The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-09
Knoxville Post, 1T. F. A., Pass
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Resolutions.
 The travelling men of Tennessee are against the proposed two-cent railroad rate bill which is being considered by the Legislature of that State. Here are resolutions recently passed by Post c, of Knoxville. of the Travellers Protective Association:
 Whereas there is now pending be- fore the Legislature of the State of Tennessee a certain bill known as the two-cent passenger rate bill, the pur- port of which said bill is to compel railroad companies to transport pas- sengers at a uniform rate of two cents per mile within the State of Tennes- see. and.
 Whereas said bill appears on it's face to be in the interests of the en- tire travelling public, but as matter of fact is not in the interests of the great body of commercial travellers belonging to the Travellers Protective Association of America, and other kin- dred commercial organizations. and.
 Whereas this entire matter has been the subject of the investigation at the hands of the National Railroad Conn mlttee and National Board of Travel- CTS Protective Association of Ameri- "a and the said National organization at its annual convention held at Buff talo N, f., on June 1, 1906. consider ing this subject from every standnoint and after mature deliberation arrived at the conclusion from statistics gath cred from the operation of all railroads of the United States that 1t was not 10 the best interest of the commercial travelling men of this country to en. dorse the general movement on foot to compel railroad companies by legis- Latlon to reduce their rates in other States, and
 Whereas this said action on the part or the National Association in refusing to lend it's assistance to the general clamor for the reduction of railroad rates was made only after the most thorough research and investigation and especially after the splendid report of MT F. w. Crandall, chairman of the National Railroad Committee and one of the best informed men in tho united States on railroad statistics and also the report of the national presi- dent of the association. MT. W. R. Johnson Of Tennessee, were submitted to the convention and unanimously adopted. and.
 Whereas 1t is desired that Post c of the Travellers Protective Associa- ton of America shall ratify and en- dorse the action of the National As- sociation and should render its assis- tance In maintaining the present ar- engagements which it has been able to make with the railroad companies re- lating to lnterchangeable mileage and to protect against the unwarranted Legislation by the various States seek ing to compel railroad companies to carry local passengers at a loss. and
 Whereas we are of the opinion that such a movement will necessarily ems barrass and retard railroad construc- tions now in progress in this State and curtail the facilities for the proper and efficient transportation of passen- gers and in order to compensate the railroad companies for loss in operat- ing trains for the benefit of the public they will be compelled to introduce measures hy way of an increase in freight rates. and.
 Whereas We are further of the opin- ion that the population of the State of Tennessee Is not of sufficient density to justify reduction In rates at the l present time to the general public and