every railroad company operating with- | reflected in the business of the railroad | the thirty-nine railroads io in the boundaries of Pennsylvania, | a : | company which serves that community, ine pool to menace the ff this were sound doe our | The Constitmion wan drafted in 1 entire country, en fy op pirit, wid the application of it Prov | Laas n pm nd is they attempt OHA Word | to do by showing that the interests stock-holders required it, and by the increas: | their : ; plunder and ex ings and in new lin the business o nt fae Temocyat, CD The entre 4 trunk. f thn Ot N ’ rine, in | railroad rulers could jusit | pros {1 THE CENTRE DEMO their { every {hu vy morning, at unty, a ERME«Uash in advance LE not paid in advar A LIVE PAPER whole pa ‘RAT is pul {nl Bellefor ive discrimination, S have passed | we Introduced to the public our WOrk ou sut our ratirosds, as tantini t of 1 Was showvnin ible degre i in that their partiality, tortion as practiced upon the prople of levoted to the ls tha tho nits y ple ruintion Payments mad sidered in a \ S Peg i the State were legalized by the d fh 111 tock hol | il pon the same robber would be pe lunder if he showed that 3. tad money his was the head of My | what | 8H | their oper AION it imilar CAI'rving c theory was not until ton relerr ¥ ph \ i Liat 12y } | damental | y | themselves wy ADDRESS OF JOHN NORRIS, OF ‘ THE RECORD Ady The address d« directed ad S WAS a oT. . railre averse v Ju » Mr. Chair When the maW as UN Oe m pation Ww winter, before a hegisiat body & distinguishes Northern Cel''™ . that the su. was too ire there appa, vho asserted rt nds. [t was, he sa wtion Cal mteiig consider It then must be evident that 12 jew ol you and many f Pennsylvania, atisfaction of our rail- rain lissue f ordinary eless in cannot ve a subject that ymmissioned, hk nankind ; and there tans of ours, having vd to learning, « rung from more mstitated them for the adjust- tions, and this he highest law the sovereigy creatures of ® 1ls masters ously die~ | commerce, it up and and the affairs, | £4 what the traffic would bear, Wns of Jan's business fused to enact {svivania, in had } ) road | be | which underlie proclaiming (hat than the | io creator mpan tein ol one of these © orix J will of the people w do they reach these er [ uitlense 18 prob | » enormity of the renter than the i} Hed by misadomg iippers, but 130 member Mi stare, disregarding higatioons of an oath Heh each one them took to support, uph id and ' the Constitution, ropriate legis yas of t deliberate] foren’orcing ths rovisi : law, nat the men the farmers of « have a »riOUs grievance I Western grower board for less than ng the produce In this ara crushing terests of the Eas vlizing trade to develop the lines ls it any won ler Je woe uOt until last winter that they || arrogated to themselves all knowledge | in matters of transportation as well as | all power, and denied to others a capac ity for comprehending the subject It is, however, certain that whatever else may be beyond the mental grasp | of the people of Pennsylvania, and | especially of the farmers, they know that the present poliey of our railroad | rulers has depreciated the value of! farm lands, and that the blame for this | condition of affairs rests with those leg. | islators who refuse t> enact appropri | ate legislation for the enforcement of the State Constitution, as well as with tho e railroad companies which, in de- fiance of the obligations of their charters and in contempt of public policy and private rights, willfully violate the law that requires them to carry for all per sons alike upon the same terms “oi al the same rates. The people know the railroad has been perverted from ils true sphere. Instead of it being a com mon carrier it has been made an arbiter of trade. Instead of being a o.rrier for hire, having no right to discriminate either in respect to persons or localities it has raised a favored class to which preferential rates are given, The men who run these concerns seem to have forgotten that a railroad is a public avenue of trade; that its officers are agents of the State, acting for the whole people; that it occupies a publie relation to the Government, and is, in facta public trust. The stockholders who build and operate a railroad, con- tract to carry for all persons without discrimination, and they théreby draw the line which distinguishes the rail road company from the merchant, A | private individual can sell the same class of goods to different persons at different prices; but the common care ier must sell the same amount of tran portation to all persons at the same price. A merchant can grade his | charges according to quantity, selling raore cheaply to the wholesale cus tomer than to the retailer, while a rail- road company must haul fifty oars at no less charge per car than it exacts for hauling one car, A merchant can dis- criminate between a regular customer and a new one, while a railroad com- pony must earry for all person alike, on fixing the price at which he sells his goods a merchant can consider his own interests solely; but the railroad com pany, in selling ite services as a (rans | porter, must respect the obligations of its charter, and must subordinate the stock-holders’ interest to the public in- terest. A merchant's establishment is private property, on which the public is not allowed to tresspass. The tracks of a railroad company are open to all persons who conform to certain police regulations. Hence, a railroad com- pany isnot a merchant, This is the spirit of the law as it is incorporated in our Constitution and in the charter of | tries | jected it to such Htura gre and a has all the essentials th about substant: nities, vel the ating lines across the Sta unfa ir Pennsylvania has decline ture instead of advancing. cons 1 that 68 per ce land in Peonsylvanis is da ming, and that the farme are partitioned in this than (a avy the North Atlantic States, 75 o ‘ of all the farm and being eultivate owners, and when we according to the censos reports, ther was an incresse of I4 per cent. in the acreage of im ved land of this State from 1570 to 880, an increase in the pumber of farms, ao increase in il com sprite md on ni Pr } fered dis Over to be fed, an ineresse in the total cereal production, snd an increase in the pro | duce per acre, the lands of Penney! | vania yielding more wheat per acre (14 bushels) than the virgio soils of Minne rota (11), Kansas (9), Wisconsin (13), Towa (10), Michigan (10), Missouri (12), and Dakota (11), it was reasonable to look for an inerease in the value of our farm lands, In 1870, for every farm worker in the State there was three others workers and their dependents to be fed, In 1580, for every farm worker there were four other workers and their depend. ents to be supplied. This brought | about an increased demand in the home market, and it should have helped our farmers, the maxim being that the val ue of agriculture enhances as the non- agricultural population increases, Our farmers had entered upon the se rious systematic cultivation of an old Siate with energy and intelligence, The industries of the State were diver- sified, and there had been such a healthy development of all our material {interests as would ordinarily lead to gontal prosperity, Bat this was not to be. The farm lands of Pennsylvania de- croased $65,000,000 in value during the ten years from 1870 to 1880, the value per acre fell off 15 per cent, and the value of our agriculiural productions declined $54,000,000 per annum. 1570 the product of the farm yielded 18 | pst cent, per annum of farm valpe, In 850 this yield had fallen off to less than 134 per cent. In 1870 the product per capita was valued at $707. In 1880 it had dropped to $431 per capita. One effect of these discriminations is shown in Jthe depressed condition of the railroad companies of our State, The officers of these corporations, by ifuoting the public interests, have in- jured the stockholders’ interests, be- cause the two are reciproeal; and when any community prospers its advance Ig de {the State ters for larger dividend } the | non-agriculteral population which was | In | proper re { { reasoming a highw iy 1 nitted to ko | hi ne resi | Who b AV egy yt Lhe Id not pay high which have IT expen eo | the Legis eonie of | le of Wilke cading and L Noas ree diserimiostion sre stunting the growth of the ng us to pay dividends n WW of watered eapital, repress ng our sgrienltural productions, driv ine nu'acturess out of our State, ax- {ercising a terrorism over merc! ants, up- | our industries, increasing the cost of living snd burning the cand- es for us at both ends, In Philadelphia 1e railroad companies tax our manu ctares in the raw products which they the finished pro carry away. Every important grain shipping snnsvivania is taxed 1.14 | per ton to help pay for the losses incur- | red by the Pennsyivania Railroad in its vow Jersey and Western pay a profit of 22 per cent on the cost {of the road and equipment, [pon the basis of an extraordinary method of reasoning, that company charges local [traffic at a high rate and through traffic {at a low figure. In this way the road managers enable the forming 1 try there and on | duote wiich they | {one of Lhe | points in P the Pennsylvania manufacturer | reach the sme market. They grain from Chicago to Liverpool for less than they will earry from Chiesgo to Philadelphia. They earry grain from Chicago to Philadelphia for less than they will carry from points in the inter ior of Peonsylvania, like Mechanics | burg, Shippensburg, and Chambersburg [to the seaboard. They esrry goods | from Philadelphia, and even from Pitts | burg, to New York and back again over the same tracks for less than they will carry direct from these points to the | | West. They tax yon because you are | located in Pennsylvania, and exempt another shipper because he hails from { Ohio. They tax you because you are a { looal shipper, and exempt another he is | a through shipper. It was nol | long ago that the Pennsylvania Rail road Company required shippers of grain in Pittsburg to furnish proof that the article was not raised in Pennsyl- vanina before it would allow the rebate [usually given on through shipments. They always charge you as much as the | traffic will bea, claiming the right to divide the profits of your business, In the days of Dick Turpin that was the practice on the public highways, but the offenders were not then made the regulators of trade as is the ease to day in this longitude, It is known to all men that in Pennsylvania no one dare engage in any business in which transportation largely enters without first crawling into the office of a railroad manager and asking whether he can get living rates, It is within the power of any one of the managers operating leases and to | knee, or hip joint, where the cut is so | | rail- | Western | shipper to send his goods for less than | can | Carry | very | itly shows Doar respect n, had their ar taken off at the sho der joint caused by injuries reciey the service while in the line of duty Are now regeived the act of March entitled the that they ‘and under they are to an increase in pursuance of of the aet, terms Pension will be granted accordingly at | $37.50 per month, J.C. Brack, Commissioner, Although the specific cases ruled on | to the shoulder | Joint, the decision covers, it is believed, | all cases of amputation near the elbow, { were below, but near | near as to render the remaining bone | useless, the language of the law being | identical and the principle involved be- {ing the same, — A] — Ciroulating Silver Coin. Wasnixarox, September 2.—Treasur- the polioy | adopted by the Treasury Department of coin is meeting with gratifying success, | er Jordan said to-day that | to secure a betler circulation silver | During the month of August there was [ paid out from the different sub-Treas {uries $1,677 444 Standard and £1.405902 in fractional silver coin in dollars | which amounts were largely in excess of the issue of silver during the corres ponding month last year, Mr. Jordon { says the withdrawl of one and two dol- lar notes from circulation was made necessary by the rapid accumulation of silver in the It was expec ted in this way to create a de mand for silver coin. That the plain was successful in shown by the output of silver during August, sub-Treasuries, no formal complaints or protests against the withdrawl of one and two dollar {notes have been made, Applioations have, however, been received for large quantities of small notes. In each ease answer has simply been made that the ssue of those notes has been suspended for the present, Treacury, officials ex- press themselves as much encouraged by the present state of the finances, and predict an improvement in the | §eneral business of the country, pensions, | 1885. | large | So far | BY AE Green's J _— am I Telephone —— To". pong poy SOLOENE, 4. yg Pharmacy, os BUSH HOUSE B LOCK, a Se = i CN Connection. PiTTSa0ReH FEmALE COLLEGE AND PITTSBURGH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.- isMnet Schools of Liberal Arts, Music pis for Modern Lang Thirty teachers Brose MaxXixe EXGAUEN KN ger Art and Elocution Charges less than ar ™ EKiagw DR. ILC, 100 FULL MUSIC LESSONS FOR $18 lon, with Pull Courses for Graduation in easel Brakigraphy, Repousse Work and Needle Work Yy equa ty school Thirty first HERK, sex FOR CATALOGUR T0 PERSHING, Pittsburgh, Pa. year = MARBLE the lowest pric SHOP, es, the VERY BEST kind of esent: 4 STOVER'S buy where vou can at @ Marble or Granite Monuments, Head-Stones and Burial Vaults. Hundreds of the latest and finest Designs constantly on hand to select from, Tu- bular Galvinized Iron Railing, and wrought iron fencing for Cemetery lots; also Marleized Slate, Mantles, Hearths, etc. Satisfaction gnaranteed in every respect, or we ask no remittance, Give | before buying elsewhere, S STOVE £5. olla¥f STEUBENVILLE, 0, FEMALE SEMINARY REV.J. W. WIGHTMAN. D. D., Principal. CHINA HALL REMOVAL. W. HL WILKINSON, \ vent for John pamakK gent | has removed to store r : 1s In Centre County Bank Ter 13% Sulding, stock assort- Constantly in a full ment of China, Granite, 6, 6, Yellow-ware, and Table Glass, AT LOWEST City Prices. Wt ' be NOVELTY STORE. I have just recently opened a store in the rooms adjoining Harper & Co. | store on Spring street, Bellefonte, Pa. | A full line of Novelties and Fancy Goods, Consisting of almost everything in the lineof TOYS, FANCY ARTICLES, VASES, ALBUMS, SILVERWARE, consisting of Castors, Butter Dishes, ete. Glass and China Ware, Clocks, Jewelry, Handsome Steel Engravings, Panel Pictures, Paintings and Picture Frames OF ALL STYLES AND SIZES, Come in and and examine the articles on our FIVE-CENT COUNTER, People are cordially invited to call and examine my stock, which I trust will warrant a share of your patron age. Respectfully, Alpha Corman. more money than at anything oles by tak Ing an agency for the best selilng book ont. Beginners sncosed grandly, None full Terms free. Halisr Book Oo, Portland Maine for working people, Bend 10 cents post age, and we will mall Jou free, a rowel, valuable sample box of goods that will put you in the way of making more money in a few days than you ever thought possible st any busines, Capital not required. You oan live at home and work in rp time only, or all the time. All of both sex of ail ages, grandly soocessfal, 50 conte to 85 sanily earned every evening. That all who want work may teat the business, we make this unparailelad offer Toall who are not well satisfied we will send $1 pry for the trouble of writing we, Fall particnlars, directions, eto, sent free, Tmmense abaolutely wre for all who start ot ones. Don't Addon griwsof & Co, Portinnd, Maine, vinlbef elyy [Extraordinary IRON-STONE - CHINA \ND TABLE GLASSWARE. W, H. WILKINSON, ace. CHINA, | GLASS, | —a Queensware, ALLEGHANY STREET, I laf 4 P eleionte, a. [ is ae ling ALL KINDS ! { and Table Glarsware at LOWER than ever known in following list wil Best gq Bellefonte, | show inlity, Iron Stone China d not to craze | Ton Sets (BR I feces - i D nner I ales Inrgest Eline | Diuner plates —medium do | Tea Plates do | Tureens—round or ovai each | Sauce dishes —round or oval—esach Sauce Tureens—4 pieces Sauce boats Cups and saucers—handled—12 pieces do de unhandled do Fruit saucers—per doz Chamber sets 10 pieces : | Pitcher and Basin 1X | Covered chamber 5 ~~ TABLE GLASSWARE. | Tumblers, each, . Ode Goblets, “ We | Fruit Bowls 25¢ Cake stands 3 5¢ | Glass Sets. 4 pieces " 35¢ Full Stock of Decorated Tea, Dinner and Chamber Sets, Best English ware. Tea Sets, Decorated in Blue, Black, Brown or Claret, 5¢ pieces $5.00—regular price §7.00. Full assortment in Majolica and Fancy | Goods, &e. : | Majolica Pitchers, 20c;: Bohemian Vases height 10 inches, $1.00, and every thing else just as cheap in proportion. | 8&1 desire to say to every reader of this advertisement : J want your custom, | and in reaching out for it I am fully pre. pared to gixe you the Greatest value for your money once yet obtained. Call and examine the goods and the price. If I do not fulfill strictly all I claim as to prices being LOWER than ever be fore heard, 1 do not ask your patronage The greater amount of goods | ean sell the lower prices can and wit, se MADE. per doz Respectfully, W. H. WILKINSON, Agent Norice—~Our patrons and the pub lie are respectfully informed that we are still ready to sell at bottom prices, and meet all competition in goods in our line, A eall will convinee you, Jaune Hanns & Co. Dre. J. N J.D Hobensack, No 2 wd BL above Race, Philadelphia, for & yours been sngaged in treatment of Beoret Diseases ax Re ! guar Practitioners a hay Read our new book, “Mystery Bont to any address on receipt of ten Usetal information te the aMicted OMce hours from Fam todp mand from 6 to nine p.m. Consults fon by mall strictly private and confidential, Office cloned Sunday, viele ny. “ie ents ‘
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