The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-29

Mr.. lockwood arose Tor the ufst TINT
during his testimony and said:
-Mr. Chairman; Judge naisht aud
I vent TO school together, I Away. sd-
mired him and thought he was worthy
of the greatest oomnendation. 1 have
however. studied the Matthews case
very thoroughly, and when I stated
N, opinion about the Gaze and its re-
suits to Judge Hsishs Z stated what .
believed and what I thought 81 my du
81 TO the public and To the STATE
Mr.. Rstchford wanted . ruling on
come indefinite subject senator Nal
iosy wanted Ia know What M. Ratch-
ford wanted the ruling on and said be
thought that Mr. Lockw oods testimo-
ny Was entirely competent
w hen the witness tins morning re-
ferred 70 the election Of q Judge
through . corruptiou fund.-" said Sen
ator Mallory, 81 intended 60 AK him
whether he Vas testifying to some.
thing he knew n q fact or merely Ia
something he had heard"
IL have done, Senatos, what you IN
tended to do" said Commissioners Ken.
needy. I asked the witness il What he
said WAS known to him or had been
merely heard by him, and he explained
shat he had no personal knosledse Of
4 the matter" There the matter rested
The FAMOUS MATHEWS CASE.
The Matthews case rivals the Rice
litigation in STANDARD Oil court an
nails c. b. Matthews began the con-
struction Of an independ. mt refinery
in Buffalo. The Stadard Oil Conn any,
according to his statement, hired sew.
eral men engaged on the BUILDING Of
the plant to 80 construct il that IL
would explode. The explosion was q
partial failure.
Matthews took the case to court and
secured judgment for 100000 damage
against the Standard Oil Company. He
subse quently secured the indictment
Ut several oil magnates and their pre-
sumptive tools, and Judge Haieht,
then on the Erie county bench, quash-
ed the Indictment.
Mr.. Lockwood, prior to his HaiRht
sensation, created quite Q breeze b,
hnding another mother for the trusts
Mr.. Havemeyer said the tariff va.
sbr mother OF ali Il us,s.
Mr.. Lockwood, after he concluded
tne reading Of his paper, WAS asked BY
Commissioners Kennedy: "Do you be
iieve that the railroads through their
discrlmlnatiDg rates, are the mothers
OF the irusts?"
Il d \ said Mr.. Lockwood.
is that political question:" sIyIy
asked Commissioner Livingstone.
Mr.. kennedy protested that the en-.
tire argument OF the witness was that
the railroad Discrimination had pro-
dured trusts. and for that reason his
question WAS entirely prop,r.
Mr.. LOCKWOOD prepared statement
made strong argument in favor Of
the governmental control or owner.
ship OF railroads. He declared that il
costs the Standard Oil Company but s5
cents barrel to carry oil q CERTAIN
distance, whereas an independent re.
inner must pay 81 30 barrel for the
same distance.
SOME PRINTED srATkxxxrs.
Among some Of his statements were
the following:
The railroads are in the hands of
set Of bighwaymen who, every time
an independent producer or refiner
goes to market, rob him OF ali bis prof.
ito and part Of bis principal. II you
must be robbed you don'c car.
whether lis done BY Dick Turpin with
pistol or by John Rockefeller with a
railroad.
Inc corporations employ their DO.
''''ca' bosses to elect the judges. Rail-
roads do not care for the hibernate
commerce law SO long rs thy car con-
troI the election Of District Attorneys.
RAILROADS have become bigger than tn.
iaw-bigger than the government its.
elf.
The managers of trusts and CON-
o.nes DO not know the first principles
Oh economy. They have taken 90 much
money from the people that they do
not Know what to do with it. If il were
not Tor the trusts there would not No
sDs more strikes. Men do not atm
work because they want to, but "A .
last resort.
The key to the relief of the situ.-
zion lies in she government control NJ
railroads. Then the freight of the
local butcher will be carried inst :.
cheapIy as the property of an Arnou,
or Rockefeller.
Government control will cana. n.
obstruction Of trusts and comh,ns.
sna snen corporations will no lonser
eapIoy lawyers at $25 600 to tell the
o ons JUST now mr. they can 20 and
not get behind the prison bars When
.Iusss cease, lawyers will ind homes,
"0"es'
M. Lockwood characterized all tn.
railroads offhe country - practic.,l,
'ne gigantic trust. He Advocated m.
'akins Of the roads under the right of
eminent domain, paying the owner.
ne actual value of their property.
KihnAv Isa deceptive disease
HluuCv Thousands have il and
L.