Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-30
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THE old question of rights hobs up again
When the American colonies first welded together colon
M aloues interviewed give prominence almost sacredness to
the rights Of state to handle purely affairs pleased
Gradually long list of regarded purely state at
fairs dwnded But the thing universally held
state right the regulation of within the state his
of course the right regulate railroad rates within the
When the Interstate Commerce Commission last
railroads interstate business (aas held within
lar increases purely traffic his results IN cons
cradle confusion Interstate rates are higher than mae lian
sae) In states may travel ooo
miles cheapy he travel zOO miles ii his
journey takes him across the state line
NATURALLY railroads suffered They getting much of
~ an increase as they hoped get Naturally enough they
appealed the l. c. c. for further assistance
Arkansas Illinois and other increase nasate rates to the
high notch which interstate rates have been boosted The
says the lower nasate rates found be unduy pre-
judicial to interstate passengers and unJusy against
interstate commerce
This order upheld by the u Supreme Court removes
from state regulation every transportation line which
state ne Georgia included makes state railroad regulators
about as useful as the appendix is the human body
This what the large railway systems long have desired 1t
may may best of passengers and shippers to
railroad regulatory authority in body That yet to be
But one rS certain order stands bues on the
last of the old states rights. family
Tor hundreds Of years people have pokd fun lawyers And
lawyers like it They poke fun at themselves They
laugh with anybody that laughs at them
And sharp people have said some witty things
about Mr. Blacksones veknown disciples and the judicial
For instance Charles Macn his play Love la Mode IN
1859 makes of his characters say he law sort OF hocu
pocus that smiles face while picks pocket and
glorious of it OF the professors than the
1t was Lord Brougham who defined lawyer "a learned
tan who your estate from enemies and keeps tor
himself But Lord Brougham had no monopoly OF that thought
idea has been expressed in almost civilized land
after ALL if be said lawyers must be about the
the world over! The Germans have it, Lawsuits make the parties
bare lawyers fat" And again The suit is ended the
lawyer for neither party has anything left The Italian puts it;
"A lean better than tat lawsuit And the Scotch;
Laws costly; take pint and gree
AWYERs and clients may smile the Danish idea Virtue
"a in the middle said the Devil when seated between lawyers
Lawyers love tell this story of who asked at
torney the requisites for going to law: Why depends
number In the first place he said you must
have good cause: secondly good thirdly good
sell fouhy good evidence; filthy good judges and lastly good
luck"
Lawyers are Hkeable lot that They the Sunny Jm
Of the court rooms very human of this world Anc
the world could hardly get along without them
TP to certain point the education of boy man
intellectual giant to There's nothing that dad doesn
know He with difficult problem the boy bring
him from school
Great Lakes by heart and he knows the multiplication table back
d Dads wonder in those early years his boys school life
HE Intellectual reputation is boy reaches tn
seventh grade and then day the boy brings home problem
like this
cord wood How cords of stove wood be Gu
from cord of 4foot wood2"
the hour of judgment for dad and ne knows IT.
What" he asks is wood
Stove wood in 6inch lenohs the chlYw
And how rnuch a cord of wood dad further inquiries
There l28 crhc feet in cord replies the boy while
his voice which I'm surprised don't know thu
little thing dadr
THEN dad down work the problem but an hour late
vAe, tle Lova asks CO. ~ h eavs William think i
G Cor Won - - ~ hedr' nrted at Ia~ti He IS 4
.4ed man Hs intIcte he~o IS "~d ht
Feei- tt he ~e~ives he cN'd 's a~~"d
,t Levcrd HE c, educational li-'is rs Vs"~ fsth
LreI IL ~~-us~or for -nytr~ ~ve-v'hret
gssy. what's the answer to the problem about II
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