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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06

About the time the various ma
tions complete their navies, aeriai
,ov;oat;on will have reached suel
a stage of perfection, that they VIII
have to begin air vessels.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06

The great women Of
this world have not been
society women.
The greatness of the
woman does not depend
upon her beauty, nor the
number of sweethearts
she has not in in playing
cards., for the blackleg
.,cah DE- thkt, ,ehofJin danes
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06

Cleveland politicians are aireaoy
endeavorlng to find some way 10
beat Mayor Tom for reelection
That is a trick which they nave
sought for years to accomplish ana
have never succeeded.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06

GEORGE B. announced that he was
out of politics, but he Us dong MS
host TO get back in again.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06

Baseball lovers could probaoly
find much comfort in reading James
Whitcolm Riley's "Knee Deep IN
June, and remembering that june
IS inst -four weeks away.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06
WALL PAPER VALUES

\ The great advantage in buying Wall
Paper at this store is that doing the
large wall paper business that we do
enables us to buy in exceedingly large
ID quantities thereby obtaining zthe4.Neyybs,,ss
Best values that can BE r'yetafyd;r4b BE beatnu y
sides having an immensely wide range
Of styles to select fromsa The blending
Of wall paper has been made special
study with us. Let us demonstrate.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06
Drantatir QJnttarruatnru Nrrnrn
I'll Saur Antrriratt 6taDr
BY MRS. MINNIE r1ADDERN FlsKH.
LsadirS American Actrass

NDER the old dramatic regime in what were known as the
pamy days. the conditions provided praccs NM g ~
actors II was crude and unscientifc training, dotB
hut gave invaluable experience and produced technical fac
t Young actors served arduous
their rade as it weeunder competent directors and they
we're obliged to qualify for each round Of the ladder they
sought to climb.
If they had talent and intelligence that school Oh 'ne
actual bnanr made them skful players in OF time,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06
Guatemala

With Guatemala antagon'Iihs
Mexico and Nicaraguan's assaulting
American citizens the outlook Tor
permanent peace is not overly
bright.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-06
Fountain Pens

There are lots of them on the
market and plenty Of good ones bur
there Is ONLY ONE IDEAL and
that's the 81. e. WATERMAN
HDEAL", We carry fine assort-
nsnt and guarantee every pen sold.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
THE SELMA CONNECTION.

The people of the state Will con
graduate the Corporation Commission
upon the fact that they have won a
victory in the Selma connection case
and also that tho Southern Railway
has agreed to maintain all their
present trains between Greensboro
and GoldsborO and put on an addition
al passenger train each way that viii
give to the people along the line %
the road better service than they have
ever before enjoyed Will maintain
such connections that the people Of
Eastern North Carolina can reach IN
capital and Greensboro in the after
noon. 1t will increase traffic and
add greatly to the convenience Of The
travelling public.
When the Southern Railway broke
the connection at Selma. the Corpor-
alton Commission promptly took steps
to compel its re-establishment. and
the application for mandamus wa 70
be heard at Ellington tomorrow by
Judge Jones. Tho Southern railway
yesterday agreed to put on an en-
tirely new train IN order 10 comply
with the order OF the Commission and
to serve the increased travel On their
road. The. earn four times as much
on their passenger business on the
North Carolina railroad as is earn
ed by any otl.er road In the State.
and they have not adequately pro-
yidcd tor the large raxcl they handle.
Their obedience to the order Of the
Commission is a victory for the Com
mission upon which they arc to b.
congratulated. L shows that when
the Commission fights vigorously and
effectively as il has done in this whole
Selma connection since it first order
ed The Atlantic Coast Line to put on
an extra train, there Is no power that
can stand asains; the Ti2htful ok
ercise - the power Of the state.
Let Us hope also that the action OF
the Southern Railway. doing better
than obeying the strict letter Of the |
law, IS an indication Of the pledge Of
President Finley that local traffic is
to be given proper consideration and
the interests Of the people who travel |
and promoted. Such q |
policy Of doing What Is right would 20 |
far toward removing the friction |
which has altogether grown out OF the :
disregard II the just rights ~ the |
men Who pay their good money for ]
10 The railroads. |
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
NO TIM FOR s.ENIEPTTONS."

The situation which is developing in
connection with the proposed leglsla-
ton to give a remedy which will pre-
vent the abuses now practised by
trusts and which will tend to dissolve
such trusts as we have and prevent
the organization of trusts in the fu-
ture is one which might have been
expected and which must, equally, be
met without shrinking.
The need of the legislation against
the "robber trusts is generally con-
ceded. The cry is for an exception
which will permit the little trusts to
continue to do business.
Right in the outset we are met at
home with the danger which has be-
come acute in the nation through the
operation of the same principle. Trite
though it may be to say it, it is the
principle which is at stake. And,
more trite still, it is nevertheless
e~ternally certain that a compromise
with principle is a prostitution of
courage. Tho times call for unselfsh,
brave, effort. That alone is neces-
sary; and that alone will be effective.
When the talk has boiled over the
pot, there remains his sediment
which is at the bottom Of the North
Carolina trust situation:
Is the advantage which would be
gained by not incOnveniencing certain
local insurance agents who do business
with the Insurance trust: the failure
to interfere With the recently inaugu-
40 e u ~
ISOLATION; the letting alone of the Cot
ton Growers Association sufficient in
ducement to let alone the really mi
mical trusts which are levying tribute
uEon the peoples prosperity? Does
the advantage of the case workers
Justify the immunity of the tobacco
trust? Should the necessary road
jlstment of the scope and plan of the
farmers association prevent the legis-
lation which would stop the extor-
tinns of tIc Standard Oil Company
Nithin the State? Is the pleasant priv
ilege asked by local insurance agents
worth the failure to protect the mass
of Insurers in the State and give them
the conn., ct:tian in rates to which they
are entitled? In short, with an evil
recognized and ever gaining in
strength and influence, is it the part
o. anything except weakness to fail
in measures to prevent it because some
minor interest which it is not desired
10 hEr: shall temporarily suffer to a
minor uCgtee? Is the head of
monopoly 10 escape the gUillotine of
the law, because the foot of the execu-
toner may read on the toes Of
monoroiy III lis in~cipienc.?
That is the case BADLY. There is
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

. - use d,ssiuS ;hr issue o. attempting
10 TAX 81 cxceptsons. When We a.
that. NE weaker the cause - that j;
has 10 hope o: anything except an
carry death. The people demand the
right o. destroy the trls,s because
llsey a., l@SlesS Is principle aad pf1c-
ti>e. Il Will mot do FOR the people.
in announcing that psiaciple. - a.
tempt IT, qualify il. Waen that 5
done. tho burden shifts AMI thr trust
is satisfied that thc hoped for reform
IS AZ impotcnt IA ng. when that \
done. ,he trust thai Mas outside the
Tie Of he law. come into the pro-
lection ~ the Law. The people. Nho
We're trying . DO right have gotten
into the wrong.
We have not found il always posi-
bic 10 agree with Senator Mason. OF
Castor. on matters OF legislation. We
10. however. axe common ground
with him in this proposition laid down
at me recent meeting Of tho commit
zee which j. considering n antitrust
bills:
That rou cannot draft a statutory
definition Of what shall constitute a
trust. ana ut the same time draw a
distinction that will be legal as be-
tween q good" trust and a bad
trust.
1t may be granted thai under the
operation Of a trust Iaw which viii
accomplish the purpose for which it
is drawn certain interests viii bo put
to temporary Inconvenience and the
necessity for q re-adjustmcnt Of bust
ness methods who. neither in fact nor
theory. had intent to exercise that per-
the wrongs and demanded the remedy
against the extortions Of tic more evil
trusts.
But The fact remains thai the prin-
cine IS wrong.
And this may be taken rs automatic:
That, where a business il ruined be-
cause il has been made illegal for it
to crush competition and so buy cheap
and sell high, it ought TO be ruined.
which may come under Il
strict construction of q trust statute
while having no Interior purpose To
Cypress viii suffer at the most tenn
depends upon doing the things
which the antitrust laws prohibit may
WC1l be dispensed with.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
PROGRAM.

Raleigh has not been cursed with
n more pcrniciOus railroad lobby of
late years than that which is now
seeking to shape railroad legislation,
Matters have so far shaped themselves
as to develop their program which may
be thus stated:
L. Under cover of vigorous OppoSi-
ton to any reduction in passenger
rates to get as infinitesimal reduction
as possible.
,. While there is agitation, to get
amendments inserted in good meas
urcs reading very slick that will really
take out much of their effectiveness.
3. To create a hurrah against pen
atty suits by saying 80. yes. vote for
moderate reduction. We can stand that
if you Will limit the penalty suits to
the cost of the article They have
already made some Roadway with that
plausible talk with those who have not
studied the matter. The only way
business men and manufacturers get
even halfway service is the fear of
penalties. RemOve them, or make
them as the railroad want them, m
the present bad service viii get worse.
To members who are apt to be lnfiu-
enced by the railroads speciouS plea,
here is the complete answer: the rail-
roads need not pay a cent in penalty
suits if they will render reasonably
prompt service. That is the way to
avoid penalties and to serve the public.
IT is q IA that seems not to have oc'
Cured to these railroads that are
spreading themselves abOu penalties.
If they will spend the same energy and
the same money to deliver freights
promptly that they spend in abusing
and fighting penalties. they will never
suffer from h penalty laws on the
books.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
NEW REASONS TOR TIL LAWS.

Important Laws at. pending fu ths
Legislature looking e. Tie protection
81 the travelling runi.e ono hul has
been amended requiring solicitors a.
WISH Ivory wreck ana tn,n l,lui,eS +
mcmht If the Corporation Commits
-fo.t Ia 81 notified al cyety wreck auI
t. ~ III on and tngkc Investigations
ana other bills give the Commission
power O. require railroad ~ pal thslf
TRACES ana trains in good condition
Thor, mould b. avs requiring ttlin~
- be clean and comfortable. WITH
soap. towels ana other nrc,. itlez ot
comfortable travel. without requiring
The of Pullman fees.
But there are two bills pending. in
II interest of safety 10 he tra Cling
public. that are essential II fruitful
sources Of accidents are IL 10 de-
creased. They are.
!. The bill Iimitinp tho number Of
consecutive hours Nat engineers.
firemen and conductors may remain
on duty. No man can trust himself
or be safcly trusted with the lives Of
passengers who has been 50 long an
titiN NtllOui Sittp OF rest lIlIl ne ~
not himself Human nature cannot
stand what is sometimes put on these
railway employees. When Il man ia
worn-out, he cannot prevent acct
dents. The number OF hours should
be limited and safety appliances re-
quired. When hat is lone. there
should be vigorous prosecution Of amy
ON nlnI-a u-I1go p1aTir.,. @,.
wrecks and accidents.
=. The bin requiring an examination
and license Of all railway telegraph
operators. Many accidents have A.
Cured because the operator was not
~dischaTging his duty. Tho death OF
Spencer was due 10 the neg
ligence of AZ operator ana that has
accentuated the need Of efficient rail-
way operators. In some instances.
when the wreck was due to ncgli-
genCe of the operator, il afterwards
came out that the operator had teen
duty day after daE FOR eighteen
hours and was not in fit physical con
dition to do his work. To scr"e the
public, as we'll as the railroads.. it is
necessary to have competent operators
at every place, and the only certainty
OF such operators is to require eNufN
OF - ator to be examined and liecIs,d
by the star. If it is important 10
license pharmacists, who ma kili
y chose who take medicine. i: is
the more important that the man
carries the life of the travelling
public in his hands should be old
enough and well qualified enough 10
he best service. And Ut should
be provided that the hours should
not be so long as to make the opera |
tor too tired To do his duty.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
WILL WE TEACH MONEY, OR MUST MONEY TEACH
US?

squirm together. The golden pile grows
here and grove there. The heaps
coalcsce. With every coalition. tnc 2
arc fewer men sitting on the tops %
the -shirlnacrinz pilc--fever mca and
greater power. Every time tWo piles
norge their individuality and combine
their forces more men labor II the di-
rcction Of cne man. sooner % later
one man will AXE dominion over all
IN" little heaps II Inning metal which.
the goal Of q thousand-handed ambi-
ton. the. desire Of a Million
hearted lus,t Viii haze been scraped
health, Of character. and Of life itseis
10 the end Of a concentration Of des-
potism and a diffusion Of envy and
greed and want.
For the undirccted action or .
eyer end TO a monopoly OF posses
sion; ana the analysis Of poverty is
no less than money itself. Where
there is the most none with the few
est men. is certainly the least money
with the most people.
In North Carolina we realize pros
perity and are glad Of it. We should
be thankful for it and use it to make
it continue the real prosperity it is
row. And there should be no shrink
ing in the face of wealth 70 apply che
obvious remed-, which is to give ev-
cry man the equal chanc under the
constitution and the laws to which n
is entitled. Except as in common with
Ihp nann1a nf tho IrnitgI S.ta,1. -,
suffers from the extortions of the
great trusts and from the oppression
Of the transportation monopoly the av-
erage North Carolinian has that ideal
opportunity for a square dear more
nearly possibly than the citizen Of any
other. State. lie has not been exploit
ed by wealth, because he did not live
is n wealthy State. Now his State is
becoming wealthy. Law are pend
ing to restore competition. while fos-
tering industry. The effort to meet
the crisis is being made. Because.
perhaps innocently of the trend. GER
tain dollars which AVE already found
Judgement in the State have begun u
combine without vet doing harm. is
no reason either that the existing OPP
pressions of that wealth which is
predatory should not be stopped, or
that, in the interests Of q clear vision
of the future, the trend within the
State should not be checked in the
beginning. All evil grows out of 4
slight mistake; all oppression follows
small aggression; all remedy is diff
cult in proportion as it attacks estab-
lishcd evil. +
Let US pass a law which will en-
courage industry and promote the ac-
QUESTION of wealth, in the greatest
degree, and in the most hands. That
is more than Democracy, of which it
is the essence: it is State morality, the
exercise of the protection which the
people have not in themselves, but
do have in the State.
There is a practical first step to an
end that calls for q fearless exercise
of patriotism INT a watchfulness thar
not close its eyes or depart the
post. |
Pass an antitrust law with teeth"
law that will not fail to bite the
big trust because it is fearful of tear
the little ones pants.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
MURDER BY SUICIDE.

Here is a fair sample Of the char
acter of argument being brought 10
bear against antitrust legislation that
does not need the services of Il dent
ist to sharpen its teeth. 1t comes
from the Secretary of the North State
Insurance Company. a Home institu-
tons of Greensboro. and is contained
in a letter read to the committee by
Mr.. Primrose and filed by him as Il
document in the case of the local fire
insurance agents:
1.-The Southeastern Tariff Associa-
ton" says this remarkable letter, is
making no opposition to the legisia-
ton because. if the bills pass. they
will do what the Southeastern Tariff
Association was unable to do, run out
the home companies"
There are several things about this
totally fail to conceive:
First, it is news tina the Southeast
ern Tariff Association is not opposed
to the legislation. But perhaps it IS
only a jaundiced vision of the past
that Stimulates the very respectable
lobby which is on hand in Raleigh in
that connection.
Second, we are unable to perceive
how it is true, as claimed by some of
the home companies. that if the asso-
citation companies are driven out of
North Carolina the home companies
Will be injured, although the argu-
ment is that in that contingency, rates
would be higher and BUSINESS more
plentiful than the home companies
could attend TO. The theory must be
that. with a field cleared of Compel
ton, the home companies would die
of overlooking like a goat in a lush
meadow.
Third, the occasion is no wise plain
for an enmity to the home companies
on the part of the trust companies 50
deep and abiding as to lead the ass,,-
cations membership to deliberately
moose death to their North Carolina
business in order to Kill the home
companies with an excess of prosper
ity. We submit that this is nowhere
corporate policy. If the Aycock bill
should indeed kill the home coilta-
MES through ON mysterious opera
ton of laws, which no one but a rete
adjuster can fathon. we still fail to
see how IT would any the less effect
lively "kill' the trust companies.
In other words. we are gravely told
that the trust desires the passage OF a
bill TO kill its own BUSINESS because i.
would kill that Of companies which
are tot in the trust.
Here is hate of the deepest dye. \
thrilling romance, in which the rivals
go off the cliff together to destruction
while the State forlorn stands weepia'
on the brink with wringin' han is.
But let US ring the curtain. The
drama Is too moving for these piping
times of q peace. plenty and ~prOsperi-
" that is not content to walk, bar
bounds and leaps so thai neither rail-
roads nor insurance companies can
stand it-but, over-joyed-gasp it
down until-delirious from its intoX-
lcation-they pass away at length in
effervescent despair.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
TAKE tI' COLLECTION.

There is a sentiment everywhere
that those who are we'll fixed should
help the o When the Fat. palace
a railroad magnatcs finished their
tales of woe last week Il gentleman
who always clips in 10 help the poor
said: II am 50 sorry FOR these pow
crty stricken men that If / could ee.
'hsp"dy 70 help me | would pa-s
around the hat and take up a coffee
ton for their benefit"
That for men riding in pala-e ears
a'iu drawing salaries that are @prlrcely
an erawn because the Southern peg-
PIE permit rates to exist that burden
their people.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

Indiana and Ohio have voted a two
cent rate. Virginia will SOC have
such a rate. Hoke Smith will Sc
cure a two cen rate in Georgia.
Alabama has passed a fiat two and a
half cent rate. And yet there are
some folks who are SO in love with
seeing railroads cart North Carolina
money out of the State and pay inter-
Shedding tears for fear somebody will
hurt the poor railroads.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

Jones pays the freight" The
trusts will put up any amount of
none to defeat a good anti-trus; bill.
Those business men who are over
t!mid should not help them out.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
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ror particulars, address
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

The big trusts are "lyin' low and
sayin' ~nothin'" in public. bat putting
the 'home folks" forward to beg the
Legislature not to hurt the good, little
home trusts. But they are not idle
behind the scenes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

Lobbyists who fight good measures
are paid by somebody. The folks who
were promised good measures have no
lobby. The true legislator is the man
who turns q deaf ear to the special
pleader paid to talk and stands by the
folks at home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

The legislator who legislates nearest
in accord with the personal and party
pledges made to the people before
election is the man who Will receive
the highest commentator from the
people. Platforms were made to stand
on: not merely to get in on.