The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

fH4i NJ vas ter uf"s hot L. pay t=
! faTe- When NJ mad aSkAd the cgst
dnctor Ahy ne did NOT repnri IN. c.a.
dItlon. the latter hId replied THAT hs
~ report Dr.. eKsE trip. Can yus4
sugg~s any way has practice 20
I pr0fr TIL the cl@f II public convent
ence can b. corrected asked he
That's injustice replied Ar
Cannon. WHY didn't YOU write "a
| the resident or general manager
II did replied MIR. Justice. II
took me three months - get an h~-
sNser. and theu they SAID they wuuli
look into the matter
Tainted Money.
On the penalty subject Mr Ganna
said that companies ought ~ b. AL
lowed tfrne - investigate claimants
grow A. fast a~ grass. II. stated thai
he thought "A prone time should d
from thirty 10 sixty days After that
the 3nly penalty should De Interest on
the amount.
4 number IL questions were asked
Mr.. Cannon as u whether Hs thouEht
mere interest q sufficient penalty. IL
die. on the View that hat was needed
WAS q reminder. not j punishment for
something tina could not be- helped
The executive officers did not know Of
these claims nor the circumstances
under which they arose. When il came
to signing q voucher with interest I'd
ded. however. they would begin to get
Information. Ills idea was hat a
slight penalty would have a. good ef-
feet as he2yy one in securing atten-
ton OF agents to their duty.
somebody wanted 10 know whether
the railroads ought not - do as Well
with freightS as the government with
mail, ana Mr.. cannon replied that 1t
WAS an entirely different matter.
Anything above interest added on a
claim. said Mr.. Cannon With Il twinkle
would be Tainted money
Mr.. Midyettc wanted seriously To
know whether Mr.. Cannon did not
think that Il heavy penalty served 10
can attention 10 buses.
certainly" he replied. but Whaty
the use Of a cannon when a shotgun
would do the trick 2"
He took up House Bill So I'VE
might talk al night on il. | won't do
state oWncrship-that INT what il
means, but hat IS what ii provides
For. I don't think We want that"
.'Di~coura@encnt To Youngsters
Taking up the bin to provide n bu-
reau for the examination Of telegraph
Oprators Mr.. Cannon became again
slightly heated. The whole thing was
technical or scientific about Il telc-
grarh operator. Tho effect
would be to establish another
ieech. 1t would tend To dis
courage students ana exhaust the
supply. That is the real cause. He
said the bill ought to be entitled. ITO
give certain people the control of the
telegraph department and discourage
study by Youngsters"
The bin was union work. ne said.
in line with IN" ma%chinists, who linn
tied apprentices.
lie picked IN II. r. 20S-a 'bi1
To give the Attorney General Il big
machine and bureau-which would
cause more trouble.
II. Il. 232. trains to be nut on by
those who are not in any way re-
eponsible for the operation Of the
prOperty-ought to be qualified by
providing if such trains could be ran
at a profit.
Block systfm-exCepts roads Of
less than seventy-fve miles. have
known roads seventy miles long to do
three times the business of those over
800 mile in length. The basis shOuld
be the nnmbe of rains operated.
rate question: think you've
heard all you want to from me on
that
Mr.. Cannon closed by saying he
would not wade through any more,
but that he had done his best by the
committee and he knew that they
would consider all the questions pre-
scented.
Mr.. Elliott for 4. G. r..
MI. deol &c ELIIIcbl, doSiSldiit Stiici
al counsel of the A. G. L.. spoke for
half an hour. He made a most ia
vorable impression. combining himself
principally to a discussion of the re-
ciprocal demurrage bill. on the sub
ject of penalties, Mr.. Elliotts idea
was that they were wrong as a prin-
ciple and futile in the purpose Of
making the railroads correct condi-
lions. The roads We're doing all they
could and the penalties could not
help them.
AS to the A. c. L. Mr.. Elliott called
attention to the fact that it was the
last of all the roads to come under
the adverse conditions Of traffic which
We're now universal. 1t had since july
1905, expended or contracted to eX-
pend $13, 600, 900. and was ~expending
in addition Sic. 600 600 OF construction
of double track. etc, most Of it in
North Carolina. There was never q
body of men, said he. who We're work
ing harder or more constantly to rem
edy conditions that the general Off
GERS of the Coast Line. He recognized
that confidence between people and
railroads was necessary and that the
confidence of the people had been for
feited by abuses. for which, however.
the railroads were not responsible eX-
cept in 50 far as they had failed to
adequately foresee the extent of the
present prosperous conditions and
their attendant enormous demands
upon facilities. The Coast Line was
every nerve To provide the
necessary equipment.
Travelling Mcn Heard.
After Mr.. Elliott. the committee
though very tired gave a hearing to q
of travelling men. composed
of Messrs. Elias, Chairman. Smith.
BagWell. Price. Mayor Johnson and
others who spoke through Mr.. Elias
in favor of the law increasing the
authorized amount of baggage from
$50 to 200 pounds. 1t was said that
many States. including South Carolina.
now had this law and that theatrical
companies and others We're given priv
ileges in this respect which We're de-
MED the travelling men.