The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
TAR HEEL LAWMAKERS
What Our State Lawmakers are Do
ing Raleigh.
The Antitrust Bin.

tute. He made a terrific arraignment
of the tobacco trust relating his own
experience as a once prosperous to-
bacco dealer, farmer and manufact-
ufef.
Laughinghouse; who said he had
never made a dollar except from
"a: ming and fer the past fifteen years
had not planted less than a hundred.
acres of tobacco and one year
supported the Manning substi-
tute. He said no one hated a trust
worse than he, but unless the tobacco
trust could be curbed in Virginia and
South Carolina, the only effect of the
committee bill would be to drive the
American Tobacco Company out of
North Carolina, and literally destroy
the tobacco agricultural and manu-
featuring Industries.
Avery, supporting the committee
bill, said if Durham and Winston
were getting rich by harboring fnan-
cial pirates and violating the laws at
the expense of other towns and other
businesses of the State, they ought
not wish to continue In such career,
or complain at being compelled to
stop.
Oppose Manning Bill.
Justice said he thoroughly respect
ed the position of Manning and had
such high regard for his legal ability
and civic integrity he had carefully
and seriously studied his subtitute.
hoping to be able to reconcile it with
his of duty to the people and
pledges made to them. But he could
come to but one conclusion and that
was, the Manning substitute would
not accomplish the end sought.
The Manning substitute was fin
ally voted down without opposition
and the committee bill with the
agreed amendment passed its second
reading, the vote being ayes SO; noes
5 those SO voting being Bailey, Grant,
Pickett, Pugh, Republicans; Morgan,
Democrat. The bill then passed its
third reading and the House at IL
O'Clock adjourned.
Tho Governors Message.
Governor Glenn, in his message to
the Legislature, says only seven more
working days remain before the end
of the session and a great deal yet
remains to be done to keep the Demo
cratic pledges to the people, the do
minant party, through its platform,
having promised Internationally to
do seven things:
To give four months school term to
all children; enlarge hospitals for the
insane until all INDECENT insane are
cared for; make substantial and ma
terial reduction of passenger, freight
and telephone rates; prevent unjust
discrimination by railways against
North Carolina towns In favor of
other points with no greater natural
advantages; enlarge the power of
the corporation commission, to- enable
it to remedy many existing evils, and
lastly to restrict all inordinate and
dangerous combinations and trusts
and combines which illegally and
wrongfully Cypress the people.
The Governor c~ongraulates the
Legislature on the passage OF the bill
charging and supporting hospitals
for the insane and upon the certainty
of the passage of the bill reducing
passenger rates, which Will give great
relief. He learns hal bills to carry
out other pledges are before the Leg
isiature and fees he would Rot be dis
charging his .lu::y If he dill Dot again
ask enactment oil 4 NV Substantially
reducing freign5 rates ara rIghting
any wrongs committed By telephone
companies. He says while doing any,
thing possible to encourage all legltf
maze enterprises, acts should be pass
ed to prevent unlawful and unholS
combines which teno to destroy busl-
ness, kievent competition and reduce
prices. Corporations should be Gu
cuursged, but waen by combination
or agreement they act illegally Sren'
must be treated Ike other violatorS
OF the law. Great Injury is inflicted
upon jobbers, merchants and other
brsincss men of N0rth Carolina when
they cannot get the same 4aiiway IA
~cilities given to other States with no
greater natural advantages than ours
Insurance companies should be re.
CURED to invest or deposit a certain
per cent. of the amount of their earn
lngs In North Carolina, and not allow
ed to carry over nine million dollars
annually out of the State. He re-
grets that the Legislature failed to-
amend criminal laws, but says it is
now too late for this.
Regarding increase of salaries, he
says the legislature should give
preference to employees and clerks
as with the increased cost of living,
he cannot see how thew can do eff
fcient work upon what they nov re-
ceive. He asks the Legislature to
vigorously push these matters, so
"We may go before the people of the
State and say we have kept faith"
To Increase Salaries.
Graham, by leave, introduced a bill
amending the eonstitution~by giving
the members of the Legislature an
annual salary of $500 and mileage at
f1n H.