The Tupelo journal., 1915-07-16
Get Together Meeting
Continued from Fourth Page)

rate to transport that product to
the natural market where it was
consumed; that in determining
this reasonable and fair rate
many things had to be taken into
consideration, but it was more
largely determined by comparing
that rate with rates that were
given from other points where
the article was produced to the
points where it was consumed.
He assured the conference that
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad 20.
stood for this policy and was
ready to do all in its power to
furnish these rates. That of
course it was under the control,
in a large measure, of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission as
to rates, and had to confer with
others who were jointly interest
ed in the rates, but that he saw
no difficulty in the way of grant
ing reasonable and just rates to
this section Of country. for the
transportation of its surplus corn
and hay crops, and that if there
were difficulties that he did not
see now, then it was the place OF
the railroad company and the
people together to get these diff
fculties out of the way and that
a conference of this kind, with
proper determination and proper
intelligence. would lead the way
to get rid of the difficulties.
Mr.. Taylor explained that he
had himself been a day laborer,
and knew something of the hard
ships of the day laborer. and OF
the one who worked in the field,
and knew how to sympathlze
with them, that he had for one
period in his life done his own
cooking for two years, and at the
same time was working as a
coope He was glad Of stating
to a representative body of men
from this large section of coun-
try that it had been and would
continue to be the policy of the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co to try
in every reasonable way to serve
the community through which it
passed. He conceived that to be
its duty as much as to make
money. -,
This is not meant to be a full
report of Col. Taylor's speech,
but this was the key note.
Mr.. S. R. Prince, general coun-
sci of the Mobile & Ohio railroad,
was called on and in a short
speech gave a great deal of IN
formation about the difficulties
of adjusting rates and tue lntrl-
cacy that has grown out OF the
hanhazard Wav in which rates
have been made, but that these
inequalities were being gradually
eliminated and rates were grad.
ually being arranged on a sclen,
tifc basis. Mr.. Prince stated
that this conference between the
railroad and the people had been
his own conception and he telt
very proud of the fact, that he
had first thought of it when some
complaint was made about rates
on corn and hay, and then sug-
gested this conference. That Mr..
Taylor had told him on one occa-
sion that he liked him as a law
yer because, instead of finding
difficulties in the way, that he
tried to find a way to do what
was right, and what ought to be
done, and that he felt sure that
there was no insurmountable OBJ
stacles in the way of procuring
reasonable and just rates on those
commodities of this section OF
the country to the ports of con-
sumption. He explained in a
very lucid and clear way what IS
known as the Fourth Clause 10
Interstate Commerce law, which
prevents a less rate for a long
than for a short haul, over the
same route, and explained that
the railroad company now had a
great number of clerks employed
trying to arrange the rates IN Or