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VOL. XXVI. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER. 24. 1908. ' No. 37 EDITORIAL BRIEFS The News and Observer has had another attack of negrophobia. Free trade and free lumber mean starvation wages for the laboring man. Mr. Kitchln has not yet explained why he refused to meet Mr. Whlten-t-r in joint debate. The Democrats have found out that oil on the troubled waters only makes more trouble -when It is Standard Oil. If North Carolina casts her elec toral vote for Taft this fall it will mean much for the business inter ests of this State. Did the Democratic National Com mittee select Governor Haskell treas urer of the committee because he had been allied with the Standard Oil? Mr. Aycock has made several bpeeches in this campaign, but if he has asked the people to vote for Kitchin we have failed to note the fact. Mr. Bryan has refused to speak tit the New York State Fair because an admission fee is charged. It makes a difference who gets the ad mission fee. Omaha Bee. The Democrats continue to join the Republican ranks in Sampson County. Isn't that a 'first class en dorsement of the Republican man agement of affairs in that County? The Harnett County farmer who, some years ago, swore that he would not have his hair cut or his face shaved until Bryan was elected, will probably save barbers' bills for some years yet. The Democrats are always anxious for a joint debate until they get the chance of it and then they get scared and run from it. That is the way Kitchin did when Whitener wanted to meet him. Mr. Bryan did not refuse to speak at the State Fair in Raleigh when an admission fee was charged but Mr. Bryan got part of the admission fee on that occasion, and that may make the difference. " Debs says his party would not let him run for President if there was any chance of his election. We guess . A. Dphs is rieht. and the same migni ueub is 6"l be said about some others who are running for the presidency. . Some of the Democratic papers . have been abusing Mr. Hearst ana the policies he advocates which has moved the Durham Herald to ob- serve- "If you believe in all that . n- nnt see Mr. Bryan stands for we do not see what objection you can have to what Mr. Hearst stands for. While the News and Observer is w hue tne iwews uu tilling so much about the negro in politics many years ago, why doesn't it tell its readers about Bryan's re- ception and fried chicken luncheon to the negro delegation at Bryan's n. home only a few weeks ago. Mr. Daniels was present on that occasion and should be able to give a good f of th affair. , . I While the News and Observer is I having so much to say about thewnen tne sufcjickt ov beer iz before nocrrn it Tnteht tell its readers about -f a nexo. is tu ui w.- - - doing in the interest of Congress- man Webb, democrat, in the Ninth rnntrrpssional District. It might also tell what kind of a job has been ..... a wnrv. v ' " The Democrats who are having so much to sav about the Populists should remember that their candi- date for President this year was an elector for Gen. Weaver when he was the Populist candidate for Presi - dpnt snmo of them are willing to fMget that s.nce Bryan's election will mean a leuer. office for them. I am in favor of dealing wisely and justly with all classes of our citizens in the enactment and en- forcement of laws affecting their terests. I believe also in the properly Un The first soldier killed and just and strict regulation of alljdurin' the civil war wuz a North railroads and other public carriers. I Carolinian, an' tne xrtf.d durin' the Spanish-American war and in requiring all corporations to a aun i Qv course obey the laws as strictly and 'aith - fully as the humblest private citizen. t Piwnn m-r in iiis letter to the LETTER FROM BILKIXS. A New Edition of the Flying Ma chinePoliticks and Flying Ma chine Both OncertaJn What Re tards Aerial Navigation John D. Rockefeller a Mighty Man The Wonderful Power of Money Again Illustrated. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. '. Bllkinsville, N. C, Sept. 21, 1808. I see by the papers that the flyin' masheen hez bin discovered or in vented, ergin. This time hit it by the Wright Brothers, an they can't be any mis take erbout hit. Purty soon we will be goin' ter preachin', prayer meet in', perlltical conventions an' every thing else in airships an' horses an' orter mobiles wont hev anything ter do but pull plows an' wagons an' graze In the cool, grassy places In the shady Bide ov the pasture. An' I am glad. I awlways did feel sorry- fer horses an' ortermo biles. The poor horses air often ridden an driven ter death. An the poor ortermobiles! Hit iz er nuff ter melt the hardest hearts ter see them gruntin' an' groaninn' an squeakin' az they go by. They awl ways reminded me ov a poor horse that iz purty nigh dead ov the tis- sick, or ov an' old maid after she hez lost the last sweetheart she kin ever expeckt ter capture an' hez sworn vengeance erginst everything that happens ter wear pants. I hope hit iz awl true. But still they iz one or two chances that the Wright brothers air sum akin ter the "Wrong Mr. Wright," an' that they will wind up theirselves in a whole lot ov trouble without suc- ceedin' in flyin' through the air ter any grate extent. Pollyticks an' flyin' masheens airj both mity onsartin. I hev bin readin' an' hearin ov flyin' masheens fer years an' years. The -more I read an' hear ov them the less I see ov them. Hit hez bin said that the great transportation lines awlways buy off the inventors ov flyin ma sheens. Maybe hit iz true, maybe not. But, unless some big lies hev bin told, the Wright boys air not the first ter be successful in flyin' through the air. Then what became ov the invention, the ideas? Hit hez bin sed by some that the flyin' masheen men awlways go crazy be fore they entirely perfect the ma sheens., But that won't do; they wuz crazy before they started ter make a masheen. I don't say that bekase I believe a flyin' masheen im possible, fer they air bound ter cum. But a man who iz smart en nuff ter invent an' perfect a masheen ov that sort iz jist erbout ready ter go crazy an' hit iz az liable ter be terday az hit iz termorrer. But we air bound ter admit that progress hez bin made in foolin' witn flyin masheens. The news- papers say that Mr. Wright flew erround an- made tne figger in hiz masheen the other day. That does purty well. The first man ter fly through the air in anything bet- ter than a balloon did the job at thg Paria Exposition some years er- go. I hev fergotten hiz name. He flew erround purty lively, making a circle ov the Eiffell tower which wuz several hundred feet high. He flew ln & gtrate Une fer & fgw hundred feet which counted fer the figger "1". Some other feller later on made the flgger "2" in a flyin' masheen. Since that, Tarlous in- masheeng aQ, made the flggers "3," 4 5 6 an, ,. Sq we can. not deny that progress hez bin made. When they git so that they kin cut the figger "9" in a flyin' masheen f m fcQ erbQut ready tef begiR L&ter on gome feller m gtuntg wltn a flyIn. masheen at the World's pair held at Chicago. But Chicago iz such a wick ed cltyi that "t Kit very high up. They had a flyin " W J tiJV Louis Exoosition three Qr fQur yearg ergQ but tne feiier that owned' hit wuz very fond ov beer an' he wouldn't fly az high az he could fer fear he'd never iHt hack down ter that city, which iz . t a famous az Milwaukee the house fer discussion. They awl so had a flyin' Masheen at the James- town ExposUion held at Norfolk last & mQre qt but finally got tangled up in the deficit they had in gate receipts an never got very far from the earth, except in the newspapers I But keep your eyes peeled fer I whatovpr hannens. s. One ov these j nice CQol days gum fener rite here iin North Carolina iz goin ter in vent a flyin' masheen that will make awl the birds "NS Carollna history you will find that Uit i2 we North Carolinians who do t thlnss. Ameriky wuz first discover JjJtS, anytMng except swamps an' Band hills erlong the coast an concluded hit didn't ermount ter a hill ov 1 beans an' went over in Spain an' I settled. The first white cniur ever born in Ameriky wuz born in North a . - . . . Ameriky settled in North awi this iz stale news ter the man I or WOman who iz familiar with the history ov the State. But az ninety 1 . x . VnmjtvAt r?nn ' Vnnw much or the Bute's history, or her fergotten much that they did know. I trust that the reader will pardon me fer my well-tntenloned efforts at this moment. I wuz amused at a picter I seed in a Washington, D. C, paper the other day. The subjeck wux the twenty-nine million dollars fine er ginst the Standard Oil Company, or. rather, the several amounts which run up ter that enormous flgger. The picter represented a sign which read: "29,00fi,000 fine against Standard Oil Co.. set aside, uncon stitutional," which refers ter a re cent court decision. In the picter air John D. Rockefeller and Mr. Harriman, the railroad magnate; awlso Preserdent Roosevelt, who Is standin' shakin' his fist at the whole layout an' lookin' mad az blazes. This awl reminds me that Mr. John D. Rockefeller is still in the ring an' feelln' az gude az a feller kin that haz a dozen earloads or money scattered eround whar he kin git hiz hands on hit most any time. Ov course he orter be fined, fer he iz one ov the genuine Sunday-school-teaehin'-rascals. But what air you goin' ter do erbout hit? If John D. Rockefeller wuz ter cum ter Bll kinsvills I'd do Just like the rest ov them fergit that he iz one ov the biggest rascals unhung, an' I'd make az much ov him az if he wuz my long-lost bruther who had jist re turned. The power ov money iz the greatest earthly power. Hit will even make a balky mare go, hit Iz sed. We dymakrats rear an' Ditch an kick erbout what the "money- power" iz doin' ter the dear people an' when we make a perlltical plat form we never fail ter roast the millionaires an' throw brick-bats at the trusts. But cum rite down ter hard facks an' I'm bound ter admit that Jno. D. Rockefeller an' several other citizens in the country hev ennuff money in their individual pockets ter buy up the whole party, an,' if they choose, put us on the road az highwaymen an' we'd give Jno. D. two-thirds ov awl the swag we could rob the travelin people ov. Hiz income every minit in the day an nite the year round iz large en nuff ter hire a great many men ter kill awl ov their near nabors an' ter burn the home ov their fathers' an mothers above tiir heads. But that iz pollyticks an' slch az that on week days on Sundays we air powerful gude, an" on holer days we air mity paterotick. Hit z az well ter watch the very gude purty closely. Az ever, ZEKE BILKINS. WAS WAY-LAID AND MURDERED. Aged Durham Citizen Shot to Death Murder Shrouded in Mystery. Durham,' N., C; Sept." 1 9. Another horrible murder was brought to light this morning, when it was found that J. H. Roberson, better known as Jack" Roberson, sixty years of age, was waylaid and foully murdered while he was at work during last night at the Carrington Lumber Com pany, where he was watchman. The murder of this man was a clear way lay and assassination. He was shot twice and death must have been al most instantaneous. All day, begin ning early in the morning, the cor oner's jury probed into the matter and were ably, assisted by Sheriff Barward and other officers. This afternoon the jury returned to Cor oner Maddry their report, finding that Mr. Roberson came to his death from pistol shots at the hands of party or parties unknown, and re commending that a negro- by the name of Wesley Bates be held with out bail until he be discharged by due process of law. This recommen dation was made on account of the threats the negro had made against the life of Roberson and the negro was committed to await the action of the grand jury. The whole story of this horrible and brutal affair is still shrouded in mystery. No one --saw the. fatal affair, and yet there Is evidence that will put Wesley Bates In bad light unless he has all kinds of evidence that will assist him. TAFT-COX CLUB AT NEWTON. Eighty-Two Members Join Club at First Meeting. Newton, N. C, Sept, 19. A Taft Cox-Smith Club has been organized here with eighty-two members. R. P. Caldwell is president and Donald Witherspoon is secretary. The Re publicans of this county are man! testing great Interest and enthusi asm in the campaign. With the best county ticket in the field this year the Republicans have ever put out, the party stands a splendid chance. Negro Assisting Democratic Congress man in His Campaign. Ike Crawford, a negro "politician" who Is out in the interest of Con gressman Webb, is "highly" pleased with conditions. He says Mr. Webb is making big gains in Cleveland. He will take up headquarters next in Mecklenburg xmntyr Just what kind of effect this will have on decent Democrats in Gaston county and the other eight counties in the Ninth dis trict will only be revealed in the November election. Shelby Aurora. We want a good agent in every county in the State to solicit subscrip tions for The Caucasian. TAFT AND PROSPERITY President Roosevelt Writes la. terestfag Letter to Chairman of the Congressional Committee. THE DISINTERESTED VOTER President Gives Out a Letter in Which Ife Call on the Voters to Support Willi in U. Taft for Pre ident, and Also Elect a Republican Congress to Support Him A Re view of rast Legislation Mr. Rooeevelt Declares That to Elect Taft Means a Continuation of These Policies. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept! 20. Pres ident Roosevelt in a letter to William B. McKlnley, Chairman of the Re publican Congressional Committee, made public to-day, appeals to disin terested citizens to join with the Na tional Republican Committee and the Congressional Committee in a move ment to elect William H. Talft as President, and a Republican Con gress to support him. After review ing some of the Important legislation of the past seven years, the Presi dent declares that Mr. Taft and the Republican candidates for. Congress seek election on a platform which specifically pledges the party to con tinue and develop the policies which have been acted upon for seven years past. All the aid that can be given to perpetuate the policy of the Govern ment as now carried on, the Presi dent says, should be given by every good citizen, as it is far more than a partisan matter. Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N. Y., September 9, 1908. My Dear Sir: I have received your letter of August 28th. I agree with all ' that you say as to the amount of affirmative and construc tive legislation for the social and constructive legislation for the so cial and economic benefit of our peo ple which has been accomplished by the Congress' during the last seven years. The law establishing a na tional system of irrigation was of vital importance, and stands in its line as second only to the home steal law. The interstate commerce law has been amended so as to make it a new law, with three-fold the ef ficiency of the old law. The enact ment of the pure food law was of al most or quite equal importance. The creation of the Department of Com merce and Labor, together with the creation of a Bureau of Corpora tions, which marks the beginning of Federal control over the huge cor porations doing an interstate busi ness, the employers' liability law, the safety appliance law, the law limiting the working hours of railway em ployes, the meat inspection law, the denatured, alcohol law, the anti-rebate law, the laws increasing the powers of the Department of Justice in dealing with those, regardless of wealth and power, who infract the law, the law making the government iable for injuries to its employes, the the laws under which the Pana ma Canal was acquired and is being built, the Philippines administered, and the navy developed, the laws creating a permanent Census Bureau and reforming the Consular service and the system of naturalization, the law; forbidding child labor in the Dis trict of Columbia, the law providing a commission under which our cur rency system can be put on a thor oughly satisfactory basis, the laws for the proper administration of the forest service, the laws for the ad mission of Oklahoma and the de velopment of Alaska, the great ap propriations for the development of agriculture, the legal prohibition of campaign contributions from corpor ations all these represent but a portion of what has been done by Congress, and form a record of sub stantial legislative achievement in harmony with the best aid most pro gressive thought of our people. It is urgently necessary, from the standpoint of the public interest, to elect Mr. Taft, and a Republican Congress which will support him; and they seek election on a platform which specifically pledges the party, alike in its executive and legislative branches, to continue and develop the professed but acted upon during these seven years. These policies can be successfully carried through only by the hearty co-operation of the President and the Congress in both its branches, and its is therefore pe culiarly important that there should obtain such harmony between them, To fail to elect Mr. Taft would be a calamity to the country; and it would be folly, while electing him, yet at the same time to elect a Congress hostile to him, a Congress which un der the influence of partisan leader ship would be certain to thwart and baffle him on every possible occasion. To elect Mr. Taft, and nt the same time to elect a Congress pledged to support him, is the only way ln which to perpetuate the policy o the government as now carried on. I feel that all the aid that can be given to this policy by every good citizen should be given; for this Is far more than a merely partisan mat ter. Both your committee, and the Na tional Committee, of which Mr. Hitfc cock Is chairman, are eadearoring to secure the active co-operation on the stump of Senators and Congressmen, party leaders and Independent citi zens generally. I most heartily join ln urging the Importance of such co operation. I hope that every disin terested private citizen, whose sole concern ln politics is to have the right kind of man carry out the right kind of policy, will join in backing up your committee as well as the National Committee in this move ment. No service is as effective, as valuable, as the disinterested service given in such manner by men whose one concern is for the triumph of the principles ln which they believe; and I appeal with all the strength there is ln me to such men to give such support. Sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. HON. WM. B. McKINLEY, Chairman Republican Congressi6n al Committee, St. James Build ing, New York, N. Y. RIG CONVENTION IN COLUMBUS. Ex-Senator Marion Butler Addressed a Large and Enthusiastic Meeting: at Wldteville A Strong County Ticket Named Mr. Irvin II. Tuck er, a Prominent Young Attorney, Was Nominated for the House Republicans Will Carry the County. Whltevllle. N. C, Sept. 19, 1908. Special to The Caucasian. One of the largest and most repre sentative conventions ever held in this county assembled here to-day to nominate the county Republican tick et. Every one remarked upon the fine personnel of the convention, and the delegates from every precinct re ported many gains to the Republican party. This county went Democratic last election about three hundred majority. After the nomination of a fine strong ticket to-day it was pre dicted on every hand with the great est confidence that the county would go Republican this fall and elect the entire ticket. Mr. Irvin B. Tucker, one of the prominent young attorneys at the Whiteville bar, was unanimously nominated for the Legislature. In a short, spirited talk he showed that he "would wage an aggressive and forceful campaign. . He challenged his Democratic opponent to meet him on the stump, and served notice on him that he would charge and be able to prove that his opponent had, while a Democratic county officer, de posited eounty funds in a bank and drawn the interest and put it in his own pocket. He said that this was only one of the local issues that would play a prominent part in the county campaign and that he had ev ery confidence that the voters of the county would not elect a man who had been guilty of robbing the coun ty in this way. Ex-Senator Marion Butler, who had been Invited to address the conven tion, was given quite an ovation when he arose to speak. In a clear, concise, and forceful manner, he con trasted what the Republican party had actually done for the country in contradistinction to the promises which the Democrats had made in the past and broken and the promises which they are now making. He showed how Bryan was trying to capture the vote of certain Western prairie States that have no timber by promising them free lumber. He said he could not blame these West ern States - that wanted to get our lumber at a very low price from vot ing for Mr. Bryan If they believed he could and would carry out his promises, but he asked why should not every North Carolinian and Southern man who had timber to sell vote against Bryan for the same reason? He also pointed out how Bryan was constantly receiving negro dele gations and having secret conferences with them, and that in each case when the negroes left they were en thusiastic for Bryan. He said that these negroes had but one grievance against Roosevelt and Taft, and that was that they had dismissed the ne gro regiment that shot-up the town of Brownsville. He then asked that if these negroes, after a secret con ference with Bryan, are for him, what could Bryan have promised them? He then asked if there was a Democrat in Columbus County who did not approve of Roosevelt's course in dismissing that negro regiment. and if they would vote for a man for President who promised to restore them in order to get the negro vote? He said that Bryan had taken this position on the negro question and on the free lumber question because he did not think he would lose the Democratic vote in the South by so doing. He unquestionably believes that the Southern Democrats will vote for him, no matter whether what he stands for is for the help or the detriment of the South, and that, therefore, Bryan's position on these questions was an insult to the Intel llgence and manhood of the voters of the South. The speaker then-, contrasted the record of the Democratic party ln handling the public school fund with the record of the fusion Legislature and administration, and showed that the first great impetus given to pub lic education ta North CaroUaa was by the fasten LegUlatsre, and that longer cchool terms for the taoaer expended! were given by them thss by the Democratic party before or since. He also arraigned the Democratic party for Its betrays! of the great fundamental principle of local self Co re rum eat The next question dlcusd ss the record of the Democratic tures with reference to freight sad passenger rates. It was pointed out thst thre was practically no demand from the people of the State for re duction of passenger rate, while there hid been and was a great de mand and prime need for the regula tion of freight rates. Where one per son rides on a train as a passesger, there are fifty people who are every one affected directly by freight rates and discriminations, snd every one to a greater extent than the one per son out of fifty who would be af fected by passenger rates. Admit ting that passenger rates were too high and should have been reduced, yet the good accomplished by the re duction made by the last legislature was a bagatelle compared with tbe great question of freight rates snd discriminations which affected se riously every man, woman and child in Columbus county and in the whole State. Everything that is shipped into this county which the people buy and consume has to bear its part of the burden, and everything which is shipped out is also heartily taxed, and the tax on things coming in and the things. going out are all borne by every person in the Coun ty. This Is quite a trucking section. end the speaker showed clearly and forcibly how seriously this Industry was affected by freight rates. Be sides, he pointed out how rebates and discriminations in rates were the underlying cause of and the mother of trusts. He said the Democrats at tempted to befuddle the Issue by cry ing out that the tariff is the mother of trusts, while every one knows that truEts exist in free trade countries. nd that everybody knows that wherever there is discrimination In freight rates and rebates, whether the United States or Tree trade England, there inevitably is compe tition broken up and monster trusts created. The speaker also took up the sev eral reports of Mr. Kitchln's speeches as given In Democratic newspapers. and showed that a number of Mr. Kitchln's statements were wrong. and charged that that must be the reason why Kitchin would not divide time with the opposition. He contrasted the record of Mr. Cox, the Republican candidate for Governor, with Mr. Kitchin, showing one to be a great, positive, develop ing, industrial factor ln the upbulld- ng of the State, and then asked what Mr. Kitchin had done for the develop ing of the State's wonderful re sources? He said that Taft and Cox were men who did things, and that the record of these two men should appeal strongly to a large majority of the voters of the State as against the promises of Bryan , and Kitchin. It was late when Mr. Butler began his speech, and he attempted to cover the ground in a short time so as not to detain the delegates many of whom were a long distance from home; but the audience would not agree for him to stop and Insisted that he go on, and every man stayed until the end, giving the closest attention, supple mented by rounds of applause. The speech did much good, and tbe can didates and committee strongly urged that Mr. Butler consent to give them at least one more speech ln the county. TRYING TO BUY VOTES. The Democrats In Catawba County Trying .to. Buy Votes at 910 A Piece.. Hickory Times -Mercury. A man told us that a very prom nent man told him that the Demo crats ln the county had decided and had already planned to buy the elec tlon in the county this fall. He said that man said they had already bought sixty Republicans in Hickory. At 1 10 each, would "be a right neat sum. We hardly believe they can find sixty, ln the township they can buy. That is why they disfranchised the negroes, because they would sell their vote. If one man's vote is worth $10 every man's Is. While It is as much a reflection on the man who buys a vote as to the fellow who sells it becomes more so when the only good and grand party which points with pride to its record, has to buy itself into power. We are not surprised to hear It and will not be surprised If they are trying to buy votes. We have seen a little sign of it The parties look ed like they couldn't look a sheep in the face. When a party with all the brains, all the goodness and all the religion, and having a majority o the voters as they claim, has to buy itself in, shows up badly. While that is all true, yet we have seen that same party, forced to resort to means that looked very much like stealing to ns. In order to vote themselves In power. We want to say to all parties now, that al better be fair and rely on the issues. This is a national .election. If there Is any illegal work done, the national government can yet be relied on to give Justice. The Caucasian for 15 cents until November 15. Get np a club snd send ns before our next issue. r.iR. cox's An la teres tlaj Letter to tbe Pcepk of North Ccrollsi. HAS NO AXE TO QRDiD Mr. Ctos Stale FUj IV fWUoa e All Pabtk QeoUutM A lVteSHl f the Labortag ataa ItaUnMds fcboald be Repaired U siaae Ras soaabte sVJiedales and So Allowed to IMerrts&faat) Fsrurs Good lloada. a Reformatory aad Fair Elect ioa Lews sn AppeeJ ta the Yoaag Voter of the Mate. To the People of North Carolina: t will be recalled thst when I ac cepted the Domination for Governor at the recent Hrpebllcaa Bute Con vention In Charlotte, I stated thst la ter 1 should, la a more formal way, make known my view upon the ts- ues between the two greet political parties of North Carolina. I now make the attempt, and hope every man who reads this will do o as If it were a personal communication to him. My life's work has been outside of politics. 1 have sever for a moment entertained any political ambitions. It wss with great relectanee I yield ed to the earnest entreaties of friends, who persuaded me that I owed a duty to the State, and many of these friends are Democrats who feel ss I feel -that the business men of North Carolina are entitled to more voice ln the business affairs of tbe State, and la the legislation af- ectlng the business Interests ot the State. Being a business man and not a politician, I take It that It Is not ex pected I should enttr Into any elab orate discussion of the political issues ot the day. As to National affairs, I desire first to say that I am ln thorough accord with tbe principles and policies of the party as enunciated ln the Re publican National platform adopted at Chicago, and firmly believe if North Carolina would break away from the solid South and cast her electoral vote for that great statesman. William H. Taft, It would bring millions of dollars here to sid In developing our untold resources. Business men know that dollars, like people, need encouragement; they will go where there Is an Inducement but they are not likely to stay where there is indifference; they will live where they see light ahead for prof- t. But If the sentiment of a com munity, or State, Is hostile to them. such community, or State, Is not like ly to grow rich. - In view of the untold resources of this Commonwealth, about which we hear and read so mneh, I may say there never was a more propitious opportunity for the adoption of a policy which will Induce, sttrsct and encourage tbe Investment of outside capital ln our State. There are certain matters to which desire to refer: first, that of Labor. I trust I may be pardoned for stat ing that whatever I have accumulat ed of this world's goods has been tbe fruits of my own efforts. The work of my life aad the environments of the field of activity In which X have wrought, with some measure of suc cess, have been such as to make it Impossible for me to be ln any way unfriendly to labor. The most loyal friends and supporters I have are men who have been ln my employ tor ten to twenty years, and I am willing that he testimony of these men, Irrespective of political or oth er affiliations, shall be accepted as to my attitude on this question. I may state further that I hare never dls-1 criminated against any laboring man on account of his connection with shy organization, and it the course of my business life of more than twenty-fire years, devoted to the up building of the indastrial and manu facturing interests of the community in which I live, and while employing a great many men. never have I had any trouble of any kind, at any time. with my employees. Capital. I must be equally frank and em phatic In statiBg that my attitude to wards capital ts thst of Justice and fairness. I am la favor of dealing wisely and Justly with all classes of oar eltlxens In the enactment and enforcement of laws affecting their Interests. . I believe also la the proper and just and strict regulation of all rail' roads and other public carriers, and In requiring all corporations to obey the laws as strictly and faithfully as the humblest private citlzeav I favor such laws as will "give to the Federal Government greater su pervision and control over, and se cure greater publicity In the manage ment of that class of corporations engaged In inter-state commerce hav ing power and opportunities to ef fect monopolies. And in this connection I beg to state emphatically that I have not a dollar invested In any sort of com bine or trust, or ln any line of busi ( Continued on Page S.) i . rt u I nine OUt U iuivi
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