The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-21
|ntra-State Freight Rates
Prescribed in North Carolina
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tCOOl tOCU III lVOi III OQi Oti'so
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rating over all it's system, throughout
the State. 1t is not M III to
dwell upon the commodity rates, lum-
Der, fertilizer, etc. My associates will
do this. But we contend that n the
interest of trade and in
| North Carolina the rates prescribed n
the Justice bill upon lumber, starch,
fertilizer, iron-piping and ~cotton-seed
should be sacredly preserved. The
present rates are so high as to be not
only prohibitive in a measure, but Cd
iOuS.
Much has been said by the railroads
in this case in derogatiOn Of the Leg-
~islature of 1913. You AVE been told
that the Justice bill is but playing
politics. and tina there is no demand
for it by the great body Of the people.
The Legislature of 1918 needs no vim
dication at my hands. It's record is
it's trophies. 1t enacted the TOrrens
land title law the law requiring the
registration of births and deaths, the
search and seizure act to enforce pro-
hibition. Ut passed a corrupt prac-
tees act governing election, it required
United States Senators to be elected
by the people, made provision for
farm life schools, provided $4,000 a
year " IIldlIltd1n Tic Olu SOlulCIS
home, stimulated road building by
authorizing any township to vote
bonds for that purpose, Upheld the
work Of the board Of health. 1t put
upon the statute books our first and
only drastic antitrust law and it gave
special attention to the health and Sc
curity of the very railroad witnesses
appearing in this case, by requiring
suitable and proper shelters at all ter
Eninals and by wiping out the doc
trine Of c~ontributory negligence.
BrOtherhOOd'S Best Friend is the Leg
islature.
I Let me say to my good friend Bo-
lick, prince of locomotive engineers
9 as he is, safeguarding the lives OF
: passengers as they travel up and
down at Saluda and Tryon, the very
Hatteras dangerous mountain climbs
to him and to the noble Brother
. hood Of Locomotive Engineers whom
he so we'll representative me say
you nave no better friend than the
North Carolina legislature Every
step that has been taken by the Leg.
t islature to protect the brotherhood has
O met the determined opposition of {
t combined railroad lobby. Is a bill
n proposed to abolish the ]barbarou:
doctrine that if an engineer be killed
!: or injured by the neglect Of a fellow
d servant can Q no damages, under
the principle Of the fellow-servant Law
n the railroads declare that it's passag,
will bankrupt them. But the Legisla
ture passes the bill and the railroad
manage to survive. It's an attemp
IS made to require Janney Safety Coup
l. lers and electric head lights ant
shorter hours of labor and more com
It forts for 1.-The men who pull the lever
the railroads fight them all, just a
e they are today lighting any reduction
in rates.
If nv some 1nfnuar6 oooi1or& ~,
good friend Bolick should be in
jured or killed because of a head-o1
collision between his engine and an
II other or because of a running int,
an open switch, due to the ne3ligenc
of a fellow-servant he, if alive. or hi
q estate if dead, would get some remun
Grafton for his aluable life not becaus
IT the Southern railroad wishes it to b
'e so, but because the General Assem-
"a bly, Of North Carolina has made tn
re laws requiring it to do SO.
IS In conclusion, gentlemen. we civ
~ into your keeping this great case. tn
E. Justice freight rate act.
IN Transportation facilities are the ar
III teries Of trade and commerce. A tow
ae or section or State which is discrim
20 mated against by the railroads i
III simply not in the running. Recoon;.
OF ing this fact and feeling the heel =
of the railroads on the head of its con,
as merce, the Legislature Of North Carr
y. lima enacted the Justice bill bv
y. unanimous vote. enacted it in rasDons
re to the petitions OF boards of trad
r. chambers of manufartur
ers' associations and the people every
IN where. knowing full we'll that. mn
IS less the railroads have shown thai il
We unreasonable and contiscatorv if vi
be upheld and maintained in its in
on tegrity the people await your verdi
at and Herewith Will they be eontant
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