The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12
House Says the Tobacco
Trust Mast Not
Escape.
continued from page one)

part OF the bill if ne did not think it
would be d good anti-trnst bill. Judge
N~,laDornc answered The machinery
la not the best. but ii is the best anti
trust bill We can get.
Representative Douehtnn here re-
yleeed the various steps leading up to
the present status Of the bill. ana de-
eIIred there was Il great difference OF
opinion about the Senate bill. y
senator had said it was more drastic
taan the House bill. while a Repre-
sentative had answered that it was
nothing. He said it is the wish Of
lhe Democratic party to pass an anti
t.uSt bill. yet it did not want to in
fiCt injury upon any legitimate IN
ou,trg. that he hoped all would
<ette for the bill now before the
House. that it had already received
the votes OF nearly half the members
- the House.
Where the Senate Baked.
Representative Winborne stated that
tao bone OF contention with the sen
ate conferees was sub section n
as the House conferees had refused
to agrr.. to leave this out there had
zen no agreement.
Speaker Justice read sub section y,
which he had proposed, and inquired
g. ,..., ia not protect legitimate prac-
tees. lie held that the Senate sub
section a would make a crime Of hon
est practices in hat a manufactures
OF any special line could not arrange
with some one firm in a town to
handle its goods without being made
q criminal under that section. and in
qUircd why should such as his be
made Il crime with which to open Jail
doors to honest business dealings
which he held hat the senate SUP
section \ did, that it made Il crime of
q perfectly legitimate business, while
he section in the Hn1Sn bill provided
that no two or more men should com
bine to lower prices, and that this
would protect the producers, the
farmers.
Representative Doughton replied
that there were two questions in the
argument, n that the conditions Mr..
Justice described are evidently in re-
straint of trade, though harmless and
tnat the senate bill would not enters
tore with ihis that the bill would nt
affect past arrangements, as at
was perspective and not retroactive.
'rWhat harm then could come OF
it, osked Mr.. Justice. and Mr..
DouShton answered that there was
harm in it. Then WHY MAKE a man
guilty Who is nct?" insisted Mr.. JUS
tice. To this Mir. Doughton replied
that Mr.. Justice now seemed to agree
that the Senate bill went too far While
before he had not so agreed. Mr.. JUS
tice denied this as his position, and
Mr. Donghton then said that Mr.. JUS
tice had declared the Senate bill not
worth anything. and Mr.. Justice an
sWered, Yes but that he regarded
the section as harmful. that il went
after the man Who IS doing right and
not after the man Who is doing wrong.
Mr.. Doughton denied this, and Mr..
Justice declared I'll change my vote
and >ote with YOU if You show me that
my argument is %unsound. Mr..
Doughton replied that he and Mr..
Justice differed in their views, that he
MI. DouSht0n. might be wrong
Mr.. Justice would not agree with him,
to which Mr.. Justice answered that
he would as soon agree Will the
DoughtGn as any man it he WAS right
Say II IIa, Done the Work.
Here Mr.. Manning came into the
hot argument to inquire of Mr.. JUS
tice if he know that the section to
which he objected was the one under
which the American Tobacco Company
was indicted and convicted in Massa-
chusctts, and Mr.. Doughton added
-Nat Judge Winborne had said it would
be Il good bill.
Representative Mangum here viSor-
ousiN urged that it had been stated
that the Senate had not taken the
HouSe bin bcCausc It would reach
the american Tobacco Company, and
the effect on him was that people
we're TOO ~ W bb lily " AS III oN't'
That With all due respect TO Judge
Winborue. that if the amendments he
offered which he said would reach
the American Tobacco Company would
do so. that if the Senate vas wise i
would see that these did so and would
object to them. He said that he would
vote for the Winborne amendments to
so in the bill as MS IS
better than nothing, that when
We go to the people Of North
Carolina and they ask if we passed an
antitrust bill [ viii say YES but when
they ask me what trust did we reach
don't know how | viii tell them that
we reached any" As to the threat OF
the American Tobacco Company T.
leave the State he did not believe it
but felt that it could afford to 1--we III
North Carolina and act honestly.
DO you oppose the sub-section?,
asked MI. Manning.
4 oppose the biil' was Mr.. Man
gums rel ~.
d. YOU know the section is that
under which the American Tobacco
was convicted in Massachusetts? ask
ed Nh. Manning, and TO this Mr.. Man
gum answered that he understood that
the section Would not reach the Am
crican Tobacco and 50 understood Mr.
Manning's argument. Mr.. Manning
declared Il never opposed q bill be-
cause it would affect a trust
Radicals for the Bill
Representative HarshaW Republican
leader here broke into Oratory
to say that Republican min
GRITTY was greatly pleased a
the turn things had taken, that som,
one had said hat the failure Of a party
to keep its pledges is political perfid,
and di-honor, and Speaker Justice ha!
said that his party is not coming VI
to til" cHunciations in its platform tha
=" w:'ltod to herald it all over tn,
state that the Democratic party, as de
s riDod by Speaker Justice is guilty o
prFiidy and dishonor in not coming
up I, its platform. He announced
that to Republican minority stand
With the sane and safe wing Of TIL
iN"Ha"f tatic party and would supper
tlflt if either horn IF the dilemma
tho Senate bill or TO bill. was taken
IT," - sfocratic party would be brand
cd. t1;t The spartan band" Of Rcpub
ita1& were CAD to stand with mel
!" If"ilghton and Dowd and mcl
viii fuI that if they do live in tn
lff n District there are others VIII
3r" to H." considered as CoNcruor an,
atom Cy Gocral.
Speaker Justice Isoasts Radicals.
Speaker Justice declared that II
na1 rCfraincd from cxprcSSin
ii4~a1