The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-11-02
NJ market. AND AT THAT TIME I
NAG pTrvTNq FOR THE TRUST.

| tns market, AND AT THAT TIME I
WAS BUYING FOR THE TRUST.
"ror 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 COM
missions, and bought the best tqbac-
co in our country. The neK two
wears bought for the American
Snuf company. The prices averaged
sa67 for the last two days when l
bought for the American Snuff com
pany Such tobacco is now bringing
about s11 OOO I WAS IN THE EN-
PLOY OF THE ITALIAN REGGIE; ]
HAD A TERRITORY AND NO 9TH
Err 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
was working fer the ITALIAN
REGGIE. and it was THE SAME WAY
when was working for the AMERI-
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 1t sold for an AVERAGE
of 1857; bought all kinds of tobac-
co that was in our section
This colluson was proclaimed to
the world by the solemn filing III 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 chat is the Amer
lean Tobacco company. the Imperial
Tobacco company, and about ninety
others) OBSERVED, ARE OBSERv-
ING. AND INTEND HEREAFTER TO
OBSERVE and conduct their business
according to the terms of the contract
dated Sept q, 1902, whereby they
agreed. among other things, TO A
DIVISION OF TERRITORY" And
We. two months after the solemn fill
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, I have heard 1t
said repeatedly by your enemies that
you reason this way: that you sN--
"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 is
menace to the community and that
for that reason 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 1t. 1
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 fall
| lacy that hideous sophistry, that q
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 we'll as so wicked!
have no patience with that heresy.
have fought the trust as hard as any
man ever did, and hate it as much;
| but before | would put on mask,
before | would take a rope, or an AK,
81 a. hor oil
| ashland go out in mob in the night
time to do violence to any mans prop
erty or his person-before I would do
| that, | would leave James B. Duke to
! have the uPdisputed possession Of ev
cry plant of tobacco that ever grew
on the face of the earth. Remember,
IL is this association which solemnly
| declares: We deeply regret that
such acts do occur, and we again ex-
press our earnest disapproval of the
| same. AS the representatives Of the
association having it's interests at
| heart. we call upon every good citizen
| to join MS in an effort to discounten-
ance the outrages We are opposed
to all violations of law. Oh, for Gods
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 frop it, and all the influence OF
this order to catch and punish every
man that does. (Applause.)
My friends, nearly two years ago,
at a meeting at Guthrie. Mrs. Ewing
intrusted to me white satin banNs.
upon which was engraved the emblem
of this great order-a tobacco 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-
| ton that would stain that white ban
ner." ] call you here to witness that
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