The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12
New York Sends Buyers
to Fool Farmers
WHY POSTPONEMENT
When states Attorneys Talk Up
Southern Railway Says Let's Wait
While-Public Opinion on
the Subject-Railroads
Should Take scrip
BY ANDREW JOINER.

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, n. c., Nov. "a curb
stone philosopher here this morning.
after reading to a group of interested
/ listeners the new item of the post
ponement of further hearing OF the
delivered himself as follows:
If you all will notice. you Will
find that every time recently, after
there has been d hearing and the
States lawyers remind the railroad
lawyers that at the next meeting they
shall certainly call first for that
promised list of free pass toters, in
the railroads ask for a continuance
of the case before it is called"
The trouble is. it is such a long
! list, and some of the names on it are
SO big, it requires long time to finish
it," said another.
That isn't the reason" said third
party to the confab. All along at
| whip and spur to the State lawyers,
to Judge Pritchard and standing
Master Montgomery to hurry the case
up.
| Now they are putting on emergency
! brakes every time to prolong the con-
! trOVerSy. The reason for all this, is
| that some of the biggest men in the
| State, who have been posing as great
| patriots and friends to the people will
be found on that free pass or special
privilege list. Their influence is
| sufficient to get the railroads to try
/ to compromise the case with the State
! to prevent further exposure"
| This casual conversation, is only a
! specimen of what the ordinary busi-
ness man and newspaper reader, is
i thinking about the present litigation.
| Their cOnjections may be unjust and
/ Il -, = ia ta
public opinion on a big matter.
| There is even a vague rumor here,
| that several more vouchers of a very
/ compromising nature have been found
| in the examination of the railroad
| books that would distance the Raleigh
! Times voucher sensation
| OF course if the case is COM
! promised, all these things, including
the free pass lists, will be held sacredly
| from the public, who will continue to
| pay the freight
New YORK Emisaries to Cotton Fields
A drummer VINO travels extensively
| in the cotton belt, ana keeps his eyes
open made an important disclosure
| here last night, while discussing the
! financial situation. He said that in
! the past few days he had run across
/ at least half dozen men in different
parts of the cotton section who were
representatives of New York Cotton
dealers. He said these men were tax
ing the country roads from certain
! points and with horse and buggy were
canvdSSing the back country districts
and buying cotton from farmers for
| spot cash. This drummer was told by
one Of these travelling missionaries.
or emisaries, that he first had a list of
all farmers several miles from a cot
ton shipping point who had not sold
cotton. In addition to this was data
in regard to his acreage, his business
training, his educational advantages,
etc. In this way it was known just
how to approach a man on the finan-
cial situation, and whoop him up if
it was found he was made diStruStful
of the banks of his town, generally
somewhat remote from his farm as
to not payino cash for tobacco or cot
ton but paying off checks for these
products with clearing house certifi-
Gates Generally, the missionary
stated that farmers were uneasy, dis
trustful and panicky and an offer to
buy. paving cash on the spot from
brand new money wrapped off from
q big roll of bills, would get the cot
ton. That such a scheme could be
successfully worked by New York cot
ton bears, is not surprising but it is
equally a shame, that New York
should hold cash belonging to South
ern banks. compelling them to use
clearing house certificates, ana take
that same withheld cash and come
down in a banks territory and work
this pin hook racket on the farmers
Of Slandering their creditor local
banks. Another use to be made of this
scheme to bear the market Will be the
publication next week of the enlarge
receipts of cotton sales, these receipts
being SWelled out of ali proportion as
a result of this house to house canvass
by New York cotton agents with ready
cash in their pockets to tempt the un-
soDhisticated but credulouS small
farmer to sell under ten cents
Clearing House Certificates for Tickets
Southern Railway District Passenger
Agent r. L. Vernon of Charlotte.
while here yesterday was asked about
the refusal of the ticket agent here to
accent Greensboro Clearing House GER
tifcate in exchange for railroad tick
cts as is being done at Asheville and
other noints He said there must be
some misunderstanding as he saw no
reason why the railroad, the same
everybody else, should not receive the
certificates as willingly currency.
He said Ticket and Passenger Agent
DeRutts would take the matter up
with the auditing department and that
in all proba bility the certificates would
soon be receivable foI railway tickets.
the same as they are in all other lires
of buSine ess here.
The board of directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce last night added two
mem bers to the executive committee
having in charge the plans for the
erection Of an auditorium with g seat
ing capac city of between seven and ten
thousand persons. The committee
hopes to secure a site and have the
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