Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-02-12
BDeEFIELD S e~IWI4DNEspAl. FEBRUhRy . 1898
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Senator'S Walker and Gsaydon Speak
.st RnesAanB q dhqgs 4 = are #saard
I Soma Warming Up
,Atshsi4qrpins, session ii tho sep,
atee Frida~ Senator Walker resumed
[lBtsfgth&nttagNpats tare .sata Hill Hs
stated in the outset that he thought
heaiRatly nnEiss ito ehaet nhysrate
legislation at this session. He spoke
for about one hour, quoting gener
ously from newspaper articles and
II-,dliitturiaffs tending to SHOW Tic harm
| hat will result from the slewerina. Of
passenger ratdfs: ~ d' aA' . . ''' s'
He appealed to senators to vote
fAgaihst the bill as a hdter' IL btisi.:
|.aesg policy as a protection ton tile
aresent prosperity of.tbeI South and Of
South Carolina. In the. first. place,
no said, there is no demand for sucn
a law in this State-the travelling
men, who pay mos to the railroads in
!he way Of passenger fares, had made
40 demand or request for lower rates
fAkS be geitelStha laaassestioR Of tho
day before that politics is at the bot
htom 9f thp whole proposition, .,g
D I'D Aidi thai thei eyes 6Gstae natitun
are upon, us. That tile commercial
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sss.n ssii 5sI st35} i RsEs1tf RSP5f pi'y ths ap P
fblaudits of the press and Of capital
Senator Walker referred to the
rivers and harhors convention recent
ly held il Washington and of how 2,
es0es J; ssprssssnaatixg men, from egerJ
PssSStfoH of the United States Sc Stood TO-
getder in. hat great convention and
Esesdef9fgr Hhe a5sesevation of tho
sountfys prosperity-for the pro-
!ectiah Of its great wealth-producing
industries. He declared that the
manner in which. ] ohn 4. Johnson,
Governor Of Mihnes6ta.- Ss2narshhlled.
Figures, Whleh:told OF the unsurpassed
industrial prosperity of America was
something wonderful. By way of
parenthesis he added that Gov. John
son should be the next nominee of the
emqeraticss party for. the. presidency
81 M Taxes Paid By. Railroads.
@ Seaat1N Waller gave the Following
HgSses as to taxes paid 'in-t4is State,
which he said he had obtained from
the comptroller generals Office Total
taxes paid inr. State,.$3,962, ,912.42.
MH taxes RaidSins theSState sbN the
Rralfaads, 24.fs ;aahnulh- paid
/ by railroads in way Of licenses,$17,
534, making the total amount paid by
the railroads for carrying on the
ESSass sg1yysSHs Is Ss4ss % q @9Is. E9E.
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.pafd If tta sha sfatg fof al tbIalfSssss: -
Are the railroads outlawss Z he asked.
Are=they aliens Pare tfpy=tsespassers.
upon tb" terfi!.e9tN. IF South Carolina
Unles, ey are, there is no excuse
fore ,lngI sudh':a law.' The hail
raa "a pmb of,the' common hotse-
held aud bear. their part OF the bur-
den. Erae;it is"that they have made
'mbneyiln tile past. but they have mhde
every Section of the.,$tafs T. Pt;OcspfrSns.
Towns and cities have sRLuag, up
mherai the railroads; have ge@a; farm
tpsoduots ,havec been brought ned rer
the 'tnhfRetsJ 'lalSds' have Increased in
price Fs End .!stetywhets, i! and il, il eNy y cry
Business, ,pyospsfity has followed in
sthe 7wase eof the transportation lines
sc'cMaye Injura States Prosperity.
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