The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-05-18

speech. there was In session in this city
great Congrcss.-a congress OF the
reading railroad men of this country
and OF all the world. Some of the
American railroad men here took issue
with the Presidents speech. and IL Is
evident that they are already orgaHiz-
ing to send strong lobby down TO the
peoples Congress next winter To fight
TIE Presidents effort to regulate rail-
road rates. 1t will be battle royal.
md we will see which Congress-the
aailroad Congress or the peoples Con
grcss-is in the supremacy In Govern
mental affairs.
SOME OTHER RECENT TRIUMPHS
OF THE PRESIDENT.
Theodore Roosevelt won a most no
table victory during the recent session
of Congress. He persuaded the House to
pass bill TO regulate railroad rates
and stop the determinations in favor
If trust interests by giving rebates.
High rates are an oppression to all in
ius:r!es and rebate discrimination is
/ cumulative evil. in that it bestows
savcrs Cn one business enterprise ami
Dunishes another business enterprise
With a higher raie This is what pro-
1uces trusts Even an excessive high
rate Will not produce trusts If each in
7C3tTy and each individual pay the
same rate.
The House caucus approved the
Presidents rate and rebate bill, and ii
was promptly passed by the House
This is the most effective and intelli-
gent action taken to crush and break
up the oppressive trusts. 1t is to be
hoped that the Senate will also pass
this, or a similar at the next
session. But, as stated above, it is
clear that the great railroad systems
instead of agreeing to stop such abuses
and Join with the Government in at
tempting to enact a law fair to both
the roads and the people. are deter
mined to fight We think they are
wrong. We think it Is their duty as
American institutions to join with the
President in attempting to establish
justice and equity between the public
and the great common carriers of the
nation.
MR. BRYAN SHOWS WISDOM AND
PATRIOTISM.
Mr.. Bryan has cCme out in an inter
view endorsing the Presidents position
on the railroad rate and rebate ques
ton. This is to Mr.. Bryan's credit, but
it is to be regretted that only a very
few Democrats in Congress have shOwr
any disposition to follow the lead o:
the President in this Important matte
the mCst important matter before
Congress in a quarter of century. The
action taken fv the President in this
matter is the most aggressive, pa triotic
and important position taken by {
President in the interest of the whole
public since the days of Andrew Jack
son.
THE PRESIDENTS WONDERFUL
RECORD.
The President is not only proving
himself Napoleon in politics, but his
broad patriotism, backed by marked
wisdom and courage, each day is i'm
pressing all the people more and more.
If the election were to take place again
tomorrow the Presidents majority
would be at least a million more votes
than it was last November.
THE VICTORY OVER THE BEEF
TRUST.
Only recently the Supreme Court of
the United States, in an unanimous de
cisiOn. sustained the Presidents con
tcntion that the Beef Trust is an lille
gal and oppressive combination. This
action should have been taken on be
half of the American public long since
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE
GREAT OIL TRUST.
Besides, the President has already
begun en- investigation into the meth
DDS of the Standard Oil Company. This
is one OF the greatest and most pow
erful of all combinations in the United
States. The Standard Oil Company is
not protected or helped, directly or in
directly. by the tariff, and the same is
practically true of every other trust.
small individual enterprise can reap
benefits from protection the same as
great trusts. The tariff does not dis
criminate between one concern and
another concern in the same business,
but the roilroads do, and it is this dis
elimination by the railroads that
breaks up some one business enterprise
and builds another, into a great and
powerful trust. The Standard Oil trust
has been created solely by railroad re-
bates against its competitors.
We cannot say that we blame the
Standard Oil Company for taking ad-
vantage Of such opportunities-it is
human nature, and there are few who
would fail to utilize such an opportu-
uity when it was presented to them.
The same is practically true of the
railroads. How can We blame them
for making rebates if it is to their ad-
vantage to do so.swhen the public does
not protest, or when Congress fails to
pass a law to stop the evil. An investi-
cation has also been begun as to the
methods of the American Tobacco Co.
The result of the present investiga-
ton, will no doubt lead to the enact
ment of some law that will stop evils
romplained of, and. at the same time
be fair to the public and to these and
similar aggregaticns of capital.
OTHER NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
These great triumphs for good gov
ernment and progress follow close on
the heels Of the Presidents victory IN
the Panama Canal matter, Cuban reci-
prccity, the settlement of the great Goa
strike, and the dissolution of the great
Northern Securities railroad trust. Ano
these are only few of the many brave
wholesome, and patriotic acts OF oul
great American President. Could Mr.
Bryan have accomplished half so much
had he been President?
SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN PATRO
MAGE MACHINES.
It seems that the President has de-
cided to give the Southern Republican
patronage machines vigorous shaking