The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 24, 1914, Page 4

The Butler Weekly Times | Possessed ty that body, called upon Printed on Thursday of each week (2). Owners of the railroads, es- || pecially, are interested in having the the, trains properly manned. Propo- sition No. 9, providing an increase in the number of brakemen. upon rail- road trains, is. unnecessary and there- fore unjust t6 the railroads which thave to pay for such increased labor. Any such unnecessary burden aie | placed upon the railroads will have Evtered at the Post Office of Butler, Mo., as | tO be borne, not by them, but by the! ROBT. D, ALLEN, Editor and Manager “eoond-class mail matter. | patrons of the roads, passengers and —— = \shippers. Services of brakemen are PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR jnot needed to couple and uncouple | cars, as automatic couplers are now rs os ~~ | provided, and the law requires that DEMOCRATIC TICKET. ‘all trains shall be equiped with at ‘least 85 per cent air, with large pen- W. J. Stone, Senator 'n Congress. . . ’ H. A. Gace, State Superintendent of Schools. alties for failure to observe such iy. J.T, Blair, Supreme Judge (Division No 1). Being so equiped one conductor and C.C. Dickiascn, Representative for 6th Diet. one brakeman are alone necessary to Jobn Baldwin, Senator for 16th Dietrict. give the engineer signals for the Jamee N Sharp, Rep. General Assembly proper handling of air brakes, which R. B. Campbell, Presiding Judge County Court.’ are controlled wholly from the engine. Ketes Smith, Judge. County Court North Dist. |A third brakeman would be practical- url. Beary, Judge Probate Court," ly without duties to perférm. HO. Maxey, Clerk Cirenit Court. Some of the states have enacted Mro_Luells Weeks, Clerk County Conrt (Short statutes requiring this increased force Term.) but in certain of the states, such Frank Holland, Clerk County Conrt. legislation, although proposed, has pare ryoaaapsproeenttin sc taanug been detested -detosie, too, since Ds 0; Chastaing Eroseconine Mi the onerous character of other legis- lation has well nigh brought the rail- ENTITLED TO FAIR TREATMENT. road companies into the bankrupt court. The European War has brought “Ty¢ champions of Proposition No. abought such a grave crisis in the 10 give the following reasons why affairs of the railroads of this country the measure should be adopted: - that President Wilson has taken |. This bill bale only counties ays « ; gt ing towns o! ), Or more, popula- - cognizance of the situation in a letter ition. It so amends the present Local to the chairman of the Committee : of Option Law as to enable such counties Railroad Executives which contains to vote asa unit on the dramnabog this paragraph. | question, as counties having no suc! “You ask me to call the attention | town, as well as the city of St. Louis, of the country to the imperative are now permitted todo. The meas- need that railway credits be su-|Ure rests upon the unity, of interest stained and the railroads helped in |4Nd life of the town or city: and the every possible way, whether by County in which it -is situated. A private co-operative effort or by) town or city is’as inseparable from the action, wherever feasible of its county as the hub is from its Governmental agencies, and 1 am|Wheel. The influence and conse- glad to do so because I think the | quences, financial, political and social need very real.’ he the town eneon are ceed alike ay y county and town. e patrons o! While in the past perhaps there has | the saloon are from the whole county been abuses in the management of | the political influence thereof extends some of the railroad systems of the | to the whole county, the tax burden country, and the relations Datweed Poe unit Tonia denies eo the companies and the public have | the people affected by the saloon not been as cordial as their mutual socially, politically and financially interest would warrant, these abuses | should have a voice in determining have been corrected and there is no its existence. The majority should question now but what the laws are Tule. Those who are taxed should : ‘be represented. being followed to the letter by the Opposing Argument railroads and that they are earnestly The opponents of Proposition No. endeavoring to give the public the 10 give the following reasons why best possible service, and this oftimes | this measure should be voted down: at rates which do not yield a return) The county unit liquor local option on the actual cost of the properties law is violative of the principle of : Democracy in that it denies to the and the expense of operating: them. respective communities the right of It is apparant that the public is} 1 t loca} self-government in fixing their awakening to the fact that if the rail-| potice regulations. ‘ ms their rates must be sufficient to prop- that the regulation of police affairs is erly maintain the properties and to’ accorded to each political sub-divis- pay the stockholders a fair interest tion of the State; and counties, munic- on their investment. The day was ipal ue sh eee ee aber when the Prejudice against corpora- ‘distinct powers in the regulation and tions of all kinds warped the reason’ oontrol of their domestic affairs, some of those who in other matters were rights being in common and others disposed to be fair, but the public is | different, as the necessity of the po- awakening to the fact that such itical sub-division might réquire. Sanreerimaa! It isno more right to permit the prejudice is not only unreasonable, County of Pettis (for instance) tohave but the effect of its indulgence is |a-voice in the regulation of the munic- suicidal, Unless the railroads are ipal affairs of Sedalia, than it is to per- able to earn fair profits on the pas- mit the City of St. Louis and the State «, aS a whole to participate in an elec- sengers and freight they transport it tion to determine whether the outly- means a receivership, and this of all . ‘ | ing counties shall be ‘‘wet" or ‘‘dry’’. things the public does not want. e strong reason why this. o1 rht The public should give heed to the {not to be lone is that each .1 ty. wise counsel of President Wilson, poog sty artes bic ea 5 ‘ ; ne locali e composed alle the railroads fairly. exclusively of ‘Germans, who as a Sag Tan ae | rule are opposed to prohibition in any Amendments 9 and 10 form and i know how % use in- i Sept. 10.—The ,toxicating beverages; another com- Pepe ys ses SP evineae on | munity may be all of a denomination, the measures to be submitted to vote | °F nationality, who favors prohibition at the coming election was today js-| and who do not know how to use _in- sued by Secretary of State Cornelius |foxicating beverages, and they might Roach. Those wishing to voteintelli-/ Outnumber those in the German com- gently on Propositions Nine and Ten ;Munity. Any rule which would per- should preserve this article. The {mit this majority to inflict and impose sole purpose in giving these“argu- Upon a Sosperranis minority its ideas ments is to furnish information to the | Upon moral questions, and police af- voter, and the Secretary of State is’ fairs, is not only undemocratic but in in no way responsible for assertions | Violation of-the true principle of our, made on either side of any subject | government. discussed. The cham; of Proposition No. ALBERT HERNDON 9 give the allowing reasons why the STABBED TO DEATH @ voters, will BP ieee il| nest. $000 Reward losasd for in November as Guilty Party. death at Hume, Mo., Thureday while E. 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