The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-03
A FAIR AND A JUST BILL
This is the Declaration of Mr.. s.A
Jones Of Waynesville,
He ANSWERS Mr.. EBBs' OBJECTIONS
The Establishment Of Pulp Mills, Paper NJ n:
and Tanueres in Haywood, Jackson /
and Swain Counties They
Are Needed.
To the Editor:

Kindly aermit me space in your paper
| that l believe 10 be the friend 10 the in
| dustrial as well as the political interest
| OF North Carolina / note in a Raleigh
I paper Of the 26th inst, that o couple Of
| gentlemen, one from Haywood and one
/ from Jackson counties, have taken it on
! themselves to 90 before the Judiciary
Committee, which concede them to have
! the right TO do, and oppose a bill that had
already been unanimously reported to
| the House by that able body OF lawyers,
| for the encouragement and establishment
| Of pulp mills, paper mills and tanneries,
| in the counties of Haywood. Jackson and
Swain.
| regret very much that bill so fair
| and just. and OF SO vital an interest TO
| these three counties, whose lands are over
so per cent. waste or unsuitable for farm.
ing; consisting of mountain crags covered
with growth of timber practically use
less for any other purposes than pulp pa
per wood and tan bark aud OF no value
now should be opposed Lands
assessed at not to exceed dol
lar an acre for taxes yet with these
mills, and factories, here to consume
pulp wood, that will yieldt their owners
thousands of them who are considered
men OF small, means. and have hard
struggle 10 eak out an existence. on the
small patches in the mountain belt that
,hey can cultivate. $5 per cord for pulp
wood Not only does this system Of fac
tories open IN these counties resources.
but where they require the timber under
six inches in diameter to stand % years
from now. these same mountain tops, will
not, lt. NTH u
growth, usable for the same purposes Ny
friend AIr. Smathers from Haywood coun-
~, says his friends have asked for this
bill, and he regrets to oppose It, My good
lld friend Capt. Terrell, of Jackson colfn-
ty, puts in his oar against IL. Did ! net
know the kindness OF the old gentlemeA's
heart, would say something more hnrsh
about his action in the matter, than to
simply inform him, that no stream small
sr than the Tuckasseege River or Caney
Fork at its mouth, could possibly be used
in the operation Of pulp and paper mill,
and win give him twenty dollars for
every mountain trout. that he will catch
before The erection of Il paper mill in such
streams as they are compelled to be put
on A number Of The leading business men
If these counties and number Of the men
immense paper and pulp mills have been
considering through my nstigatiOn and
that of my friends, the best methods in
which TO develope the dormant resources
Of the great mountain range that these
three counties cover. and il is to this
end that this biI has been introduced
! answered Mr. Ebbs of AIadison's objec-
ions to the bin in a private letter to him,
4 - "a ,41 ~N -
House in respectful language--not
having met the gentlemen personally, as
deemed necessary in business meas-
are l note his rising to a point Of priv
iiege, and proclaiming me an adventurer,
tut Cor this ! would treat his utteranees
With silent contempt, and will from
political standpoint, as well as a bust
aoss standpoint say TO the gentlemen
rom Madison, that my record Is behind
ne, and ! believe that it has been Demo
,ratic from my cradle to this hour. | have
never deserted the faith Of my father nor
have ! enjoyed the emoluments and saIa-
ry as q reward for my desertion, and ut
The same time against the Constitution
OF my State, drawn a salary in filling a
legislative seat at the hands OF the peo-
pie. II the gentleman is not drawing two
salaries now under this proposition, / am
open for correction. His excuse and ex-
PLANTATION Of his offense in my stating his
ignorance of the topography OF the three
counties to which the bill alludes. is
childish aud contemptible; possibly he
may find a number OF branches from the
mountain divides running into other coun-
ties, but he will find m statements ac-
nrately correct, that no stream capable
Of supplying the water 10 pulp mills will
discharge themselves into any other TER
citory in that section but Tennessee and
As TO the adventuresome part OF my life,
believe the good people in the counties OF
Haywood and Jackson and throughout the
State from which l came to this ONE, win
give me credit OF being considered a safe
and conservative business man, and al
Nays found accomplishing and fulfilling
ny promises. with a trial balance TO my
sredit given by a unanimous people, that
NY efforts upon the same lines that 1 am
making in North Carolina, have done more
for the development OF my State than any
Dther one man in il, and that already my
short stay in the counties OF Jackson and
Haywood has been Instrumental In ex-
pending and giving employment 70 labor
and the establishment Of factories and the
development of resources 10 the extent OF
6Canffnuad IN paaA frwoA