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

personAl Injury business h SUIT
against the Illinois Central Railroad
company for personal Injuries suffered
IN New DrlSsns was recently brought
In a certain county ia the state OF
New York where the ycrdtcts are
highly spoken o. but not by railroad
companies. II has become common
practice for persons injured iu Louis.
lana 20 sue n MiE&lssipyi where the
railroads cost OF living il much high
or, and recently my Rtteattoa Nas
called 10 the fact that suits are I.e
Wise being brought 81 N3ss3sslQpi 'at
personal injuries occurring tn Tea
nessce. Not only 10 this true best iae
litigation tn Mississippi Is be.oE e'a
traliTed IN certain tavorite rrlElrE
which are becoming kaUwa &C. De-
places where large yerdgcls AZ hahn
uaily rpndered-certa3u cases as IL
were. IN the desert Of Justice sst-s
the fierce heat Of the law IS lFa ge-ee
by trcAms Of sympathy 81 Ese
weary iitigaBt = res; yt&aT DE
shade Of a magnificent rFra.r: kr1
feed urpn q Eoi5r- shake @EvE ~
dates cut az the ElrgrtrE 5rLEeIat e.
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nros, a1r.i ~ a mi. -.Ia ~ trtaras, =
ypyu thstT tuyrastats pustbess me +
rata OF interest In ylsslssiru, IA 4,
str per cent. but one is allowed "a '
atipulate for "a much ns eivht ner q
cent and the rate Of s,yht mar rapt u
IN genera throughout the stata rrnnn y
tts investment I'm Af,ssiskInbi sor ina G
fiscal wear ending Jpna az ta,I ,ha q
figures | have. the Illinois Cent. +
raj Railroad comnanv made a raturr !
only GOT Der cent from all tha ?
business done in his state inrlrsirv a
both interstate and ~intra.stats bust. r
q
Under these circumstances Il is 7
very obvious that the reduction O, q
In Misslssippi has 10 sfnn and s
that the time has come when tho hI,r. {
den OF the great outlaws on account ~ \
personal Injuries which railroad rom. a
are nov making will ba horne 4
by the people OF the state In other n
they will hepceforfh he tarIrg :
themselves. having mi, the railroad 8
companies In a position where their
must be Increased Tho bpr3a1 /
will fall upon every farmer who shtps r
cotton or buys supplies, every mer. d
chant who sells goods-in fact upnn a
every person who eats food and uaars a
In the state Of NtsslssInri rho i,
effect Of these increased o~utlavs viii I,
be, hrat. to drive away capItal seek. v
Ing investment in the state and soc. =
to add TO the coat OF living az I,
every citizen. How illadvlsed and c
Bhort,sighted must a policy be which Il
will indirectly tax the peopla Of Mia. r
o according TO their income. q
but according to their needs. Il
In dealing with the growth NJ anti (,
railroad p~ersonsi injury litigation IL 81
should be remembered thar IN spttn ~ II
the increase of trafHr such tn{rrtas n
are not increasing hut dIminishina IN I,
numbers, In 1912 there were Iess p
railway fatalities rtu thn -. h
1908 u4sl In the face az an ,n.ra.,a n
In the humble OF n~assenvnrs .nd a.. .
Ia true OF employea fatalities 40 III n
1921 in 1912; $50 in 1909 Thar n
1893 and 1912, thirteen years, the b
fho rYr,tnd c+stes tar tuR, " /,