The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-14

- S~-S~">s~ that some of our men are advocating the immigration of coolie laporE shieap sii candor door that am t4 opposed to
 believe in immigration of the rlgnt kind, but there is another immigra. tion that we should have av that the ii keep ep ing together of our own people, te non n-immigration of our own peopie, If we can do that. we have nas moVso been cursed with cheap labor, cheap labos %s means four and five cent cotton. WE do. not wantscheap labor.we want ,nher ntsr
 that builds the country, and you give
 me a country. anywhere, no maassniII siI
 where. with cheap labor ana ,,asng W
 aowp yo and m s not csndor euiains bPslieve in
 migration of such an element into this
 country S tIsny Ssds uP ens on
 question. because 1t IS auehs.tton con. M
 State. and 1t is a question tnrmar tna' anS nS" I cerns the State l am farasp.s a i@rmSf heart T he
 wants cheap labor and high prieeea eea
 cotton. provided he is not doing tne
 labor. But. gentlemen. that IS n1. ohaan .n products. High. priced labor makes | high priced products. That is what you need You take the high prieeo
 r"ie0f paid for ro the labor, % and you can easily understand how that difference goes back to our State, and stays m our
 state. It is the price of M the siate labor tHSe TSe
 price of labor stays here; 1t cannot so
 of You take the Birmingham DIS
 trict and you take the PriGSs Ss Of w,tsoUt tsoUt
 the price of labor? You can figure
 that out just as long as you please,
 | have been asked to declare on
 other propositions, but as you all under
 stand. I am business man. and l am l farmer. I am n merchant. and l am q
 manufacturer, and as such l have come siness. As to this, have had to come
 into contact with every species or
 business. and know the. relation of
 what Is in the state; to .nd ,na' as euIin said to friend of mine,--I was speaking at Luverne recently and a friend of
 mine standing right in front or me- =. are both a little bit grey-haired now Dr. Wyman says he knew me 1orty
 years ago. and when you So come ne n td oi l pr. wyman: You were very youns
 MT MT. Conner: Thank you. Doctor. fol
 the suggestion. but if you please, l an not very young. Then l said 10 nlm
 Doctor. suppose you-if you live yot
 going to start out and diagnose nj;
 case now, or wait until you get him!
 trust you understand what l meaI
 State come up, and they will come ul IT think, we had better wait and dfag nose the case then to sec just what W.
 will do at that time; From whai he iieve you can trust me to diagnose thu
 case as I have in all these. affairs.
 Now we come to the real rVe eatIa ,sSe men, that I have been called undemo cratic for bringing the issue into Ala ! bama. and they accuse me of oringini n 1 an issue into Alabama that l had ny business to offer as an issue. Nov , gentlemen. the issue is the life or 'is tn 7 democratic. party, it is the very III l of the people is the heart and soul Q a | It. Take that away and you have go l. no democratic party. could not hay e Sharpe Williams. who has just bee :: elected to lead the democrats of tn , House. they are a minority, what doe s daeemoc4tcyf First. that we are opposa r ed to trusts. We are opposed to trust' We do not believe in them; next, Una
 eFSt fsy0r rste.? wnatf the eonrof nsrofm of g great corporations in our. midst tha
 have been controlling us for the p pur
 of ssxinfS fSea qs roeS ae aSd % basis tS 7, heart and soul of the democratic party e of the National Democracy But
 , be Ssre sG n sss state We say tRS we are opposed to trusts, and so W f are. If we are opposed to trusts; wh Q not be opposed to the trust down there s be ODD Opposed sec to them? What is the us Q of talking about trusts Tn Cnicago s Why not talk about rs. trust ibs you fpn frn, T we are after. It is true they have t6 u | have the vehicle trust over h Wisc0Sr
 sin t6s DseTns Dsone ps%SPle %s SaSe SaS the t about that and some people say the e ought to be put in jail for tn the ,nI,ss msgn e costs everybody buying your catt pap papers seisans say they ey ought to be put - iaiI That is true. but if that Is tru tt what is the matter with the trus '- here. We have a trust here that ge 't everything on earth that you eonsum THaehes fba G sa1fs iSS S09c cOngress aHg M e olit and say in leadership there. V d are opposed to it. what is the matt @ the bnS %.tep p%ss the se sas s fsrS sens k. posed to 1t. for it is what l have be, 1t opposed to all the while have lead u 99t fight. Some friend here said the ,r1 W candor, that we as democrats, that ha ct as a groundwork enmity 10 trus ly that IS our faith. why not otv carry Mr a lg opposed to 1t and yet let 1t work rig x- by our side and tax us and carry us IS, !, te like it pleases. what IS the uSe' s is the fight l have led ana So,5 5he ot iif to finish This fight was ommenc' ou some friend there says some twent Id five years ago. It was back at A to niston I was there doing. jobbi ik railroads 1IIrosS crossed % the Georgia line wi
 an increase of the freight rate neal IS; double Why? It occurred to me, W n: should this be so? l was m an ! ar quisitive state of mind and ma c1mmenc n,,t - Georgia, in 1879. they established
 Railroad Commission. and gave th'
 mandatory power. Mandatory power
 .n,, ihs ralg0as5' IaSfTni tSsm Sst tfSs That tn
 in 1879. In 1880 they put out U
 freight rate and I want to say to
 that the freight rates they put
 paring to-day We are comparing
 day with freight rates of Georgia
 lSS0 where It ought to be here m iS
 We take up the freight rates ot "A or bama in 1902 sso ana S0d So@paTS 'nsn show le and-twenty per cent against Alabar ss And why? We'll I am accused of d 1r troyinE the party, when ,,.saya l say pa ei what-not you may call them, gave
 an advisory commission, and ry statesmen of Georgia, call them pc en ticians if you please, gave them he two two States, it Is just what the lead OOia. did for the other. They. say l
 n'- wrong in saying that. If I am wro x the th 'Vaec Wrong: % for it Is such wrongs Il di- save the State We fought this me Sls '9n through the other. through the leg