The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-06-06

~-'&4 ..-. Sa-a 4Ea%a kNSt HAS =
TIE fgg r:e-ce q the ccmpaay
shaat .ast 81 al, the states ugca the
5!ssross e1-ra. system. waIch includes
South DAKOTA Nebraska, Minnesota,
Iowa Wisconsin, Illinois. Indiana,
heEEgs1g Tennessee, Mississippi Ala.
hama aad louisiana. Mississippi gives
Jhs aeavlHEi Fggjlct5 against the rail.
road company The coDpanys expert
sEce Is also that the most dangerous
cases ar Eol those In which death or
scrioSfs physical Injuries have occur.
red. but those In which the plaintiff
complains 0t having had bis feelings
huft BY being ~lGsuiyed, ignored, or
neglected, or Ia which the Injuries are
not visible but have occurred te the
nerves or 10 such a say that they can
not be- seen. Even II the company
EeEe held liable In every case OF q
persons being injured or offended up,
on Its lines, the burden could be borne
with comparative C~heeFfulness IL the
compensation we're limited 10 an
amount SUFFICIENT 10 compensate the
plaintiff fer the ~pecuDgary losses SUI.
t-red and u he has not been treated
right the duty we're imposed upon the
district attorneys Ia punish the ran,
road company employees In all r
er cases by applying the criminal Law
The excessive sums paid IN damage
salts are spenL In lmmoderate compen-
sation 10 a small handful Of people at
the cost Of the rest. The people Of
Mississippi ought 10 be told ths.t the
damage suit business Is now flourish.
Ing like & green bay tree ia their
midst and that the fruits OF evil en-.
teTpFise are How being gathered lib
orally At their expense
II Is only q question OF time before
the principles Of law applied to rail.
road companies and the heavy yer,
diets given against them will reach
other corporations as we'll so that
all forms OF organised capital engaged
In business in Mississippi will suffer
In the same way. Indeed, the time
VIII inevitably come wheu private Der.
0 Il engaged 10 business will tasts O,
the same severity. Every form O,
capital has reasons 10 fear the treat.
meut which is o being melted out 10
railroad companies II has been said
that there IL only one thing more
timid than a million dollars and that
Is two million dollars Capital in.
stSGtly feels these checks 10 sryast.
ment and flows away TO other cgmrnu.
mites where more friendly treatment
is given. X is q fact that In the rail.
road business all large improvements
have to be made with eerygwsd
money as the margin Of PROFIT has
grown too small TO permit them to b.
paid for out Of the earnings. The
possibility Of the construction OF raw
lines In Mississippi wculd depend anon
the power OF the railroad comuarv N
borrow money for this pu-poss ard
the eye Of the proposed lender w4pla
be turned a. once 10 The bsinr~a
sheet TO ascertain what profits the
company would be able To earn unon
the Investment, To build rsw Ines
OF railroad under present condition.
would be nothing short o. felfy
The fazoo and Mississippi valley
railroad Tor example. tagerF terribly
from oVerao~s almost ever rear
Upon the basis Of tie assessed galqs
for taxation for a number Of ysars II
has been operated az A decided Ian.
and In only a few instances has ary.
thing approaching Interest on The Ia.
Yestment been earned, EzralrEs ~,
ten or htteen per cent would not, 10
too much simply to keep u On ia ss@,
IL reminds me sometimes ~ a srwa
bufalo surrounded by indian hunters.
shooting arrow after arrow into 49,
poor beast while It staEEera alorg
with blood pouring from Ito po,irtfs
In the supreme court OF Tennessee
TINS railroad has only three personal