The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-11

monumental importance to all the
people of Georgia, the Tallulah Falls
Conservation Association asked for a
hearing before the railroad commits
sion OF Georgia, for the purpose of
showing cause why the Ubiquitous wa
ter power monopoly proposed by the
Georgia Railway and Power Com
pany and their allied Canadian and
Westinghouse interests, represented
by one G. Elmer Smith. of Pannsyl-
vania, should not be allowed. The
hearing was promptly and apparently
enthusiastically denied.
1--WE were told that we were too
late; the hour had gone by when the
people of this state could be heard
on the matter of trading away theiIr
rights to the special interests.
DIR. Bryant, secretary of the asso-
citation, gained courage to make a Sec
ond approach TO the august railroad
commission of Georgia. beseeching a
hearing in the behalf of the people
Of Georgia interested in preventing
more gigantic and Ubiquitous mo-
nOpoly than has ever before been con-
templated in the history of an Ameri-
can state. DR.. Bryant was asked to
prove why the people represented by
him should be allowed to lift their
voices before the railroad commission
on matter involving not only their
rights, but the welfare of future
generations.
Forrest Adair and his lieutenants
were on the ground. They argued
against hearing for the people. 1t
was in the interest Of big business
that the railroad commission should
deny hearing TO the Tallulah Falls
conservation, and the hearing was de-
MED. Behold the sovereign people of
a great commonwealth refused hear
ing before the railroad commission of
state government that claims to be
a government of the people and for
the people and by the people," Was
such sorry spectacle ever before
presented to the gaze of the people
of free government?
Mr.. Forrest Adair, perhaps, told
the railroad commission that it was
just crowd of sentimentalists and
fool women, trying to delay the cor
porations of big business but the
people of Georgia are neither fools
nor knaves. The day of judgment
is ahead of the railroad commission
VI 0C01 SId' NG IlSulS VI LIE Q0O-
pie of this state are being deliberate
ly disregarded in the interests of the
corporation. The Judas Iscariots
are not all under ground. Some of
the men who would betray their
Lord for handful of silver are do
ing business in Georgia today.
'The Georgia Railway and Power
Company has asked the railroad
commission Of Georgia for a re-
opening of their case and the re-
quest was granted almost instantane-
ously with evident glad enthusiasm.
The people of Georgia are taking
note. Such ewaklings did the rail
road commission of Georgia appear
to the big interests that there was
actually advanced in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 to enable the cor
porations to proceed with its work,
pending the mere formality of
meeting of the railroad commission
of this Southern commonwealth, to
approve the whole Ubiquitous scheme
proposed by the Georgia Railway
and Power Company.
''The people Of Georgia are taking
note. The great masses of Geor-
gians are not degenerates; they are
not fools; they are not knaves. We
have not had corporation money with
which to buy advertising space in
Atlanta's big dailies, whose columns
ara fron tn tho roi0htv oorpnrotiOnc