SO, here is the weapon: Let the
business men of Greenwood meet and
bind themselves under a solemn obi
CATION not to ship or receive an ounce
Of freight on the L. z. or Y. & M. V.
railroads or their branches when it is
possible to receive or ship the goods
by any other line. l dislike to coun-
sci the resort to such drastic meas
ures, but / believe they are justified
on the ground of self-preservation,
which is the first law. | have never
taken any stock 10 the doctrine OF
non~resistance-kissing the hand OF
the scoundrel who hits me. / do not
believe in it, and if the merchants
and business men of this city will
only give the Y. s. M. V. Railroad
Company a dose Of the medicine
which that road has been administer
ing to Greenwood, l think the situa-
ton will be greatly improved. 1t is
| worth a trial"
1t wa with a sense of surprise that
! we read the above article in the es-
teemed Greenwood Commonwealth.
1t is an injustice to the Y. & NJ. v.
).
and |. G. railroads in so far as it
| refers to Grenada. AS to Clarksdalc
and Yazoo City we are not prepared
to enter a discussion, not being cogni-
zant as to conditions existing in those
towns.
When the Y. & NJ. V. built the
railroad from Grenada to Parsons the
business men and citizens of Grenada
and community contributed thereto
about $40, 600, this being in cash and
the right of way, while Greenwood
did not contribute one cent. On the
contrary the latter no doubt would
have preferred the road not be built.
Railroads, like private individuals,
have a sense of appreciation, and it is
but natural that the advantage as tc
schedule on this line be given tC
the place which assisted in building
the branch. The people here have
ever felt grateful to the railroad Off
cials for what they have done and viii
continue to do SO. Ingratitude /
unworthy even of the brute. On tn,
whole our people have been treated
well by the railroads. From the kicl
registered by the Commonwealth
IGreenwood is evidently losing grount
; as a trade center. While it is natu
l raj for people to undertake to recouI
losses, we are sure that the bushes
! men of that city will not, after sobe
' thinking adopt the suggestion Of on
esteemed contemporary, as boycottin
is like a two-edge sword-it can Gu
. more ways than one. To institute
d boycott would probably mean .muc
more loss than gain. The railroad
= are not altogether to blame for S
many people coming to Grenada t
= trade. People naturally seek the hes
points, all things considered, and al
not governed by the running Of trair
alone. The fact that Greenwood hf
a river of considerable size has notl
ing to do with the treatment she h;
n received as to the railroad schedule G
II the Y. & NJ. V. 1t is the first tin
'e we ever heard of an implication tn,
a river was a disadvantage to a tow
-. Now let the Commonwealth thin
about this matter and see if it is nj
n a bit mistaken in "a part of the stat
y statement made above.
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