The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-22
A Ruineas yastsry.

Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 We are told that the reducsiC9In 9I. or ,i e~Sut 2 Ereat ..victory" for the psoris--and the reform Administrations.
 But is 1t q .'victory" for the 100000 idle wage earners in the South who want work: and sans Irs,s Tet i. 'tI taIporecisted by 800, 900 wage earners in the South whose wages or hours have been re- duced? Are the owners ana employes of the idle saw mills. furnaces; mines and factories shouting halleiuJans over this glorious 'ivictoryT'
 We have not heard of any country merchants celebrating the victory" nor have we heard of a single mass meet ing of fsrsrs anywhtssss ere tp,unS tp sns Un'e0
 Then who are celebratingI
 A few offlce holders and the reform press, with q sprinkling of onice seek CTS. These politicians and their news to fool the people because thousands of the latter are c0ndemning them;
 How the people out of jobs do love Governors Glenn. smith and Conner TOT these victories" which or nayS sHSnsn snntbn ern enterprises and caused a semi-par- alysis of business!
 In their affection for the political az itators, labor and capital stand to- Togues have brought on labor. to say nothing of capital. runs up into the millions and the total loss to the Soutn due to these three men and their kind' reaches half billion dollars In money. a river of tears from hungry women and children crying for bread. mil. lion walls from Respondent men out of employment and how many lives only the good God kTSws; .n. .v.r the railroads and the South will be in almost as pitiable a condition as 1t was at the close of the war. .--Railroad
 This from the Railroad Record IS worth the earnest consideration Of the people of the South. We have fre- quently pointed out che fact that the railroads mada a mistake when they welded to the blandishments of the trusts and gave rebates. We have also warred against unjust discrlnllRatioIs At the same time We have Alwavs teId that transportation was an integral part of commerce and agriculture A farmer may raise one of the finest crops in the world. but 1t is almost vaIueless to him unless he can ship 1t somewhere, We know that whenever there is a famine of freight cars or of those engaged in the cotton business suffers. It Is the same with the wheat growers. It Is of more importance Co the farmers that they should have ratl- should have cheaper railroad fares
 Unwise and sometimes unjust anti railroad legislation has in our Judg- ment hurt the business of the South It has hurt the theatrical business in Southern cities. causing many troupes to cancel their engagements. One large railroad in the South has gone into the hands of a receiver. The stocks of another great road have gone down so far as to be almost invisible to the naked eye. While we have no statistics of our owns we know that trains have been discontinued. wagel have been cut and many thousands of men have lost their jobs. It Is appar- ent that railroad deveioDment will re ceive a setback,
 If the statistics of the Railroad Re cord be correct, and we have no reason to doubt them. then many thougandS of working people have been affect ed by the antI-railroad legislation. Jn' deed, the very people. for whom shess measures were introduced have been hit the hardest,