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most beneficial results are often accom-
plisned by the combin alton Of cap1tal - =
will qualify .nN1lat I have st tea ! as Ioi-
lows Trusts, in so far as they sine ana
5en'barrasSe proper and @leg1tamate. coMpe-
t:tion, are wrong upon principle ana
should be regulated by the stron g arm IN. OF
the law. Where they are not liza BE TO
this objection they often accomplish m as great
good. They vastly cheaper the produc-i
tion and manufa cture of many useful ar
Ettc1es and thus benefit the consumer.
sThat they can and will be properly reg
ulated by law, T have not the least DOUBT.
The recent decision of the Supreme
Court Of the United States in The Cast
Iron Pipe Company case will be far
reaching in its effect, and will strongly
tend to confine trusts to legitimate opera
lions. In that case the mbination was
made by six companies, and they at
tempted to make bargain to fix the
price of iron pipe in thirty-six different
States, and they agreed to allow their
members, upon certain occasions, 10
make fictitious bids ito prevent ompetI-
tion. The court set the emphatic seal OF
its condemnation upon this ACTION. II
was an able and wefl-considered opinion,
and is likely to operate as a great check
upon this class of corporations. It's not
true, in my opinion, that a majority Of
land On the contrary, think that a
violation has only been made by the mi
nority BY far the most striking viola
ton of the law has been made by the
American Steel and Wire Company,
which controls nearly all of the barbed
wire and wire nails in this country, and
they admit that they sell their goods
ninety per cent. cheaper in Europe, and
fifty per cent. cheaper in Canada than
they do here. This is clear, clean, dis
tinct violation of the law, and clearly
comes under the operation Of the case
have recently alluded to. I am sure that
this company will not be allowed TO con-
tinue Its unjust and illegal action do
not in the least fear the power Of the
courts to confine trusts to their legitimate
operations. My fear is the other way. II
certain crude legislation, which Is now
being agitated in several States, is forHu-
lated into law, it will do far more harm
than good CAMM PATTESON.
Buckingham, Va, Jan. e2nd.
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INGRhTITUDE.

The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Sun says that not for a long
time has there been so much discussion in
diplomatic and high political circles over
any subject as has been the case WIN
reference to the Boer sympathy meeting
held in that city last Sunday evening
anna cement is scarcely sufficiently
strong word he says. ito express the
feeling which is sweeping through the
Diplomatic Corps. and some of the mem
bers of the Corps. in the rush and excite
ment of the moment, have aterially de-
narted from their accustomed reticence.
AS for those of our own public men VINO
dissent from the propriety Of the gather-
ing and the good taste of those who ap-
peared as speakers, they are, OF course,
altogether unreserved If their comments"
In referring to; this subject several days
ago we remarked that with a certain class
of citizens their sympathy with the Boer.
was due primarily TO their hatred of the
Briton, and, these would sympathize with
any nation with which Great Britain
should chance to be at war. The SUM-
correspondent says that it was apparent to
the dullest understanding that the audi
ence at the prD-Boer meeting in Wash
i,fgton Sunday night was made up OF this
class. Those who engineered the move
rlert and conducted it he says, can see
nothing but wrong doing in Great Britain,
no matter what the circumstances. AS
for the resolutions, a1e says that they
contain the most astonishing statements.
some Of which are Of the most damaging
character and have absolutely not one
s,,article Of evidence to sustain them. ! et.
not only the shouting crowd down IN the
auditorium, and unable in the noise and
CONFUSION 10 adequately comprehend their
purport, hailed them WITH acclaim. but but
50 also did the men on the stage styling
themselves American statesmen.
we do not wonder that the members of
Stf,e Diplomatic Corps were .astounded at
This remarkable demonstration. partlcu-
Slarlys so In view OF the fact that when
We we've at war With spain a little While
ago. and when several European powers
we're threatening 10 take SPANS part,
which would have made serious trouble 1e
Tor the United States. Great Britain sll
nromrs, Is came forward and served notice
ON ali concerned that ta,ose who struck
the United States would have 10 strike
Great Britain also Il there WAS ever a
dime W,,en this nation needed q strong
st..endS Ii; was then, and Great Britain
s aI,r,so,ged stosbe such = friend In need The
penp,e OF The United States at the time
Sx<re deapsy touched by <fass erddeneeSot
fsasndstip. ana many who had: been accus:
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ainS testimonial to the iinportanceT and
saIuc Il tiiscussio Those who have
studied this subject and have obtained
clear, accurate and distinct ideas upon
ii have been before the commitee and t'
have explained THE pparent anomalies OF
the case and tie fund eatal reasons that
exist, Tor them. ana the result nov
s;aid to be that this anti trust committee
Il no longer; an antitrust but = PRO trust
committees, and that It will make no. re-
commend tions IN; hostility to trusts
The Times has not given much, al entlon
TO this subject of late, but some time back
st discussed it very freely. The text Of Our
discussion was that whatever one man
could properly do when acting lone, two
men could do$when acting in concert :; and and
that whatever two men might do when her
acting An concert. any number Of men men
could do when acting together.
These have always seemed TO The Times
10 be fundamental propositions, and pro-
positions thatsweres so fundamental that
IL there were any attempt made to infringe
them the liberty Of the citizen would be
interfered with most unwarrantably and,
indeed: his liberty would be so far taken
away from him that he could no longer
be said to be a freeman at all.
Yet, ne do not see how these PROPOSE
tons can be conceded and the trust stiH
be denounced. The trust Is nothing but
an aggregation of individuals who have
brought their resources together into
hotchpotch and who propose to conduct a
perfectly: legitimate business In concert
and agreement between themselves ra1her
than as separate individuals, engaged In
destructive competitive war with each
other. If then, It be admitted that two
men may: do in conceit whatever each may
do singly, we cannot understand upon
what principle it is to be said that WSlen
the aggregation has reached proportions
that Induce us to call It. a. trust, the or
ranization has become illegitimate and
harmful 10 the community.
The only sound and safe way Of con-
Quoting public affairs is to hold on TO the
elementary principles of justice and lar
dealing, however they may seentto lead lesEl
10 unweloome results. The results VIII
all come out right in time If the princi-
ples of Justice and fair dealing with all
are held on to at all hazards.
If our legislatures will only leave this
trust question to natural laws they VIII
soon see 1T solve itself in a way perfectly
satisfactory to the whole community But
when they begin to tinker at 1T win ahelr
short-sighted statute laws, they introduce
confusion to become worse con1ounoe s'e
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The Railways Side Of 1t.

Editor OF The Times:
STA report in your valued paper Of
to-day Dan. 24th) of a meeting of the
Masonic Home Auxiliary in which it was
reported by the Retrenchment and Reform
Committee of the Home that discrinl-
ination is made against the Home by the
Richmond Railway and Electric Com
pany,E demands, in justice to this road, a
brief statement ofpfacts. The statement
that the Richmond railway and Electric
{ Company has charged four fares for a
zround-trip to the Masonic Home is not
true. But one fare,sis charged each way,
anyone visiting the Home. One fare is
also charged each way on the Seven
Pines road, which is a separate and dis
tinct road from the Richmond Railway
and Electric Company and over whose
receipts the Richmond Railway and
Electric Company has no control. In re-
gard to the inmates of the Home, it has
been for years the practice of the Seven
Pines road to pass the children Sunday
when asked to church and return free of
charge. Both roads have favored the
Home in every respect In the last 9th
annual report, the Acknowledgements OF
Mrs. AGREE, the Superintendent, and OF
Mrs. W. IS. Murray. the President OF the
Masonic Home Auxiliary, are made for
gratuitojls services rendered the Home.
On Auxiliary days and on the occasion
of the celebration of last st. Johns day,
but one fare was charged by the Seven
Z Pines road. No request ever made for
free transportation or reduction of fare
for the children of the Home has ever
been refused by the Seven pines. Rail-
way and the authorities of the Home
!, have on several occasions expressed their
hesitation to prefer requests as the Rail-
way has been so accommodating.
Respectfully,
J. w. WILBUR.
49,. Stunt.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25. 1900.
THE TAX COMMISSION.

& Senator ALupton's bill to create a Tax
Commission will be considered in COM
mittee this morning, and We sincerely
hope it will be favorably reported. We
regard this as one of the most important
bills, if not the most important Dill, now
pending before the Legislature We be-
1ieve in equal and uniform taxation, first
of ALL as a matter of Justice. and Incl
dentally as matter of good business. II
has been reported that some of the cor
porations were opposed to this Tax COM
mission. We do not see why. 1t seems
to us that those who have large in"cst-
ments In Virginia are vitality interested
in q system Of taxation that will insure
a fixed and an equal and uniform rate
Capitalists are not after exemption from
taxation. AS a rule, they are willing to
bear their Just part Of the public burden.
But they always stand in dread of agi-
tation and hostile legislation, aud their
Interests would be greatly promoted by
a system that would insure fair dealing
3 and peace. In other words, it is to the
Interest Of all property owners in the
State that all taxable properly in the
State he brought to book aEd made 20
pay its just dues 10 the Commonwealth.
II such were the case in virginia the
rate Of taxation might be lowered and the
revenues Of government increased.
If NE supposed that this bill was dc
signed TO Cypress one class OF taxpayers
and to tighten the burden Oh others of
course NE would not favor it. But We
have had the privilege of talking tie ;n:..-
ter over with the patron OF the bill, end
{ 1t is his honest desire to secure a system
of taxation that shall bear eqlai:y and
uniformly upon all classes OF prope: ~
-ommors The subject is "a most intricate
one and 1t cannot be properly dealt with
during The hurried and short session of
the Legislature. 1t requires months and
months Of careful study, and the simplest
and shortest way to arrive at conclusions
is by the appointment. Of a number of
intelligent, discreet and patriotic men
: who will study the question in all its
bearings, who will Investigate the tax
question in all its ramifications and re-
port to the next session Of the General
Assembly. Our system is antiquated and
slip-shod, and It is imperative that 1t
he thoroughly reformed and adjusted to
present conditions.
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a HIGH TRIBUTE.

It was a noble tribute that the House Of
Delegates paid ito the memory of VIII
liam IF. Reddy, of Richmond, but just
tribute, and the members honored them
selves in l1onoring him.
Mr. Reddy was coura geous and manly,
true to his convictions, loyal to his friends
and faithful to every trust. He loved
Virginia, and he honestly endeavored to
promote her interests. He loved the true
men of Virginia, and they loved him lie
richly deserved every tribute that was
paid to his memory by those witty whom
he had been associated, from the eloquent
eulogies that were spoken, to the no less
eloquent tears that were. shed by his
friend, the Speaker of the House.
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toned TO say harsh things about Great
sEri:ain were generous enough tosexpress
their hearty ploreciasi lon OF the service
which she rendered Jus and TO say that:
should Great Britain ever need q friend
In distress she would find that friend IN
the United States OF America.
IS now cont ed that tho conditions
{ are Inherent: that Great Britain is inter-,
fering in South Afrtca and trying to de-
prive an independe nt people OF Their gtl
to govern themselves. But If tina @quesz
ton be raised Great Britain might we'll
have asked what business had the United lt'
States to interfere in Cuba and the Phil Phil
ippines to deprive Spain of her posses
ssions? But Great Britain did not pause
tosask questions. She said that whatever
might have been the cause of the war.
her friend, the United States Of America.
was in trouble, and she proposed to stand
by5 and see that no outside power inter
fered. Great Britain is now at wal in
South Africa and she has been threatened
by some of the European powers: She is
in distress and we are IN a poshlonS
do for her what she did for US .raTlittl
while ago. Yet, instead Of that, large
body of our citizens meet together in.
Washington, denouncing Great Britain in
the severest terms, me- Ike false charges
against her and send y ords of greeting
and good cheer to. her emmy. Moreover,
this meeting indirectly denounced the
United States for not interfering and for.
rot making trouble because of the seizure Sl
by Great Britain of an American Fvessei.
supposed to be conveying contraband Of
war. "a
II ever there was an exhibition Of base
2ingratitude on the face of the earth twas.
here, and we are not surprised that the
Diplomatic Corps in Washington are dis
gusted.
But behind all this was another motive
which was i'll concealed. There was a.
good bit of politics in that Washington
meeting, and the politicians who made.
rampant speeches were doing it for a
purpose, which discerning men readily readily
understand.
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Oppose jim Grow Car Bill.

MARTINsvILLE. va Jan. Especial.
a mass-meesing was held here few
days ago by colored people to oppose
the Jim Crow car bill L, F. Flood and
negroes in the county, made speeches,
gcondernnins the movement, and formu-
lated resolutions calling on the Henry
representative in the House to use his
influence for Its defeat. and forwarded
the paper to Mr.. Gravely, of the House.
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TolItFrom n Sc;,fHOl1.

.sAYLETT. u A., Jan. 24-SpeciaI.-SIr
K n. sAdlsin, a well-known carpenter Of
this section, narrowly escaped serious Is
injury about 2 9. clock this afternoon-8He
was covering his house with shingles:
when the scaffolding parted, and ne tel Ell;
about twenty feet.
81 He was taken into the house sunco tis
scious, but his injuries will not prove
serious:
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DIVERSIFIED FARMING.

-
The Fredericksburg Star says that when
the cultivation of pickles was first COM
mended to the farmers OF that section
of the State. they reluctantly agreed TO
20 into the business. declaring that it
would not pas. But the farmers have
found that this crop does i,a;- well, and
year by year the acreage an pick es IS in
creased. The farmers Of the same section
are now urged otma!Se some experiments
with the sugar beet, and the Star bei:c.es
I that II the farmers wlu agree 70 make
the test they Will find Ibis also a prcfita-
bio crop
ii seems TO us that the experiment were
j well worth trying. Ne have had but little
experience in farming operations, but
on general principles ne say thai one
of the greatest needs of the Virginia
farmers Is diversified crops. It is a maxim
OF the farm that It S not wise % put nll
the eggs In one basket. and che tanners
should live mp TO their ma xitn-
The cities Of Virginia haze iehg since
I discovered that this MAXIM shoala BE ap-
piled by them, and The resnl, az diver
sitied industries.
n
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SOUTHERN NOTES. Z

On the occasion of the celebration Of
Lees birthday anniversary in Atlanta,
the following motto was hung over. the,
speakers desk in the hall Of the House Of;
Delegates: NO brighter land had a
cause so grand, nor cause chief ct IKE
Lee. 3.
The Jasper tAla.) Trust COMPANY. the
local bank, has reopened$ after suspen-
sion of several months: The cause Of the
closing was trouble among the stock
holders. There was never q question of
the banks solvency'.
Asspeclai from Fort Valley, Cal says:
/ Houston county had its first home,
raised oranges on exhibition atsFort Valley
to-day They were raised ION the. farmsof
Clayton Pagan. about two miles from this
place, and are perfect in form and color
and size and Sare good average In flavor.
The trees have fruit in all stages ofsde-
Syelopment
M It Is certain that hes present SyearEwill
Witness q great industr rial advance in the
South New industrl esEane bringing upin
every part Of the South. Her vast ma
Stsril sresonrcesars being develop more
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Captain pArrEsoN,s VIEWS.

We have received from Capt. Camn
,Patteson, of Buckingham, three interest
ing communications; one on trusts; an
other on State bank currency, and the
third on gold and silver. We print the
first Of the series to-day, with the con1z
ment THAI it is mighty good reading
matter and, in our opinion, mighty sound
doctrine.
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They now spell them Bullertins.
-i5 re-.
CURRENT TOPICS.

Mr.. Frank H.. Stanton, the poet lau-
reate OF Georgia. has recovered from the
assault recently made on his hair, and
is at work again. In little gem headed
Dreaming of Spring." he says:
From winter where we shiver,
We turn to days more bright:
There's fish in every river,
An bait to make EN- ibite!
The railroad earnings for 1899 were enor-.
that the earnings of us roads for twelve
months, and the earnings of 50 roads for
eleven months, Were 81, 2l0, 43O, COO, or Sll4,-
Sc, 900 greater than in 1888. The gain for.
the 119 roads is nearly 10 per cent, and
for the SO roads more than 10 per cent.
over the year before. For the two groups
the increase was 10.45 per cent, and, esti-
mating foT the rest OF the railroads of
the country, the Chronicle believes the
gross earnings of all lines to have been
$3.50, COO, coo greater than in 1888. Z
The New York Journal of Commerce
notes two circumstances that add inn
pressiveness to these figures.
1.-The first isl it says, that the earn
illgs for 1888 showed great gains over
previous years; the natural recovery from
peflOQ 1E1O Stil S1uS pSC1A
experienced. Instead Of proceeding In a
decreasing ratio after the lost ground
had been recovered, the earnings contin-
. ued to Increase by a growing amount Of
increment.
1.-THE other circumstance, it adds.
..that makes this increase seem more
remarkable is that the movement OF the
great agricultural staples was less IN 1883
than in 1895. The last cotton crop was
considerably smaller than the one before
it. The wheat crop Of 1899 was much be
low that of 1898. AT the Atlantic seaboard
there was a decrease5o 80, SOC. 900 bushels
Of wheat in the deliveries land a littleStle-
crease in flour and some decreases in
other cereals as compared with 1895 The
Southern outports lost 100000 bales of
cotton last year compared with the year
before At Chicago and Kansas City the
receipts of live stock. especially hogs,
were less last year than in 1895. This
large increase in the gross earnings of
all the roads, therefore, indicates very
much heavier movement of general mer-
chandise than the mere percentage OF
the increase of earnings would sugg =
More remarl1a BILE still. the earnings
thus far in 1900 are, in most cases. great
er than they were in the corresponding
weeks last year
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n UNIONS G UARlANTEE.
sirens Assertions 40 10 Jasts yyhae
the Remedies VIII Dc.

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that his Rhe1znAti3r0
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that hissDyHepsia Ore
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of all cases OF k1fney
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Headache Cure VIII cure
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lumber Company Chartered.

IuIDp"k-s Company Chartered.
SUFFOLK. W A., Jan. 24-Special-C
cult Judge Prentis granted charter of
incorporat ton to the Enterprise Lumber
Company, whose main Office will be in
Holland, Va, and whose capital stock
is limited to ten thousand dollars.
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remedies. AT NIL druggists, IS cents ytai..z.
~ II yuu need medical advice write sProt: AunyN1s
I 1905 Arch st. Philc- It Is sssolutely nee.
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The Times is always snoepted to fslenas
who favor 1t with society items anu III, ps ,,a
iSonals. but must urge that I'LL SUE ue
sent over the signature of The ssenGeI.,
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