The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
FINLEYTODRUMMERS
ADDRESSES T, +. As AT ANDERSON
SOUTH CAROLINA.
sa1d That Despite Increased Cost o.
Operation, Legislatures Are
Forcing Railroads Back by
Their Adverse Laws. +.

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4 wau Comnany. was one of the prlncl-
bal speakers at the annual BANQUET %
the South Carolina Division Oh 80
TyAyelers Protective Assoclatioh 49,
tovsght He declared that the Cum
< mercial traveller and the railway a.
natural allies as both are pioneers nd ID
trade and builders up OF business - -,
both are vitality Interested ~ and
the development of the natural re-
sources OF the section wnicP tneg
operate Referring to conultiohs "a
the Southern states MI Flhley s ha
that the commercial travellers and the
railways were working together IN
field urgently in need OF aaoltiV s,s14
n transportation facilities. he gave Ell iie : y
ures showing that the territory sou - Il
~ the Ohio and Potomac and east %
.ue Mississippi is not as wen sup
In length OF track or in other RAW a.
facilities in proportion TO area a ~
population as are other sections Oh 'he
country. ,,oroosa In
Referring to the great increase IN
4 the cost of producing transpoftatioits-
the only commodity railway mas s,ta ac
sale--and to the fact that mantiao .
turers generally under such coiiui a p.ao
advance prices. he said that II tne p pie,
duction and sale of transpor'at a.,
could be carried on subject 10 the "
Grafton of the law of supply and oe-
rnand as completely as can the nie,i.u
facture of cotton goods or OF cloa Jill ii
present conditions are such as ~. he
E -
settling price of transportation Pul;
said he. "the price has not adVaho1tu,
q On the contrary, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
great increase in the cost OF raii W." fnr
operation and the urgent necessity ~
the expansion and improvement
railway facilities, the tendency nv a.
been downward and 1t is proposed III
some of the states to put IN force ses
sslation arbitrarily reducing still tur-
thar the nrice at which transportation
can be sold, and imposing penaltieSs
+ for failure to perform services oes o"N
the ability of the roads. 80. <or-
Mr.. Finley contended that every Tar
mer and every man engaged IN an
kind of business in the southern sta'H 1n
is personally and vitality interested a.
nreeervtng and increasing the prosper
~ of the railways of this section, not
only because efficient transporlati.o,n
service is necessary to the prospelitts
Of all, but also because b edGn s able to
,naintain their present high rate OF eN-
penditures in Southern comIhu ~ 49,
the expenditures for southern lapol
southern fuel, Southern materials anu
supplies now amounting to more i Itad
s966 600 900 per year. He poihteu
out that the reduction of earning pow
err and the destruction OF creolt cou1u
have hut one effect upon these expeh.
difures 1t would certainly preVen'
their being increased as rapidly as re-
s. ouired by the transportation heeus ~
the South and, If carried ial, m He
result in their being scaled down. 5de
showed that this would result IN ue
creased demand for the products Oh III
farmers and in a lessening OF the W.
ume of business genera.aySo, trpaVeIers
Re said: you are interested in main
taining the credit and financial reso"l
ces of the railways OF TINS sectioh q
tha highest possible level not ohly ~
caS,sa Won are interested in securlns
halter ana safer passenger service, aht
more prompt and more efficient irels IN
service, but because you are aiso
terested in the maintenance OF the pu.
rhasiner mower of each element OF ths
nopulation at the highest possiple rev. e.
sCommercial travellers, as class, ar
the heaviest ansn6rt bSyors b. but aside from
Your interest in the maintenance OIL tiiu
highest possible standard OF passenSse 81
service which one OF you wouIo pienS,
n reduction of twenty percent or eFeil
far rercent in his average safes, "
a reduction of twenty-five percent. oi
even fifty percent, in his railway tIa 1,
cling expenses? what merciiaIlI, Sc SS =
inc To railways or railway employes
or 10 those who in turn sell 70 ran
ways or railway employees, "ouId a. al.
cent any possible reductlon III ~,
freight charges if made at the eNPen9e.
~ material decrease in his safes
what farmer or manufactures "ouIu
be benefited by decrease IN r" "a
when that means limit upon ms ay
cilities to market and cohseI ~.
( limit upon the amount he can produce
and sell? 49,, will look
at this subject without pre5uulGe I'll
win study it from every side he WI
find that his own interest-not tno9e
Of the man across the street-out nls
own Individual interests, are ap ati
Iutely Identical with those OF the ran
,uas1s and ma any legislation getne
further than is SUFFICIENT to protec'
him from discrimination ana uilrG 60 .
enable rates, is sure to reaGt u IpoITw l'r
to improve their service and TO iiiai'''
tain their expenditures. limitation
Mr. Finley expressed his conVlctloi
that when the Southern people thor,
ongb,v Understood the situation, there
would be little reason to fear uhWis'
< legislative action He referrea 70 n,t
action of the legislatures OF oout ~
Carolina and Tennessee in declining y
enact laws that would tend to retarc
railway development and said tina
their course would not only tend |.
encourage railwev building IN ,n tno9'
Inents of all kinds as capital lhVar
iably tended to flow into locaHtles an an,
enterprises in which it was safest ~
saiG that no one realized more tullN
than the railway men Of the oonrt t
that extensive Improvements Wer'
reeded" with the least possible delaN
and that no one was more anxious h Is -
have the service improved than Wer'
fhe railway managers. He summarizes
hriefly what is being done by the
Southern Railway Company 10 increas'
its facilities and TO secure the max max
and said: These improvements In th'
organization of the operating am
freight traffic departments nave no no
yet been in force long eh1 hnt ,oo3
results are being obtained and tn'
Improvement OF service Is daily peSoii
ing more apparent. When we ha "
succeeded in securing the maXlmum, %
nTnSpnt