The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-30
SENATOR SCHO)LFIELD
WRITES TIE CAUCASIAN GIVING TIE
TRUE lNWARDaESS or SOME LEotS-
LITWE PROCEEDINGS.
The Alliance Charter and the Tob a eco
Trust.
Especial to The Caucasian. I


Especial to The Caucasian.l
The North Caroiinian said a short
time ago that the three Peoples
party Senators were the chief sup
porters of the amendments offered
by the Senate Committee TO the
Farmers Alliance charter. That is
true as far as it goes. We favored
the amendments as the best we could
do under the circumsta pcts, and not
because we thought them jast and
fair. ltwas that or repeal the char
ter and we preferred the amend
ments, unjust as they were, to turn
ing over all the Alliance machinery
into the hands of a receiver. That
is what would have been done if the
Senate amendments had not been
substituted for the House bill re-
pealing the charter. The Alliance
at this season of the year could i'll
afford to have its purchasing ma
chinery taken from it, thus leaving
it at the mercy of the CONNER
cial world.
heard it said, Immediately after
the bill repeating the charter passed
the House, that one guano factory
at once advanced the price of its gu
ano five dollars per ton. If that is
true. what would the factories have
done if the bill had become law.
The Alliance Will if the courts do
not annul the charter as the Legis-
lature proposed for them to do, save
thousands of dollars to the farmers
of this State by holding together the
Business Agency department. Nor
is the benefits derived from the Bus
mess Agency department confined to
those who trade with that depart
ment alone. 1t acts as an agency to
keep down prices, and, without it,
manufacturers and dealers know
that we are certainly at their mercy
and that we have no appeal but are
bound to submit to their terms
| would like to see the Business
Agency department patronized more
extensively than it is, as there has
been an unjust attempt to break il
up.
TOBACCO TRUST BILL.
A bill was introduced in the House
along towards the close of the session
by Mr.. Watson of Forsyth known as
the tobacco or trust bill. AS thai
bill created no little stir all over tn,
State it is time the people under
stood its true import. The bill wa
introduced for political effect and i
was not the intention of its author
that it should become law. 1t wa
done to place the Democratic part,
on record as being opposed to trusts
| have heard it intimated that on,
of its objects was to place the Peo
pies party Representatives ON rec
ord as being in favor,of trusts as tn
bill was drawn in such away tha
the Peoples party Representative
would oppose its passage.
You may look out in the mex
campaign, | know whereof | speal
If the Democrats wanted to pass a
antitrust bill, why didn't they pas
the one introduced by myself. If
did not cover all the ground it coul
have easily been amended. VIII
did they wait until few days afte
| [ introduced bill before they il
troduced one? Mine was introduce
on one Saturday, theirs the mex
And would they swear that some G
the ideas contained in their bill we
, not drawn from mine. I notice th;
, some of the State papers charge tt
Senate with timidity and cowardi'
in not passing Watsons bill Th'
is all stuff and nonsense, it was II
a part of the program for the Sena
r to pass the bill.
Here it might be well enough
,, say that there were a few men in Il
House who could pass any bill, fai
r foul or otherwise. But the Sena
e was more conservative, and a m
0 iority of its members had some ide;
e of their own.
!, |, Fraternally,
W. III. SCHooLFIEL
Don't Fool with Cold.
We must repeat our warnil