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Show LIGHT AND HEAVYWEIGHT. Is It Right tho Fat Man Should Pay for Excess of Flesh. Tho Swedish government is about to Imposo a tax nt a fixed rate per pound on all persons vrclghlng over 125 pounds. The'fat men, It Is held, gets more than his cqultablo share of tho good things of llfo and should pny for tho extra space, air and edibles ho consumes. This leads n railway contemporary con-temporary to arguo that It Is Inequitable Inequit-able to chargo the same price for carrying car-rying a 100-pound passenger, occupying occupy-ing single-seat space, as for a 300-pound 300-pound Individual requiring twice as much room. Passenger rates, It Is held, should be fixed by the pound. Excess weight of baggago Is charged for; why not excess weight of passenger? passen-ger? The trunk Is less Important and requires less care than Us owner. But tho proposal has been received with universal favor. The Jollity of tho corpulont man Is entitled to recognition recogni-tion in rate making, serving as it does to lessen tho grumbling caused by late trains or other defective service. |