The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-11-30
J. CAN1'EY WANTS
COMMISSIONS ABOL LISHED

llJ"unIlor OF The Manning Times:
4 g. One of the most important issues
SYHefore the people of South Carolina
toaay, as | see the situation, is the
question question Of a reduction of the large
4 ,nIumber of State Commissions, by a
Aasprocess of combination, and at the
pine time reformation of the State
Railroad Compassion.
do not think it is too much to
say that the people of South Caro-
" S,l;@st Iva 40 not have confidence in the
lState Railroad Commission, and this
que primarily to the fact that the
llroad Commission is so constitut-
A5.S and elected that it is impossible
the people to discover which Com
is derelict in his duty to
IAS1e public, and then again, the Rail
PAD Commission has never appeared
appeal to very high class Of men
lFOm an intellectual standpoint. It
mas been suggested that the Railroad
), commissioners could be made more
RESPONSIVE to the people by electing
all three of the Commissioners every
Two years, since it is just as easy for
the people to elect three Commission
ers at one time as it is to elect one
commissioners every two years. Then
again, the point has been made that
the insurance Commissioner, with his
lappointive deputies, has given salts
faction, and therefore it is argued
That # the State had only one Rail
r9d Commissioner, to be elected
point one or more deputies, the peo-
Aple would be in position to know
''WRom to hold responsible in case of
a. dereliction of duty. Furthermore
the very fact that the Railroad Com
mission and the individual members
thereof, are placed in the very deli
cato position of receiving daily cour-
tesles from the railroads, when the
Individual citizens are not in a posi-
tion to extend these same courtesies,
has caused the public and the average
cltIZen to regard with great deal
OF suspicion of decisions of the Rail
20 have in this State, the Public Ser
Commission, an institution of
limited jurisdiction. with three
bers appointed by the Governor,
SRl the authority to fix rates and
1arges in connection with certain
public utilities, and this Commission
does the work which should be done
bY properly constituted Railroad
Commission.
40 s9p addition, we have in this State,
BOARD or Commission Of Concilia-
composed of three members, ap-
Sted by the Governor, which has
tsdiction to investigate industrial
'Sffsputes and strikes, with merely
Sthe authority to report and offer sug-
NgePtlons, but without power to render
sM9cisions or remedy conditions, and
sas therefore useless expense to the
people of the State.
& 1t appears to the writer, that the
ssane and reasonable thing for the peo-
ssSgle of South Carolina to do, is to
SESsbolish the Railroad Commission, the
BPubllc Service Commission, and the
Board of Cancellation, and to cstab
lish in lieu of all these Commissions
Of limited authority an Industrial
fQ&urt after the method and manner
OF the State of Kansas, granting to
said Industrial Court the jurisdiction
>ow exercised by the Railroad Com
mission, the Public Service Commits
sion, and the Board of Cancellation,
W&h all the additional power and
jurisdiction granted the Industrial
COURT under the laws of the State of
E4sas. a year or more previous to
thR establishment of the Industrial
) S0art in the State of Kansas by Gov
ernor Henry j. Allen, the writer sub
mittcd the same proposition to the
daily newspapers of South Carolina,
but the suggestion was at that time
,s~su3prcssed However, the human
race in it's process of evolution does
=, not stand still and propositions once
renudlated are later adopted and
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