The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-07

ate and House, has in a large degree been distinguished by the best of the old-ttme American characteristics; 1; that among the scores of ex-Confeder- ate statesmen and soldiers. fnen who served in the Confederate congress and in the army of the Confectionery, the grafter has been conspicuous by reason of his absence. The Senate of the Fifty-ninth congress- furnishes many illustrations of what "the old South" was and the new south. is. Compare the venerable x-Confeder- ates Morgan and Pettus of Alabama, with the representation in that body Of the Empire State. andlyou will not need to go. further in the Investigation. employed by the Journal. means Dem ocratic solldity. If that soiidity be misfortune. it is easily accounted for.
 he asiery of Tne IS sas s Kind of political stupidity would, under like conditions. prevail all over the North The new South Is too wise traditions. habits, and surviving rep- resentatives of the .oid South" May 1t be long before Immigration or greed. or causes, efrace the An,erlcanism of the only section In which it survives. Think of This.
 Columbiana Sentinel
 The poorest, lowliest and most humble farmer or laborer. who owns a little farm or home. is compelled by law to pay taxes. yet the wealthy cot ton mill owner--because of his great wealth--whose net profits are more in a week than most farmers make in a year. who will not pay you more than five cents for your cotton If he, by force of circumstances and the needs of the producing farmer. can get NJ at that price, is exempt from taxaNpn. But some of them do not stop at that. Their coupon clipping from cotton mill nrnf1tg has made them QraadV anhEfaSn- ing, and they assail the railroads-the instruments which have built u3 the countrywide enterprises which pay a large portion of the taxes of the communities through which they pass. In Shelby county the railroads pay, so we are informed by one who knows "a sessed in this county. Are such con -porations worthy of any consideration al the hands of the people? Indeed they are. In this State we. have cot ton mill owner--a man who pays no taxes upon the hundreds of thousands he has invested in his enterprises. trav- cling day and night preaching a doc trine to arouse the, pretudices and pas sions of the people against the rail- roads-the largest and heaviest tax payers in the South. Not only does ne administrations from the time of the immortal Houston down to the present az having been dominated by the rail- roads, false to the people, and false
 
 CT words. according to this man. the State administrations of the past. in- cluding the legislatures and the courts. have been disbonorab there Is no miIder term accofding to his interpre- tation--have turned their backs upon the people to serve the railroads. Wlu the people of Alabama stand for such sweeping indictment,-such a whole sale islander and villihcation of the many noble and upright men who have served them as Governors and tn |. .E.1. E... k. Ilr fu al iF4- aaiges hf asss9tive n Rar as 'Sls %
 iraiiroad olegarchy," 'robbing the peo- pie" and like uttefances are but A few of the, expressions used in the ti- cording the irrefutable evidence of Snn;e oi Alabama's best men. fougnt tooth and toe nail against any law prohibiting child labor In cotton miils; s; the most humane nature.
 But for the railroads, Alabamas great mineral wealth would still be m tn the bowels of the earth; her great lumber production would be standing in the trees of the forest. but for her railroads. Alabama would pc nIty now boasts. The Sentinel believes inere, should be laws regulating freight rates. not only in Alabama but Tn ev. cry State--fs WIS which will be just and fair to the people and the. railroads alike, and The Sentinel believes also that there should be stringent laws laws that will ana can D0 enIoIcsu-~ governing the employment of children ia cotton mills and sweat shops of whatever kind and nature. Laws which will prevent the money-grasp- Ing min or mine owner from employ ing children In either mill. mine or shop. for in doing so they stunt ,is the growth and development or the cnilu;; snd send forth into the world men ana women, broken in body and health pc. cause of the long hou;s ,osrs tney st,nend %sed compelled to work for a mere stipeh" fn enrich the mill owner