The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-12
Congress VII! Be Asked
To Break B. 4 @. Shackles
Governor Glasscock Makes Promise
" To Do All He Can

The meeting Of the West Virginia
shippers held In the Assembly room
Of the Waldo HOTEL at CIarksnurg yes
tcrday afternoon was a :, rousing sue.
ecss. It had the proper enthusiasm.
not that fire that Is s consumed by its
ewn heat and .accompIlshcs nothing.
1t was the fire that burns and will
continue TO burn until the desired re-
suits arc obtained. mi s.+
At yesterdays, meeting a pcrma-
ncrt organizatiln was effected to be
known as the West Virginia Shippers
Association. This organization will
carry the fight startled to the President
of the United States, congress .hc
Governor Of West v:ginia. and to the
Legislature of tine State until the shir.
pers get a fair deal with the trans.
Eortation companies that carry their
products. to market. That 1t will see
tina, every shipper in every section Of
the State is protected and dealt fair
" w?h 10 the broad plain upon which
the organization stands ~ ;;3
The meeting was called TO order Ivy
Hen. o. S. Mckinney, who named Hon.
A.. X. .Thcrn, Ct ciar<sourg,s temporary
chairman and Robert T. Cunningham.
Of Fairrnnt, temporary secretary.
Secretary Cunningham then read
tho call for the. meeting. Chairman
Thorn then read Inc following ad.
dress: .s,s. .,r
President TI,orn's Address.
II understand. gentlemen. that
the purpose Of this meeting OF tn~
shippers Of ti,:s section. Ct the State.
is ii organize On association, the OBJ.
iect OF which is t. inquire into the
cause of tne nen.proyrcssive policy
0: the Baltimore and Chic Railroad
Company. as 4 relates to- car and
po "er equipment. which has. bee"
adverse to the shipping interests
along its lines III West Virginia.
at has been u. said that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, by vir-
tue Of its control overa percentage
Of the stock Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad =, has dominated tho
policy of tho latter company to suai'
an extent as to prevent The delivery
OF equipment that had been ordered
by it's directors, u such is true, il
Enthusiastically calls for congressional
attention and investigation.
Arc Public Servants.
"The railroads Of this State arc
net engaged in private business; they
arc public servants. The adequacy
OF the service, the fair return uFon
the money invested. the safety and
compensation Of. their employees, and
the honest management Of the. bust
ness, arc matters of pubi's concern,
and the sooner this Is &. realized tee
SCORER will the railroads receive that
measure Of public. support and protec-
ton which come from public conf
dence. 49,, r
at Is a Iamcntablc fact that rail-
road facilities I'm, recent years. have
not reseon1cu to III the. CONNIE rc!hl
growth Of the country. With the
estimated Eecd OF seven. t. eight bill
lion. OF dollars within the next twcn.
~ years fer .raitrcad building in this
country. no policy must be adopted
that viii retard tic natural develop
,ncnt OF transportation facilities, the
first and foremost essential of all busi.
ness prosperity.
1.-THE evidence Is apparent or all
Sides that dissatisfaction has rei1ned
supreme an'o,:J the great majority
OF shippers who have to do witt, the
tonnage offered the railroads for
transportation and this dissatistac.
tion has Been caused by con,rara.
tive utter Indifference to the needs
OF our growing state. Your presence
here Is further evidence and OK
preston that the time hos now ar.
rived for the formation Of perma-
ncnt organ :zatlon that will have for
its object the lesseninn of the diff
f;culties that tie Individual shipper
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