Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-02
Straps aud facts.

OI tie largest nSl DdldilSCS CNSl Sho"h
In the fiscal year 1902 there was sur
plus Of $91,2S7,375. but that was the
largest since 1890. There has been a
tremendous increase In receipts in the
year just closing, while the expendi-
lures have been only about $lO,0OO,OOO
in excess of the last year. The largest
increase in receipts has been from Gus
toms, although internal revenue has
shown a big gain. The receipts from
the different sources this fiscal year
have been as follows. Customs, $685.
23O,126: internal revenue, $270.3O9,3SS
miscellaneous, $61,766,619. There has
been no year in the history OF the
country in which the receipts from GUS
toms came within many millions Of the
present year. The receipts last year
held the record up to that time, and
this years income from that source is
about $33,OOO,001 in excess of last
year. Internal revenue receipts like
wise break all records, except during
the Spanish war, when special taxes
were being collected.
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2S, to the Charlotte Chronicle: What
is considered to be the largest num-
ber Of suits ever instituted against the
Southern Railway company in this
part of the country at one time, have
their beginning in High Point today.
There are 1S1 cases and the majority
of them are actions to penalize the road
for delays with incident damages.
Col. Wescott Robertson represents the
railway company and E. D. Steele has
been employed by the Merchants
Claim association and the North Car
olina Case Workers association. The
cases will be heard before Justices OF
the Peace A. ]. Dodamead and j. M.
Sechrest Such action is brought en-
bodying a number of cases, by reason
of the fact that changes made by the
last general assembly of North Caro-
lima would preclude such damages at
a period later than the immediate
docket of the court that is in action
or pending. This institution of so
many actions has created a marked
sensation and the proceedings will at
tract wide attention throughout the
entire area.
George B. Cortelyou, secretary OF
the treasury, bids fair to make himself
the most popular head the treasury
has ever had, especially with that class
of Americans who make more or less
frequent trips abroad. There is lots
of red tape in connection with the
customs laws and heretofore all per-
sons returning home from foreign
ports have been subjected to not a
little inconvenience and, not infre-
quently, indignities at the hands OF
the New York customs authorities.
Mr.. Cortelyou is preparing regulations
which will have for their purpose the
loosening of the red tape. Under the
new secretary's rules returning tour
lists will be allowed to bring in articles
of any nature they please without pay
ing duty on them, provided their value
does not exceed 500 and are for per-
sonal use. 1t is alleged that in times
past 1t has not been an infrequent oc-
lOf hCAiSShAS ~
be held up for hours on the steamship
piers and see their baggage roughly
and carelessly overhauled by not too
particular customs officials much to
the damage of the baggage and con-
siderable ruffling Of the owners tenn
per, all of which has served to make
the customs service and officials very
unpopular with transatlantic travellers.
Mr.. Cortelyou aims to make the SER
vice more popular.
In O decision rendered last Satur-
day, Judge Pritchard continued the
injunction whereby he restrained the
corporation commission of North
Carolina from putting the states new
rate law on July /. The matter had
been under argument for several days
by counsel of the Southern, Atlantic
Coast Line, Seaboard and other rail-
roads. The argument Of the railroads
was based principally upon the ale
CATION that the new rate amounts to
q practical confiscatiOn Of the property
of the railroads for the reason that
the TdllTOduS IldIuIS DShlS GDiS ~
make both ends meet under existing
rates could operate under the new
rates only at loss. The counsel for
the corporation commission disputed
the figures submitted by the railroads,
claiming that the railroads had plenty
of opportunity for sufficient profit to
pay fair dividends. 1t was argued that
all the railroads were overcapitaliZed,
and that their earnings were far out
of proportion to their real cost. 1t
was claimed also that the railroads
had no right to ask for rates that
would provide for damage suits as
damage suits were intended by way OF
punishment and should operate as
such. For the state to allow the rail-
roads to collect from the public, mon
ey with which to pay damage suits
was equivalent TO taking away the
punishment feature. Judge Pritchard
appointed a referee to take testimony
in the case.
The Atlanta Georgian thus sum-
marizes the inaugural speech of Hoke
ST1llln. flIll tlu uSllullS 90 oiS NhS
reforms for which he stands, clear and
distinct as are the demands for the
regulation of corporate wealth, un-
fiinching as the call for the establish
ment of racial superiority and vigor-
Gus as the demand for the purity or
elections and the reform Of politics,
they are yet voiced in a conservatism
which does not ignore the just claims
of either corporations, races or exist
ing systems. To suppress lobbying, tn
destroy free passes, TO put money out
Of politics and chicanery out Of
elections, to fix the franchise standard
TO the permanent rule Of the white
man, to regulate the primaries by law,
To regulate railroads and public SER
vice companies, to amend the railroad
commissions law and to increase the