The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-15
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ana TT J~ua4csd WIGS" lHrttifr t#H
freedom of ihs li' E r~H -
good government Ia ihr GAS "t jtt-
fes~un IL ht3 - aS ""F gstHH fh
control ~ u press Pa pubii as'
and b atIfi~"H1n'1t "t .2f'ts Ia
judge. whose conduct was criticize rs
th III papers IL Wa~ larEcN bt.au -f
the attcmnt f. mu1zle thr Nt,s 20 t8.
Adams tftninI- lion tatt J#ne au
tr.umph.i and h" enforced tHU conc
-stltutioatl guarantee ot IA ir,H press
4 century ago She night H- f- n
free press fhss could speak .af uaaH-
a"'"t'4 hN Iahtt@ '"- t'"' A~"5
mas h'eH iabshA anu 'd TUG SASS
att mpt az a Federal judge tu r,-fsr-
rect official Dover Ia uluZzl. mn press
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uuSuhSidiZei ana uniuNucBcrd hN "th#
i'll; .rc.ts. that aa.irr Nr..i3l rrflIar4
III - i'
iShIncht fnt Inc VOCATION "i tt&. Ions
ago tire trusts aud tho railroad SAWS
tl,a ,nv,rfaI inpt,,r.. ~ tD. .
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II To make pubic sentiment against
enforcing laws equally. They have cs-
tabIi.bod SOM. .oq..,,,., .,a bou.t,
"tiftS' thfN nave bought NbiiofiaI
ages and news columns. ana have
Soughf 10 ,raatc prbli. continent ian
'' i' '''
made Of railroad and trust ownership
OF but @s I'd rule agents
ara selected ,yho deny tbat they r,n-
!,
lSAtH' 'ht interests IL ]" ~" last
class that DO the most injury and an.
the most contemplate.
In his message to tho Legislature
the Governor of Tennessee touched
uron this evil in the following words.
1T is agreed that one of the best
methods Of regulating the conduct of
corporations. trusts aud combines, is
oe ny .iylIl max pu"'pe VA. a'''"d,
e~moIumcste of tb"ir oniriaIs ana al.
r%ectors. the rates they are charging.
thcIr discriminatlons and the profits
l,Iut ana ! ldenus dt'IIroI. ms
press Of the state. and il is absurd 10
say that the corporation whose con
auci : |" . even I" inc Puhli' Shouid
htcie thtonab ,.bfnb ~, H. c,rn', ~,
is to be conveyed to the pcopIc There
fore, ! recommend that YOU enact a
IaW lhhlplllhE idiIr"adS. ouhor ruhile
agents ana renrc, cnfatiyce rrn,, ,u.n-
ing ~ncWspapcrS. \ law that would
auth"rizc the railroads ana other pub
! StiNioe cofppIatI3ns 7" own or '"h
- the prn,nds n nuhIc nnIicy ana i
policy that permits such corporations
- nAerel.' sucf rIIVlicscs without "u-
trary r. sn,nd "nhIc - n, =" ''n
be prohibited"
In the bin regulating railroad rates
passed at thu last session of Congress
it was provided that no raiIro1d could
or Operate = coal mine. and the
world appIaudcd that wise step
Congress should have gone further
and provided that no railroad shoula
into tin real estate or lumber bust
ncss or transact any other business ok
ccpt transporting freight and paseeu.
gers. It is often to the. side-lines thai
the funds are diverted that ought 10
employed in giving the public good
service.
In North Carolina it was formerly
law that no railroad could own
more than three hundred acres 81
land. 1t was repealed or dropped out