The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-12
TO MAKE WAR
ON RAILROADS
Is Grim Determination of Atlanta
Ma aufacturerS.
LARGE MEETING IS HELD
Decision Reached That Discrimination
in Freight Rates Will Not Longer
Be Tolerated.

To arouse the people of Georgia to
the Importance of protecting their
commerce, to awaken them to the ne
,Cessity of preserving the powers Of
their railroad commission, to stir up
the people to the necessity of protect
ing themselves, their homes and their
property from the railroads that arc
now discriminating against the state.
to strike the railroad interests in tho
courts, to prevent the granting Of fran
Chises and concessions, and to create
In Georgia an anti-railroad sentiment
that will make the roads now discrimi,
nate against the merchants and manu-
facturers of the state in the matter Of
freight rates realize the unwisdom of
their present course.
That is what was determined upon
Thursday night at special meeting OF
100 enthusiastic manufacturers of At
lanta who met at the call of the At
lanta Freight Bureau
The campaign has already started.
The manufacturers OF Atlanta have
pledged themselves to devote thoic
time and their money TO this campaign,
the newspapers have thrown open their
columns editorial, news and advertls.
ing to the press committees from tho
bureau and the people of Georgia will
be given facts about the discrimination
against their merchants and manufac-
turers that the people have never be-
fore dreamed Of
AS one OF the speakers OF the even
ing expressed it-Hon. Clark Howell.
and he was chcered to the echo for tho
aentimcnt-if the present injunction
suit in the United States district court,
is lost, is decided in favor Of the rail.
roads, ii it is lost b. the city in ey.
cry court between here and Washing
ton and IS decided against Atlanta by
the supreme court of the United Statcs,
the fight against the railroads Will
then only have commenced by the peo-
pie of Georgia. the people will only
then be awakened to the evils Of tho
situation, and they will awaken TO
such an extent before tho feht ends
that the railroads will be sending COM
mitteas to Georgia to confer with tho
representatives, OF the people.
Speeches were made By PresidenC
w. e. Ncwill, OF the Atlanta Freight
BnreGu by Mayor Evan p. Howell,
who spoke Of the fact that coal when
'1s;S - q ton in Atlanta is being sold
for $2.G5 per ton in Louisville, which,
Is only 40 miles nearer the coal fields
than Atlanta; by W. A. Wimbish, who
stated that the sovereignty OF the state
and its right to exercise police powers
Of the railroads must be maintained;
by Luther y. Rosser. who declared that
the people must give the railroads to-
understand that this sovereign people
will raise the devil" until they get
fair treatment; by Editor Clark How
ell, of the Constitution, who stated
that the columns OF his newspaper
we're open for the contest and who
promised to give as much of his time
and MS money as any other man in
conducting the fight; by Alderman
James G. Woodward. who promised to
deal with the situation when his term
or oihce as mayor commences next
year; by c. w. Mcclure. B. NJ. Blount,
Louis Gholstin. George Spence and
others.
At the close OF the meeting, on mo-
tion of B. NJ. Blount, and upon the sec.
ond OF Mayor Howell, President New
III was empowered to appoint com
mittee to present the claims Of the At
lanta Freight Bureau to the manufac-
turers OF Atlanta who are not now
members of the organization, and to
start the campaign against the rail-
roads. The motion was adopted.