The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-29
We Must All Fay Now if We
Want 10 Ride on the
Railroads
THERE AaF No EXCEPTIONS
Sill Went Into Effect Yesterday and
the New Law viii be RiqidIy
Erfcrced-Newspapers Are
Also Included.

With the last stroke Of = o'cloch
midnight last night. Georgia, togeth
er with the rest of the country. he
gan upon 4 new era SO far ds passes
and free transportation are concerned
and the death knel OF special rriviIi.
ges was sounded.
The great change was oocasioned
by the new rate bin Of the inter
state commerce commission. which
went into effect midnight Monday
night
Conflicting as many of the new
bills may appear, according to the
testimony of many railroad experts
there is no circumyenung tie fac.
Shat passes and free transportation 10
made unlawful under The provisions
Of the new bill. incidentally the
fact that both the user Of a pass as
we'll as the official of railroad is
suing the pass are subject to neavy
penalty under the law makes it Ger
tain that there will be a certain and
sudden stop in the request for passes.
Must Pay Real Cash.
From now ON the railroads will
have to pay in actual cash for what
ever advertising they may insert il
the newspapers while those connected
with the newspapers from editor in
chief to cub reporter will pay for
their transportation just as the rest
of the public.
The new law gives particular ar
tention to this matter and states that
no passes, tickets or free transpor
tation may be granted 10 new spapere
to be paid for in advertising. Up to
this time many of the newspapers
nave kept accounts wish railroads ana
have Paid tor their transportation in
advertising Settlements were made
monthly and ii the railroads had used
more advertising space than they hau
granted transportation. the difference
was paid in cash On the other hana
il more transportation had r6cen used
by the reailroads than the sum olfser-
ting their advertising bill, this diff
ference was settled by the newspaper
in cash.
Now all This is changed Both the
Sailroads and the newspapers will
have to pay for what they set in colo
cash. exactly IN the same way as the
rest Of the public.
That the railroads are very mucn
disturbed by these conditions is eyi
dent The sudden taking away OF
the pass privilege means that from
now on the business must be trans.
acted on a regular business founda
tion 1t means that where judges OIL
the United States courts have been
issued annual passes for them selves
and trip passes for the members OF
the family, letters must be written
or have been calling in this priv.
ilege and apolisizing on the grounds
that the railroads were in no way
responsible for the new bill but on
the contrary were bitterly opposed toI
its passage from the start
II was also stated yesterday that
these letters calling for free passes
nom editors, judges, municipal stat.
and federal officials. carried With thon
sincere regrets that the new law nee
essitated the withdrawal Of these pas
ses from those who had proved their
friendship to the railroads in many
ways for many years.
1t was also reported that these lot
ters called attention to tho fact that
Jndeg the Law the penalty was the
same for the person using the free
pass in violation of the new act as it
was for the official or railroad using
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