Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-03

| kind of rot.
he must have pay he will tie up the nation.
Sanctioned or ordered by the government the railroads
meet the increased millions payrolls by raising freight
The merchant adds the increased freight
the price of his goods which he sells back to the rail-
road man-thereby collecting most or all of the ncreas
shortly discovering that he has left at the end
of the month than before his raise, his demand,
and the whole process is repeated.
All the while the prices of commodities continue
mounting to keep pace with demands and conditions.
And the store clerk and office man or woman-and
other unorganzed salaried .empoyes-keep struggling
along finding existence under the swiftly changing
conditions harder.
Something should be done. Something MUST be
done And the first move aside from meeting Temporal
y emergencies they arise should be directed toward
che profteer This nation is full of them from end
to the other-even every small city and town Bust
ethics thoughtful regard for the future have
been thrown the four winds by thousands of
bent on making their "pile" while the pickngs
are good regardless of their unfairness to legitimate
business institutions and regardless of the danger to
the future of their country.
travelling salesman who comes to Americas now
and then, telling experience few days ago that
exemplfies the spirit of the times which is at the bot
tom of trouble. He has been travelling in the South
east for more than Is years. and his territory
about twice yearly remaining in town three four
days Recently he went to Louisiana town which he
had been making" for than 20 years, and stop
ped at the same hotel he had made his headquarters
for long time He found the proprietor, the same
building, the same servce-or worse-and conditions
generally unchanged The hotel was well filled and he
had to content himself this trip with ordi-
nary than at previous times Since the he
had been paying $3.50 per day at this particular hotel
and hadn't kicked the raise from the old rates,
garding it legitimate under the condi-
TONS but when he went to check out this occasion
he was handed bill for SO per day When he remon-
strated with the clerk without satisfaction he called the
manager whom he had known for many years.
Il ''What does this mean?" he asked.
cit Means replied the manager, ''thaC this is
present rate"
'All right" replied the salesman, 'In have to pay
it But would like to ask you question Why have
4 you made such an enormous jump in rates?"
"Well I'll tell you," replied the manager. ITO be
coldbooded about it, I've been in the hotel business
here for many years you know, and all have made
is little better than living get So day Just
easily as can get $3.50, so why shouldn't do it?
e "You may get it easily from fellows,
answered the salesman, but you won't get from
e will pass the word around and you wort get an!
/ business that can keep away from you.'
e "Oh well' nonchalanty replied the manager I"
expect to make enough in a year two to retir
e and it won't matter to me whether they not
e This is but example; there thousands of suc
profteers all the land in other lines than hotels
and thew are getting rich enough every day to retr