Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-18

summerf A.. Well, / do not suppose u
viii average more than ten hours.
q. 10 point OF fact do not the farmers
OF Texas work more than average OF ter
hours during the summer, during thu
working season. A. Well, 1t would b.
hard 10 say.
q. DO not great many Of them worl
fifteen and sixteen hours? a. Yes, sir
have done q good many days work o
fifteen hours myself.
q. You say you favor cooperation
A. Yes, sir.
O. DO yoa practice cooperation with
the man In your employ A. Ia what re
spect?
Il O. Give him share OF the profits o.
the farm. A. When pay him fifteen
dollars per month he gets the bigger parl
of what he makes. II he makes cotton In
this country according to the price Of
produce that Is good wages.
| O. Does 1t occur TO you that may pos.
sibly be the case with other employesi
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Then may it not sometimes be the
case that labor would receive compensa-
tion that would really be larger than II
they had share Of the profits! A. That
Is possible.
O. In asking these questions do not
wish you to gather any inference as TO
my own judgement In regard TO these
matters. You spoke Of legislation cur
ing some of our evils? A. Yes,sir.
Q. And you think the state of society
is not what it should be? A. Yes,sir.
| q VIII you indicate to this committee
any legislation of federal character which
you think would tend to alleviate the dis
| In I'D IN
feelings between employees and employ
ers? A. Yes sir think / might name
something that In my opinion would be
beneficial. think the national banks of
the country ought to be abolished. Then
| think the government ought to issue
currency directly without the intcrven.
tion of the banks
q. Anything else2 A. And | believe
the government ought to own and con-
troll the highways.
q. You mean the railways? A. Yes,
sir, and telephone and telegraph lines.
Q. Anything else? A. Well sir, be-
lieve there Is growing up in this country
system of alien landlordism that should
be broken up by the government.
@. Anything else? A. Then | believe
that there ought to be laws so arranged
as to prevent the accumulation of large
fortunes 10 few hands.
Q. How would you do that? A. Well,
a graduated income tax would do that.
q. Would not the tax be paid ard the
fortune accumulate? A. Then a direct
tax,
q. What do you mean by direct tax?
A. What is called an advalorem tax.
Q. Do you know that such taxes exist
IN the state Of New York; N am not
positive about 1t. | never read the stat.
utes.
2. That all property in that state is
taxed according to its value? A. have
never read the statute
q. II that be so, has it resulted in the
diminutlon of fortune? A Yes, sir, but
there has been no graduated income.
q. Give us another remedy besides
what you have. A. Well sir, there are
other things that might be named that
might be said to be minor. Those are
the principal.
q. Name them, please. A. We might
have improvements in the country, so as
TO spend all money, that would prevent
interest on money, which is the basis of |
the accumulation of the large fortunes.
q. Would you prohibit interest on
money A. | think Il iawto that effect
would be unnecessary.
q. Why2 A. From the fact thnt think
when people have money enough 10 do
business with, they would not want to
borrow.
q But by law would you prohibit the
use OF interest upon money? No answer.
q. You say the government sbould
own the railways? "a. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you read OF the recent trouble
with the Mccormick works in Chicago?
A. Yes, sir.
G. Would you have the government
own them and run them? A. That Ia
question that have not thought about
and given consideration.
z. What reason applies for running rail |
ways that does not apply also in the case |
OF large corporation engaged in the
manufacture Of coal, the Manufacture of |
mechanical implements or any other
commodity? A. Well, the coal mines are
one OF the greatest monopolies, and thew
ought to be controlled by the govern.
ment
z. lon would have the government
own the coal mines? A | would saw
this 1t ought either to own and operate
lhose mines, or those miaes ought to he
strictly controlled by the government.
" and thus you won!d extend the CON
troll OF the government over LARGE
branches OF production? A. | think his
is the only thing that would be success
full oON''-
e. Ihen everybody so engaged womb
De government ollceri A. Yes, sir.
u Would you have that ownership
state or national? A. Well, in the luves-
lgation OF the question of interstate
commerce, II seems to me that national
md of II.
q. Would you have the ownership
tate or national? A. The railroads
Would make national institution.
Y, How as 30 the coal companies?
y they could be controlled by the
tates ~ s"e
q Would you have the farms of the
ouhtry owned and operated by the soy- |
A, No, sir. "
q Why noiY A. Well, SIR, there is a basis
i production in the Individual, and
gam, the speculation and cornerlnp NJ l
he things OF the country is not practIced
Y the owners. ''''o
=. DoSounotknow that In the far North |,
lest there are very large tracts OF land In Y
men wheat Is raised by aggregation of Q
apitSl. A. Yes, sir, have heard ID.