The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-15
COMER STATES
 HIS POLICY
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 to the people and to them the full pro- lection of the law. The people of Ala hama, with unequaled facilities for in- { tra-state business and inter-state bus Siness, with lines within the State run zning north, south. east and west; with Swater-ways and geodetic conditions, Z Ecarrying everything by the trend and ~flow of gravitation, and through your sown Nbopnds-a1l of which will make ' sprospered conditions, if you would but realize on the birth-right of the free.
 You do not need any appropriation for this. 1t simply requires the prompt Ndischarge of duty in carrying out the \ Mjust demands of your State. The fed eral Supreme Court has just sustained rate of 1-2 cents on grain from : eVicksburg to Meridian, 167 miles. Com pare that with many times this price paid from the waterways of Alabama.
 War On Lobbies.
 % "The Supreme Court has just sus- { 9tained rate of one-cent ton per mile on phosphates through Florida. kCompare that with the greatness of the Echarge that Alabama pays, and this swili give you some idea of what your siaws and your raiIrcad commission can. and should, procure for the citizens of 2 *AIabama., Everyone knows the rail- roads have maintained iobbies in this x State House for the purpose of guid- Hing the hand that makes the laws, (which establish their relations to the 5 business of the State.
 This is radically wrong, and should sfe stopped. Their lobby should :. be swept out of our State House and made impossible and, gentlemen by your helc, we will do it. Their agents have no business in here: let them. if they ] will go before your committees. give fheir names as their agents, give their 4pay and whom they serve, and then plead their cause, and I can assure them before hand of the equity and Justice of the treatment of Alabama.
 They have got a great property, and they have great interest, but that is no reason why two millions of people should be subject to their unrestricted tax and the unrestricted conditions on our business. There will be introduced bills correcting all of this. I commend the same to your care and enactment Again. there will be bills presented, enbodying the safety of the people in 1heir contracts and method of business .with these great corporations, and method of settling claims and furnish ing cars and paying demurrage.
 "There will be bills presented to prevent the giving of passes to any body except bono fide employees. Ger fainly this should apply with rigid en- forcement to every employe of the State, counties and municipalities. The Constitution has declared it bad, be- cause of its probable influence, to give passes to our judiciary and to our leg isiators The same reasons apply to other classes ot our citizens, and we are recommending laws preventing the giving or accepting of passes. and in consideration of this great saying to the railroad companies. I am suggesting that the passenger tariffs of the State on all trunk and branch lines be re- duced to ? 1-2 cents, and on all short 2 lines to four cents per mile. These
 measures ought to be enacted for the safety of the carrier and the people, be- 2 cause business cannot survive under [ uneoual and onerous conditions.
 EautEixatiOn of Taxes.
 E s'Tt is fully understood through the g State, that our method of tax assess {. ment secures very unequal taxation oli Individuals. on localities and on coun- 2 ties of the State. and l am advising a State Board of Assessors for the pur-
 pose of securing equalization of these great matters. I do not think you could pass a better law, one that would
 be more far reaching for fairness and for beneficient returns to the State than to accomplish this. The State has given many franchises to public ser