Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-29
Scraps and faets.

schedules, company ofhclals salo, III
ed today with State railroad commls-
sions or similar bodies in North Car,
oiina, South Carolina, Florida ano
Alabama on behalf Of the Southern
BelI and in Mississippi, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois on tne
behalf of the Cumberland Company.
The new schedules are to be fileo mex
week in Kentucky, 1t was said. OnIy
parts Of Indiana and Illinois Will De
effected. The new rates effecting sole
ly local telephone service Will Worh
out to give slight decrease IN rate
for many residence telephones ana an
increase for rates of business tele,
phones. Both unlimited service ana
n was said at headquarters here OF
the Southern Bell that the petition TOT
new rates would have been rieo,
whether or not the government mao
taken over operation OF the telephohe
lines Il icing held that increased In
come Is necessary. The rates were
sled with the railroad commissions
n was ssid, more as information tnan
anvthine else, the whole matter OF the
authority Of the postmaster geherai
TO order increased rates being expeeto
ed to be threshed out In court at
later date. Revised schedules, wnict,
would give the 13 per cent. In totai
onerating income in Georgia, 1t was
sa;d were practically the same as
those filed in the other states, al
though the percentage OF increase
wight be sltghtly different. The ne"
rotes are to be in effect May !.
The government proposes a literal
enforcement of the war time prohipl-
tion act including ban ON proauc-
tion and sale OF all peers anu VIE, ?,
whether or not they are intoxicating
tha department Of justice announced
through a special representative IN
the federal court Of New York last
wednestiay While no steps Will De
taken to prevent brewing. pendrng
court determination Of the laws con-
stitutionality raised by brewers OF tne
New York district. manufacturers WIN
operate in peril Of future proseSutlon
according to the statement OF Wllhaln
G. Fits, special council appearing lor
Attorney General Palmer In 'ne adv;sed
Iitizatjon. The. attorney aoVlseo
Indoe A N. Hand, who heard argu-
n,enfs ON the governments motion 10
dicmiss the suit brought on behalr OF
national brewing interests by the
Jacoh Hofmann Brewing Company 10
restrain the federal authorities from
interfering with its production OF
Nor cent beer that the department OF
iustice did not know and did not care
whether beer of the strength lnoica'-
ed was intoxicating. The law promo,
tied sale after June 80 OF olslhleu
beverages as well as manufacture az
ter April 20 and sale after June oV ol
"beer, wine and other lntoxicatins
nnrnoses" pending the rehabilitation
Of the military forces. he said. Ine
,orda "beer,' and wine" were not
Qualified. in the opinion Of the govern
ment. he added, and the apparent con-
yressional intention to stop the waste
os grains and fruits in the production
in any strength would be enforced
with "half the world looking to amer
lea for food" Mr.. Fits contendeo' the
necessity Of its conservation was
greater "even than on the DAY oI
Chateau Thierry' and 1t was eq9aily
Essential that liquors be withheld from
nnhIic sales while the army and navy
were undergoing rehabilitation. 10
this statement, Judge Hand added ms
opinion that the war was sun IN
progress" which upset one OF the coti-
plainants' contentious.
Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation OF LABOR, as
sailed the administration Of Postmas.
ter General Burleson in statement
issued in New York last SATURDAY
declaring that ~"he must walk tne
nIank sooner or later" Mr.. Gompers
charged Postmaster General burlesoh
with carrying out "an archaic auto
cratic policy in the conduct, Oh tne
postal, telephone and telegraph sei
vices of the United States ana sa!o
"he needs only a wider field ana pei
ter opportunity to fit him 1or sucSes s.
sion 10 some Of the worlds pest
Snnwn hut unlamented ex-dictators.'
Mr. Gompers' statement follows: the
troubles of Postmaster General Burle-
son which in a recent statement ne at
tributes to q plot or conspiracy On
the mart of the American publishers
are not due solely to any dispute
there may have been between Tue
postmaster general and the puohsners
TO whom he refers. The most recenl
example of Mr.. Burleson's autocratic
nature does not come as surprise "
those In the labor movement VINO nave
come in contact with his admini@ra-
ton Labor was long ago forced 10
the conclusion that Mr.. Burleson was
Completely out of sympathy with the
trend Of American thought ana was
totally unable to comprehend "hat
America meant when it declared war
upon autocracy every where. MI;
Burleson needs only a wider fleio ana
a better opportunity to III MIN lot lot
succession to some Of the WORLDS pest
Snown hut unlamented ex-dictators'
The only difficulty in Mr.. Burleson
way is that the world has reached the
decision that it wants no more dlcta-
TORS. The United States postofhce de-
partment Is one of the very Few places
in the world not yet in accord wltn
that decision. Long before the UNIT
ed States government took over the
telegraph systems Of the country MI
BurIeson's cold and autocratlc treat
ment became known to the workers
engaged in the postal service. Natur-
eiiy resentment has followed this
conrse and this resentment has in
creased in volume exactly in pro-
norton to the increased field ovel
which Mr.. Burleson rules. The work
ers In various branches OF the post
master generals department nave
come 10 understand the roughly tna'
democracy and the postofnce oe'
partment has nothing in common ex'
cept that they exist under the same
government. Time after time THESE
employees have endeavored to secure
the opportunity to be heard py tn'
nostmaster general through their re-
presentatives for the purpose or pre-
senting grievances or just causes 1o>
complaint. They have sought TO Ia!
before him their complaints in ordel
that they might have his consideration
and in order that any adjustment
might be brought about through th'
democratic procedure Of negotiations
These pleadings for an opportunity U
be heard have been as vain as the!
have been frequent. My own eXper
ience with the postmaster general ma!
been of a similar nature. Acting fol
the workers / have had number O
conferences with him in which l have
endeavored to induce him to grant tns
opportunity to his employees to p'
heard through their representatives
These efforts Of my own have also
been in vain. 1t has been rather
favorite pose with the postmaster
general to appear as high minded
person, generous and sympathetl1
with his employees. Always. however
sympathy has been defined by him tt
mean that if any one of the employees
had any thing to present to him thai
employee might come and present the
oa.a IvDdar apy circumstances SuCf