The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-10-02
Anent Ticket scalninu,
Roswell, N. NJ, Sept. 20. 1906.

4fOSWOu
I read with much interest the COM
m~unication from Mr.. d. L. Myers, traf
fc manager of the Pecos Valley Sys-
tenn in recent issues of the local pa
pers, and which while elegant adver-
Using for me contains a few
ations not to say mis-statements that
l am sure your sense of fair play will
allow me to debate briefly.
In the first place, Mr.. Meyers says
that he didn't max any bluff about
~cancel1ing special rates to the valley
n while it was no threat, he leaves
the impression still open that If I am
not legislated out of business, they
will be cancelled anyhow. That threat
is bluff and nothing else. The Santa
Fe is too vitality interested in build
ing up this country to cancel those
rates, tho after it gets the settlers
here all favors cease, and it bumps
their heads for all they have to have
at its hands. It has no favors for the
| people that really live here, and it's
movements to bounce me off the earth
is solely to cut off the relief there is
for nome-folks from their extortionate
charges for eastern and northern pas
sage.
Mr.. Meyers little clause about the
terms of sale of tine special ticket has
nothing in it simply because a con-
tract obtained by coercion has no le-
gal or moral standing, and has been
| co ha1d Eu Ill tho ont1rfC and tho a0n
mon sense of the land from the be-
ginning. DIR. Kinsinger fully covered
this point at the last attempt to pass
the scalping ordinance.
Mr.. Meyers says he didn't say that
ticket scalping has been abolished ev-
erywhere, which qualification is time
ly, as it fiourishes in every town and
hamlet in the country, undisturbed
save where the local government is
under railroad control. In the larger
cities, the scalpers are chiefly sup
piled with tickets by general traf
fc agents, who want to skin other
roads out of trade that would normally
come to them.
Mr.. Meyers list of becauses is ex-
tensive but fail of weight,
Because:
The scalper spends in proportion,
ten dollars for the traffic managers
one in advertising the Valley.
He stands for a business that is le-
ultimate in every respect and is never
contended against except by the rail-
roads who rob the people indiscrimi-
nately and want to shut off all the re-
lief the public mas.
Roswell greatly benefits by my OPP
erations, for l save them thousands of
dollars a year to pay the robber
freight rates that must be paid Mr..
Meyers and his road. Too bad, I can't
scalp in that direction too, most peo-
pie think.
The scalper needs Roswell, a
his living here, pays taxes here and
attends to his own business, and guar
antees every ticket he sells, and Ros-
well needs him because it requires
that sort of citizens to pay the freight
demanded by the Santa Fe.
The Council guarantees nothing TX
| cept a fair deal, and in refusing to
legislate me out of business no o
stands sponsor for me than it e
for the Santa Fe Railroad.
While the Santa Fe is spending mon
ey in East advertising Pecos Val
ley, we Regulars are Paying half the
expenses in unjust freight rates., and
the new people will pay the other
half after the Santa Fe gets them out
here to stay.
The needs of Roswell and the rail
road are mutual but up-to-date the rail
| road has cheerfully robbed Roswell,
and it is a good bit of cneek to now
| ask any favors at the hands of those
it has ~perenially d~espoiled.
The railroad may turn down a scalp
| ed ticket, because it has the might,
not the right, but for every such case
I return dollar for dollar, every cent
| paid for it.
h square deal mentioned as ready
| for patrons at the Offices of the Santa
| Fe consist in paying the full schedule
rate, 4 cents a mile to Texico and 3
| cents beyond, which is ali that isn't
| screwed down, and would be more if
they could get it. If you don't believe
this ask them for a rate, eithe pas
senger or freight.
that my business is legitimate, that