The National tribune., 1910-08-04

THE NATIONAL TRlBCN
street, Philadelphia, Pa, and those who
may be entitled to this official badge
can look forward to pleasurable an
has been issued in the history of our
Order In my own judgment it excels
the one issued at Salt Lake City last
year, which has very high reputation
in the list of badges. The badges for
our Auxiliary, the w. r. c., and the
allied organizations. will be under the
same line of construction, and will add
a valuable addition to those who are
making collections.
The Transportation Question.
The transportation question is the
one that has given the COMMANDMENTS
Chief and this committee more concern
than all other questions in relation to
the 44th National Encampment The
rate figured by the Trunk Line Passen-
ger Association is one and half cent
rate, and this has been followed by the
New England, Central, the Western,
the Southwestern and the 1nterconti-
mental Passenger Associations Strange
to say, the Southeastern Traffic Asso-
citation, composed of the territory south
of the Ohio and Potomac and east of
average of about one and a third cents
a mile from that territory. There are
more queer entanglements this year so
far as our National Encampment is
concerned than ever before in connec-
tion with this railroad question. The
Southeastern Passenger Association
charges the G. A. r. rate from Atlanta,
Ga, of S26.35. The regular Summer
rate from that point is s39.90. As a
comparison let us take st. Louis, Mo-,
about the same distance in miles as At
lanta, and we find the G.. A. r. rate
S33.40 and the Summer $29.70. In the
South, where there are few to enjoy the
concession, the G.. A. r. rate is cheaper
than the Summer rate. In the East, in
the center and in the West, where the
veterans are most numerous, the Sum-
mer rate, almost without exception, is
cheaper than the G. A. r. rate. That
is, the G. A. r. rate from st. Louis, Mo.
is $7.05 higher than Atlanta, Ga, and
the Summer rate from st. Louis is
5000 cheaper than at Atlanta, Ga.
These differences hold good thru the
United States. ] am of the opinion that
the Assistant AdjutantsG General of the
various Departments have notified the
various Posts of their Departments to
always inquire the Summer excursion
rate, that they may compare it with the
G. A. r. rate, and thus avail themselves
Of the Summer rate when 1t is cheap
est. II it were the same price, it is the
best ticket in the fact that 1t may be
purchased any time between now and
Sept. 80 and made good for 80 days
without valuation, while IL it was a G..
A. r. ticket and the holder desired to
Istay longer than IS days he would be
compelled to pay 81 for valuation. The
readers of The National Tribune who
expect to come to this Encampment
should read the above over the second
time, possibly. in order to create prop
er and forceful impression.
A Question for Lawyers.
IT is recommended that the great law
yers who belong to our Order should
give attention to the fact that in nu-
merous cases comrades of the G. A. r.
will purchase G. A. r. tickets from the
West in the belief that it is the cheap
est ticket, and at last find out in some
cases that they paid IS more for their
ticket to Atlantic City and return than
their neighbor paid for the same num-
ber of miles and comfort in transporta-
ton. A little later on this sa me COM
rade who purchased the G. A. r. ticket
discovers that he wants to go to the
old homestead. and therefore desires
an extension OF his ticket, and is COM
PEELED to pay 81 more for valuation,
for which his neighbor does not have
to stand. What ] would like our law
yers to look into is that after he has
been charged at the same station for a
period at the same time several dollars
more than his neighbor paid from the
same station over the same railroad
for the same period of time, and would
refuse when he found it out to pay the
81 vaIidation charge, and would stay
beyond the time limit of the ticket, and
was put off of the train on his return
could he collect damages If he proved
them? 1t would seem certain that he
has been cheated: that he has been
charged more for the same service than
his neighbor has been charged, and in
his Indignation when he finds 1t out
has been put off the train and certainly
actually damaged. VIII our lawyers
tell us that he has nc remedy in law
for the damages that has been done
him because he has signed a contract
Our lawyers must decide; but If there
is remedy surely every man of oul
order and every man in the country
who believes in a square deaf' will
say apply that remedy with the greatest
vigor possible. There will be some in
lteresting incidents in the Encampmen'
from the various Departments in rela-
ton to this railroad question when the
time for resolutions comes up, and the
Encampment is likely to do something
positive.
| Tic First Function.
| The visitors at Atlantic City recollect
that the first function of the Encamp.
ment will be reception by the Wo.
mans Citizens Committee, held or
Young's Ocean Pier, Monday evening
Sept. 19, at p. m. This committee /,
composed of one lady from each of thu
35 churches of this city, from each OF
the schools, from each of the women.
clubs, societies, etc. They propose or
that evening to receive and become ac
quainted with our visitors from abroad
I-F. NJ. Sterrett, Executive Director.
THE CHATTANOOGA PARK.
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