The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-10-12
WAR ON The ROADS
Inaugurated at Meeting of
Atlanta Business Men.
SEEK EQUITABLE RATES
Gross Discrimination is Charged and
a Campaign of Protest and De-
eided Action is Enthusiastic
caIIy Launched.

caliy Launched.
To arouse the people of Georgia to
the importance OF protecting their
commerce, to awaken them to the ne
oessity 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 are
now discriminating against the state
to strike the railroad Interests in the
tourts, to prevent the granting Of fran
chises and concessions, ard to create
in Georgia an anti-railroad sentiment
that will make the roads now discrimi-
rate against the merchants and manu-
facturers of the state in the matter o.
freight rates realize the unwisdom OF
their present course.
That is what was determined upon
Thursday night at special meeting Of
400 enthusiastic manufacturers of At
Ianta 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 their
time and their money to this campaign,
the newspapers have thrown open their
columns editorial, news ana adyertis'
ing to the press committees from the
bureau ami 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 cheered to the echo for the
sentimental the present injunction
suit in the United States district court,
is lost, is decided in favor of the rail
roads, if it is lost by the city in ev-
cry court between here and Washing
ton and is decided against Atlanta by
the supreme court of the United States,
the fight against the railroads VIII.
then only have commenced by the peO-
pie of Georgia; the people will only
then be awakened to the evils of the
situation, and they will awaken to
such an extent before the fight ends
that the railroads will be sending COM
mittees to Georgia to confer with the
representatives of the people.
Speeches were made by President
W. e. Newill, of the Atlanta Freight
Bureau. by Mayor Evan P. Howell,
who spoke of the fact that coal which
,osts s. ton in Atlanta is being sold
for $2.65 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 2. 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
were open for the contest and who
promised to give as much of his time
and his money as any other man in
conducting the fight; by Alderman
James G. woodward, who promised to
deal with the situation when his term
of Office 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-
ton of B. M. Blount, and upon the sec
ond of Mayor Howell, President New
i'll 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.