The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-07
AS 1t Appears to the
Man on the Street

Tba Southern Power company hao
To winch was heard in the courts
"f North Carolina, and finally In the
C,,nrorne Court of North Carolna' anu
fhIt court held that it was bound W
o,,nn1v current to the North Caroilna
punIic Service company at Greens
horo lust as it did to It's own suuoi.
diary. the Southern Pubic OGllltIe
COMPANY, at Charlotte and elseWneLe'
Tne power to fix rates is no glea.e,
nor no less and, as the ordinary man
lldo ,. it. IS given in the same
law That gives the power TO Fegu1oso'
The southern Power company oe
nod and defied the courts OF Noftli
Iarolina. including the Supreme couts
and the Corporation COMMISSION 40
ro+o;no more nor less than one OF the
courts of North Carolina), and went
MO the Federal court, pfesldeo oVei
hu Judge Boyd, and there has obtalnea
. decree overruling the supreme OouIt
of North Carolina, and holding tnaI
# .is not compelled to supply the
Greensboro company with power %
i does it's own subsidiary at Omar
lotte and elsewhere. c4,,
This was the attitude of the South
nrn Power Company when 1t was no.
},nder contract, and when 1t dlon
want TO make a contract, because IL
wanted to monopolize the business
and bring it's subsidiary company, Tic
southern Public Utilities Company VI
some other like company IN ana Uahe
charge of the towns OF 0feellsooAo'
High Point and elsewhere. a
The Southern Power Company nau
contracts under which, for long CeiIl
of years, it was to supply power "
manufacturing plants IN Noftn Saio1
Of . rate fixed and specified IN the
ocptracts. The Southern Power Com
law did not want to carry out these
contracts. and it thought 1T had, ana
II likely has, the mills in such shape
Checause heir steam plants are. scrap
nedl that they must get power IRON
50 IT. went into one of the courts
of Norh Carolina, to wit, the Cofpof,
alton Commission, and sald 10 una
(.ol1r+ that "you have the right TO reg
late US. and to fix rates, and We
want YOU to do it, and by so dong per.
nit MS to violate every contract we
lave with every manufacturing plant
municipality, person, firm or corpora
ION in the State of North Carolina.
In other words: When the Southern
Power company is not under contfact
End does not want to make a conCfact
to the end that an alleged compet1to..
NAV be gotten out of the way, then I
ooes into the Federal Court, and say
the courts of the State Of North caro-
lima have no power to regulate 1t, am
enioins all proceedings in the NofCi
CarOina courts.
When the Southern Power Compan!
has contracts which it does not wan
to carry out it goes to the Corporation
(;omn1ission-one Of the courts O
North Carolina-and says, "You hay
nower, and please regulate US to Tn
extent of making these people pay u
more for current than we contracte'
% sell it to them for" -,
Their attitude is: eve will use Tn
State courts when it is profitable an an
we will abuse them when it is prom
able: we will invoke their jurlsd1ctlo
f it is money to US, or we VIII re
strain their action in the Feders
Court if it is more progtable to do So
Blow hot, blow cold, either II
coins dollars. Contracts, obligation
courts, be hanged!-News and VI