Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-30
Nd MORE PASSESj
you PAY ,0R WALK
Cn'y Hard Cash Now Gets Trans.
portation,
EVERYONE MUST PAY THE CASH

Travel Is a Thing Of the Past, as
New Interstate Commerce Law Is
Now in Effect.
,-.aata. Aug. 29.--With the last
STROKE OF II clock miGdladt Monday
night, Georgia, together VITA the rest
OF the Cou",ry, began upon IA new era
sO far as passes aud tree transiUr
tation Is concerned ami the death
knell Of special privilege was sound
cd
1'his great change was occasionCd by
the new rate bill of the Interstate
commerce commission, which went
into erect a, miinigh1 Monday nignL
Conflicting AS many Of the prOvi
siOns Ot the new bill may appear, ac-
cordlng to the testimony ol many rail
road experts, there Is no circumvent
ing the fact tina, passes and free
transportation Is made unlawful unLcr
the provisions of the ncN bill. Incl.
dentally. the fact that both tho user
Of pass As well Us the official or
railroad issuing he pass are subject
to heavy penalty under The new law,
waACS IL practically certain that there
Will be- certain and sudden stop In
the request for passes
From now on. the railroads will
have 10 pay In actual cash tor wha
ever advertising they may Insert In
the newspapers while those connected
With newspapers from cditOr.in chief
To the newest cub reporter viii pay
tor their transpur just as tho
balance ~ the public The new law
gives particular attention 10 this mat
ter and states hat no passes. tiCkes
or free transportation may be- grant
cd To newspapers 10 be- paid for In
advertising. Up 10 this time. meay
newspapers have kept accounts with
,ho railroads and have paid FOR their
transportation In Advertising Settle.
mrpts were made monthly AM II the
railroads rad used more Advertising
space than they had sran,ed iran spor.
iatlOu. the iih,rClce was paid In cash.
On the other hand II more transporta.
ton had been granted by the railroads |
than TIE sum once ting their adver |
Using bill. this difference was settled |
ny the newspapers In cash.
Now al 'his Il changed Both the
railroads snl the newspapers will |
have 10 pay Tor VIA they get In cold |
cash. exactly IN the same way az the |
resi- of the travelling public.
mat the railroads are very much |
disturbed by these Now conditions l. |
evident This sudden taking away of |
the pass privilege means thai from
n0W on all business must be- transact
cd on . regular business foundation
II means that Who're judges ~ the
Cnlied States coufts nave been Issued
annual passcs for themselves aud TRIP
passes for he momb"ra ~ their fam.
HES. lstters must be- wriitsn--or have
been--ealling Ia this privilege and
apologiking On The ground that the
'lilfvads Nefe 10 10 way responsible
Toe the new bill. bat on the contrary.
we're bitterly opQ0s"i 10 IT. passage
from the start
u vas sI@o s,RtsI that these lsi
ierS calling IN free passes from eds
tors. judges munielpal. state aud fed
erai oficialA carried 9Th them sin
reFs reEress that Ills ssS law ssess
Stated che wilEdrANai ~ these sansss
fSom those uho rad prossd their
frtsndship % ths fsiIroAds 10 man,
Gays for Bsany years
Il vas also reported thai these lsi
iffs eAlied ailsn'ioa 20 the fAss thai
1ndsf ihe D~v las the penalty va
ne sans fos IN psrsDa sslss
Ne free pass m 40 Sti9u % The 49,
III - q sss fgr re oeaasl o. rail