The Paducah evening sun., 1910-01-28
Several Of Them Meet and
Discuss Raise in Rates
For Carriages.
Is SOMETHING COSTLY, THIS

"hfAN AhaAa aAAA'a ~ Aht N0AhAt ,
have their boycotts on meat in force
Paducah comes To the front with
somethlng move, In that ilne-a boz.
colt on carriages for the theater and
afternoon and evening parties.
Like the meat 'boycotts. Padueah' t
was prompted by the greatly in
creased rates OF the carriage owners.
The women OF Paducah are RESPONSE
BILE for u, not the men.
a month or TX weeks ago some OF
the local carriage lines got together
and agreed TO raise their tarin for
woddings and receptions. All went
along nicely enough. for the men.
who pay the bills. concluded there
WIS nothing 10 do. and that the cab
Hnas are probably justified in making
the raise But the women soon heard
Of IL. and there was a "get-together"
meeting. whore the question was
brought mp and duh considered. and
the unanimous conclusion was that
they would 'cll their gentlemen
friends they are willing to walk to
and from the theater on pleasant
nights.
ITS n generous spirit" said n
young society man today. but ] con-
fess ! did not know how to tako q
when young lady friend OF mine
told me about t. had an engage
uent 10 take her To the theater a
few evenings ago, and about 7 o'clock
she called me up. and In o very
mOdest sort Of way told me about the
meeting and the decision Of the girls
While shall wear a party
gown. she said. I shall wear my
heavy shoes. and We shall walk
"of course. protested. and told
her that not az OF the cab lines had
increased their rates. and even had
they trehled them. I would not think
Of permitting her To walk. But she
was nrm In her determination. so We
walked I saw other young folks
doik the same thing"
other young society men were seen
today hy reporter for The Evening
sun and. while all Of them had not
heard OF tae boycott they we're loud
IN their praise OF the action Of the
girls.
"of course" one OF them said. I'VE
boyp will feel odd doing the walking
stunt. with our lady friends dressed
IN their best. bet I think II the girls
are 80 thoughtful. and are willing TO
do Il, IL will be right.
while labor unions. state legisla-
tnrcs and congressional committees
are investigating the causes OF the
very high prices. ! think the society
folk would be justified In doing the
same. for Il costs money TO keep rp
with the procession NOWADAYS. In
deed, Il Is as expensive here in Padu-
cah now az II is In the cities. when
We bovs go to a show there are So
for tickets; then comes our suppers
afterwards. and on top OF this Is the
81 cab fare. Just take your pencil
and. considering that we have an
average OF two shows a week that
cali for these things. YOU will see our
social lndulgences absorb a big pro-
portion OF a modest salary"
The manager OF one of the cab
rnes had not heard OF the boycott.
but he was eager to give his side of
the question, to justify his position.
I'VE used to pay 40 cents a bushel
for corn" he said, "and $40 a ton
for hay. Now we pay co cents for
corn and s12 for hay. Our drivers
demand better wages. our employees
In the stables cost more and every
item of expense Is greater. We were
not making anv money at the rates
in force. and II was a question OF
charging more or going out OF busi-
ness"
other cab line owners who were In
on the increased rates told much the
same story A few of the owners
have not increased their rates. and
said business is better with them than
Il has been for months