The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-08
The Cost OF cooperation"

- 1917
Charleston Is. c. Post
John &. DrevFry, State q Tor
Wake county, North Carolina, ana
president Of the company which pub
fishes n Raleigh Times. has made q
statement concerning he payment BY
Col 4. =. Andrews, Of the Southern
Railway, Of $4,000 10 MIN for his
newspaper, during 2 period Of ten
months. nominaily in exchange Ter
advertising III The Times. The amount
is, Of course, prepOsterous as an ad-
vcrtising payment on any TAR buSl-
ness basis. end was so recognized as
soon as IL appeared hat it had been
nade. MIR. DreWry states that he
suggested to Col. Andrews the desir-
ability. in view Of the hostility TO the
railroad Of The News and Observer,
Josephus Daniels paper, Of ~equipplng
h Times with facilities to offer some
sort OF even competition to the 9th
er paper, and Col Andrews agreed
10 give advertising 10 the extent OF
a few thousand dollars, upon The
Times publishing tae schedules, spe-
cial notices and such clippings from
other papers as he might Designate
This seems to establish clearly an i'm
proper connection between the rail-
road and the newspaper, and it IS so
taken generally. The Charlotte OBJ
server. which has a very friendly re-
gard for the management of The
Times, the business manager having
been connected formerly with The
Observer, declares that il has no heart
to dwell On IN matter, which in
wolves character and involves it
deeply" and which it deplores for
of legitimate, honorable journalism
The Observer thinks the affair is
lamentable. 1t is a tragedy"
The Richmond Eevs-Leader takes
practically the same view, and thinks
that col. Andrews. Of the Southern
Railway, is in line for direct punish
ment. Certainly he had no moral or
legal right to give away tAat sum Of
money. belonging to the stockholders
Of the Southern Railway. IF he lie
SO he should be removed from his pO-
sition in the company ana prosecuted
for misuse Of funds belonging to 9TH
ers." 1t is quite safe TO say that
nothing OF this sort viii harper nor,
do we think. it is quite fair to de-
mand that Col. Andrews should be
punished for acts which, undoubtedly,
were performed with the fun sane
ton and approval Of the
management Of the railroad
system. Col. Andrews has been
in North Carolina a long time, and
he has a pretty good idea Of what he
is expected to do for the
iIC NFc2 Nb4AliS "a ~ IiICS vi o4iViltt-
ing his superiors when he made that
arrangement with The Raleigh Times.
The Development continues The
News-Leader, suggests some very
unpleasant thoughts of the means by
which the operating expenses Of the
Southern-of which the company has
complained SO bitterlv-have grown
so fast. It further suggests some new
thoughts as to railway bookkeeping
and the shape in which such an entry
would appear on the books and in the
annual statements to stockholders and
directors. 1t goes to yindicate those
Of US VINO have been demanding OPP
portunity for the public to know of
the internal operations. management.
methods and bookkeeping of public
service corporations. How many of
the vouchers for amounts which figure
vaguely as Operating expenses 'spe-
cial funds and the like represent gifts
or brides or the cost of operating
properties secretly owned?"
In short, how much of the terrific
cost Of operating which the Southern
railway claims precludes and better
ments demanded by the public goes
into propaganda for maintenance of
THAT legend? The public ought to
know how much it is paying to de-
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