The age-herald., 1900-03-21
TRUST QUESTION WAS DISCUSSED Prominent Georgian Before U. s Industrial Commissioners. CANDLE2 ON NEGRO RACE Says His Place is in the Corn Field He Does Not Favor Industrial
 Schools Nor Compulsory
 Education
CANDLER ON NEGRO RACE

Atlanta Ga, March 2o.-Trusts and man. ufaeturers occupied the attention of the United States industrial commissioners at their session to-day. The witnesses were Governor A. D. Candler, Jack G. Spalding and Judge Hillyer.
 MT Spalding suggested as a remedy for Legislation which would prohibit the trusts the evils the trusts have produced, national legislation which would prevent the trusts from enjoying the privileges of the inter- state commerce Judge Hi.lyer said the rem edy lay in government ownership.
 Governor Cander did not suggest any special legislation, but he thought the trusts ought to be regulated by national legisla- ton
 All of the witnesses agreed that the trusts raised prices by destroying competition. ana were a menace to the states and to the na- tion.
 Governor Candler spoke Interestingly about the negro race He said the race had advanced greatly in the past twenty-five years, but he said the place for the negro was on the farm.
 The governor does ncT favor indus trial school for h[+tyroes. He says the best school for boys of either race is a corn field or a cotton patch
 ''The negro Is more useful on the farm than anywhere ese," said the governor 1T believe it is dangerous to divert him from the farms into the professions. I think they ought to be allowed to preach. The thing that is well for them is to practice med icine among their own race when qualified to do it.
 'I don't regard compulsory education necessary in this state. The people in this state seem anxious to take full advantage of the schools.
 There has been too much of a tendency on the part of both white and colored peo- pie to leave the farms for the towns. be- 1ieve that farm life Is healthier. The mill operatives l have seen do not look as healthy as country people. My idea in a general way is that trusts injurious. do not look upon the aggregation of capital into corporations as harmful. Such cor pe.ations have the same rights and privi- leges as natural persons. The aggregation of these corporations is injurious. They multiply the millonares and the paupers, while they tend to destroy our great self reliant middle classes upon which the fu- ture of the country depends.
 Prices Have Been Raised
 While in the matter of oil there has been a reduction of price by the trusts, as a general thing, l believe, prices have been raised. I think the remedy lies in national legislation, but I believe the states should adopt uniform legislation similar to that recently enacted by the state of Texas. am not in favor of government ownership as a remedy for the trusts. I don't think such thing practical. But do favor their regulation just as prevails in regard to the whskey traffic. There is no question about the danger to state and national govern ment on account of the presence of great n q nf nNffa al !. a tendency to change our government from a democracy into an oligarchy and plutoc- racy.
 In regard to manufacturing, Governor Candler said he considered the future of the south in that direction very promising
 Jack G. Spalding, an attorney of this city, believed trusts manifestation and not a course of existing conditions.
 "I believe they are due to the policy that has been pursued by the party that has been in power for the last twenty-five years" he said
 "The protective tariff is mainly respon- sible, while centralizing legislation has also tended to develop the trusts
 T do not believe the states can do any thing to remedy the situation. While some states legislate against the trusts, remedy will have to come from congress"
 MT. Spaldng thought the oil and ice l trusts were not directly stimulated by the | tariff. He believed the anthracite coal trust | derived benefits from tariff on other kinds | of coal.
 'I suggest as a remedy that national | law be passed preventing the shipping of | trust goods beyond the lines of the state in | which the goods are manufac actured. The | trusts would then be confined to the special | states in which their factories plants are | located" General George Hillyer, who has been a | lawyer in Atlanta for forty years, appear | ed in place of Hon. Hoke Smith, who is | out of the city. Judge Hillyer was opposed to protective | tariff, but thought if the United States | must have tine tariff, 1t ought to be adjusted | in a way not to foster the trusts. His tes- | timony, however, was principally in regard | to municipal ownership.