The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25

. Sec. - /: effect Of refusal 10 Ie5-
tifv. fla party refuses 10 attend
and testify, a. IN the four proceed :
Ing sections provided, he may be
pupi.hrd a. for contempt, aud his
complaint, answer or reply may BE-
stricken out"
( SEE. $50; "a person for whose
/ immediate benefit the action il prose
cut-d or defended, though not par
+ Is 10 the action, be examined as ii
/ witness iu the same manner and sub
+ ret to the same rules Of eXam'na-
ION as ii he were named "a par
/ w."
lWLcn a corpora ion is party to
au action, either piainuI or drfen-
/ dant. " ho are he persons for whose
..Imue11afr benefit the action Is
prosecuted or defeHd,d2 VINO re
. aeu.s ale corporation in interest,
uutezs il be he officers, agents aud
+ 'ckaoldrf. If the corporation: Bu-
/ # tHIs fur,her on.t
+ ~ec. so If Ih~ Code provides ths
manner tu which special proceedings
/ 10 dissolve a corporation shall be
commenced and conducted
/ Now, Mr.. Editor, if you have care
/ fuIIY read and considered the fore
cong citations and references to the
laws Of North torolt and have
o.ed.(as kno wyou h-yc) h z ner /
| drift and trend Of pop8i, srruueu
on the subject Of ''tr st." then il
must be manifest that 90 far as the
language Of the law and wishes Of
thc people can beuud~rstoOd, "trusts.
and combinations, against freedom Of
| trade are an abOutIuatIOn and Il
crime which The law and the peopi,
# our State have condemned III no
uncertain terms. Is there a remedy:
an it be found in the laws above
cited !, II not, can law be framed
t. meet the wrong and right it:
! these are the questions | Will under
/ take to answer.
We start out with the popular be
/ lief that trusts exist; not with the
| difficulty confronting US that mere
belief in the existence of fact, even
though that belief be reduced to ii
moral certainty Is not sufficient Of it.
self, without proof by evidence, tc
sustain judicial proceedings either ci-
vii or criminal. Are there any trusts
doing business in North Carolina
contrary to the criminal law of the
State and against the expressed will
Of the people? Nobody, claiming to
oe intelligent, denies it. Have laws
enacted for their suppress on8 been
nfOrccd : Nobody claims they have
been. Everybody admits that such
have been a dead letter and failures
50 far. Can such laws ever be en-
forced ? That is the question which
tgitate5 the popular mind and Is one
that sooner or later will be answer
ed. It is question, too, which rea
/ ches uDWn to tine very bed rock upon
which all republican government
rests. The Will of the people con-
stitutionalIy expressed is the law OF
every republic.
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