THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930.
SOMETHING OUGHT TO BE DONE
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN DRIVERS
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FAIR PLAY
WISDOM OR WASTE
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(Editor’s note —Following is a
copy of a letter writen by Tom
Pankey of Birmingham, Aia., ex
pressing his views on the cause
of the period of so-called depres
sion.)
Banks and Business Houses, Rail*
way Executives and Railway
Employees, All Property Owners
and Wage Earners:
The present period of so called
depression and a threatened period
of real depression are merely the
result of the natural exercise of
unfailing laws of reaction. Extrav
agance and over-indulgence during
periods of prosperity and even at
the present time are the under
lying causes. It is foolish to place
the blame on superficial causes
discussed by Politicians—such as
the tariff and other measures.
Now to correct this situation:—
We must first begin with econom
ical transportation. The field has
been abused to a greater degree
than any other during the past 20
years and its abuse is decidedly
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the largest factor in our present
troubles, hence the importance of
taking it up first.
■ We can expect very liiUe help
i from politicians of any party. They
■ are more interested in getting votes
1 or in maintaining their present in
fluence and have very little time
for real constructive measures.
The majority of them have always
advocated taxing the railroads to
the last limit and imposing burdens
on the railroads and every one con- (
nected with them in time of war
and in time of peace; yet they
call on railroads first for help when
' the country faces an economic
crisis as it did a few months ago.
■ This is said without adverse criti
cism and merely to show the rec
, onized importance of railroads
as the largest economic factor.
Business men, property owners
t and the army of wage earners must
find an'd supply the remedy.
Instead of continuing to build
highways and super highways at
Enormous jparallelJng rail
roads, depriving the latter of their
revenue by allowing bus lines to
operate with very little taxes and
tempting the car owner to take
unnecessary and expensive trips
between distant points without com
puting the real cost instead of the
thenoetical cost we m ast improve
on a low cost basis the country
roads and those of suburban com
munities leading to railroad points,
giving farmers, country merchants,
-and others deserving, and construct
ive rural interests a fair chance
to market their products, receive
their supplies, develop farm lands,
instead of deserting them for the
cities and “big highway” towns,
and in this way contribute to gen
eral prosperity. As a rule the auto
mobile and truck do not constitute
an economical means of (trans
portation exceeding 25 or 30 miles
paralleling railroads, though they
can be used as constructve factors
on short or lateral hauls and for
pleasure on limited mileage.
The gasoline tax is very mis
leading. The property owner and
wage earner pays for the construc
tion iand upkeep of the 'highways in the
final analysis. The tax is merely
passed on.
The man who buys gasoline and
pays the tax merely extracts the
money from other sources at the
expense of the property owner and
class to which he belongs.
As a result of the enormous sums
spent all over the country on high
ways and the excessive use of the
automotive transportation, a bad
credit situation has developed. Some
states and municipalities are hope
lessly in debt, to say nothing of the
unbelieveable financial condition of
most of their citizens. Courts are
congested with cases arising from
the excessive and careless use of
automobiles. Hospitals are crowded
with victims of automobile acci
dents who bacome a burden instead
( of a help to the community.
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No land nor air transportation
system has ever been devised that
can handle frieght tonage and pas
sengers as economically and safely
as can be hand'ed on the surface of
steel rails. This (is a natural law
that will stand the test of ages,
We must travel by rail and urge
our friends to do so. The business
life of the community is at stake.
The jobs of hundreds of thousands
of railroad men and hundreds of
thousands more engaged in related
lines of industry are threatened.
Railroad management must be
given greater latitude in the matter
of rates and taxes So that traffic
can be attracted. Unjust taxation
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must cease. The general public must
learn and recognize the value of
railoads to every community. Our
country was developed by railroads
and we can prosper only “when”
and “if” our railroads prosper.
A through analysis of transpor
tation made by the writer more
than two years ago clearly indicate
the present situition.
American citizen not as the repre-
Public Welfare by the writer as an
company. It is written from the
standpoint of thrift, economic ne
cessity and common sense.
Yours very truly,
(S.) TOM PANKEY.
Birmingham, Ala.
July 18th, 1930.
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BAD LINE OF TALK
(Charlotte Observer)
To the Editor of The Observer:
What greater injustice could be
done to merchants, farmers and
other business people of North Caro
lina than is being done by the
Tammany-calamity howlers who are
almost daily broadcasting the seed
of financial depression from the
mountains to the sea? The speakers
who are injecting this depression
• talk into every political gathering
1 are causing thousands of people
who can aford to spend money to do
without absolute necessities, and this
a’one will cause the business people
of North Carolina to lose large
sums of money.
No one man can do North Caro
lina as much good in the United
• States in four years as he can do
harm during one campaign by the
continued platform yelling of ‘‘hard
: times”. Money is not so tight that
the ones craving office have to walk
and carry their lunch in their pock
ets on political speaking expedi
tions. They all ride in fine limous
ines driven by their trusted chauf
feurs, and they eat and sleep at
the best hote’s, but when speaking
times come, the said candidates
theme is entitled “Hard Times”.
Former Governor McLean rightly
stated in a speech at Wilmington
some days ago that “hard times” is
largely a matter of psychology, and
he advised the bankers present to
find something better to do than to
talk “hard times.”
The people of North Carolina are
entitled to a man to represent them
in the United States Senate of such
large caliber that he can win on his
merits. We do not need a politican
in the United States Senate who
has to drag the President of our
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country into local affairs in an ef
fort .to gain votes. Judging from;
the statements made by the Tam
many orators of late, one would
think Herbert Hoover was a candid
ate for the U. S. Senate from North
Carolina. Os course, all these state
ments are only smoke screens to
stay in power. What the voters of
North Carolina want to know is
what the candidates for the United
States Senate will and will not do
if elected. We can atend to the
presidential business in 1932. Why
don't the candidates tell the peo
ple how they will stand on the
Eighteenth Amendment under Tam
many pressure and otherwise.
S. E. DOUGLASS.
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AN APPALLING CONDITION
(From The Hamlet News-Messenger)
Motor traffic fatalities are
becoming so great in number
that government officials,
judges of traffic courts, high
way builders and automobile
associations are attempting to
work out a solution with a
strong hand.
Taking one populous center
as an illustration of this ap
palling condition, in the year
1928 in the county of Los An
geles, 600 lives were snuffed
out by the automobile. In
1929 the figure reached 794
according to Judge Valentine
of the municipal court. If the
present 1930 rate continues
during the year, 1000 persons
will lose their lives in motor
accidents.
The death rate of Los An
; geles county would not apply
■ to the nation as a whole but
! does indicate that congestion
adds to the percentage of ac
cidents. Even in the less po
; pulous centers of the United
■. States the death roll is suffici
ent to cause alarm. Many
i causes can rightly be assigned
, | for the condition. In fact,
there are almost as many
■; causes as there are parts to an
; automobile. Judge Valentine
; says that speed is the greatest
• cause. But there are other
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causes to which all forces of
safety must direct their atten
tion.
It might be summed up by
saying that the greatest cause
of motor accidents is “the
other fellow”. Outside dis
tractions and conditions of
roadways contribute their full
share.
The motoring public nec
cessarily must THINK safety.
Not only every minute but
every second, the driver of
a car is potentially a menace
to persons and property, and
to his own safety, unless his
thought is upon proper driv
ing; and his conduct follows
his thought. His thought must
reach back to the time before
he takes the wheel, for his
car before it leaves the gar
age must be placed in a con
dition for safe driving.
It is going to take more
than editorals, more than ra
dio speeches, and even more
than fines and imprisonments
to correct the appalling con
dition confronting the Ameri
can people with regard to
motor transportation. Crafts
manship in the building of
automobiles and science in the
construction of roads must be
balanced by the human ele
ment at all times.
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Ham Predicts
Greatest War*
Rev. J. W. Ham, who held a
series of revival services at Siler
City Baptist church for two weeks,
spoke last Sunday afternoon to
about 1000 men on the subject of
the Prophecies. One of his conclu
sions from a study of the prophe
cies was that the greatest war of
all times is decreed for 1932 of
-33, and he saw indications of
preparation for the same in Italy
! and France. Well, we shall not have
to wait many years to see how
true a prophet, or reader of the
prophecies, the noted evangelist is.
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