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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12
THE STATE SHOULD NOT LEM ITS TO H
RAT CONTINENTAL RAILROAD PROPOSITION

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stat. ~. construction of If. S;,i-h
ana Western road - the greatest acn-
iever,ent sine. fbe t~uupe}Ijny of the
pine pidge hy tho state. Indeed the
tunnels IN tho south and western in
Mitchell comfy are longer ,han those
ON TN. Western %orrh Cero.:ua Rail
rosd and i, VII deliver AZ Ru.hc
fotdtoo ANA Al Marion connecting
with both the ~eaboar, ana the
Southern, coal from tha Tennessee
a,d VIRGINIA mines n, mo shortest
no.e;hIa ,o,ta thas qnahlira All North
Carolina IA ocf coal much chraDar If
tbo Tptcr-ctate ana Sfata nme
Commiesione do fneir d1tv The inn
no,tanc. or the construction Of tina;
road capnot y. oynr-oetfmatad II *
naarino comuletinn ana is worth
much. not only to the Immediate see
ton but IN an tho manufacturing in
forests az North and Sonth Carolina.
In the East. too. private caDital is
tuiidfna imnorfant railroad lines and
beIninq ia dcvcIon . c01Inrry that is
ia became thc ,,-cateet truck garden
in America
Tho aav has dawncd in the United
states when the naonlc are da.ermin-
cd 10 control the railroads. fix their
rates and connei them Ia ba Duhlic
= c intended. Mr. Pooecyelt
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

t4.s caused the ar,-h.I - rlue ri
m. cotton factories i object -
The bill Vas MT agai1st trusts bat
aeaias hom. industry. The cotton NIL
men heard I'M, alarm and hurri.l -
queach The conGagra,lon They found
.hat ts.-c WAS nothing - ~, Their
va ~ Gr On ;ne.r PREMISE The
Tobacco Trust and the southern RAJ
way alike wer. mute The cotton
mill men cane and looked around.
and wondered ahv they mad come
and went hom II WAS npt wonder
ful thss one IF their numbe- took i
cyui-a. view Or the causes that hal
led hin. and others 70 TAXI q fruitle<s
Journey.
What happened - the cotton mill
mon practically has happened senu-
mentally to many another man ia II
state since the introduction OF the
several "anti-trust" bills IL jhe Lex
izlature. From a hundred different
SQUIRE : transientIy i'll Raleigh has
goAe forth the statement mat "the
business and the Industrial tteTests Of
the state" were being attacked. The
has never been a word 70 the effect
thar the monopolistic interests We.
being attacked. The trust bills IS
they attain their purpose IN rendering
unlawful such combinations as tire
American Tobacco Company have not
in nank. All the effort has been -
enlist against the legislation the III
~tereSts ana the industries which arc
not affected. The idea seems 70 have
been generally followed that the sal-
walton Of the trusts depended upon
the creation Of a panic in quarters
which trust legislation would not af-
feet. Of course. this is the desperate
stand Of an interest which cannot
stand alone upon a basi OF equity.
The theory boiled down viii not hold
water. 1t is simply this. conf sseon
ana avoidance: we say the trusts
IN effect, admit u liability. 70
crush us. ii viii be necessary to crush
legitimate industry. Therefore. r
init US our illegitimate industry"
To this plea some cat's-paws have
put their mittens into the fire. The
cotton mills looked at the situation,
felt the glow of the Goals and with
drew. Therein, they showed that they
were really business men. They saw
that it vas not their fight. They re-
fused 10 be used.
When the situation is more thor
oughly understood. as it must be
when intelligent men o both into
the provisions of the different meas
ures and into the attitude of the Leg
islature. this line Of demarcaIion viii
appear.
That the Legislature is after
those trusts which through the eXer-
ton of monopoly manag to buy
cheap and sell dear regardless Of cco-
omic conditions. at one n Of the
line or the other"
That being the limit of intent, not
cotton mills but every other le-
gitimata business which has been
drawn to Raleigh to enter a protest
founded on the cry of "radicalism'
ana '.legislation against industry Will
realize at length-as the cotton mill
men have realized already-that il IS
a fools errand'' on which they have
come
The trusts ought not to be permlt-
to escape by the device of setting
windmills in the path of industrial
QuiXotes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

Never until now has it been deemed
a "discourtesy'' to swear a man Civ
ing testimony. Hundreds Of men have
been sworn in Legislative investiga-
lions, but some folks have been hav-
ing fits because magnate Finley was
asked TO do what is done every day.
The difference was he travels in Pull
mans and is accustomed TO have fun
keys about him. and North Carolina
legislators didn't g~enufect. Therefore
the discourtesy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12
All For$1.70

There has never been offered
in North Clro.lna SO much
good reading or so little money
as VI are offering under the
following proposition: For
1.7O W. will send the follow =
ing tor one year:
The Farmer and Me-
chaniC, an page North Caro-
lima home and farm weekly
journal:
The North Caro'injan,
all 8-page Democratic weekly
newspaper:
The C~onimcner, the able
weekly journal published by
Hon. VII lam Jennings Bryan.
Thus for One Dollar and
Seventy Cents YOU can get
all these papers one year.
ror particulars, address
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Raleigh, ~. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

The State Of North Carouna should
liself build railroads and operate.
theln' or it should leave private capital
TO do this n regulate railroads.. No
half way policy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

South Carolina has passed "A LAS
making lobbying a misdcmeauor. IT,
North Carolina a law seeking merely
70 let the public know the name OF
obhylsts seems - be glued % the
pigeon holes OF the Senate Judiciary
committee. 49,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12
TIE LEGISLATURE Is "A MEN
ACE"

The Daily Subsidized News devotes
a whole column to showing why ii
thinks his Legislature is ga menace"
OF course it is II menace" to the pa
per that sought to restore Marion But
Ter to dictatorship in North Carolina.
The Legislature is "a menace" to the
New crowd that wants the suffrage
amendment repealed or construed
away so that all the ignorant negro
vote may again return them to power.
The Legislature is "a menace" to
the saloon and distilleFy crowd that
support the News and desire to re-
peal the temperance Legislation in
North Carolina for it has made it clear
that the whiskey political pull is for
ever at an end in North Carolina.
The Legislature is "a menace" to
The trusts that rob the people. They
have a powerful lobby here in Raj
ciGh and are eXerting every influence
10 prevent the passage of an anti
trust law that has teeth. 1t is chiefly
from the emissaries of the trusts that
the false story has spread to which
the News gives wings that legitimate
business has anything to fear from
this Legislature.
The Legislature is "a to
the transportation trust tina has sue
coded in earning big dividends on
water, charging excessive rates, show
ing discrimination against North Car
DINA cities and industries, paying
taxes on differentiation, retarding
business by failure to haul freight
promptly, killing employees and pas
sengers by failure to provide safe
equipment, running rough shod over
order of the Corporation Commission,
and seeking to dominate legislation
to perpetuate the evils against which
the people justly complain.
This Legislature is "a meancc' to
those. who desire no progress in edu-
cation, who would restore the public
school system to the control of second
class politicians who retarded educa-
ton under Fusion rule.
This Legislature. in a word, is "a
menace to all who do not believe in
the Democratic platform and wish to
see it's declarations put into law.
But, while these things are so. the
people rejoice that it has done moth
ing to make it "a menace" to any good
thing or good enterprise in the State.
It's record upon the important matters
is yet to be made. We look to see it
measure up to the expectations of the
people and carry out every promise
made by the party in power and full
fill every pledge made on the stump
which secured the big Democratic
victory.
MIR. Rockefeller is resolved that a
large section of America will be to
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

some Of the folks at Murphy do no.
like Senator Dickey's bin to spell the
name correctly. The town was named
for Archibald y. Murphey. but b. mis-
axe nc legislative act omitted tho
Senator Dickey wishes ID spell
1t right and he Is right in his position.
Who would name a town Vance and
leave GU the "e?"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

If the State of North Carolina is to
become responsible for all the bonds
Of a railroad. it should build the road,
ovn it, and operate it under State au-
thOrity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

The whole country Will ~sympathize
with Mr.. Dooiey whose illness prevents
his usual Sunday installment of philo-
SOThy and wisdom.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

The death of the Atlanta New IUaa
that Of the Raleigh Post. show taaa
when the people clearly aee iaat a
newspaper is T. subsidized railroad off,
gan. many of them VIII mot support b.
You can DOL some folks 81 long ftn
but folks in Raleigh and tu Atlanta a"-
mand q press that mean ae faEa"
or trg-. gsIIa-.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

The best antitrust bill is the one
that the trusts hate most. If in doubt
as to which trust bill should be en-
acted, vote for the one that the trusts
most oppose. And you can find out!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

Mr.. Rockefeller is resolved that q
large section of America will be to
his faults "a little blind and to
write his name large as a ~philanthro-
pist. He knows as We'll as anybody
that "a gift blindeth the eye and per-
verteth the judgment"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12

T.. Some folks in his town who
don't ride IN passes are nifty hot
about the above action. but let en-
howl. They are but Carbuncles on
Liberty and are in sympathy with An
archy and wouldn't get on their knees
and crawl ter meet President Finley II
he shud visit Rhamkatte.
BY the way. Col. Billy Hennery Mil
haint sent our pass yit, 50 we KANT g,
70 Rally ter urge our Legislators to
stand square" but a marked copy is
sent ter our Sinater who never yit
voted agin the railroade. We haint
much confidence in our representative.
He haint never rid on a free pass and
has a fool notion if you stopped free
passes the rates cud be greatly re-
jooced. 4 common l~eveller like that
"ill probly vote agin the spirit Of our
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18

Maggie, with her fair face and blond
hair, and Nina, with duSky skin and
kinky wool, had played together at
mud pies and had swung on the same
gate ever since they could remember.
for Nina's nanny was Maggie's nurse,
says the Housekeeper. They were now
seven years old. Maggie loved Nina
in spite of her color, yet she had a
feeling that her friend deserved to be
white, so she added to her prayer each
night:
please, God, make Nina white"
AS the weeks went by and Nina re-
manned unchanged Maggie felt that her
petition needed reinforcement, so she
confided in Nina, begging her to pray
for the greatly desired bleaching. But
Nina in surprise looked at Maggie
with wide open eyes and exclaimed:
"Me? No, stree. Fo' de Lawd,
Maggie, 1 doan wanter to be no white
child, an rs jes' prayin' with all my
might fer you TO come blackr'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
Deserves Support.

The Democratic State ticket de-
serves the earnest and enthusiastic
support of every Democrat in Ken
lucky. Every man on it is worth the
confidence and respect of the citizens
of the State The head of the ticket,
Judge S. w. Hager, has been Auditor
for four years, and that Office has
been conducted in a manner that de-
serves the praise of all men who be-
lieve that public office should be con-
Quoted with the same fidelity and
honesty that good business man gives
to his private affairs Auditor Hager
is confident that the more the people
know of the business of the Audi tor S
Office under him the better for the
Democratic ticket and accordingly he
welcomes the examination of his books,
accounts, ETC., by Republican Com
mittee. The more light is turned on
the stronger becomes Hager's claims
upon the confidence of the people of
Kentucky.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
The Republican Voters Rebelled.

: It looks as if TEDDY was losing
ground in his own State. At the re-
cent primaries in Brooklyn, Mr..
Roberts, President Rosevelt's post
master of Brooklyn. was defeated,
and Robert A. Sharkey, whom Mr..
Roosevelt refused to reappoint as
naval officer of the port of New York,
won in his district. There was a good
deal of clatter on the part of Woodruff
and Roberts and Sharkey as to how
the result was brought about. Chair
man Woodruff issued a statement de-
claring that he had not interfered in
the Sharkey district. The Sharkey
people declared that he had. This is
pointer showing what may be expect
ed in the Johnson-Burton fight in
Cleveland, Ohio. The people almost
always rebel against dictation from
Federal officers, great or small.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
HoIx Land 4 world centar.

1t used to be n fancy that the Holy
Land was the center of the world. In
a sense not then meant it was indeed
central. 1t occupied Il strategic posi-
ton. Three continents converge here
all the continents known as the an
cients-ASia, Africa and Europe Con-
tiguOus to Palestine on the south lies
Egypt and on the north Syria. Or, tax
ing a wider view, on one side of it
were India, Persia, AsSyria and Baby
lOnia, while on the other side of it We're
Egypt, Greece and Rome. A babe
among giants the land of Jesus was in
deed little among the geographical
tribes; but, like a babe, it was mon
arch of the household of lands.
From its central vantage tiny Pales-
tine saw through the march of centu-
ries the procession Of these mighty en-
pires-Assyrian, BabylOnian, Medo-
Persian, Greek and Roman, being it
self during much of the time a center
of influence and determining force that
have helped form the character and
history of the civilized world.-Ex-
change.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
Patentinc a Hole.

The queerest patentY said the at
torney. ''Well, the queerest patent 1
know Of was the patent of hole. An
old farmer out ST. Louis way patented
hole, and, what is more, he made a
lot Of money on it. Now, though, it
isn't worth the paper it is written on.
This farmer, one morning in the dim
past went to wind his big silver .urnip
and found the key stuck full Il dirt
He tried to dig the dirt out with a pin.
No go.
"'Consarn ye,' he said, I'll fix ye'
"And he drilled hole in the k, and
wilma single breath blew out every
bit Of the dirt. He patented that hole.
He built factory, bought millions Of
keys and made holes for them. His
plant turned out 27,5OO holes a day. In
fact, all the world used the farmers
watch keys, which were the only kind
that would keep clean. and the old fell
low got rich New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18

on election day and do your part toward
winning that victory? What excuse
can you give your conscience or your
neighbors if on election day you re-
main away from the polls? What ex-
cuse can you give to your conscience
or your country if by any neglect of
yours these principles which you hold
dear are defeated. and simply through
your failure to do what you can? Is
it not worth your while to vote your-
selves, and then do what you can to
get your neighhors to join with you to
make your majority larger?"
Does any one believe, even Mr.. Will
son, who made the charge, that the
man who uttered those words lied to
the sixty thousand people who heard
him in Kentucky when he said that he
came to Kentucky at his own expense
for the purpose of rousing Democrats
to action in the present fight for State
Offices. No. no one, not even Mr..
Wilson, believe such thing, and the
Republican Gubernatorial nominee
hasn't the manhood or the courage to
stand up and admit that he has
wantonly slandered one of the greatest
men of the present day in America.
Does anyone believe that man who
will make such charge should be ele-
waited to the high Office of Governor of
Kentucky?
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
Mans Weakness.

Human weaknesses have had the
sympathy of all ages, from the right
sort of sinner, and one of the many
stories related of the great eastern
wit, Nasr-eddin-Ho illustrates this
truth. A company of men were con-
Tossing their weaknesses some of
them harmless, some of them the
opposite. One, hOwever-he was very
young-declared he had none. 81 nei-
Their smoke nor drink" he said. ST
do not keep late hours. 1 never lose my
temper. l am not dissipated." This
had chilling effect upon the compa-
ny, and everybody was glad of the di-
version when poor man rushed in
upon them. Beating his breast and
showing other arabian Nights signs
of being in deep distress. Il have lost
my donkey. Allah, Allah, what shall
l do?' he walled. "Here, we can help
YOU said Nasr-eddin- Hodja, pointing
to the young man with no weaknesses,
take him. You will never find a big
ger donkey. London Chronicle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
Trying the Wrong Man.

An unusual verdict was rendered by
the jury in q case tried in a California
town a good many years ago. The
question was as to the ownership Of
several head of cattle which the de-
PENDANT was accused of having stolen
from the plaintiff. AS the case pro-
ceeded and different witnesses gave
their evidence, it became apparent to
all listeners that the defendant was an
innocent man. When it came time
for the jury to retire to consider their
verdict, they did so, but returned TO
the courtroom in a few moments
The foreman looked the judge straight
in the eye and said with a drawl ana
twang which betrayed his New Eng
land origin:
"Jedge. we find the plaintiff guilty"
'The court is not trying the plain
tiff, but the defendant" said his honor
hastily, and the matter being explain
ed, the foreman was at length induced
to express the jury's opinion that the
defendant was not guilty.
''Howsomeyer," added the foreman
sOlemnly, "'pears to me we're con-
sidering the wrong man, your honorw
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
When the FIso Is Half Mast.

Statesmen who approach the capitOs
daily to begin their work of lawmak-
ing shudder and wonder when they see
the flag at each end of the building at
half mast. 1t is a sign that death has
claimed one of their number since the
last session. Usually they have not
heard of the illness of the man in
whose honor the cOlOrs are dropped.
At any rate, few of them have 1t is
only the mighty among them whose
sickness is generally known. AS rule.
the first inquiry addressed by the
statesman to himself when he observes
the half masted ensign is as to wheth-
er the man who had been called to his
reward was q member of his own
branch, whether of the senate or the
house. Then the startled statesman be-
gins to run over the names of the old
est members Of his branch, for invari-
ably he is certain that death has called
the aged and infirm. It seldom hap
pens, however, that the victim was
burdened with years Somehow it
seems that it is the young and vigor-
Gus body that is taken.-Washingto
Herald
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-18
The WORLDS DREAMERs.
Castles In the Air Always Preceds
Castles on the Earth.


Once when Emerson was In the COM
pany of men of affairs who had been
discussing railroads. stocks and other
business matters for some time ne
said, Gentlemen, now let us discuss
real things for awhile
Emerson was called "the dreamer of
dreamers' because he had the prophet
ic vision that saw the world that would
be, the higher civilization to come.
Tens of thousands Of men and women
today stand where he stood almost
alone Dreamers in this sense are true
prophets They see the civilization
that will be long before it arrives.
1t was such dreamers who saw the
great metropolis of Chicago in a stray
Kansas Cities, the Denvers, the Salt
Lake Cities, the Los AngeIeses and
the San Franciscos many years before
they arrived that made their existence
possible.
1t was such dreamers as Marshall
Field, Joseph Letter and Potter Palm
er who saw in the ashes of the burn
ed Chicago a new and glorifed city,
infinitely greater and grander than the
old.
What a picture the dreamer Column
bus presented as he went about ex-
posed to continual SCOTS and indigni-
ties, characterized as an adventurer,
the very children, taught to regard him
as a mailman, pointing to their fore
heads as he passed. He dreamed of
world beyond the seas, AMI in spite Of
unspeakable obstacles his visions be-
came a glorious reality.
lie died neglected beggar, although
his dreams had enriched the world,
while pickle dealer Of Seville gave
his name to the mighty continent Co
lumbus had discovered. But was this
Genoese dreamer Il failure? Ask more
than a hundred million people who in
habit the vast wilderness, the greatest
continent the sun ever shone upon, if
/ this dreamer was Il failure.
Our public parks, Our art galleries,
our great institutions, are dotted with
monuments and statues which the
world has built to its dreamersEme
and women who dreamed of better
things, better days for the human
race.
Take the dreamers out of the worlds
history and who would care to read it?
The most of the things which make
life worth living, which have enamel
pated man from drudgery and lifted
him above commences and ugliness-
the great amenities of life we owe to
our dreamerS.
Our visions do not mock us. They
are evidences of what is to be, the
fOreglimpses of possible realities. The
castle in the air always precedes the
castle on the earth.-Orison SWEET Mar
den in Success Magazine.