The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-26
No I.AH> SHOULD III PtS>iD 10
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those who believe tn gobf'h~ >"hh' 90
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STATE could ieSiS4aR' "sdi"S- US
hat they were So big only the fedeFaI
Government could deal with THESE
,tha,s hala th.,t M. trusts
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proper but regulated OF course All
,hc.e -a~rIntentS. while plausible. had
,4 80. so
no ~oiu
they made little impression cNc@p
| anon those ssh wished t. think th.t|
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EN"iA SP'tioHS 1'Su"'i
offered against passing an ~eIecltNe
antitrust Iaxy IL aiken M this Ncrk
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| seen 50 clear ana just q treatment OF
IN. trnSt Question in 81 short "a com
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INC tIIlCIt. III iutt.
The writer WAS Il boy during the
state prohibition iii North
Carolina in 1891. prohibition was >
! no means as nopular then as il is now.
and the proposition to put the Stata
unaef pfolIoltloa "T5 delca,ed ~
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1"Neil u''c y " piCiiipItio .@lni"a9"
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we It iehilitueu u thi3 DA ~ -,
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IuiiHS ~ S.'uIi6 OF M les laia.ui
' lelieNci otaIt itSiSioticn -
poSeu - icSut"te - supp iuo'S
the argument - ADVANCED
lnat me state can 90 1otnins aIol't
thaI o'dte ahtl-t[ust leslsla'ioh =
iutlit: ooh%ieSS dlolIe can icdch th'
trusts by enactnS national laws. But
when al}tl-truSt legislation IS urged n i
Congress the argument IS advanced
That the States can best deal With INC
question:. lhOSe VINO make TINS ar
Sunent are usually 50 much in SYN
pathy with the trusts that they want
II" restrictive legislation enacted
.c,neroc a,a .o
nffective antiltr,ct law tban -
c+o+o aoi.1a+,ra far rrrrana 80
1a~iclo+a 9ny t11a ,-t+olo oo,G Nj.
ca;sIat,ro. ~ ,nii+ -,
Iinoc d. c+a+oeoao and c,oto. -
enacted legislation that has not on.
restricted the operations Of trusts, out
IN some states some Of the blGSeSs
trusts nave peei driven ehIlFciN Out 81
business 50 Tar as the state was con
cerned. ana we have Yet to rear th&t
any state winch has restricted. n
even driven u these giant Ilonopo
lies, mas suffered IN business as Il re
able to control trusts entirely. but
state legislatures can do much tot
the rellef Of the people in that dirrc-
ton, AND It IS the height of folly 20
argue Ihat We snould ST down diid
i"i these ~olopp' 90 as iil'A nIta7'
NlCnih our ORDERS Wihie We LII ~
fore!sn lG!p-lor oiSIfSS - COM =
our alu; heaven LelpS lio99 VINO ii''3
themselves ana II trusts are ever -
De controlled or suppressed the WoIN
must begun at nome. me peoPlS
should demand OF their legislators IN"
enactment of Whatever i~eSlSlatloil CT
receive OF these evils It IS IN the pOWef
Of the state to enact ana j the le@i5-
iatoTs lall 10 90 TINS the people silodln
hold tneIl reSpoh9Ipie. II me olot's
90 tielr 1uli uut! IN iesi9id,,ng a5dlnst
coipridit eslH 9ucL d nedllh, 9eitT
lheht Will pc created tld'
may. some liIle. enact niucn-leeded
legislation. but II We 90 nothing on
selves, II We 90 not peglh the work
al nome we can nave niue nope 81
any relef from else"here.
One great roubl experienced in
fighting the trusts IS that 50 malty
ncOale regard it a hopeless task they
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