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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
THREE Nonr RAILROAD uut~

Ths ue1s Csnmie~ SO
s*rvsc~ Csrpe~aaoaz aaw
as~.f - q esn~desana IS ne fn
ns Important prof.
l
81 - ,.u IS wn.
prevention ~ tne a
pac..-rd aae sby t
Carolsaa ~ tsc aa
sh,n tas, aa ans
mess
P,o t
ur.~ - rcaafFe zpest
sD4pla>.S Eerala.. thc nous
may - employed and ire
,son n @fry aprAan
; Improvement IL
u prompt aytt,cg sf r Eht aat
running trains on hedut. rmc
n th~ Holec comuttsse ua
ss.uct f.am she nutn,sa. balls
fore them a~ nearly p@sgr
Win reference IS these thr,-
as they ata vsth refe5en.e as 81.
Ser rates i uu d,e ~ the n
- the state arI arr ae apt
OF al who voted Tor he gSer
rate reduction ant tht other hn
men who preferred dlgerr n
from tnat aNrf d. tire comma
bin. The House has r. received
plaudlts - the whair Sfslr
handful 81 exceptions for lts
action MIN reference te t
rates. Il viii measure az tuy
public expectations tt tl SILL re.
equally - good measures uueu ta
thre. needed u4aftere
abo<e.
Though In a busane sense
freight rates and delivery .ts
tho paramount, matter IS thr r
ton 81 the life II the travelling .a
liz and Of the railway euufata #.
show the need 81 his ws Reprint a.-
low a recent Associate rt t
gram that Appeared in tl,es aEaaa
Washington. F.h. G-ku ...#s..
bulletin issued today ~ th. l.Es
state Commerce Commission tH. E..
three months ended Sept,mhe.
90s shows the total auu1ht .
casualties 70 passengers aGa a
ployees while on duty. - AaN. h
1880. IS agains; 1925 Teur...
IN the preceding three months
number Of passengers ans 'uplE#
killed in train accidents was -.
against 1904 reported ia tho p.e~.
ing three months. E1fty-tWp ula#..
gers We're Killed.
The total number of collision aH.
deraiimcnts in The quarter WAS #t
G.S9l collisions and l.tAl 1uEa.-
mentsJ. 81 which go collisions aH#
col delailments affected pass He
trains. The damage 70 ears. engine"
and 8fHrr aE kN these L-"IL##H.-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The Senate yesterday passed a bill
introduced by senator Thorne TO give
protection 10 minority stockholders
An act OF North Carolina provides
for cumulative voting when II is 50
expressed in the charter. h purpose
Of the bill introduced i 10 confer this
right on the minority stockholders who
own as much as n fourth of the
stock whether provided in the charter
or not. The ehect of this bill If il IS
enacted into law viii be 20 enable any
stockholder who owns as muc as one
fourth Of the stock in any corporation,
to name al least one OF the board Of
directors.
senator Thorne's bill makes the law
as it should be. Il so happens that
We printed in the News and Observer
yesterday a letter written from High
Point that a Chicago concern has
bought up 81 per cent in a High POINT
enterprise. and having control Of the
majority, il was unfairly treating the
minority. This bill does not propose
in any way TO take from the majority
stockholders Of the corporation the
right TO control, but 10 give TO the
minority stockholders representation
on the directorate 50 that they may
have 4 voice in the management equal
to the stock they own in the company.
IN most corporations the majority
treats the minority with perfect fair
ness. but il is sometimes unfairly
treated by the majority.
The bill OF senator Thorne is wise
and just. II would not injure the ma
jori;y stockholders and would create
protection for minority stockholders.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
TIL. GEORGIA DEMAND.

The Atlanta Constitution notes that
the Farmers Union. with a member
ship Of sixty thousand. has petitioned
the Railroad Commission to reduce
passenger rates 10 TWO cents. The
Farmers Union of Georgia asks that
the Commission make the, two cent
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The Senate should hasten 10 show
the country that Ar. Henry Miller and
the other railroad lobbyists have mis-
represented il when they rely upon
that body TO undo the splendid work
of the House.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The Progressive Farmer and its
many readers are TO be congratulated
upon the acquisition Of Nh. ". F.
Marshall as associate editor Of that
paper. He is easily one Of the best
informed and most accomplished OF
North Carolina editors and las rare
talent and discrimination. He is farm
bred and will do much 10 keep the
Progressive Farmer attractive and
.racy of the SOIL
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The House nobly responded TO the
demand OF the people in the matter of
giving two cent rates on big paying
roads II the Senate does as we'll. we
VIII hear no more of the long COM
plaint-and just one-that 1.-THE Senate
thwarts the will of the people"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The big railroad lawyer loboE
prove their attendance every DE-.
upon the Senate Some Of them are
ex-Senators and all act a. If they ha.
the privileges OF the body. The Sea--
tors viii please them or please t1.
people. They cannot serve the tran
p~orsation trust and the people any
more than they can serve God an
/ Mammon.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

Rather than a little extension that
leaves out certain favored interests.
il Is better 10 wait two years and then
demand of the legislators a hearing
and fair extension OF city limits
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The eyes of the people Of North Car
DINA are on the Senate - never be-
fore. II il gives the people q two cent
rate on the big roads. it will do right
by the roads and the people.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

dustrial Club. and Merchants ass
citation favor extension OF city limit.
that take in the whole city that -
built UP. Is it possible that als
private promise made during 'r
primary campaign is 10 defeat the ~,-
sire OF the people and the recommtH-
dation Of the three great commertla
bodies OF the cityH
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The unfortunate fellows wba dr.
rot make corn r hay enough ..-
their horses and nea for THEN FAM
lies are still paying high frelza.
rates" says the Scotland Neel. Com
nonwealth- Ind the railroad labt
= fighting freight reduction us ha
Is they are fighting passenger reau.-
tions. But the Housc vill BE- eyer
more solid for freight reduction than
i was for passenger reduction.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

\ Dill has been introduced in Con-
sTess 10 sell the Philippine islands. II
nobody viii bid, il will be a fine IN.
Vestment 10 pay somebody to take
them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

A police commission means lust
'hree more salaried officers for Raj
eish tax payers 10 pay. We already
nave fifty per cent. two many.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The men who say hat TWO cents is
two low q rate OIL 4 road earning
$1,000 4 mile on passengers would give
the people no redress from railroad
eXtortion.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The Senate had the chance 10 pass
a rate bill first but delayed until the
House acted No Senator ought 10 op-
pose the House bill because il came
from the popular branch.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

The Atlanta papers say that Pres
dent Finley made 4 very frank
speech there recently. IL uHdouht-
edly said many good things there a-
he did in Raleigh. but he promised .n
Raleigh 10 ansHer any questions H.
fired BY the committee upon twenty
four hours notice. His "frankue
IS pleasing. but il is confined u git
tesfng ge9ralties. when il come
- facts or figures he gets rs dumb
an oyster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

II anybody doubts that there are
railroads in North Carolina that can
well afford 70 reduce their rates 10
TWO cents. such person should read
IN to-day paper the facts given BY
MT Laughinshouse in his brief speech
IN the House last week. They are Of
fetal and They fully an
sWer any who are afraid we viii cut
too deep."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
HOME TRUSTS ~ BAL ~ VI
PORTED O<FS.

A trust that robs the people r. M
better because 4 clever North Caro-
linian gets the "swag' than II tAv
money went INFO the pockets Of : rich
New York nabob. The man who 81,
made 10 pay two prices doesn't care
whether the man who gets the high
price lives in Durham or High Poiut
or in New York. The money i, epifr
from him by a combine" ANA IL asa
him no good to say "The t-uss tta-
charged YOU double is "A Eorth Caro-
linz trust" What II needed rs au
antitrust Law that hits home-mads a-
we'll as outside trusts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

What will the Senate do?, That
question has been asked a score of
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
Christmas issue Shows
Magnificent Prosperity

effective demonstration that Los Angeles has in way su
during late widespread depression the financial
IA world be the Christmas Prosperity of The Herald
which will appear December p.
Despite the depression caused by the stress of the market
elsewhere of financial institutions has been affected and
today before the of cloud over the bu
Our banks the latest OF the entire
country the scrip and this action
through necessity in instances elsewhere
precaution This the world should know
will through 100000 copies of Prosperity number
when those abroad might truly speak of CALIFORNIA;
crops and past Our industries CONNER
ca manufacturing although yet in their infancy OF develop
have assumed such proportions as to be worthy serious con-
sderation by capital and the marketing world.
Trained writers of experience and wide fund OF information
along lines have prepared convincing articles
detailing the result of their studies and our advances.
The gigantic strides in development of cys civic growth
eaustivey The steady progression OF building
and uninterrupted of real estate themselves
financially form story interest
those who authentic OF the great
achievements of real estate
The prosperity edition will contain Of cearcut pictures
showing beautiful homes the residential districts well
the skyscrapers of the business section
Mining industries rancng and fruit growing will be features
strongly to a.! CROWN
Southern California.
Complete been made for the distribution OF
great edition through the east reaching especially those inter
country and the benefits just succeeding the calamity
howl of the country large cannot be estimated
of boost Mr.. Business Man. Are you repre-
sented doing creating the right kind
impression about metropolis!
Herald has made gigantic strides toward its ideal since
the infusion new attempting the achievement of much
this issue edition will receive careful attention and will
encyclopedia of general information welcomed by all
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
THE WIFE
roost.

nROF. WILLIAM I. THOMAS of the
University of Chicago, which has
4 been the breeding place of some of
the most peculiar cult-foundations born
upon American soil, takes woman to
task for permitting herself to regard
her husband as her lord and master.
"Under the pressure of natural selec-
tion," he declares, "man made tardy
alliance with woman and the home in
primitive times. He has used woman
as plaything, as lay figure on which
to hang his wealth; has bought her
cheap and bought her dear. but he has
really never associated with her." The
sort of wives men liked, he added, were
of the ''house dog" type of domestic
animals, "dociie, affectionate. friendly
unquestioning," and asserted that
many Of the women best equipped for
motherhood are leaving it in their pur-
suit of fashion to the lower and the
defective classes"
Prof. Thomas, we opine, is either a
confirmed bachelor. knowing little of
the actual relations existing between
man and wife. or he has been exceed
ingly unfortunate in the selection of q
helpmate who is "doeile" and "unques-
tioning." His criticism of wifely vir-
tues might have been appropriate in
the days when, as the Good Book sug-
gests, women should be seen, not heard,
or words somewhat to that effect; it
might have been pat in the later days
when Priscilla always deferred to Johns
wishes in culinary matters; it might
have passed as just in the days Of our
mothers; but few who have kept a
weather eye upon the progress Of wo-
mankind, especially in America, during
the last generation viii agree with him
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
CONTROL RAIL WAYS NOW
ORTTTEY WILL CONTROL US

pigmies whom they put into office and
obtained for a quarter of their real
worth franchises and privileges of all
kinds. The world also knows to what
vile depths these corporation created,
bribe-taking city officials descended, levy
ing blackmail by wholesale even upon
crime and dissoluteness and making the
laws mere mockeries. And for these Of
ficial criminals, created by the corpora
tions, the corporation men, the bribe-
givers, are, in the eyes of God and man,
responsible.
Our state government, as everybody
knows, is controlled by Herrin, the head
of Harrimans political bureau. Our
conventions, bought like cattle, NOM
mate the men whom the railroad desires
to have in office. Our legislature, allow
ing Herrin's lieutenants, Parker, Burke
and Hatton, to appear upon the senate
and assembly floors, while the houses
are in session, and whisper the orders
of their chief openly into the ears OF
the legislators, has become stencil in
the nostrils of our people. The railroad
commission, one of it's members a self
confessed boodling, bribe-taking ex-San
Francisco supervisor, does nothing, ap-
solutely nothing, to relieve the people
of California from the outrages and the
illegal expressions practiced upon them
by the railroads. In short, the whoie
state government, IlOIlliidSCo W "a NSNS.A
ern Pacific-controled and bribed state
convention. trembles when the railroads 8
political boss frowns and springs In
stantly obedient to his nod.
Jf this country is to survive; II the
liberties of it's people are to be pre-
served; if there are to be no privileged
classes, no aristocracy of wealth or
birth in these United States, the IN
scr,,nuIous rich. the Harrimans and the
Rockefellers, must be controlled, and
controlled now. If the corner stone OF
this government-equal rights for all,
special privileges for none--is to be pre-,
served: il all laws are to apply to all
citizens alike-the high and low, the
rich and the poor-those who would have
it otherwise-the Harrimans ana the
pooLofeliers-must be controlled and the
principle that the laws are made for all
to obey must be established now. For,
If the Harrimans and the Rockefeliers
be not controlled now they will control
,s In fact. they have been controlling
us-Oakland Enquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

HyaE activities of the interstate COM
merce commission have shown that
II everywhere throughout the country
the railroads have been by means OF
secret rates and rebates, both forbidden
by the law, giving their favorites such
trade advantages that nobody could COM
pete with them, thus making the rail-
roads the arbiters of trade and COM
merce and the creators and destroyers
of individuals and communities 1t has
also been shown that, using the funds
and securities of the railroads for their
private purposes, the railroad managers
have piled up the debts of the railroads
with enormous rapidity and have thus
rendered more expensive to the using
public the railroad services of the coun
try 1t has also been shown that because
the railroads money was squandered in
stock gambling proper car equipment has
not been purchased and, therefore, as in
the coal famine of last winter, the public
has been greatly and unnecessarily in
convenienced, embarrassed and injured.
Our own state has suffered from the
Ii ying of secret rates and rebates by our
railroads By these illegal means our
oil industry the second greatest of any
states in the Union, has been literally
stolen away from the California people
who spent their money to develop the
o.l fields and has been given over, with
out any adequate recompense, into the
hands of the already inordinately rich
Standard Oil. BY giving Standard OIL
illegal secret rates and rebates and other
special privileges the railroads OF call
fornia have ruined many California men
who put their money into developing our
oil fields and have thus given us over
bound hand and foot into the power OF
the greatest and most merciless monopoly
the world has ever seen, the STANDARD
Oil company, with John D. Rockefeller
at its head.
San Francisco's shame is another man
Hesitation of the propensities of the un-
scrupulous rich to defy the laws. There
the public service corporations deiiper-
ately and In cold blood made Ruef the
political boss, Schmitz mayor ana the
Gallaghers supervisors; and did 1t be-
cause these men were corrupt and would
sell out the city and its people The
world knows how shamelessly the cor
poration men bribed the miserable moral
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
Review OF Years Crops
is Highly Encouraging

,,a.r,s oron is thought to be the third
IN size Of those ever raised. its farm
value is a little below that OF last year.
hut otherwise 1t will be the most valu-
able cotton crop ever raised. ana per
cent above the average value OF the crop
for the previous five years. The crop
will be sufficient, with the surplus OF
last year, to supply the wants Oh the
world The fear of cotton famine has
NOT been justified, and the efforts OF Eu-
ronean spinners to make themselves in
denendent of the upland cotton OF the
south have not made themselves telt,
One of the strong points in favor OF this
countrv,s cotton is the low cost OF trans
nortation. The average charge for trans
norting 100 pounds of cotton from the
farm to the local shipping point is six
teen cents; from the local shipping point
te the seaport forty cents. and from the
saanort to the United Kingdom thirty
two cents per loo pouiius' OF iess than d
cent a pound
The wheat crop is fourth in value. That
of this year is per cent deficient when
compared with the average for the pre-
ceding five years. The production is es-
timated at 625. $4,000 bushels, and the
value at $500, 00O0 900. 1t will be sufficient
for local needs, and leave many bushels
for export, though not so much as usual
The oats crop is the only large one to
which a great degree of failure attaches
It is TAI, ,521, 900 bushels and is 10 per cent
below the average of the preceding FIVE
wears. It's value. however, is $3.50, 900, ,000
or much more than the most valuable
oats crop heretofore produced.
The tobacco crop has declined this eyar
to CAS- ,213,0 900 pounds and is the smallest
for many years. 1t is II per cent under
that of the preceding five years. butt it is
valued at s67,0OO.0OO. or 16 per cent about
the five years average,
On the whole the review of this years
crops is highly encouraging. The values,
of course. are swollen by the general
trend of high prices and the farmers
have to pay more for their supplies
Nevertheless. the review OF the crops is
highly encouraging.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
THE "sNooPER"

TIME st. Louis ost-Dispateh refers
to those people who desire to see
u all laws enforced, whether they
are good or bad, as "snoopers." 1t says
there are altogether too many "snoop-
ers" in Missouri for the good of that
state, and continues:
"Snoopers everywhere have one excel
lent argument to fall back upon, which
is, in brief, that laws should be en-
forced or repealed, but, irrefutable as
is the snooper logic, we are to con-
slider the fact that laws which have
served their purpose or been outgrown
are rarely repealed. The commoner
way is to ignore them.''
The fact that law may have SERVED
its purpose" is no reason why, if it
still remain upon the statute books, 1t
should not be enforced when occasion
demands it. If a law becomes ridicu-
lous by reason of its having been left
in the rear by the progress of society
the thing to do is to repeal it; and the
best way in which to insure it's being
wiped off the books is to enforce it, if
attention mas not been called 10 its
character in any other way.
The argument of the Post-Dispatch is
specious. There is no doubt that every
state has laws which should have been
repealed long ago, but who is to deter
mine which laws shall stand and which
shall be repealed? Shoppers fire.
quently unearth forgotten laws that
are vicious. Sometimes they uncover
laws which, though forgotten and
therefore dead letters, are wise. For
example, The Herald is what the POST
Dispatch denominates 'snooper." By
its shopping the management of this
paper ascertained that the organic law
of California contained provisions which
made unnecessary statutory enact
ment looking to the punishment of rail-
roads guilty of the crime of rebating
and defining that crime. The railroads
doubtless entertain toward this paper
some such sentiments as those expressed
by the st. Louis paper-that The Her
aid is "snooper" and good deal of
nuisance-to the railroads
"Snooping" is a practice which should
be encouraged. One can never tell when
a "snooper" will find some antiquated
statute enacted at some early period
when those against whom it is directed
thought it unnecessary to obstruct it's
passage. If In the course Of his med
dlesomeness the professional "snooper"
finds a score of laws that are useless,
even vicious, and but one which, if
enforced, will help restore to the people
the rights of which they have been
deprived. then we say Success to the
snooper!"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

FTNHE eleventh annual report OF the
secretary of agriculture is maoe
l. public today. 1t contains 13S pages
and discusses a variety of subjects. AT
ter a review of production for the cur
rent year it proceeds, successfully, TO
the discussion of the weather bureau,
that of animal industry, plant industry,
forest service the bureau of chemistry,
soils entomology and statistics, the OF
fice of experiment stations and OF pub
lie roads.
In reviewing production the secretary
saws 1t has been year of untoward con-
ditions, requiring. all the skill Oh our
farmers to grow an average crop. Ine
season has been erratic and there mas
been a scarcity c help. There has, how
ever. been no general crop failure. even
within small areas. The production is
we'll ,fp to the average in quantity, while
the value to the farmers, as 1T now ap-
nears. will reach a figure above that OF
1906 which much exceeded the wealth
production of any previous year on
The corn crop of the United States is
most important of all. 1t constitutes
four-ffths of the worlds production OF
corn The production of this cereal Tor
1907 is put at 25bS, $4,000 bushels, which
is nearly the average. for the past nve
years. There have been three larger
crops--in 1899, 1905 and 1906. In value the
crop of this year is much above that OF
last. On the assumption that IT will be
sold at IN average price not below the
nresent one, it is worth sl,350,0OO,OO0, or
26 per cent above the average value OF
the five crops preceding
There is some doubt as to what crop
occupies the second place. cotton or hay.
Secretary Wilson says that apparently
the hay crop this year exceeds that OF
cotton. Its value at the computed fig
ures of 61, ,42O, 900 tons is $66OOO0,OoO. The
tonnage has been exceeded several times,
but the value is s65,00o,0OO above the high
est previous one. The farm value OF
cotton and its seed is put at from 5000 :
0oo. 600 10 se75. 200, 0OO so that it is clearly
third in Importance, If not second This