The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-10

<ortr and south Carolina aa3
earnings Include
| -aa and * ress were Jess ina"
.- each rate. surn trains
.r. average earnings = 'r@8o
| f-sn1 here to charlotte exrtds
Subsidy according
bose stated. sre Sfsi Tor .ash h'5
-.u OF aear. do1o.e Sos.
.-.rrer n.l rty e.tnst"
sn.se S correct t1sH. s~Sclstt IL -
-1b~sEy :raia W. from here -
..a-lat .aas each tts f-au .ai
d =. -e-s - SUN -
expense ana 10 te3sI stesk H5
-x.sv Lax - ei- SIS Ha-t -l2.
have t1- eNat a-1r
exl~t-.. SHAH $3.50 $50 i
e~- MACS. hut ra|i ee Ea ~
#r,e.t fham. f H.a4fE Na'.F
a.8 tnat from mere 81 60
distance e- sAre. ma a.si 1.3
ualas three engines SIS used 0# 49,
ana tao ,1Il1e .reEt nous
.ae las engine ana ore 70 FAR tt-
.#.2 charlotte. .H& therst# rc
| yal. Tor t~o AMI haf ~E trsH'
| here harEette ta@ t59t-r ia"a
~ course. pays the maiI cls @ai
u.s. Express Company PAYS US mest.
ani the ,ra.a carries 40 ba2ga- -'-
estimate that the engineers are
| rall So apiece. or $50 a Gag ana W.
r-me1 S. auie.e OF $IH. rasetnS t5t
IaIy cost n engine men and ii1. r
3u No. 81, from here ta 'ati .t-'
suppose the conductor and las j -
.nsecEer get SD 4 day. and iHat OH
water. coal and othe. material cost
SS- a day ~ 4 very HbcEa! estimate.
uhich VIII make = total cost or n.
train from mere to- Charlotte of So.
aaLn DAY. or If SIS .55. s year bat
= ths cost shau,f 81 added tae
rains proper part aG lh# expense 81.
NE maintenance Of the offices. shop +.
laa1hel. etc. eI the railroad which
Nitt pat at 500 a day. or S@b.o0' 81
rcaT-makins q total cost -chaf@"aDi-
+, this train Of SGT per day from
here to Charlotte. or SN2.&55 q Nea-,
leaving q daily net profit Of $500 or
q clear profit 81 oIer 200 pc" cent OF
q yearly profit of &ls2,5Uo. If Il
.arries the express on 4 free pass
without ~enaige, THAT on tho ata
tl3nc this tr.5n clears $l5o,a9o &
year, or Irore than 80 percent profit.
Notwithstanding sell these facts. Mn.
Chairman. many Of ny constituents
have been 50 mixed on this subject
that they urge me to vote to give tac
company this sIbsi3y. And move
;!lan that solac prominent Ue" papers
Of the South, some Of tGa1 in nay
state, have ~eadeavorc1 to reflect upon
.Ea ~enDarIass those Of " from tne
south IN refuse to sacrifice our
lUdgmeGt and conscience upon this
subsidy. one paper namcd me n
said that in voting against the sub
sidy I would vote against my section 81
the country. one has declared that the
appropriation IS opposed III ignorance
and stupidity or from a malignant at
tempt 10 burt the South. This pa
per probably ncVer gave the ques-
ton an hours research, or co~nsidera-
ton. II with full. knowledge it
made that declaration, it only shows
TO what lengths Of error ana v%ituper-
alton the defenders of injustice and
fayoritism will 90 in assailing the
motives ana character of those whose
facts they can not Den and whose
arguments they can not answer.
Another paper has commented on the
fact that while the gentleman from
Indiana, (N1r. OVerstreet) champions
some Southern Representatives
through whose districts the fast mail
runs. When one understands the
matter, the remarkable thing is not
that some Democrats differ with the
gentleman from Indiana, but that
any Democrats agree with him on his
appropriation. Mr.. Chairman: The
Democratic party is practically q unit
against the ~ship-subsidy bill. In my
Judgment there is more to condemn
in principle in this appropriation h Ia
in the ship subsidy bill. Under it
the subsidy proposed would apply to
all our steamship lines alike, thus
having some show Of equality in it,
lille this special facility pay docs
not Apply TO ali Dad alike, but IS
a special favoritistn bestowed. alone
upon the lines from here 10 New
II ..-I r--1 ~. -,
Newton.