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Y ING BRYAN.
We have published a good many
hundreds of articles under the above
caption since 1896 and 1909. The de
monetization of silver doubled the for
tunes of the rich which the robber
tariff had built ujj, and Imperialism
has been fastened upon the country.
The Trusts have grown apace as a
consequence of the first sin against
the republic, and centralization has
come as the inevitable complement of
the second.
These fruits of the division In the
Democratic ranks are so apparent
that It Is to be hoped that all who
call themselves Democrats may feel
the necessity of united action in op
posing their further progress. .
The . trusts are damned by every
body, but are not opposed by all who
damn them. So, while the Democracy
has voiced Its opposition, It has not
been united In efforts to destroy them.
Centralization, on the other hand, is
so palpably contrary, to the Demo
cratic', principle that Its recent alarm'
ing progress should open the eyes of
all to the Inseparable relation of
the two. .
The latest expression of centraliza
tion Is contained In the report of the
Postal Commission which proposes, In
effect, that Congress shall muzzle the
press.
Concerning this remarkable meas
ure the Atlanta Journal says, in part:
"The Postal Commission, consist
ing of Senators Penrose, Carter and
Clay, and Representatives Overstreet,
Gardner and Moon, has just reported
to Congress, with the recommendation
that it pass, the most drastic and rev
olutionary measure that has ever been
suggested since the liberty of the
press was guaranteed by the Constitu
tion. "It Is no exaggeration to say that
the restrictions which this measure
contemplates would be regarded as
burdensome and offensive under the
despotism of Russia or the imperial
regulations of Germany. Its specific
provisions are harsh enough, but the
most Illuminating and alarming fact
is the avowed hostility to the expan
sion of the press, which the commis:
slon expresses with cynical frankness.
When we remember that the wisest of
the founders of the republic declared
that If he 'had to choose between a
government without newspapers and
a newspaper without a government, he
would not hesitate to choose the lat
ter,' we realize how far the present
commission has departed from the
snlrit of Jefferson and the statesmen
whose sentiments he expressed.
"It Is almdst inconceivable that an
intelligent body of men, nurtured In
the traditions of the Inviolable liberty
of the press as the surest guarantee
of liberty of the people, should have
had the impudence to frame such a
law as this, and even now we wonder
what must have been the sinister mo
tive underlying it all."
And the Norfolk-Vlrglnian-Pilot has
this to say:
"Proposed Government Censorship of
the Press.
."The report of the Postal Commis
sion appointed at the last session of
Congress to investigate abuses of sec
ond-class mall matter privileges and
to suggest whatever changes in the
regulations governing such mall mat
ter as. might be found necessary and
desirable has been submitted tc the
House Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads, together with the draft
of a bill, for presentation to Congress,
embodying the commission's recom
mendations.
"That second-class mail matter priy-
ieges are to some extent abused and
that the abuses should he corrected
is freely and franky admitted; but
there is not the shadow of foundation
upon which to rest an argument that
the abuses are of a character or an
extent to warrant such wholesale and
unrestricted Interference with periodi
cal publications as the proposed bill
contemplates. The bill provides.
among other things,-that no newspa
per, or part or section of. a newspaper
or other periodical shall consist whol
ly or substantially of fiction; that no
newspaper shall have advertising to
a greater extent than 50 per cent of
Its superficial area; that each part, or
section of a newipaper must be of the
iame slzerfornmndweight of paper;
that supplements must be of the same
form as the main body of the publica
tion, must contain no advertisements,
and must be supplied only to complete
matterrleft Incomplete- in the main
body of the publication, and that with
each issue of his publication, the pub
lisher must make under oath a state
ment showing the number of copies
mailed to subscribers , of . different
classes, the number . In hulk, "the
weight thereof and the average weight
of a single copy." In addition, every
newspaper publisher is required to fur
nish under oath at any time, any in
formation as to his business, which
the Postmaster-General 'shall by reg
ulations prescribe.' ;
"The i changes Tmenttohed are only a
small part of the total number pro
posed, but they are, all radical and
harassing, and, if adopted, would both
Impose pecuniary and other hardships
upon publishers and curtail to a con
siderable degree the advantages en
joyed by the public as a result of legit
imate newspaper development But
such results, burdensome and unnec
essary as they would be, aw of no
minor Importance oompared with the
attack upon tha liberty of the press
which underlies the bill and the right
of Inquisition and censorship which It
undertakes to confer upon a govern
ment agency the Post Office Depart
ment It requires no vvid imagina
tion to coneetTsjtjf how ndrsuch leg
islation as that proposed tha press of
ISiauon a uuao y.uvra
the country would be practically at
the mercy of the Post Office Depart
ment. And from limited to absolute
censorship is only a few short steps
when the first has once been taken'.
If the Federal Government, by the
exercise of its right to regulate the
mails,. can Interfere with the freedom
of the press in one respect, It can also
Interfere In others. As Mr. Frank P.
Noyes, of the Associated Press, perti
nently and truthfully remarks: 'If Ac
tion and the. magazine matter In news
papers can be put under the ban, why
not editorials and cartoons?' The Vlr-
gtnlan-Pllot Is unwilling to believe
that the time has yet arrived when
the American pubito will tolerate even
a limited government censorship of
the press of the country."
IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAPE FEAR.
In a recent letter to the Rnloigh
News and Obeserver, Mr. Pence, Its
Washington correspondent, says:
Senator Overman has Introduced an
amendment which he will endeavor
to have incorporated in the River and
Harbor bill making available an ap
propriation of 1400,000 for the im
provement of the upper Cape Fear.
This sum, it Is estimated by army en
gineers, will be necessary to complete
a single lock and dam. There are
three such locks and adms necessary
to give deep water connection between
Fayetteville anoV Wilmington.
The State Merchants' Association,
at its meeting In Raleigh last week,
adopted the following preamble to
resolutions calling tor a cessation of
railway discriminations against North
Carolina:
"That whereas, the discrimination
made by the railroads on freight ship
ments in favor of other States and
against North Carolina are unjust and
unwarranted, and
Whereas, by reason of said discrim
ination as aforesaid, rates are higher
in North Carolina than In any other
Southern State: and
Whereas, the progress of North
Carolina is greatly retarded by the ex
cessive and arbitrary charges: and
Whereas, the present rates put the
necessities of life at a higher rate to
the oeonle of North Carolina,
Whereas, the matter of these dis
criminations Is of vital Importance to
every Industry in the State, and
"Whereas, many difficult and intri
cate questions are Involved, which
can only be remedied by careful and
studious preparation, etc.
If the Interstate Commerce Com
mission could enforce Its former rul
ing requiring equal rates per ton per
mile, the discriminations which the
railroads notoriously make against
North Carolina would cease. But the
people of Central and Western and
much of Eastern North Carolina can
never enjoy freight rates oh equal
terms with the people of other sea
board States, until approach be had
through the port of Fayetteville. The
reason why this 1b true Is our jutting
seacoast, which" opens our flanks, so to
speak, to Richmond, Norfolk and
Charleston by shorter lines than any
of our seaports enjoy. That Is why
Fayetteville was such an important
distributing point for Central and
Western North Carolina and parts of
Virginia and South Carolina before
deforestation gave us less certain nav-
liriition and rendered the Cape Fear
an easy prey to the North-and-South-
going railways which the exigencies of
the Confederacy caused to be estab
lished.
Let all our delegation in Congress
give a united support to senator
Overman's patriotic endeavor, and his
amendment to the Rivers and Harbors
bill will become a part of It when It
comes from the Senate and House
conferees.
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Nothing of recent occurrence has
mora forcibly illustrated the Progress
of the Revolution Mr. Bryan calls It
The Moral Awakening," which, in
deed, It is, at the bottom than tne
unanimous decision, on Wednesday, by
the Judiciary Committee of the House
of Representatives, that the proposed
Federal Child Labor law for the Unit
ed States (for the States as distin
guished from their creatures, the Dis
trict of Columbia, etc.) is unconstitu
tional.
Senator Beverldge, of Indiana, oc
cupied the greater part of three days
recently in an effort to convince the
Senate that the child labor legislation
advocated by him would be constitu
tional. The House Judiciary Commit
tee takes Usue flatly with' him on the
proposition.
The action of the House Judiciary
Committee was taken In' response to a
resolution introduced by Mr. Tawney,
of Minnesota, directing the committee
to Investigate Immedlatey and report
to the House at this session the ex
tent of the jurisdiction and authority
of Congress over the subject of child
labor and women workers, and to what
extent and by what means Congress
has authority to Suppress abuses con
nected with such labor. The Senate
Judiciary Committee has a' similar in
vestigation on foot by direction of
resolution passed by the Senate.
: Written By Judge Jenkins.
Thd . report agreed upon by ..the
House-Judiciary-Committee was pre
pared by Judge Jenkins, of Wisconsin,
It declares in the beginning that u
must be understood that "what Is said
in thls-report, has no relation what
ever to the District of Columbia, the
Territories or corporations oreated by
aot of Congress,
The Judiciary Committee, after
pointing out that the question In .
purely constitution one, says:
"The Constitution is an Instrument
of limited and )umerated powers. J
Tne people oi me urig""" """"I '-
ing made and adopted the same,, dele
gating certain powers to the united
Bnto. hv tha Constitution, expressly
reserving to the States, respectively,
or to the people, all powers not dele
..tLnu. nrohlblUd by tbft ConsUtU-
tinn in tha flratas. 80 It follows tor our
VIVH M " , , . i.
guidance Ot mis qutmnm i"v
I power Is not delegated to tha United
sutdarice of this -quantum imu oa
V - I A.afl js J TTllfafMl
States by the Constitution Is withheld
from Congress and must be exercised
by the States. - . ,:
No Power to Control Labor.
"We look in vain over the list of
enumerated powers granted Congress
for jurisdiction and authority of Con
gress over the subject of woman and
child labor Under the po
lice power the State cannot regulate
Interstate commerce, and under the
commerce clause of the Constitution
Conaress cannot interfere with the
lives, health, property, good order or
morals of the people, or anything in
the opinion of the legislature for the
good of the State and Its citizens. The
police power oi the state is a broad
and Important power a power.' to
make all laws necessary and proper In
the judgment of the legislature forjthe
good of the State and Its citizens."-';
The Judiciary Committee cites a
number of cases and precedents, and
then declares; "It plainly follows
that Congress cannot even exercise
any Jurisdiction or authority over
women and children employed in the
manufacture of products for Interstate
commerce shipment, and certainly It
will not be claimed by the foremost'
advocate of a centralized government
that Congress can exercise Jurisdiction
or authority over women and children
engaged In the manufacture of prod
ucts for interstate shipment.
Can't Regulate Manufacture.
The fact is when the product is
manufactured It is not known whether
the same will be Interstate commerce
or Intrastate commerce. It Is not ex
treme or ridiculous to say that It
would he just as logical and correct to
argue that Congress can regulate the
age, color, Bex, manner of dress, height
and' size of employes and nx their
hours of labor, as to contend that Con
gress can exercise Jurisdiction over
the subject of woman and child labor.
The jurisdiction and authority over
the subject of woman and child labor
certainly falls under the police power
of the States, and not under the com
mercial power of Congress. The sug
gestion contained in the resolution
shows how rapidly we are drifting in
thought from our constitutional moor
ings. Undoubtedly it is the earnest
wish of all who desire the prosperity
of the nation that the proper line
should always be drawn between the
power of the States and the power of
the nation. Certainly there Is no war
rant In the Constitution for the
thought or suggestion that Congress
can exercise jurisdiction and authority
over the subject of woman and child
labor. If those performing such labor
are abused, and conditions are such
that the same should be Improved, it
rests for the State to act. The failure
of the States to act will not justify
unconstitutional action by Congress
"Unquestionably Congress has the
power to investigate conditions, ascer
tain facts and report upon any subject
In the opinion of your committee there
is no question as to the entire want of
oower on the part of congress to ex
erclse jurisdiction and authority over
the subject of woman and child labor.
Belongs to the State.
"In fact, it is not a debatable ques
tion. It would reflect upon the Intelli
gence of Congress to so legislate. It
would be casting an unwelcome bur
den UDon the Supreme Court to so
legislate. The agitation of such legis
lation , produces - an uneasy 4ecll3
among the people and confuses the
average mind as to the power of Con
gress and the power or the states,
The lives, health and property of the
women and children engaged in lanor
Is exclusively within the power of the
States, originally and always belong
ing to the States, not surrendered to
them by Congress. Such is the em
phatic language of the Supreme Court.
If a Question of good order and morals,
It Is the same. The argument has
long since been made by others, and
the committee cannot add to It. The
assertion of such power by Congress
would destroy every vestige of State
authority, obliterate State lines, nul
lify the great work of the framers of
the Constitution and leave the State
governments mere matters of form.
devoid of oower. and ought to more
than satisfy the fondest dreams of
those favoring centralization of power.
"Thn national government Is too
weak to undertake the exercise of thejnmerchant marine and carrying trade
police power of the States. In a short
time this great nation would be worse
than a ship in mid-ocean, in a great
torm. without a rudder or compass,
The division of power -was wise and
hfineflclftl. Time, study and expe
rience approves it, and we should not
attempt In an unconstitutional way
the destruction of the substructure of
our government, If, then, these two
great powers 01 police ana commerce
urn senarate ana lnaepenutjuu uio
power of the States sovereign, wnere
is the authority for the saying that
Congress can Invade and impair that
power, entire and Independent in the
States? The right and power of both
RtAtea and nation must be upheld.
"The committee Is oi the opinion
that Coneress has no lurt8dlction--or
authority over the suDjeci oi womau
and child labor, and has no authority
to suppress abuses of such labor or
ameliorate conditions surrounding the
employment of such lanorers.
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, TH2"8H.? S.'BS:DY.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner thus reviews
the President's ship subsidy bill:
Mr. Roosevelt In a special message
to Co&cre its, advocates a ship subsidy
to ' the extent of "encouraging the
building and running of lines of large
and swift vessels to South America
and the Orient." The President's mes
sage will be found in another column
of this issue. He points out that the
bill pending before Congress provides
for fourteen steamships, subsidized to
the extent of $l,f00,000, from the At
lantic coast, all to run to South Amer
ican ports; also for twenty-two steam-
s on the Pacific coast, subsidized to
e extent of 12,225,000; some of these
run to South America, most of them
to Manila, Australia and Asia.
Here Is a subsidy amounting to $3,
725,000 per year. The South Ameri
can and oriental subsidy is but an
entering wedge, and with that subsidy
granted it will be but a short steD to
"lbs larger and more general subsidy.
for which the ship subsidy promoters
have so long contended. From every
State in the union protests against
this subsidy should be sent to mem
bers of Congress. We have an ob
ject lesson in the exorbitant tariff
rates provided by the Dingley law. It
well established that Mr. Dingley
himself said that the rates provided
tor in his bill were purposely placed
high in order that they might be used
a basis for obtaining reciprocity
treaties with other countries. So far
as coicerns the well-meaning men who
had to do with the Dingley tariff law,
there was no Intention to permanently
maintain the high tariff rates concern
ing Which Republican leaders r.o x say
we must "stand pat." But ov.ee hav
ing tsnjoyed these exorbitant rates,
the subsidy grabbers refuse to -men
der them. . Habitually these m : hate
takeft advantage of one favor o
cure another and, given the e bsidy
which Mr. Roosevelt In his message
formally endorses, they will not rest
until they have made that subsidy gen
eral tor sea-going vessels controlled
by powerful men.
It Is strange that Mr. Roosevelt,
with all his progress along democratic
lines, should retrace his steps and ad
vocate' a plan, which, if adopted, would
make' it all the mote difficult for the
people in their struggle with organiz
ed wealth. It is not so difficult to see
why the subsidy grabbers move for
these privileges at this time. Schemes
like these are usually pushed at the
short session, and the very fact that
at this moment there is a strong pop
ular protest against special privileges
encourages the promoters to hope that
the hrazennesB of their demand will
Clflek itbararjter; they hope that the
people will conclude that this subsidy
must be a righteous one, else its pro
moters would not dare urge it at this
time.
Is it possible that Republican news
papers mat have in tnepasi vigor
ously condemned Uiis proposed subsi
dy will now rush to Its defense? The
most bitter condemnation of this
scheme has been given by Republican
editors. For instance, in December,
1900, the Indianapolis Journal said
"Congressmen must have mistaken
the atmosphere of Washington for
that of the country at large or the
clamor of the few ship-builders and
owners and their lobyists for the voice
of the people. Let Republican mem
' bers go back to the platform of 1896
hich demanded the upbuilding of our
by other methods than a ship sub
sidy.
In December, 1900, the Dubuquo.
Iowa, Times said: "No Inconsider
able part of President McKinley's
support In the recent election came
from those to whom the subsidy Idea
Is extremely distasteful.'
About the same time the Portland
Oregonlan protested against the sub
sidy, and said: "The fact that build
ing and sailing American ships in
comnetition with the fleets of the
world has enabled a few Americans
to nils ud colossal fortunes Bhows
Hhat-wen--operU-the ltip-
cheaply as the foreigners can operate
their craft'
In its issue of December 15, 1900,
the New York Press said that Sena
tor and Representatives had been
carried to Europe and back every Bum
mer for the past ten years in antici
pation of a roll call on the ship sub
sidy scheme. The Press added
may be true of our government as
Hamilton said of the English, that
cannot be worked without bribery, but
f there Is no reason why the measures
and men which require bribery should
I be mixed up with those which do not
The Chicago Record-Herald, while
declaring that the West was not "af-
frlghtened by the word 'subsidy,
Bald "It balks over a proposition to
take money from the national treas
ury to render the conditions of a self-
supporting merchant marine more un
profitable; than ever." The Record
Herald denounced the ship subsidy as
aVpreposteroas proposition
In December, 1900, The Chicago
Tribune, discussing James J. hihs
Mnthnra who aivS their
children
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Dr. EaH SSIocmv, Bostor,MaLSS.U..A.
prophesies of what the merchant ma
rine of the United States is approach
ing in development, said: "It was not
understood that when the spellbinders
were urging the re-election of Presi
dent McKinley . that one of the first
Items on the Senatorial program when
Congress met would be the passage of
a 'shipping subsidy' bill which con
templates annually expenditure for
thirty years for the special benefit of
a number of rich men residing in East
ern cities. There Is nothing whatever
In this adroit resolution (the shipping
plank of the Republican national plat
form of 1900) about 'subsidies.' The
word 'subsidies' wa3 carefully omitted
from the platform. Nor was anything
said during the campaign in regard to
the extension of the merchant marine
by a scheme of public expenditure
continuing for a generation. Nobody
can recall an instance of a public
meeting at which the shipping subsidy
bill was made the subject of fair,
candid argument or any argument at
all; nor were the claims to public aid
of the persona interested in such legis
lation ever explicitly set forth.
The Republican party should not be
in favor of one set of measures prior
to November- and in favor of an en
tirely different kind of measures sub
sequent to November 6."
WHAT THE STATE HAS PAID AND
WHAT THE I.AILROADS HAVE
DONE FOR "PROSPERITY."
Raleigh News and Observer.
A railroad Is worth nothing to its
owners unless th? industry of the peo
ple living along the line affords good
business. The industry of the people
Is greatly lessened in power unless
quick and safe transportation is af
forded. Railroads help to create busi
ness and industries, and the people of
North Carolina have recognized their
value and Importance by going into
their pockets to build most of the roads
in the State and gi ving a big bonus to
most of the good paying railroads of
the State.
It is the people of North Carolina
who have built the best railroads, and
not outside capital, and in the main
we are to thank ourselves for pro
ducing railroads and to criticise our
selves for the folly of giving them
away after building them. Look at
the railway systems of North Carolino.
Where did tne money come from
to bniid them? The following roads
were made possible by the fact that
the 8U-. of North Carolina either
owned no ;t of the stock, or enough to
guarantee their construction:
1. Raleigh and Gaston Road. The
State owned large stock and nude
construction possible. Given awav for
a song after the war. When it was
managed as an independent line it
paid well and undoubtedly pays hotter
now.
2. Raleigh and Augusta Road. The
State and the city of Raleigh helped
to build this road. State interests
sold for a song.
3. Carolina Central Road. The State
owned big stock and virtually gave it
away.
4. Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Road. The State owned big stock and
not only virtually gave away its stock,
but gave convict labor free to build it
when owned by private parties. A
Dart of this road now belongs to the
l-AtlanUe--Oo9t- -suii a part lo the
Southern. Its dismemberment was
was due to aleglslatlve act that con
tained ii provision for dismemberment
that was so imbedded in a long bill
was due to a legislative act that con
provtsion permitting dismemberment
was contained in the act until too
late. When sold the two twins of
North Carolina railroading the South
ern and the Atlantic Coast Line di
vtrlcil it so that each could continue
to cover the territory in the sphere of
Ha influence.
R Wllmlnoton and Weldon Road.
The State owned big stock. Recon
struction legislature sold it for a mere
pittance and Invested the sum derived
In special tax bonds known by the of
ficials to be worthless and fraudulent.
fiNorth .Carolina Railroad, ine
State still owns Its stock In this, the
most valuable railroad. By a blunder
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way of burns, sores, wounas, dous,
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Mr Wa ters: It cures every unne.
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The editor of the Memphis, Tenn.
"Times" writes: "In my opinion Fo
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iNohody need have Neuralgia. " wet Dr.
Pain Fills from druggUW.n'One cent a
liet Dr. Miles'
aote.'
worse than a crime, it gave a midnight
lease, seven years before the old lease
expired, for ninety-nine years to the
Southern Railway for a pittance. The
private stockholders get 7 per cent on
$4,000,000, though it cost $4,900,000
originally to construct the road. The
Southern, by its operation earned last
year 6 per cent, upon S2ii,777,6iC
that is it earned si,24b,t54, or more
than 25 per cent, on tin- outstanding
capital of the road. And this immense
earning was after charging $11,309 90
per mile for operating expense:,
whereas the average operating ex
Deu.u.J on all the Southern Railway
lines In North Carolina was $5,476 40
per mile; the Seaboard's average oper
ating expenses were $4,705.54 p?r
mile; and the Atlantic Coast Line's
operating expenses per mile were $1,
262.67. Is It not more than remark
able that "operating expenses" on the
North Carolina railroad were near!
three times as large as on the Atlantic
Coast Line.- particularly in view of
the fact that on no good paying road in
the Sate is there a sorrier enuipnrvl
and poorer trains than on that port
of the road between Goldsboro ;i,;d
Greensboro?
7. Western North Carolina Road.
The State built -that railway through
the mountains and then gave it to the
Southern Railway for the insignificant
sum of $600,000 and sought to make
the thing taste good by remitting the
State taxes for one year. It not only
did this but virtually gave. Am" id
convict labor to build the road on to
Point Polk'and to Murphy.
8. Charlotte and Statesville Road.
The State had large stock in building
the road from Statesville to Charlotte
which it virtually gave to the South
ern Railway.
9. Atlantic and North Carolina Road.
The State put up most of the money to
build the road from Goldsboro to
Morehead City, and just as the devel
opment of that section began to make
the road profitable, leased it for an ab
surdly long term of years for a rite
much lower than It should have re
ceived.
The above partial statement of what
the people have don for themselves
in building railroads should put a
quietus on the reiterated claim that
North Carolinians owe everything to
the railroad owners to whom it lias
given its railroads. Many of the best
and wisest men in North Carolina de-
ided it was wisest to part with all
its railroad property to companies
that were able to give the people good
service and extend tne lines. 1 ney
were honest, and if the companion to
which the property was given as a r;i ft
or for a song, had rendered good serv
ice and not escaped just taxation,
those opposing the policy would have
been more ready to acquiesce in it.
But what the State gave ouirnt
in railroad property to railroads i", a
small portion of what it has given to
all the railroads in Norm Carolina.
Until less than twenty years ag" it
gave the Atlantic Coast Line and Ral
eigh and Gaston railroads exemption
from taxation of all kinds, constituting
gift of millions of dollars. WhiU; it
did not give absolute exemption to
other railroads, it permitted such an
absurdly low valuation of the railroad
property as to amount to a gift of mil
lions of dollars. And when the courts
decided that the Wilmington and Wel
don and the Raleigh and Augusta
railroads were liable for taxation, the
State had a legal claim for hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Instead of ex
acting the honestly due back taxes, it
remitted all of it except a pittance.
And, even now, when public sentiment
has demanded proper taxation of ruil-
roadr -we-bare the-tacrcrof-'th
Atlantic Coast Line earning b per
cent, on $38,661,265 while it is put on
the tax books at $24,454,014; of the
North Carolina railroad earning 6 per
cent, (after padding its operating ex
penses) on $31,166,370 whereas it is
taxed the absurdly low valuation of
$6,680,000; -the Seaboard -'Air Line
earning 6 per cent, on $25,584,958
while it is taxed at $12,500,000;and,
counting all the little lines, we have
the fact that they earn i per cent on
$145,285,272 (this after taking out for
expenses, extravagant salaries, paying
to run politics, hire lobbyists, subsidize
the few corrupt newspapers, ana many
other tmurouer Items amounting to
many thousand dollars) while the to
tal' assessment for taxation is iu,u
361. Who will Bay the state nas not
been verv good to the railroads .'in
deed eolne to the point of taking In
several Instances wnat Deiongea 10
Its own people In order to make them
merely rich:
There is a ttood lob. waitinf for men
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