The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-08
litter THE
BUCKET SHOPS
I AsHvILLE CREDIT MEN WORK
NC THAT SENATE May PASS
HOUSE BILL.

The Nashville Credit Mems AssOcia-
sssn are sending circular letters TO all
n.srts of the state. urging the people TO
IS their Senators and secure their
snpport OF the AntiBucket Shop bill,
#hich has already passed the House
an Overwhelming majority. As Tar
Senator Greenlaw is concerned. an
tort In this direction Is not neces-
10y. az MIR. Greenlaw is in favor OF
bis reform measure.
The following sound reasons are ad- |
eanced by the Nashville Association:
NASHVILLE. Tenn, March 5. 1907.
Dear SIR
We beg to call your attention to the
ILL now pending in the Senate with
Employed. The British postal authori-
les forward all their mail from Liver
bool. combining the patronage to those
steamship lines which are purely Brit
ssh and which. like the Cunard line
are heavily subsidized. This action
limits the mail days to Wednesday and
Saturday, and frequently in carrying
but such a policy nine-day steamships
ARE given the mails, with the result
hat steamships of other lines have
delivered their freight in New YORK.
been reloaded and sailed again before
the bills of lading for the freight have
arrived by the slower British vessel
This policy has frequently led 10
severe criticism from the British press.
In contrast to the British policy
toward the commercial world the Uni
rod states postoffice authorities have
made it a rule to give the mail, re-
CARELESS of flag, to the steamships that
can deliver it with the greatest dis
patch.
Five sailings a week from New York
txeens a constant stream OF mail mat
ter in transit upon the ocean, NOW
further to expedite matters, they nave
cooperated with the American line In
changing it's View York sailing day
from Wednesday to Saturday-an ar
respect to abolishing Bucket SHOPS
and Wire Houses in our State.
"This bill is similar to the one which
recently became a law in Georgia.
North Carolina and South Carolina
and has passed the Alabama Senate
"The bill passed the House OF KEEP
resentatives, just before recess Dy
an overwhelming majority, and 1t Is
now before the Senate to be acted up
on Carefully computed statistics
show that this pernicious practice
drains the Southern States annually
Of something like one hundred mil
lion dollars This immense sum goes
into the rockets of the bucket shop
fraternity to the detriment OF Dusl
ness. The longer 1t lasts the great
or the harm, both in cultivatlng the
xor,hlinq shirt and in increasing the
losses to our people. The whole sys
tenn is contrary to the principles VI
legitimate business. and is demoraiiz
ing IN the 6ALIOAO
"The loss to the wholesale merchants
who extend credit the temptation =
gamble by employees of banks and ous
mess houses the defalcations and tn'
consequent misery that has come u
the innocent, have all combined .
cousa the States above named TO pas
laws stopping this gambling practice
Arkansas and Texas are about to pas
the same law, and what is good 10
our sister states is good for Tennes
see.
..The Legislature convenes March IL
There is being brought to bear upo'
our Senators powerful foreign intliu
ence to defeat the bill, thus ailoWin'
these gambling shops to continue y
me state of Tennessee. Adroit argt
ments are presented by those who ar
interested in bucket shops to make
anpear that business at large VIII SUI
Nor ana the farmers will be hurt Tn
arguments are all to deceive, thong
they are cleverly presented AS a ma
fer Of fact the farmers are against Tn
bucket shops and are on recor
through their organizations; the MANI
sacturers and wholesale men say
hurts them. and It is clear to all tina
GOOD cannot como out of evII.'