The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

ness VIII on MS lace ana 1927 II I4tAAt''
JOY had been on the c~ountcnaHce 90
TIE American Tobacco Company Job
by. which had swaTTued about ihe
House for thirty days. He had At1
he would file a protest and ne had ~
mind that until yesterday the Rcpubil-
cans had divide uoon the questions
not strictly political. but that ldSt
! night all came together.
Last evening | was told. that an
hour before the House met there MdN
q conference Of the Republican mn
oritt and Republican leaders at 2 Dd1l-
quct in Raleigh. carl Duncan. squire
was there. CIaudius Dockcry. ESQUIRE
WITS there. r.. NJ. Douglas. Squtr
father Of the man Who first taiked
Of the Fifth District combine was
there: r. :. Rollins. Esquire, was ID
the cftv. DIR. BRYANT Of Wilkes, was
there. and the member from sampson.
Mr.. Kennedy. WAS there. since tIidl
banquet the gentleman from AIie-
ghany, of whom YOU Dragged mas haI
your rotes With him ard not one 81
YOU have voted against this measure
but Mr.. owen and Mr.. Whit.
..Whcn we go to the people. If Ne
are forced TO 90 it Will be to tell them
them that if there is any party pcrfld>
and dishQnor YOU, the republican MN
Iority. are responsible for il. for II YOU
had divided this could not have come
about. The people will down your
party a. they have done for many
years except twice when MARION
Butler won with your aid. When tne
American Tobacco Company ana the
leader of the minority agree you can
Hook out for "a niger in the wood
AS to the gentleman from Ale
ghany the only answer he can give
FOR the measure that he supports IS
that he and / disagree and there is
no reason in this that he simply
stys I'VE differ"
Don't YOU know voted for the
House bilI?" asked Mr.. ~Doughton-
Yes" Mr.. Justice after
you had voted for the Manning sub
stitute and there was nothing else to
vote for v
Mr.. Doughton declared that he dfd
not vote for the Manning substitute
and did not vote for the House bill,
and Mr.. Justice asked if he did not
favor the Manning bill. toawhich Mr..
Doughton replied that after amend
ments to it had been anade he voted
gains it and for the House substitute,
and ~passionately exclaimed:
Why is it here tonight he addresses
his remOrkS to ME and VIII does he
single me out IF fifty other men in
the House. -Four nights ago he singled
me out ALSO Have I not got just as
good a right as he to express my Jews
on the trusts.
Mr.. Jnstice replied 4 refer to you as
TIE SGilllCliieIl ,oId " 80, -r1A 49,
shaw. Republican, has coupled you
WITH him and the minority, n | am
replying to him. If | have said any
Ithing to wound your feelings ] regret
There are others here who were re-
ferred to" said Mr.. Doughton.
Il Will get to them" answered Mr..
Justice. who continuing asked if the
amended Senate bin would reach the
| American Tobacco Company if Nj.
Manning would support it.
J will answer YOU iater and not
interrupt now said MIR. Manning.
Will Make a Mistake.
Mr.. Justice continuing, declared that
those who voted for the Senate bill,
in his o"inion, would make a mis-
take in that they would make a crime
out of that which is practiced BY every
wholesale merchant III North Carolina,
and which would not make q crime of
that which is done by the American
Tobacco Company to afflict the pcO-
ole
n Manning arose to say that he
preferred the House bill, but that sub
section "a" of the Senate bill was the
one under which the American TObac~
co Company had been convicted in
another state. and that he challenged
Mr.. Justice to show him what trust
his amendment has caught.
Il don't know as there has ever
been such 4 law" Mr.. Justice replied.
Aha. then you present q bill under
which no trust has been caught" said
Mr.. Manning.
Did YOU not say that YOU would
not ovte for Il bin to drive out the
American Tobacco ConpanN?" asked
MIR. Justice.
Mr.. Manning replied: 4 said |
would not vote for u bill aimed at one
trust. For Gods sake, Why not have
one fog all"
Here there was 4 colloquy between
him and MI. Justice as to TIE Case
Makers Association. Mr.. Justice deny
ing that this was a trust. saying it was
a combination. and Mi. Manning
again telling of the Massachusetts law
convicting the American Tobacco
Company.
Says it Now Behaves Itself.
Has it removed from Massachu-
s~etts?" asked Mr.. stevens.
1T is still there" answered Mr..
Manning, "but is behaving itself"
Representative Preston here asked
if section "a" of the Senate bill is
not a selling section rather than a buy
ing section. and whether or not the
American Tobacco Company bought
tobacCo in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Manning replied that he did
not think any grew there, but that the
Senate section breaks up the methods
DN WHICH the american iODdCcO OH
pany and the Standard Oil had grown
so great, and he wanted to see North
Carolina do this.
Then why queried Mr.. Justice,
do YOU object to making those gull
tN of q conspiracy who put down the
prices of the tobacco farmerS2"
THE speaker has said that the com
mon law and the Winborne amend
ment would DO this was Mr.. Man
ning's answer.
Mr.. Justice replied suppose it is so,
then why does he fight against this
section to protect the farmers" Mr..
Manning said that he did not agree
that the section did this, that What he
he aimed at was exclusive agencies,
territorial divisions and the buying in
and putting in competition with small
er factories.
To this Mr.. Justice asked if he did
not know that the trust had already
/, destroyed the smaller factories. anC
now are only trying to DESTROY com
! petition against the goods. asking al
: 50 Mr.. Manning if he had not sup
} ported the senate bill before tht
f WinbOrne amendments
Yes" answered Mr.. Manning Sc
as to get something in place Of moth
f ing. | will vote for any amendment
, that gets at the trusts. but not thos,