The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-03-07
THE N. c. LEGISLATURE
What Our State Lawmakers are Do
ing Raleigh.
The Antitrust Bill.

On Thursday the antitrust bill was
a special order.
Price Of Rockingham led off in
support Of the committee bill and
in cTnosition to Manning's substi-
tute. lie made a terrific arraignment |
Of the tobacco trust relating his own |
experience as once prosperous to-
baeco dealer, farmer and manufact-
uTef.
Laughinghouse, who said he had |
never made dollar except from |
Ga ming aud fer the past fifteen years |
had not 1,anted less tban hundred |
acres of tobacco and one year
supported the Manning substI- !
tute. lie said 10 one hated 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
| :he tobacco agricultural and manu-
| featuring Industries.
| Avery, supporting the committee
bill, said if Durham and Winston
were getting rich by harboring tinan-
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 beng compelled to
stop
Oppose Manning Bill.
Justice said he thoroughly respect
Il. oF
such high regard for his legal ability
and civic integrity lie had carefully
and seriously studied his subutute
hoping to be able to reconcile 1t with
his sense 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 lin
ally voted down without opposition
and the committee bill with the
agreed amendment passed It's second
reading, the vote being ayes S3; noes
5 those so voting being Bailey. Grant,
Pickett, Pugh, Republicans; Morgan,
Democrat. The bill then passed It's
third reading and the House at II
o clock adjourned.
Tho Governor S 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 Tor 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 inordlnate and
dangerous combinations and trusts
and combines which illegally and
wrongfully oppresa tho people. =
The Governor congraulates The
: Legislature on the passage OF the bill
: charging and supporting hospitals
: for the insane and upon the certainty
t Of the passage OF the bill reducing
e passenger rates. which Will give great
Il relief. He learns that bills to carry
t out other pledges are before The Leg
S isiature and fee 5 he would Lot be dis
Il charging his In v if lie did Dot agalr
It &eh enactment oi Il Nv Iastantlall.
e reducing freien. rates ,a!.d Ightlns
II anv wrongs committed BY telephon'
l. companies. He says while doing any
e thing possible to encourage all le9ln
e mae enterprises, acts should be pass
4. ed to prevent unlawful and unhol:
D. combines which teu0 TO destroy busl
r. ness. kleIert eonipc.ltion and redu"
prices. Corporations should be en
epuraged. but whal by combinallo'
or agreement they act Illegally tee
r must be treated Ike other violatoT
~ o. the law. Great Injury Is lnlilcte
III r,1on iobbers, merchants and othe
Id ttsiress men of Nor.h Calulina whe
al thev cannot get the same railway ia
es ci!ities given to other States with Il
I'd greater natural advantages than ours
OF Insurance companies should be RI
t. ouired to invest or deposit a eertai
r. per cent. of the amount of their carr
! ings in North Carolina. and not ALLOW
ed to carry over nine million dollar
annually ont Of the State. lie II
in grets that the Legislature failed
- amend criminal laws, but says II
:" now too late for this.
Oh Regarding increase Of salaries, /
,re saws the legislature Should 81,
no preference to employees and eleri
Ia ! as with the increased cost OF hvln
- he cannot see how they can do
'ie ficient work upon what they now +
re- ceive. He asks the Legislature
put vigorously push these matters. !,
red "We may go before the people OF Il
di- State and say we have kept faith,
en- Tc Increase Salaries.
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