The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-27
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cause. 4 carload OF bananas from
Florida TO Roanoke. Va, would cost
only SIS. The same carload Of ba-
nanas from Florida TO Winston-Sa-
lem would cost SIS. That Is. Win
ston-Salem Is forced 10 pay $50 more
+ for a carload of freight than Roam
oke pays, which Is 100 miles further.
/ The same kind OF discrimination
IL practiced by every railway system
against every North Carolina town
on every class of freight.
A barrel of molasses from New
Orleans TO Charlotte costs nearly
twice as much as 1t would cost TO
ship the same barrel of molasses to
/ Lynchburg, Va.
/ Recently a firm in Lynchburg or
dered a carload of hardware and
building material from Alabama. The
car containing this material broke
firm in Greensboro, the Odeil Hard
ware Company, learning this fact,
telegraphed the Lynchburg firm, the
consignee of the car, asking IL they
could have permission to take from
the car a certain part of the mate
rial, of which this firm and Green's
boro was very much in need. Secur-
ing the permission, the Odell Hard
ware Co., applied to the freight agent
at Greensboro, showing their author
ity to take a part or all of the car
load of material, and offered to pay
the freight from Alabama to Lynch
burg, which was Is cents per hun
dred. To their establishment they
were informed that while the rate
from Alabama to Lynchburg was Is
cents per hundred, the rate on the
same goods to Greensboro, much
shorter distance than Lynchburg,
was AZ cents per hundred, and they
were required to pay thia excess
freight rate, more than twice the
rate to Lynchburg, before being per-
mitted to take and use the goods.
These are illustrations of the whole
oppressive system. 1t prevents man
ufacturing concerns from growing
up and developing in North Carolina.
The first thing that a capitalist or
body of men who desire to associate
themselves together with their money
into manufacturing company is,
what is the freight rate. This is
why, today, there are no cities in
North Carolina, though it is one Of
the brightest and richest States in
the Union. And there never will be
any cities here as long as this dis
elimination exists.
These evils are serious enough, to
say nothing of the fact that the peo-
pie of North Carolina even though
they have no factories and no cities,
are still compelled to pay twice as
: high freight rates as their neighbors
I in adjoining States.
, The Democratic party has in the
J, past denounced this evil and promis-
D ed that every effort, through the
/ State Legislature and through the
t Senators and Congressman of the
e State, should be used to correct this
n most glazing and crying injury.
n A Democratic State Legislature
i elected on this pledge, made no at
tempt to correct this evil, but die
pass law to reduce passenger rate
D to cents per mile. After havin.
ID passed such a law they becam,
lie frightened and called an extra session
to figure that would be pleasing t
Is the railroads, and permitted the rail
u IOduS " pay IulO tuG treasury d
j. amount of money sufficient to pa
s. the expenses of the Legislature whic
n met to comply with the wishes Q
he the railroads.
ld The two Senators from North Cal
90 olina who were pledged to stop thi
IN discrimination were serving in tn
+ Senate at the last session of Cor
m gress when the railroad rate bill wa
OF under consideration. An amendmer
IL was offered to that bill providing spt
officially that it should be unlawf,
for any railroad to charge more fe
short haul than a long haul. TIL
amendment would have at least pr,
tected every North Carolina tow