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mm Err E v DAILY EDITION. 6.00 Per Annum, In Advanca. 8.00 for t Months, In Advance. O 1-50 for a Months, In Advance. Jim Jx.oo per Aanum. in Advance. J. OLD SERIES VOL LXXIII NO 4.111 FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909. NEW SERLES-V0L. XXV NO. 2,34a Threatening feverlshness with chil dren U quickly tad safely calmed by Preventlcs. - These little Candy Cold Cure Tablets should always be at hand for promptness Is all-Important Preventlcs contain no quinine, noth ing harBh or- sickening. They are In deed, "the sUtch In time". Carried In pocket, or purse. Preventlcs are a genuine safeguard against colds. 25c. Bold by B. 0. Bedberry's Son. .. ........ t . .. .. i .. . ... . .. . Pneumonia Follows La Grippe. - ' Pneumonia often louows la grippe but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar, for la grippe coughs and deep seated colds. Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow pack age. MoDuffl? Drug Store, (0. 0. Sou Hn, Mgr.) , ,. Woods Liver ; Medicine in liquid form regulates the liver, relieves sick headache, constipation, stomach, kid ney disorders and acta as a gentle laxative, For ohllls, fever, and malar la. Its tonlo effects on the t-ystem felt with the first dose. The $1.00 bot tle contains 3 1-2 ti.no as much as the 50c. site. Sold by MacKethan He, ' This is just the time of year when you are most likely to have kidney or bladder trouble, with rheumatism and rheumatlo pains caused by weak kid neys. Delays are dangerous. Get De Wltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, and be sure you get 'what you ask for. They are the best pills made, tor back ache, weak back, - urinary disorders, inflammation of the bladder, etc. They are antlseptlo and act promptly. We sell and recommend them. , Arm field Drug Co. y : P1BSML MIS W. W. BAKER, CIVIL ENGINEER, Land Surveying and Municipal En gineering, over Shuford. ft Rogers' Store. Fayetteville, N. C. . Q,K. NIMOCKS, Attorney and Connaellor-at-Law. - Rooms 1 and 8 K. of P. Building. rATIRSVIIXI, - '.. v,0i.."; - 'Phone 229 . -" H. McD. Robinson, John U. Ehaw. (Motary Publio). - ROBINSON & SHAW, Attorneys-at-Lawj - , ' Offices on second floor National Bank of Fayetteville. - . " - H.S. AVERITT, Attorney-at-Law, , (NoUry Public Office Thornton Building Hay Street, Fayetteville, N. ft . V.C. BULLARD, Attorney ' and Counsellor - . - at Law, : . Notary Public, Surveyor, Office K. of P. Building, . FAYETTEVILLE, N. 0.-' DR. WM. S. JORDAN, Physician and Surgeon. "... X Office in Palace Pharmacy. , . , . Hours: 9 to 12 and 8 to 6. Dr. E., L. HUNTER, Dentist, . r : ' Northeast Corner Market Square, Fayetteville, N 0.V ; ' Dr. A. S. CROM ARTIE, ' . DENTIST, : Office In MacKethan Building, 10J 1-2 . Person street ; ' " 'Phone 838. " Fayetteville, N. 0. J. M. LILLY, M. D. ft ' Practlot limited to disease' of the eye, ear, rose and throat Offloe la HIghsmtth Building, 115 Green street Hours to i aid I to 5. "Phone No. MoV - - ' - " ' O. B. Patterson, D. D. B. " " . J. H. Judd. D. D. 8. ;V Drs. Patterson & Judd, Office's 21ttt Hay Street, over Dunn ft - Ca's Store, 'Phone 85. e.j.s.scopield,m:d., Offers bis professional services to the ltlsens of Fayetteville and surround' far country. Office with Dr. J. H. Marsh.. 249 Hay Street 'Phone 77: Residence, St Lake's Hospital, 'Phone 124. Public Accountant. : Auditing of Partnership, Corpora tion and Publio Accounts a specialty, Would leave city for a few days, at a time.. Refers to County Authorities, D, H. Ray, Esq. and Dr. H. W. Lilly. ' W. N. TILLINGHAST, SR. r September 19th... , . Phone 252. ROBERT. EISENSCHMIDT, . Architect and . . COLERIDER BUILDING, : 130 PERSON "STREET,"" 8TAIR8. ' P. 0. BOX No. 285. " NO. UP f:2cKETHAN2.uTRUSJC0. .'..'' Market Sqoara. . :'; :'.(..-. . i' ". ATimviLiB,r.e. Steal Batata boonht sod lold. Imu neoUted and guuantacd, Itcnta and lntaieat collected, ITI.i.m ovamlnnd. finnVATanoM aaadS ' Iaawmaea premium taken and loaned nr B. B. MaoKSTSiH, Att'T. o' :;s,:' $300. Farm EO acres, house and barn. . .. ;.: '. '- $300. Small farm mile north city. $78. lot Cool Spring street $150. Tenement lot Rowan street $400. House and lot Blue street ' $225. Tract 81 aores mile Victory Mm. .' : v V, $160. Lot Mechanlo street. " $000. House corner lot Mechanlo , street $60. lot Manchester Street $300. Each 2 lots Arsenal Hay - niount. $15 each 10 lots Fayhope, ' $85. Share L&Fayette Auditorium. NOT BEGUN TO FIGHT YET. An associated Press dispatch of Monday, says: ; Asserting that his recent speech in the House relative to the purchase by the United States government of the Panama canal had brought upon him self "vllllncatlon, misrepresentation and abuse almost without a parrallel In the history of that body," Repre sentative Ralney, of Illinois, to-day de livered In the House of Representa tives a lengthy speech in reply to the charges , that the - information - upon which his remarks were based was ob tained from "ex-convlcts and black mailers," this accusation having been made openly in the House by Repre sentative Loverlng of Massachusetts. "True loyalty to this great enter prise," Representative Ralney said, means that you must expose and de nounce all kinds of graft In connection with it in order to avoid th pitfalls in which the French companies fell, and I propose to do this whether it meets with the approval of the next Presi dent of the United States or not, 1 want tOsay to all .those who are spending so much time abusing me that I have not yet commenced this fight I have only trained my guns on some of the least, objectionable fea tures in connection with Panama mat ters." , - i. Only After Graft ; Representative Ralney declared that he did not attack the canal but sim ply attacked the graft connected with the - enterprise.-., He asserted " that Representative Lovarlng had not at tempted to deny a single fact he had stated, but alter making bis charge, proceeded to eulogise William Neldbn Cromwell. . "I never heard until he made his speech that any persons were trying to get Mr. Cromwell to purchase any alleged evidence of the guilt. of Mr. Cromwell," he said.-""! knew nothing of any attempt to sell any story to the Democdatic National Committee until the gentleman made his speech on this floor." : v Mr. Ralney further stated that tne evidence he produced in support of bis charges of graft in connection with the buying of the canal, . nearly all was obtained from Panama. Then he added: . "The attack I made was en tirely unexpected and the next attack I make upon these gentlemen will be Just, as entirely unexpected by them when it comes." v;. . : - , :. Goes After Cromwell. "Continuing Mr. Ralney said: ' "Mr. Cromwell in the speech made by him through Mr. Olcott (New York) has seen fit to discuss his. pres ent efforts to conclude a treaty be tween Columbia and Panama in which he refers to the necessity tor some con tribution ' from Panama to Columbia as her proportion of the public debt of Columbia. ; -t ; Referring to these as the "proposed Cromwell treaties". Mr. Ralney assert ed that Mr. Cromwell proposes to so change the Hay-Bunau Varllla treaty as to impose upon tnts country an ad ditional burden of $1,260,000. And he proposes that this sum shall be taken from our treasury and paid out not to Panama, but to Columbia. in addi tion to that he proposes that for five years after -1913 the $260,000 we agreed to pay Panama shall be paid to Columbia direct in otner woras by the treaties of which he Is so proud Panama deprives nerseu lor five years of her fixed source of reve nue and consents that it be paid to Columbia, and the United States con tributes from Its treasury $i,Z50,ooo and paya.it to the treasury of Colum bia. 1 know or no precedent lor jnr. Cromwell's treaties. No people in the world after having successfully com nleted a revolution have, even been called upon to pay any portion of the debt foreign 'or domestic, of the coun try from which they separated. : "The situation Mr. Cromwell is en deavoring to force by the treaties is that the United States is to be requlr. d to increase its treasury deficit and to pay to Columbia $1,250,000; Panama Impoverishes herself by giving no the 11.250.000 clearly belonging to ner and gives up for five years after 1913 the revenue we propose to pay ner. In return for this Panamanians are to be admitted to the lucrative posi tions on -the Canal Zone in our ser vice, and, ultimately In order to per mit Panama to recoup her losses on account of. the Cromwell treaties, she is to be nermltted to levy taxes upon the army of Americans and other em Dloyes we have sent to the Isthmus for the purpose ot nuuoing tne canai. "These treaties." .continued Mr. Ralney, "have already been approved by the administration in tnis country. It remains to be seen whether they will be ratified by the General Assem bly of Panama and by th Senate of the United states.' Washington. D. C Feb. Z2. A bit ter arraignment of Mr. Ralney was made by Mr. Burton (Ohio). After the Illinois member had spoken lor an -hour," Mr. Burton took the floor to make reply. ' He vigorously de fended Mrt Cromwell, U r: ran, President-elect Taft and others whom Mr. Ralney, on a former occasion, had made obleots of his attack. Mr. Ralney. he said, nao lurnisnea no proofs of wrong-doing in connec tion with the purchase of the Panama canal franchise, but inBteaa nan con jured up wrongs, and. buttressed them with Slander and laisenooa, tnereoy niacin himself on a level "with tne scurvy politician, ne cnauaugBu r, Ralney to get from behind -the pro tection afforded him by the -Const! tution ot the United States and rules of the.' Home and make his oharges in the onen. Mr. Loving, ."(Mass.), Joined in the discussion and. insisted that- Mr. Rftlnev had Droved nothing. . As reffaras tne umoer cumraci mi. Atirtnn said that that was an " old Mr. Burton then vigorously assailed Mr. Rainev. "1 object," he said with vnhemenoe. "to conjuring up wrongs and buttressing them . with slander till falsehood when there are real wpnnra frt rlirht" i Mr. Ralney at once was on nm ieei nrt dfimanded that the words be taken down while Mr. Bartlett (Geor gia--wanted the Ohio memoer order ed to take nis seat. . Mr. Burton, wltn a snrug oi tne shoulders, remarked that li wnat ne had said was going to lead to a soene, he would withdraw his woras, -nut, he added, "they were uttered under very great provocation." Mr. Ralney at nrsi oeounen w cept the withdrawal, but later did so. While not shading the opinion of Mr. Burton, "as to. the enormity" of Mr. Ralney's action in seeking pro toMinn under the House rules, Mr. Cockran (New York) declared that it would be an intolerable situation tor a clttsen of the United States who had nnt. been oonvlcted of . crime to be ...ha ah tha floor of the House and Um,w . - ... MR. RAINEY 8AY8 HE HAS by which the truth could be ascertained. The right of character, he asserted, stood next to the right of life "for the man whose character is gone lives like a dog." There should bo, he contended, some way by which persons assailed should have the right to be heard on the floor of the House. He closed by de manding that Mr. Ralney's charges should be investigated "and their truth or Inaccuracy once for all es tablished." - THE ROADS IN MECKLENBURG AN EXAMPLE FOR CUMBER LAND. .;0;.r Lexington Dispatch. ' " The farmers who are lucky enough to win a seat in The Dispatch special to Charlotte have many pleasures-in store for them, for there are several delightful features and the moments will be crowded with enjoyment, but am confident that the best and most satisfactory fbture of the whole day will be the Journey into. tne country over the roads that .have made Meck lenburg famous throughout tne United States, and which undoubtedly lorm the basis of the wealth and prosperity of the State's Queen .City and her metropolitan county. Going from a county without good roads, traveling over bad roads, un graded and unworked, to board the special . train, the farmers will And keen . pleasure In the contrast The writer had a foretaste of what they will get, while in Charlotte the other -day, He called on the chairman of the. board of county commissioners, W. M. Long, Esq., who almost lives on the subject of good roads, and en gaged him in a friendly chat in which he learned more about the Inwardness of the subject than he ever did be fore. : -. X I was eager to find out. first, the attitude of the people toward the ex penditure ot money for roads. Mr. Long said that, naturally, the people kicked at first. Anything that touches a fellow's pocket," said he, "even if It is only for a quarter, makes him think that it will ruin him; but after you take that quarter and show him how much good can be done with it, he is con tent. As the roads reached out, the kicking . stopped and the 'cussing ceased; and now the only kicking you i . . , . i i ever near a irum people wuu kick because they want the roads, to come nearer their homes. Our people are thoroughly satisfied and cheerfully pay the money.that It costs to build the roads." Publio Opinion In a 'Nutshell, Perhaps Mecklenburg1 opinion, min us the profanity, is fully represented In the sentiments of a Mecklenburger who was tolling with a load ot fertil izer. - A stranger, looking over the country, stopped In the road and say ing to his friend that he was going to Interview the farmer with the "fer tile," asked him: "What is your tax rater' "I don't know," replied the farmer. "What! paying tax for all this im provement and don't know what it costs youT" . "''.: "No, I don't and : I don't give a damn, - I paid It and 'forgot It, and I wish it was twice whatever it is, and they would extend this road to ray house, - for ...I've got to take, off halt this load of fertiliser at the end of the macadam and make two trips In stead of one." : . ;;.. Twelve Bales on Two Mules. Chairman Long says that fie thinks nothing of putting a dozen bales of cotton On his -wagon and hauling it to town, four miles, with two mules. Think of that you Davidson county farmers 1 It is not a question of how much i your team can haul, but how much your wagon can hold up. 'And on that same road before we macadamised it," cantinued Mr. Long, I have seen the time when you could hardly- ride horseback, and many a time an empty wagon would find it rough going. - It would take the Unit ed States army to put that road, back where it was and give tne people back the money that it cost , We would rather pa 50 cents toll to use it than to jise a. dirt road on a trip to town. I rememter one place' where many a trace-was broken and more profanity was tittered than lots of farmers .will ever, get forgiveness for! O, there's no question about it Every dollar Invested In kood roads" Is a good In vestment . It pays everybody. Why, even the fellow with nothing but poll tax gets benefit out of the roads. If he hasn't a horse or mule, or any thing in' the world, he can get on a road and walk twenty miles to town without getting his feet muddy! That reminds me ot an old fellow, speaking of - kicking, who was ' fussing and fuming because we .were building steel bridge with a concrete floor. He said we were Just ruining the county and ' bankrupting . the people. ' He didn't have a thing but an old kicking mule, and was too old to pay poll tax, and so I told him, 'It you'll get some body to figure out how much your tax Is, I'll pay It myself.' That fixed him. ,. He had no more to say.", ' No Politics In It' , Mr. Long said that no politics ever entered Into the road business. No matter what politics a man has : in Mecklenburg, he is tor roads, good roads, more roads and better roads, first Inst and all the time. It Is to be hoped and prayed that it ever the people, of Davidson county decide to build roads that no narrow, contemp tible, minus political spirit will rise up to delay, to hurt and to barm. - II there Is anything in the world that Is hellish. Inspired by the devil him' self, it is that brand of partisan poli tics that to gain a fancied advantage, will throttle, a great movement tor publio betterment and Improvement Good roads in Davidson county mean more to all the people of the county than anything that any sort of politic has to offer. And one great reason tor the sween of progress in Mecklen burg and in Guilford Is that men ot all Dartles. leading men, have touched shoulders In the effort to construct modern highways . throughout these counties. Let no demogogue attempt to use this movement to promote his selfish- Interests. Let airmen Join to develop Davidson county. . Big Increase In Values. ' The writer wanted to get something to show how the values ot land had been Increased by good roads. "Well out. where I live," said Chair man Long, "four miles from town, bought land twelve years ago for less than 19 an acre. Since then the ma cadamised road has been built and there is no land between Charlotte and my place that can be bought for less than $100 an acre, ana mere is none tor sale tven at that; and there Is land that Is worth $300 and even 1400 an acre, the result of good roads The mod roads nore attract peopie to our county, and they all want to . v buy on the good roads, A maa seek ing an investment' In the dairy or trucking business won't have a place tne roads, for that business is worth much more on an Improved road. .. - "Although I live four miles from Charlotte, I consider that I live In town. I have a splendid street all the way. It takes no time to drive to town. At the same time I have elec- j trio lights from the Southern Power Company, a telephone! and I have my home 'fitted with waterworks, and bot or cold bath can be had at any time." There are. other farmers who have 1 these modern conveniences, and all comes from Rood roads. Jmt' think ot the contrast afforded by a farmer who lives several miles, from Lexington. It takes a solid day to haul a load of produce to town and get back home, and there Is -all the wear and tear and strain and "cuss ing" and loss of time. A farmer' In Mecklenburg calls up Charlotte, finds cotton has lumped uo. Is there early with the goods, twelve and fifteen bales on a wagon, reaps the benefit of the spurt in price, goes back home and the day la not used up. So with anythingchickens, eggs, 'etc. Besides saving stock and vehicles, the farmer in close touch with town, gets the benefit ot the best prices, does It swiftly and pleasantly, and to the welfare of his morals. One says no man can be a good Christian and haul stuff over bad roads. There Is much this.' Good roads undoubtedly raise the moral standard ot a people. tne -mere matter of "cussing." a wonderful saving is made. People can hold frequent social intercourse, and they , can go to church anytime. Chairman Long can attend any one halt a dozen different churches i a Sunday, miles distant from his home, can even go to one on the South Carolina line, no matter how oaa tne weatner. Good roads put weather to rout, diminish distance. crowd hours into minutes. In an other way they .make , for higher morals and a better standard of liv ing . and for progress and In educa tionthey make it possible for school children to attend every day. This now they arranged it la Meoklen burgr-v-' v-: " ' They redlstrloted the county, built the schoolhouses on these improved roads, and have so wrought that now every school day the children can attend without once getting in the mud! , They can walk to school at most any day. As a result Mecklen burg is developing an educated citi zenship, and knowledge Is power. Good roads easy communication form the ground work of civilization. Establish such communication, . and all the rest will be added nnto It v .' Davidson's Big Advantage. Mecklenburg Is the pioneer road- bulldlng county In North .Carolina. There were no lights before her years ago when she struck out to Improve her highways. - She had to "go it blind." Naturally mistakes were made ,and much money wasted at first The people railed .out against the men: and the measure' that took their money. ; Little by little, ' how ever, gaining in experience and stead-tastnea-w.ot purpose, the tar-alghted men who led the fight, began to show the folks "what was what." Clamor subsided by degrees, prpportionate to the growth in length of . the new roads. To-day Mecklenburg has more miles ot good roads than any other county In the United States,-' repre sentative citizens from every part of the country go to her for advice, peo ple In every State write tor particu lars, and Mecklenburg has the ex perience from which to draw advice, and cheerfully gives It Thus Davidson profits by Mecklen burg's costly experience, and ; to-day can start even with that county in knowledge ot road building. She can do Just what Mecklenburg Is doing. Not a dollar need be wasted. Every cent will put a stone where it ought go. It is a priceless boon. If we aim to take advantage if It There is Gaston, same sort of county, same people, as Mecklenburg. , They saw Mecklenburg building good roads, but refused to go into the business them selves. They went to Charlotte to trade, kept coming over the river and saw the good roads everywhere, real ized their blessings, and finally, hav ing been convinced by her progres sive neighbor, Bhe ' whirled in and voted $300,000 of bonds the' "first crack out ot the" boxi" She was not only educated by Meck lenburg, but she reaped the .benefit of the expeiince that had cost Meck lenburg trouble,' pain and coin. We cah do that very same thing. , 209 Miles Good Roads. When the work now mapped out is finished, Mecklenburg will. have 209 miles of modern roads, reaching out into every part ot the county giant arms ot granite that pick you up at your home, and set you down in Charlotte, and then return you home. BnJLyou-sayrlt costs money. Sure it does,- it has cost Mecuenourg money, but that money has been re turned to the people many times, will continue to so back to them like big Interest on an investment in - tne shape of heavy lnorease in , farm values, in the saving or time ana stock, in bigger returns from the farms, in pleasure and happiness and enlightenment . m education ana in an accelerated rate of progress and development : You remember , how they used to fight against stock law? you know how they would fight now If it were repealed T Find out now hard our people would fight that, and multiply it by a billion or two, and you have what Mecklenburgers would do it they were called on, to give up their good roads and take the money back they paid for them. There is no red tape about Meck lenburg's road law. ' The board -of commissioners, with a man- foichair man who has a head on him solong you can't measure It, managed the road building, and they have a civil engineer to supervise the work, Three chain gangs are at work, under capable superintendents. One month they bunt a mile and three-quarters oi modern road. The average cost per mile is about $3,600, but it Is hard to estimate the average cost, because It all depends on the country, , It there Is little grading, Valnlle may be built for $2,500. It runs from- this on up to $6,000. They grade It lake a rail road, but where a cut would prove too expensive, they circle a hill, and contrary to the Ideals ot many, this does not increase the distance at ait, and often in the course ot several miles, the new road is shorter than the old. straight up-and-down-h!ll road. The macadam Is usually 12 feet wide In Mecklenburg, but somi near town Is wider. The entire road, dirt track and all, la about 25 feet wide. .' One of the Items of Information picked up was that Just three men are needed to give a county good roads: The right man for chairman- wise, practical, natlent cood-roads- loving citizen, honest. capable a good business man, In other words: then a competent civil engineer so many counties make the mistake of hiring engineers who are "cheap," but wno waste more than a good man would cost; and then a good suner- lntendent to look after the details. Given your money, three men will build you good roads. Several coun ties have tried the highway commis sion plan; there is too much red tape. The county commissioners with the aid of an engineer, can do the busi ness, and the people can hold them responsible for everything. THE ANTI-TRU8T BILLS, j Remarkably Able Speech by Mr. Lock- hart Reply by Mr. Bassett Yesterday's Raleigh News and Ob server contains the following report of'tbe opening ot the debate on the nil-trust bills In the Senate: The . Lockhart Anti-Trust BUI and the Blow-Bassett substitute for the Manning substitute came up as a spe cial order at 12 o'clock. The substi tute was reported by nine members of the Judiciary Committee with the recommendation that it pass, eight members favoring the passage of the original Lockhart .bill as amended by the author, v The majority's report was secured by the grace of two Re publican votes. Senators Starbuck and Brltt being members, of the Ju diciary Committee, casting In the committee meeting their votes against the Lockhart bill, containing the fa mous "sub-section A" but reserving the right to vote against the substi tute on the floor of the Senate, al though they voted for It In the com mittee meeting to attempt the defeat of the Leckkhart bill. The chair ruled that the question before the Senate was the adoption of the substitute. '',.. Mr. Lockhart.' the first to address the Senate, said that his bill did ex- aotly what It proposed to do: to de nounce conduct which interferes with trade and -commerce. He discussed the principle of the bill, showing there was nothing that ever issued In the words of any Democratic leader or exponent which defended conspiracies in restraint oi trade. The greatest thing Bryan ever said, he declared, was: ; "God Almighty never made a man good enough to control a pri vate monopoly." Mr. Lockhart reviewed the action on the. bill In the Legisla ture two years ago, a bill, practically the same as his, having passed the House and was defeated in the Senate. He told Of the campaigns of the three candidates for the Democratic nomin ation for Governor In which the trust question-was paramount, every candi date declaring that should he be nom inated and elected, private monopolies would be destroyed. William Walton Kitchln was nominated and elected and in both his campaigns he promis ed the people to give them relief from the trusts. At the Charlotte conven tion Mr. Kitchln was the clearest can didate against trusts and he was nom inated. That convention in slain and unmistakable words denounced trusts and monopolies, and even the Repub lican party, he said, put an anti-trust plank in their platform. The Republi cans In the campaign ridiculed the Democrats for not having enacted eff ective anti-trust laws, claiming that the Republican was the real anti-trust law. Ellhu Root has declared that it is time for the State to assume its prerogative In the regulation ot mon opolies. Texas passed anti-trust laws and they have succeeded, having been upheld by the United States Supremo Court Mr. Lockhart proved that popular demand for an effective, anti trust law, and the question, he said is, which is the best law? Sub-section F" of the substitute, its advocates claimed, he said, was substantially the same as sub-section "A" of the ori ginal bill, but If that were so, why did not the autnors of the substitute accept sub-section "A," a copy of the Texas law, which has been upheld by the United States Supreme Court? He attacked the machinery of the substl- tute.-showing many of what he term ed, its weak points, and he asserted that the substitute was a near beer law. Sub-section "F," he declared, would not cover a combination of timber, yet these comblnattions exist, and are In operation In the North Car olina mountains. His original bill would do Just exaotly what It propos ed to do. If his bill should become a law It would require a corporation to file an affidavit stating that it was obeying the law, and if It should re fuse to do this, the Attorney-General would have the power to examine the books ot such delinquent corporation. The State creates the corporation and has the right to exercise over its own creatures powers of supervision and control. There are statutes in the State In which a Justice of the peace may compel a private citizen to ap pear before him and tell about the violations ot crimes. . These powers have never been abused, but when it Is proposed to apply the law to cor porations the cry goes , up that the measure Is too radical.- He did not ask, the speaker said, that corpora tions be put. on a different footing rfrom citizens, but that-the same pow er be given .to prevent Corporations from violating the law- that obtains against private citizens. Mr. Lock hart' enumerated the many ways in which by unfair and unlawful means competitors are . driven out of the field.' exorbitant prices are extorted out of the people, the products of the soil are taken by the monopolies t prices leaving no profit tor the pro ducers. These methods ought he said, to be made a crime.. When man in business by a monopoly crush es out a competitor he has commit ted .. commercial manslaughter . and ought to be punished by heavy fine or imprisonment Mn. - Lockhart ex plained the several sections of his bill He showed how - North wCarollna farmers have year by year, been robbed by the fertiliser trust, and that Is but an earnest of what that trust-has In, store tor the farmers, he declared. Under sub-section "E' ot his bill. Mr. Lockhart said, Kan sas had brought the Harvester trust of Kansas to Its knees, the trust hav ing threatened to leave the State should the trust bill be passed, but Instead It had asked Kansas to fix the prices of Its machines. Coming to sub section "A," he said he had heard some say it was not expedient at this time, but had -heard none say it was not right at all times. He had heard it said It was unwise, but had not heard It said It was unjust What is Just and right Is expedient he asserted The speaker pictured the growing ot the hydro' electric trust one corpora tion gaining control of all the water powers ot the South, then getting con trol of all the cotton mills of the South, There are no statutes In North Car olina to compel the furnishing of pow er by these companies, no statute authorizing the supervision and con trol of them by the Corporation Com mission. This section would orevent timber trusts. He bad heard It would drive out ot the State the American Tobacco Company. If that concern with is subsidiary and competitive companies Is entering Into injurious combinations In this State which rob and plunder the Deonle. lt oueht to leave the State. But that company's threat to leave the State is Just like the threats of trusts in other States: the Harvester trust, of Kansas, which now asKs the State of Kansas to fix the prices of Its machines, and the Standard Oil Company In Texas. which threatened to leave that State, but which was finally driven forth only by the Supreme Court of the United States in upholding the Texas law which, drove them out Mr. Lockhart told of the Injurious opera tions of the tobacco trust, the decrease In the price of the weed since the trust became powerful. There Is a slight Increase In the price this year, which the speaker attributed to the lawless and anarchistic bands of mask ed night-riders in Kentucky, which forced the trust to pay them seven teen cents for tobacco. Almost seven million dollars a year more to the farmers of North Carolina would re sult if they would resort to the Ken tvcklan method, and the speaker sug gested the possibility ot this unless fhe legislative and Judicial relief is afforded the farmers of this State. It is revolution, he said, and more than probable that the oppressed will rise to defend themselves and protect their property unless the States elves them this protection. He accounted for the fact that better prices are given by the trust for tobacco In the eastern and western counties by reason that cot ton may be grown in the east but can not in the west, and the American To bacco Company does not want to kill the goose that lavs the eolden eezn If the American Tobacco Company has the power to destroy the market of North Carolina, it has too much power, and some of this should be tak en away from it. He did not believe the enactment of the law would drive the American Tobacco Company out of the State, and if the Legislature should not pass this law, it ought to go home and the members send their proxies to the New Jersey office of the American Tobacco Company with roll call and tell it to enact North Caro lina's laws. The Legislature was sup posed to legislate lor the people of North Carolina. The objection had also been raised to his bill, Mr. Lock hart said, that it ought not to be en acted because a cotton mill trust had not yet been formed. "Consistency, thou art a Jewel," he exclaimed, fac ing the advocates of the substitute.. The substitute, he stated, did In part follow the Democratic platform, but who would say that It would destroy one monopoly? There was continued applause as Mr. Lockkhart took his seat Senator Bassett Mr. Bassett as a member of the Judiciary sub-committee, stated that the differences between the majority of the sub-cbmmlttee (Bassett and Blow) and the minority (Lockhart) were irreooncilable If notjCundament- al. Their first objection wire to sub section "A" which was decently In terred in 1907 ,he said, and resurrect ed at this session. Personally he had never liked sub-section "A" and he did not like it now. He could not give a better reason for not favoring It he said, than the doggerel lines Implied: I do not like you. Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell. But this I know and know full well, I do not love you, Dr. Fell." But after studying sub-section "A," he declared It was too vague and un certain and he preferred the Manning substitute (embraced In the majority's report) which uses the word con spiracy instead oi the word agree ment the term used in the Lock hart bill. The word conspiracy was clear and technical and would not be the trap to the unwary, he said, that sub-section "A" would be. The second objection be had to the bill was to section two, preventing the rais ing of price by trusts after they have been lowered In violation of this act The best assurance ot a remun erative price for a raw product, he said. Is the high price of the manu factured product, and it the lowest price is to be the basis of all future sales, then the Lockhart bill holds but little promise for the farmers of North Carolina, the speaker declared. Mr. Bassett's third objection to the Lockhart bill was to section three providing that "any person violating any of the provisions of sections one and two of this act shall be guilty of a felony." The provision of the present law making a violation of that law a misdemeanor is Just and rea sonable, he declared, and should not be changed increasing the gravity ot the offense. His fourth objection to the Lockhart bill was to section six providing that the Attorney-General may demand of the officers of for eign or domestic companies doing business in this State which he may desire to investigate under this act as often as four times a year, and, it he sees proper, that he may require the officers to make affidavit to the ef fect that the law has not been violat ed by such corporation. Mr. Bassett said this provision is ot doubtful con stltutlonallty and goes further than North Carolina legislation should In the matter ot trust evil, as it makes the refusal ot a corporation to furnish this information prima facie evidence of the violation ot this statute by such corporation.-- The Legislature would not be Justified in enacting so drastic a provision Into law, asserted Mr. Bassett. The speaker then dis cussed the Blow substitute, embodying the Manning substitute, aa sub-section "F." Mr. Bassett said whether it was true jot not that the present Gov ernor went further in his anti-trust speeches than either of the other can didates for - Governor, he did not know, but he did know, he declared, that the Blow substitute was exactly in accord with the suggestions ot Governor Kitchln in his special mes sage; and he declared W. W. Kitchln was a fit exponent for - the demands for anti-trust legislation in North Carolina. The speaker said he may have been characterised as a friend ot trusts; he was, he said, a friend of conservative legislation, ana am not believe there 'was a need tor rad ical legislation. He i thought It time for Democrats to be In their guard against legislation which the conser vative people of the State would re gard as extreme. The conservative business Interests of the State are not nrenared to receive such drastic leg islation as Texas and Missouri have adopted, he said, and he declared that those who stood with him tor the sub stitute are prepared to go as far as that and no farther. The decision Of the United States Circuit Court In New York against the American To- baeco Company, he said, was that it was an illegal combination In restraint of trade, but the order of the court has been held In abeyance.': The speaker believed the United States Su preme Court would affirm the lower court and issue a dissolution decree. The Supreme Court of the- United States had held In the past week that the continental Wall Paper Comnany would not be permitted to enforce a contract in restraint of trade. v He said be believed the Intolerable con ditions that had been' brought about oy tne industrial development of the country and the desire for wealth .would be rectified in the courts of the United States. He thought there was no Just reason for the stigma against the present anti-trust law. It would have been a power for good he de clared, If a man could have - been found who would enforce It. It Is an adequate weapon, he said, and the fault lies with those who have tailed to enforce It. He said the same stig ma had been placed on' the Sherman anti-trust law, approved July 2, 1890. That law did not frighten the trust because no serious effort was made to enforce the law, but It is now being enforced. Mr. Bassett said the sub stitute had been criticized because It did not contain an immunity clause tor the officers of coiporatlons giving testimony. He said the substitute in that respect wat as broad as the Fed eral statute. "There is substantially no demand In the great tobacco cen- r.'S tor tne enactment of any drastic legisla'-on; that ihd renditions have been satisfactory; that the prices have been practically ten cents on all the warehouse floors and the only community from which I have heard any demand came for the passage of the Lockhait bill came from Rocking ham county, a-hlch was formerly rep resented heie by Mr. Reuben D. Reld, and that is now represented by a Re publican," said Mr. Bassett. In con clusion he asserted that the substi tute bill met every requirement of the situation. At five minutes to two .o'clock Mr. Fry moved to adjourn till Wednesday at 10 o clock. MINING ENGINEER8 ON THE PAN AMA CANAL HUMBUG. Says an associated press telegram: Earnest pleas that the building of e Gatun dam be for the sole pur pose of confining the .waters of the Chargres river were made by dele gates to the American Institute of Mining Engineers during their discus sion of the "Panama Canal" today upon resuming the session of the 96th meet ing. The opposition to the lock type was led by Henry Q. Granger, of Car tagena, Columbia, who made a sharp attack upon the report made a few days ago by the engineers who went to Panama with Judge Taft to look over the work. He summed uo his at titude In Nthese words: "If the engineers bad to go it is unfortunate that their nominator did uot pass through the office of the Chicago drainage canal and go to the camps of contractors who had to use their brains to save money by new methods and devices. 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