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

Following is the rather remarka Bile
interview" of senator Ruxt~n. whtcn
senator Holt seemed Ia think needed
notice. for the purpose IF keeping his
Tory straight before the straight his
tory became confused h, the lapse -
time or the defects of memory.
senator Buxton Talk
so far as the trust bili Is cun-
Cerned, there was "A certain element ia
the House anu Senate who we're saspir-
ing for tho leadership ia the Demo
cratic party and some of them are
Weil-knoWn candidates for Office in
the State and in this district. For the
first time in their lives they weie pre-
tending To bc friends of the farmer ana
y ere taking great credit To thcmseR ,s
as friends OF the soil-tlllers. The Me
Lean bill IS line antitrust bill ard
is aimed more 10 regulate trusts than
i. is TO drive them out ~ the state.
For instance. il deals with any trust
that undertakes to prevent bringing
its value on amy market
THE more conservative element Of
the LEGISLATURE preferred 10 deal with
the American Tobacco Company as an
existing evil. ANA t. regulate it rather
than drive il out Of the state. Ne
knew very we'll that the company les,V-
ing North Carolina would have Il ten
dency TO break up all the tobacco
cause our farmers 10 have 10 ship
their tobacco from the State into Nir-
ginia for sale. as that State has no
antitrust law and the market at Dan
Vile is open To them and all other
buyers Of tobacco. We thought it best
to keep trusts within the Jurisdiction
Of our own courts 80 we might remc-
Qy as far as possible any injustice
which they might undertake To do to
the farmers in the matter Of prices.
We ali felt that there was i time some
, years ago, before our small man
ufacturieS went out Of business That
legislation against the American To-
baco Company doing business in North
Carolina would have been the proper
| step To have taken but under the new
order of things, driving Tl1em out ef
| the State would have destroyed the
| business of this city. as well as other
/ communities where the tobacco inter
| ests are 50 large.
The members Of the Legislature
who would be satisfied with nothing
| but driving the American Tobacco
| Company out Of North Carolina took
! the position that we had better de-
! stroy Winston, Durham. Mt Airy
/ ieidsVille and other tobacco towns
| rather than leave the American To-
| Lacco Company To do business in the
| state They admitted ii would destroy
: these towns. but said the Democratic
| platform demanded it and they wel {
! Tor the destruction Of anything to
| carry out the Will of the Democratic
! party as they see ii. As a matter al
| fact, these men didn't mean what they
| said or. if they did. they mistook the
| meaning of the Democratic platform
They were simply playing politics
! with an axe TO grind. My position in
! the Senate was entirely consistent
| with the Democratic platform and
/ with the best interests OF all the people
farmers manufacturers and dealers
! The extreme men in the House and
. Senate are trying to make the impress
| sion, for their own purpose. that Sen
/ ators and Representatives who would
| not follow their wild schemes were
| opposed to trust legislation. but this
| Will deceive nobobds. because every
/ body recognizes they are simply play
| ing to the grand stand