Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-11-02

che rarket AND AT THAT TIME 7
WAS BUYING FOR THE TRUST.
For the first two years prior to the
formation of the association bought
for the italian Reggie and the average
was about $3.50, including my CON-
missions. and / bought the bestpbac'
co in our country The next two
wears bought for the Americana
snun company. The prices averaged \
8367 for the last two days when l
bought for the American Snuff com
pany. Such tobacco is now bringing
about 1900. / WAS IN THE EN-
PLOY OF THE ITALIAN REGGIE; ]
HAD A TERRITORY AND NO 9TH
ER ITALIAN MAN BOUGHT IN MY
DISTRICT, AND NOBODY ELSE UN-
TIL GOT THROUGH, AND THE
AMERICAN SNUFF COMPANY DID
NOT BUY IN MY TERRITORY while
I was working for the ITALIAN
REGIE and it was THE SAME WAY
when / was working for the AMERl-
CAN SNUFF COMPANY. That is,
had an ALLOTTED TERRITORY, and
no buyer for the Italian Reggie entered
It, While / bought for the American
snuff company it sold for an average
Of 1857; / bought all kinds Of tooac-
co that was in our section"
This collision was proclaimed to
the world by the solemn fling Of this
petition Of the United States of Amer
lea against the American Tobacco
company and others, and In which pc
tition I find the following statement,
at Page ~:
The defendants (that is the Amer
lean Tobacco company, the Imperial
Tobacco company, and about ninety
others) OBSERVED, ARE OBSHRV-
ING, AND INTEND HEREAFTER TO
OBSERVE and conduct their business
according to the terms of the contract
dated Sept. u, 1902, whereby they
agreed. among other things, TO A
DIVISION OF TERRITORY" And
yet two months after the solemn NJ
ing of this startling and sensational
document, he says there was no col
fusion between the Regies and these
other companies and the American To-
bacco company.
Now, my friends, / have heard IL
said repeatedly by your enemies that
you reason this way: that you say
"the 'hillbilly's' property is the prop
erty OF the trust; that blamed hill
billy has got no right which you ought
to respect; that he ought to have his
plant beds scraped; that he ought TO
have his barns burned; that he ought
to be shot, or whipped or killed. that
he has no right to live; that he 10 a
menace to the community; and that
for that reason a man is justified In
doing him any kind of damage he
pleases." don't believe that you
make that argument. / hope that you
don't. But ] am here to answer II.
will say to you that because a man
deserves to die--that gives you no
right to kill him. 1t is just as much
murder to kill a bad man as a good
one
Oh, my friends, that insidious fal-
lacy, that hideous sophistry, that a
man can do evil in order that good
may result from IT" that "the end JUS
titles the means"-oh, it is so foolish,
as well as so wicked
have no patience with that heresy.
have fought the trust as hard as any
man ever did, and hate 1t as much;
but before I would put on mask,
before would take a rope. or an ak,
or a rife, or worse than all these-a
ashland go out in mob in the night
time to do violence to any mans prop
erty or his person-before would do
that, would leave James B. Duke to
have the undisputed possession of ev-
cry plant of tobacco that ever grew
on the face Of the earth. Remember,
it is this association which solemnly
declares: we deeply regret that
such acts do occur, and we again ex-
press our earnest dlsapproval OF the
same. AS the representatives of the
association having its interests at
heart, we call upon every good citizen
to join us in an effort 70 diseOun4sn-
ance the Outragss. We are Opposed
to all violations OF law. oh, for Co.'s
sake, for the associations sake. for
the dignity Of your state and your
country, do more than abstain from
depreciation yourselves. Use all the
influence that you possess to keep 9th
ers from 1t, and ali the influence Of
this order TO catch and punish every
man that does. (Applauso.)
My friends, nearly two years ago,
at meeting at Guthrie. ASyS. Ewing
intrusted to me a white aatea banner,
upon which was engraveA he emblem
of this great order--a tdoaoeo plant
oh, how proud was as she said. Mr.
Stanley, you have done more for this
association than almost any other
man. want you to present this ban
ner in my name to the association.
and tell them for me, to march under
its folds TO victory, and tell them TO
do nothing in the name OF this associa.