The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-11-30

charges fof spoTtatfoh. If dis
-elehbor or his rival is accorded By
| corporation n > .-4t
) witnin tie scope OF this law low
er charge, which, denied by him or
secretly withheld from him ne rs
charged a2hfgher rate, and the basic
principle Of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none, IL violat-
ed, and it may be violated to his de
| struction.
How can merchant, or turpen-
tine farmer, OIL cotton farmer, Or
tho head of family. hold his own
in tee struggle for fair profits, III
even for existence, If these corpora
| lions, chartered for the equal bene-
tit of ALL. are managed for the fur
tive discriminating and unconscion-
allie privileges of some?- As we have
seen, this unfair and unrighteous use
OF the powers and. opportunities of
transportation companies, was one
OF the aninlating notifies, OF the orig
inal legislation So astute. however.
were thoses vine twea)da violate dis
law, so manifold The opportunities
TOT 'iolat,oE, = 80 tteglptins the
pre-.ts, So constant the. opportunities
10 secure great business by fayoiIng
certain mighty shippers, thai con
gress soon ,fouHa fl necessary to ap.
ply the principle of T,s anti-trust
laws with great precision ana defin-
itonesG 10 the business OF interstate
commerce. 1 Tastkis cad, the laws de-
nounciag rebateg in ouch transporta-
ton were enacted. The word re.
bate may sufficiently be defined, to
mean = deduction from a charse' as
on this s's1jeet, a charge for tgans-
!. >~iation." D. 3 ~.
Itose people, as we have said
who have given some thought to tie
subject, are convinced that the rail- :
roads are violating the federal laws
on this subject. There are many |
locps oles through which the rail-
roads can very easily escape the mat
ter OF living up to the Elkins act and I
one of them, a very dangerous one,
is the rebate plan. There are peo-
pie in this city who, while they may
lot have convincing proof, have
every reason to believe that one :,
he lines entering Savannah has
guilty of discriminating "eeh
Brunswick by relating to asa'hs'
ent as to cause at lee %Vch an eA
which for years b so one eonce'Fs
,alaable niece Or mainYalne, u
v large u Wata. front proper
o abar foS4e of employees, etc,
move .4esh the port entirely and re-
fits entire business, lumber, to
.,evaanai1..
Whe piece of property so abandon
ed, Is in fact, one of the best fitted
wharves in the city, is easily worth
$4,000, and by the use of it, its own
ers can save at least rs cents per
thousand in the handling of lumber
over it, and yet, it seems to pay
t,.t;n to keep p!is property idle and
lumber is shipped to them at SaVan
nah from mills located as close as il
miles to Brunswick.
These facts, coupled together,
would certainly make the basis for
! q well-founded idea, that some very
strong inducements must be offered
these people to ship their lumbeE*to
| Savannah and evidently Judge Speer
may have had a few instances of tn
kind in mind when he delivered that
charge to the grand jury. At any
rate, the probe is to be applied by
the grand jury at the instance OF
Judge Speer and it is to be hoped
that the investigation will be far.
reaching and that certain valuable
evidence which can easily be had il
this cay will not be overlooked.
There is not a more dangerous
enemy to city Building in the world
than railroads bent upon discriminat
Ing against them, and if Judge Speel
can locate such crime and put an
end TO 1t, ne will have added anothe
laurel to a record already distin
.guished for Conspicuous and able
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