The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-24

| Itule { TINS DILL carrying an apPIopil"
| tiOn, would have to be referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
The chair sustained the point and or
dered the bill so referred.
Mr. Carroll. of Almance thought the
House was now ready to dispose of the
| matter without further reference or dis
cussion. He, therefore, moved that the
rules be suspended and the bill be put
upon its passage.
The motion prevailed.
Mr.. Stevens, of Union, was sure the
| people of North Carolina would endorse
the payment Of this claim, as Swinson
| was kicked out by the Fusionists for re-
| fusing to allow negro clerks to come into
an Office where ladies were employed.
Mr.. Justice of Mcdowell, said that
| the committee had to treat with Swim
son on a basis of justice and not Of
ksentiment While his associations made
| the payment of the claim distasteful
enough, still the committee had to do
what was right.
"The claim is legally a just one. lie
was elected under the authority Of the
law and his expulsion was illegal.
| Mr.. Ray, of Macon, wanted to know
| if all sides were heard by the committee.
Mr. Justice said they were not; for
| the reason that only SwinsOn and his
attorney had availed themselves of the
| privilege of coming before the committee.
! Only the legal question involved had
been investigated, he said.
"It is to me a question of vastly more
| Importance than of $120 to Swinson.
| like to feel that there is not a court in
the land that will give man fairer
trial and more exact justice than will
| this Legislature. 1t is to me a ques-
ton entirely Of law He makes no ap-
peal to us on political grounds He sim
ply asks payment for the time to which
lie is, under the law, entitled to pay"
Mr.. Abbott OF Camden, explained
how the $120 had been arrived at. He
read the entries made on the Auditors
books in regard to Swinson.
/ Mr.. Carroll, of Alamance called the
previous question, and Mr.. Hampton, of
! Surry, called the ayes and noes.
The vote resulted: Ayes, 81; noes,
CO. Swinson's claim was lost.
The hottest debate of the day aros2
over the mill Questien--roller mills vs..
| tub-mills.
| The tub mill won,but it rook much talk
| and over an hour tune ID compass the
| task
| Mr.. Curtis. of Bunccmbe supported
by Mr.. Ray, of Macon, held up the
tub-mill end of the Log Willie NJ. VIII
liams Of Iredell; NJ. Jghan. Of Rowan;
| Mr.. Patterson, of Caldwell; Mr. Ste
| vens, of Union, and others toted the roll
Ter end.
Mr.. Curtis explained that the bill
| before the House-eXempting the roller
| mills from operation of the Code law
| in regard to public mills-was exactly
| the opposite of one he had introduced;
| but that the committee had seen fit to
report this bill favorably while his Ind
been rejected.
"And | want to say in this connection
| that I'm surprised at some expressions
| I've heard here recently in regard to
| committe reports Il has been stated
on this floor that we ought to abide
! by the reports of committees no matter
what they are; that II Wc were not gong
| to do so we'd better have 10 commit
tees. In reply it M ght be said with
| just as much reason that if you are going
! to bow to the commlt5I2, why bring
bill back here at all?"
! Mr.. Curtis charged that this bill was
! class legislation and had been brought
| into the House by roller mill attorneys.
'sThe bill exempts roller mills from the
| laws that for hundred years have been
| governing public mills. Already they
are freezing out the burr mill--the little
! tub mill. And if you repeal this law, as
| this bin proposes, it will simply be
| license to these mills to charge what
they please and form any such trust
! as they may want. l give notice now
that I'm going to call for the ayes ana
noes. / shall vote no and [ shas. be
| proud of the vote. The bill ought 10
| be killed on general principles"
Mr.. Foushee, author of the bill, spoke
! in its behalf. He explained that the
| roller mill Sand the burr mill were
run on an entirely different principle,
| so far as toll is concerned. The burr
mill, he said was run on the toll plan;
| while the roller mill runs on the eX-
change system. The laws could not
justly apply to both.
Mr. Williams, of Iredell supported
the bill. He said he owned roller
mill.
THE burr mill takes the wheat and
| YOU take out the toll and grind it and
| give IuG ldIlilGI DuCk NudJ IL itIl- Il uE
roller mill man buys your wheat and
| gives you the -four. There is a big
| difference in wheat. Some Of it is very
dirty Some is light, chaffy and almost
worthless. With that the burr mill man
| loses little or nothing because he gets
of it only the toll. The roller mill man,
though, having bought it, all the losses
| fall on him and he loses much, if he's
| compelled to run ON a close basis. And
so a toll of about one-sixth in roller
mill. in the long run comes down to
about one-eighth or one-tenth. Our Gus
tom is to give out of 60-pound bushel
Of wheat 3S pounds of flour and II
pounds of bran to the owner of the
wheat. This has always given satisfac-
ton among my customers. The ten
pounds kept as toll, in going through, the
mill, never loses less than two pounds.
"a burr mill costs about $500, roller
| mill costs from $4,000 to $4,000. This
thing of coming along and throttling
every enterprise that's started in the
State is wrong l believe It will not be
long before some fellow viii roll down
here off the mountain and say what dia-
| mond-back terrapins ought to bring, and
| saw that hio terrapins and little terra