Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-04
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tions and individuals from all parts
of the country have filed complaints
against railroads and express compa-
nies, charging excessive rates and dis
ordinations. Among the railroads
against which complaints have been
filed are the Northern Pacific, Great
Northern, Union Pacific, Oregon
Railroad and Navigation compa-
ny, Texas and Pacific, Alabama and
Vicksburg, Alabama Great Southern,
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the
Southern railway and also the Wells
Fargo Express company.
- Washington special of Septem-
Der 1, to the News and Courier: Sem
ator Tillman will not review the ma
val manoeuvres from the Mayflower
with the president on Labor Day. He
has declined the invitation extended
by the president along with other
members of the naval committee OF
the senate and the house Of repre-
sentatives. The note declining was
received at the navy department to-
day. II had been generally predicted
here that he would decline. Senator
Tillman said to friends, following the
action of the president in recalling
the White House invitation to Senator
Tillman to meet Prince Henry, be-
cause of the Tillman-McLaurin fight,
that he would never accept another
invitation from the president until he
had apologized to him for withdraw
ing the former. invitation.
= Some Of the great packing houses
Of the west are in serious predica-
ment because Of the meat inspection
law, passed by the recent congress.
The law requires that all packed
meats intended for interstate shipment
must be inspected and labeled with a
label setting forth the fact that the
contents of the package had been in
spected, etc. The law goes into ef-
feet October /. Some Of the packers
having been slow about providing
proper labels and complying with
other requirements of the law have
applied to the secretary. Of agricul-
ture to set aside the October re-
quirement as to labels, that they
might have more time to prepare
themselves. Secretary Wilson has re-
fused to comply with the request and
the packers will be unable to dispose
Of their goods unless properly stamp
ed, except in their own states, as the
inspection law applies only to inter-
state shipments.
New York Journal Of Commerce,
September /: Our September cotton
report, based on 1927 replies, August
22 being their average date. shows a
decline in condition OF Al points COM
pared with a decline of three points In
the same month 1905 and points
in 1904; in 1903 it increased 2.9
points but in 1902 and 1901 1t again de-
clined S.6 points respectively. Condition
is reported at 77.6 against 72.4 Sept.
/, 1905; TIA in 1904; 1916 in 1903i
and II in 1902. The crop had been
doing very we'll to the date of these
reports; but since then reports Of
deterioration have been very general.
All the leading producing states show
declines with the exception Of South
Carolina and Georgia, which showed
the slight gain of IL points and 0.9
points respectively. Prominent states
show the following declines: North
Carolina. "a points; Alabama, 3.5
points; Mississippi, So points; Louisi-
ana, Sc points; Texas, 7.S points, and
Arkansas, 0.S points. Reports would
indicate that the somewhat serious
loss in Texas was due exclusively to
the boil weevil and boil worm.
The feature of last Thursdays
session of the American Bar associa-
ton, in session at st. Paul, Mimi, was
an address by Judge Alton B. Parker
of New York, on the Congestion of
Law" Judge Parker said in part:
Few questions have been more dis
cussed than the increasing tendency
of legislative bodies to propose and to
enact new laws. And yet every man
who has had occasion to study the
question has been forced to conclude
that but a small percentage of pro-
posed new enactments involves a new
principle, or even a new policy. 1t
has long been recognized that, if leg
islators were compelled to study and
know the old and settled principles OF
jurisprudence, there would be fewer
opportunities for mediocre men to
make for themselves regulations upon
laws which have nothing in them
that mankind has not tried. In such
a period the recurring session Of a
legislature in its due course, or an am
bilious or systematic governor calls
an extra session. Thus dozens Of use
less laws are placed upon the statute
books, every one of which chokes the
channels of justice. Another fruitful
source of legislation is the neglect or
failure to enforce existing laws. In
many cases the misdirected or ignor-
ant zeal Of an executive officer is re-
sponsible for many new and useless
ried into office, after an hysterical
canvass, under the promise to prose-
cute certain kinds of accused persons.
Once elected, he takes up his work in
his electoral campaign. The duty Of
the lawyer in the premises is impera-
tive, for he understands the dangers
better than anyone else. Therefore,
he ought to take up the task and car
ry it on with energy, until current
legislation shall simply properly sup
plement such part of the present law
as has justified it's existence"
The failure of the Real Estate
Trust company of Philadelphia, last
week, is proving to be not only one
Of the largest on record in the United
States, but also one of the most sensa-
tional. President Frank Nipple previ-
Gus to his death, was one of the most
highly respected citizens of Pennsyl-
vania He wos considered the very
highest type of an honest business
man, enjoying the respect and conf
dence of all classes. Since the failure