The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-15

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test Is made in the location Of fac-
toIies wholesale houses, retail stores
ILIns and enterprises Of all kinds. Men
Win energy and capital have come 10
A~sheVide. to Charlotte and to Green's
uOIo and other cities Of North Caro-
lima with the view of establishing larre
industries. They like our climate and
our COUNTRY. They realize our natural
aoVant ges. but they have gone e,se-
where on % Of more favorable
transportation. Industries have left 10
Tor this same reason. Since peop,e
understand this, such discrimination
must a The State would not he
worthy il it did not protect its neonle
from such wrong. The people OF Char
IOtte would not be worthy of the men
or M~ecklenburg Of 1875. if thev failed
70 DEFEND themselves from such in
justice.
The railroads recognize this. They
admit that the State has just cause for
complaint. and they know tha these
conditions must cease.
Believes in Railroads Sincerity
Il have no doubt about the sincerity
Of the representatives OF che railroads.
n result of this controversy does not
depend on their sincerity. What We
want is justice, and that we are going
to have. We rejoice in the prospect
that We will get justice with peace. We
Ole SIdU tAd Tie TdllTOdUS Know tNdt
they cannot carry on a successful bust
ness in a State whose rights they tram
pie under foot. Justice is wisdom.
Reduction Of freight rates in North
Carolina may for a time lessen the re-
ceipts of the railroads, but it is in &C
cOrdance with the highest economy,
n best business management"
Governor Craig stated that it was
his belief that the reduction in freight
nc 4 x-0r,14 ~~ooly hopnt to -~-
Sumers and the producers of North
Carolina. that it would stimulate the
prosperity OF our industries and the
growth of our cities.
He stated a the people of North
Carolina paid about three million dOl
lars for the expenses Of their State
government, that they had been paying
twice this amount in excessive freight
rates. He aid that it was not strange
that North Carolina had no large cities,
that the growth Of the towns and cities
of North Carolina under disadvantage
our rates demonstrated our natural ad-
~vantages. He predicted that North
Carolina was beginning an era Of un-
p~recedented prosperity.
Hon. f. j. Justices Speech.
Hon. f. j.. Justice, chairman Of the
[ legislative freight rate commission
: spoke in part as follows:
The rates charged by public car
4 riers for freight shipped into and GU
e of this State ave placed a burden OF
the producers and consumers, that has
Y like the tariff and the trusts, robbe'
: h. stealth and indirection, and tn
measure Of it has not been realized b.
q those who have borne the burden
f That arrangement has resulted in low
f ering the price of what we have pro
v dueed and offered for sale abroad, an
in increasing the price OF what ma
e been produced abroad and Offered 10
d sale to us. Manufacturers n pobber
e have realized these disadvantages an
d the extent of them more than othe
# business classes. The consumers, a
g a class ultimately pay the bill, but q
the increased price is concealed and
Is indirect, they have realized it less tina
a. any others, and are nov less interest,"
ed.
"One result, however, is. produce
which is direct, and which we a a
IS see and understand. When the fre1gf
charges force the establishment
,e wholesale houses in Virginia cities
order to supply the merchants Of Mort
Carolina with goods; and factories al
IT driven from this State because OF di
d. examinations against this territory; ar
m our people must put forth abnorm
Of efforts and yet see the growth OF OF
cities less than normal, we can unde
IN stand his cause and its effect. 1t
ne this situation that has caused the con
mercial bodies in our cities such as IL
In Greater Charlotte club, and the Sta
id and local chambers Of commerce, al
the Wholesale Grocers' Associate
and others to d their powerful Il
fe. fluence to the opposition to existiI
on conditions.
Railroads Dominated Legislation.
Freedom from the present SITUATE
i'll will come from he knowledge Of t
ov truth. When the railroads runnil
ay through North Carolina meet in vi
ginia, the Virginia city rates. establis
as ed in 1887 by the c.. & Q. and n. & y
les Railroad companies. and called the
ed points '~gateWays,' and arbitrary esta
no lished Paint Rock on the other side
rol us asa gateway and then charg
&C. e%xhorbitant rates from these gatewa.
I'D we did not understand how the tr1
1s- was turned or know the injustice of
The influences OF the rallroa
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