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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
WHAT ROOSEVELT MAS DONE

The man who formulated the
expression OF the popular con
science and who led the movement
Tor practical reform was Theodore
Roosevelt. He laid down the doc.
trine that the rich violatorS OF the
law should be amenable to restrain
and punish as the offender withou,
wealth, and without influence, and
he proceeded by recommending
legislation and directing executive
action to make that principle good
IN actual performance. He secured
the passage OF the so-called rate
bill, designed more effectively TO
restrain excessive and fix reason.
able rates, and to punish secret re-.
bates and discrimination which
have been general in the practice
OF the railroads, and which had
done much to enable unlawful
trusts to drive out OF business their
competitors. IL secured much
closer observation OF railway trans.
actions and brought within the
operation OF the same statute ex.
press companies, sleeping car com.
panies, fast freight and rcirigcra.
tor lines, terminal railroads and
pipe lines, and forbade in future
the combination OF the t%ransporta.
ton and shipping business under
one control, in order to avoid un.
due discrimination.
President Roosevelt directed
suits to be brought and prosecutions
to be instituted under the anti.
trust law, to enforce It's provisions
against the most powerful OF the
industrial corporations. lie press.
to passage the pure food law,
and the meat inspection law, in the
interest OF the health OF the public
clean business methods and great
ultimate benefit to the trades them.
lie recommended the pass.
aye oil a law, which the Republican
convention has since specifically
approved, restricting the future is.
sue OF stocks and bonds by inter.
state railways, TO such as may be
authorized by federal authority.
FUNCTION OF NEXT ADMINISTRATIONS
The chiei junction OF the next
administration IN my judgement is
distinct from and a progressive
development which has been per
.ormed by resident Roosevelt.
The CHIEF function of the next
administration is 10 complete and
perfect the machinery by which
.hese standards may be maintained
by which the law breakers may be
promptly restrained and punished,
1ut which shall operate with suf-
accuracy and dispatch to in
eriere with legitimate business as
little as possible. Such machinery
$ not now adequate. Under the
present rate bill, and under all it's
amendments, the burden OF the in
erstate commerce commission in
iu~pervising and regulating the
'pers'iSi IT the railroads Of this
0Ln. 49,. Grown SO heavy thai it
utterly .;Aposslble for that tribu-
al to hear and disrsse, in any
easonable time. OF the y, ~ com.
~laints, queries and issues at are
ar'>-S IL for doc n. 1t
ugh: &C oe relieved OF IL Iurisdic-
on as an executive, directing
ody. and It's functions should be
to the quasi-ludicial inves-
oil complaints by individu.
IS, and by a department oil the
,vernment charged with the ex.
business OF supervising the
peration Of railways. i
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
ADVANTAGE or UNIONS.

To give to employees their pro.
per position IN such n controversy
to enable them 10 maintain them.
selves against employers having
great capital, they may well unite,
because in union there is strength
and without it each individual la.
borer and employee would be help.
less. The promotion OF industrial
peace through the fundamentally
OF the trade agreement is often one
OF the results OF such union when
intclligcntly conducted.
There is n large body OF labor.
ers, however, skilled and unskill.
ed, who are not organized into
unions. Their rights before the
law are exactly the same as those
OF the union men, and are to be
protected with the same care and
watChiulncss.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
RoosEyELr'S PROPOSED cLAssIrrcA.
TION

ROOSEVELT : PROPOSED CL~ASSIFtCA.
rION
With such classification in view
Nit. Roosevelt recommended an
amendment III the antitrust law,
known as the Hepburn bill, which
provided ior voluntary classified.
ton, and created a strong motive
therefore 10y granting immunity
from prosecutions tor reasonable
restrictions OF Interstate trade To all
corporations which would register
and submit themselves to the rub.
licitv regulation OF the department
II commerce and labor.
The Democratic platform sug.
Scsts a requirement that corpora.
tons and interstate trade having
control OF as per cent OF the pro.
IN which they deal shall take
out a federal license. This classi.
iication would probably include a
great many small corporations en-.
gagged IN the manufacture ol special
articles OF commodities whose total
value IS so inconsiderable that they
are not really within the pcrview
81 real evil OF the antitrust law.
IS not now necessary, however,
10 discuss the relative merit OF such
propositions, but It is enough mere.
" to affirm the necessity Tor some
method by which greater executive
supervision can be given to the
federal government over these
businesses in which there is a
.emptation to violations OF the
lntl.truSt law.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

Mre J.. \. Shaw who %uurcha,ri
the Maesapr paflors Ut Mr.. H. .u.
NrCattN has removed the parlur.
to- h,t residence two doors west Vt
simpson tu,Idrnc, On HIGH street
~h, g. giving thr treatment lpt I,
hort tine At 3, ctnts. She wall
also treat persons Al then home.
{ Irpd.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
DEMOCRATIC PLANK DISCUSSED

The suggestion Of the Demo.
cratic platform that trusts be- ended
by tJrhIddlng corporations to hold
more than 30 per cent OF the plant
IN any line Ut manufacture is made
without regard 10 the possibility
OF enforcement or the real evil in
trusts. \ corporation controlling
! ~ 30 per cent OF the products
may by we'll known methods ire
quen!ly effect monopoly and stamp
out competition in any part u the
country as completely as II It con
trOllcd 80 81 20 per cent thereof.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

Is. I. Chfisuancy, the politician
from Jordan, has been swapping
yarns with the boys here all this
week. He says that he has heard
something about a "whiskey ring"
IN Tucumcari, and has succeeded
admirably in locating the whiskey,
put has not been rung in with the
ring"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

take out a federal license or a fed.
cral charter, the burden upon the
interstate business OF the country
would become intolerable.
1T is necessary, therefore, to
devise some means Tor Classifying
and insuring federal supervision
ot such corporations as have the
power and temptation to efiec, re-.
stralnts OF interstate trade and mo.
nopollcs. Such corporations con.
stitutcs a vcrv small percentage OF
engaged in interstate business.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

RAILWAY TRAFFIC AGREEMENTS
1T Is agreeable to note in this
regard that the Republican plat.
form expressly and the Democratic
platform implicitly approve an
amendment to the interstate rail.
roads NAV make useful traffic
agreements, IT approved bv the
commissions. This has been
strongly recommended by Presi.
dent Roosevelt, and will make ior
the benefit OF the business.
Some Of the suggestions OF the
Democratic platform relate really to
tins subordinate and ancillary
machinery to which | have referred.
Take Tor instance, the So.called
physical valuation OF railways, 1t
Is clear that the sum Of all rates or
receipts OF a railway less, proper
expenses, should be- limited u a
tar profit upon the reasonable val
Ne OF rs property, and that II the
sum exceeds this measure, It ought
10 be reduced. Tn, difficulty IN
enforcing the principle is IN as.
ceEtaining what Is the reasonable
value OF the company property,
and IN ilNlng what Is a ialr proiit.
1t Is clear that the physical value
OF a railroad and ITS plant is an
element 10 be given wcugnt IN de
termInlng its tull value: but as
President Roosevelt IN his Indian.
apolls speech and the supreme
court have pointed out, the value
OF the railroad as a going Concern,
including its good will, due 70
efficiency Ut service, and many
circumstances, NAV be much
greater than the value Vi It's tanvi.
bic property and It IS the former
that measures the investment on
a lalr profit must be- allowed. .
hen, too, the question what Is a
prOtt IS Onc involving not only
rate u interest usually earned
IN normally safe investments, but
also n sufficient allowance t. make
lp Tor the risk yt loss both vi cap.
tai and interest IN the original
outlay. These considerations viii
justified the company in i'm.
charges high enough 10 So.
-ure a tar income On the enterprise
a whole.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

STRENGTH IN ROOSEVELT POLICIES
Gentlemen, the strength oi the
Republican cause in the campaign
at hand is in the tact that we repre-.
sent policies essential to the re.
form OF known abuses to the con.
tinuance OF liberty aud true pros.
perity, and that we are determined,
as Our platform unequivocally de-
clares, to maintain them and carry
them IN. For mor than ten wears
this country passed through an
epoch OF matctII. development tar
beyond any that evci occurred in
the world before. In II course,
certain evils crcpt in. Some proml.
nent and influential members OF the
community. spurrcd by financial
success and ~ their hurry tor rrcat.
er wealth, became unmlndhul OF the
common rules oi business honesty
and fidelity, and OF the limitations
imposed by law upon their action.
This became known. The reve.
lations OF the breaches OF trust,
the disclosures as to rebates and
discrimination by railways, the &C.
cumulating evidence OF the viola.
ton OF the antitrust law by a mum.
Der OF corporations, the over.issue
OF stocks and bonds on interstate
railways tor the unlawful enrlchlng
OF directors and Tor the purpose OF
concentrating control OF railways in
II management, all quickened the
conscience OF the people, and
brought on a moral awakening
among them that BODIED well tor
the future OF the country.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK pErAlI I'D

CONSTRUCTIVE WORK DETAIL ~
The field covered by the indus.
trial combinations and 10y the rail-
roads is SO very extensive that the
interests OF tn, public rud the IN.
terests oi the businesses concerned
cannot br properly subservcd eN.
Ccpt by reorganization OF bureaus
IN the department oi commerce and
labor, OF agriculture, and the de-.
partment OF Justice, and a change
in the jurisdiction OF the interstate
commerce commission which It is
practically impossible TOT It to per
form, or to dcnounce new ufcnses
with drastic punishment, unless
subordinate an auxiliary lcgisla.
ton shall I've passed, making posi-
bile the quick enforcement in the
great variety OF cases which are
constantly arising, OF the principles
laid down 10y Mr.. Roosevelt, and
with respect to which only typical
instances OF prosecution with the
present machinery are possible.
Such legislation should and would
greatly promote legitimate business
enabling those anxious to obe,
the federal statutes to know lust
what are the bonds OF their lawful
action. The practical constructive
and difficult work, therefore, OF
those who follow Mr.. Roosevelt, is
TO devise the WAYS and means by
the high level OF business
integrity and obedience to law
he has established may be
maintained, and departures from
i restrained without undue inter.
terence with legitimate business.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
EFFECT % DEMOCRATIC POLICIES

To take the course suggested
by the Democratic platform in these
matters is TO invoke the entire
community, innocent as il is, in
the punishment oi the guilty, while
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

AS Mr.. Roosevelt has said IN
speaking Oi this very subject.
The effect OF Sdch valuation
and supervision OF securities
cannot hc retroactive. Existing
securities should be- tested by laws
IN existence n the time OF their is.
sue. This nation would no more
lnlure securities which have be-.
come an important part Vi the
national wealth than It would con.
sider a proposition 70 rcpudiate
the national debt.
The question OF rates and
treatment OF railways is one that
has two sides. The shippers are
certainly entitled TO reasonable
rates; but less is an injustice 10 the
carriers. Good business tor the
railroads is essential TO general
prosperity. Injustice to them is
not alone injustice to stockholders
and capitalists, whose further IN.
vestments may be- necessary Tor
the good OF the whole country, but
II directly affects and reduces the
wages OF railroad employees.
For what has been said, the
proper conclusion would seem to
be that in attempting to determine
that whether the entire schedule Of
rates OF a railway is excessive, the
physical valuation OF the road is e
relevant and important but not
necessarily a controlling factor.
Physical valuation properly used
will not generally impair securities.
NATIONAL CONTROL or CORPORATIONS
Another suggestion in respect
to subordinate and anc,llary
machinery necessary TO carry out
Republican policies is that OF the
incorporation under national law
or the licensing by national license
or enforced registry OF companies
engaged in interstate trade. The
tact is that nearly all corporations
doing a commercial business are
engaged in interstate commerce,
and II they all were required to
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
TAFT ACCEPTS NOMINATION

Cincinnati, O. Candidate vii.
liam Howard TAFT. bearing the
banners OF the Republican, party as
its choice los president OF the
United States, struck campaign
keynotes oi many tones when he
formally accepted the presidential
nomination. and replied to Senator
Warner.
MIR. Taft spoke as follows:
Senator Warner and Gentlemen
OF the Committee;
II am deeply sensible OF the hon.
or which the Republican national
convention has conferred on me in
the nomination which YOU formally
tender. accept It with iull ap.
probation OF the responsibility 1t
imposes.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22

WE REACH orr
ana lului 'u lNo ,l>i rNuauSr Of city
property anu acreage that We control
THEIR M"NEN ~ HENL Esr,rE
When You select hIuI'uld au,ihin, ON
oH' list Bold Swing Sc admit. BuI
u - true every WORT of n OIImrS have
N''H ~ s. can you For money
Ia real estate" draI with ~.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-23
APPEALS FOR VOTES
GOMPERs WORKING FOR THI
 DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
He Strongly Urges the Laboring People To Support Bryan and kern
 And All Democratic Com
 GressIonal Candidates.

Washington, D. C.. July 22-(Spe- cial. )-Samuel Gompers has given out advance proofs of long editorial which will appear in the August num- Der of the organ of the American Fed sration of Labor.
 He strongly urges the laboring peo- pie to support the Democratic nominees for President and Vice President. and for Congress. on the ground that the Democratic Party has shown itself to he the friend of the working man. and the Republicans have turned deaf ears to all appeals made by the laboring classes. He recites the efforts that were made before the Chicago conven- ton and before the Denver convention and sums up by saying that the Demo- crats have given practically everything asked for.
 Gompers does not pretend to be able to deliver the labor vote, although he says he will be accused of trying to do that very thing. But he insists that he has the right to point out the duty Of the laboring class in this contest Ills statements have created quite sen sation here. and they will be widely circulated by the Democratic Congress sional Committee among the voters of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-23
DEPUTIES ARE MOTORING
 AFTER DESPERATE CONVICT

Word was received last night at the county jail that an escaped convict, supposed to be Tom King. who jump ed from the window of a Louisville and Nashville train near McGhee's Switch about week ago and escaped, was in a negro's house at Showdown, twelve miles from the city.
 Deputies c. c. MeFae and G. W. VII son called up a garage end ordered . motor car, and five minutes after the call came in they were blowing of through the night in quest of the man.
 The man who is supposed to be King was being taken to the Henderson Boyd Lumber Company at Sanford from speigners. Agent Bush of the lumber company had abou thirty con- victs in the bunch handcuffed together in couples. The one who escaped was seated on a back seat and when the guards back was turned he vauIted out through the window while the train was moving at a little less than normal speed (ffteen miles an hour) and ran of to a swamp.
 Bush fired at him couple of times and believes he hit his man, but when the train was stopped and search made no trace was found of him. King had been sent up for six years for a very grave offense.
 The message received by the county officers here in thought to have come from, private citizen, or possibly someone who had it in" for the con- vict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-23
THE wETUMrkA FACULTY.
school Catalogue |. Out and vacancie,
 Have Been Filled

Wefumkpa. July 22--tSpecIal )-The catalogue of the Fifth District Agri- eGltrual School has been Issued by Professor L. IL Yam. and is a very attractive little book
 The place made vacant by the resig- nation of F. F. Cauthen, has been filled in by the election of C. B. Haddon, who will teach Agriculture. Botany, Physics and Chemistry, and will have charge of the school garden.
 President Vann will teach Mathemat- ics: K. E Tarr is again elected as Phy- stcal Director The Literary teachers are Misses H. B. Brogden, L. l. Fielder. S K. Bagley. A. M. Shappard and E. Hunter
 Miss Lily Allen is at the head of the Department of Music; Miss Lula Jones of Art. and Miss Willie Moore of cx- pression.
 Domestic Science will be taught by Miss Florence Williams.
 The services conducted by Rev. W. J. Ray at the Baptist Church continue to grow in interest. There have been sixteen accessions to the church so far.
 Mrs Bradford Hardie. of New Mex leo. and Miss Lucy Hatchett of Mont gomery. are visiting the family of Judge Cabot Lull in East wetumpka.
 Mrs Stewart and Miss Minnie Stew week with Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Jen- kins.
 Miss Louise Sharp, of Montgomery. is the guest of Mrs. G. c. Enslen.
 All of the States physicians met at the penitentiary today with pr. Burns. of the Convict Board. They had under discussion tuberculosis in the Alabama prisons. The president of the Board. Mir. Smith. was present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-23
CONFER WILL FIGHT
PROPOSES TO HAVE MORE RATE
 LITIGATION.
Will Co Into Courts to stop Raise or Rates, Which VIII Re Made
 Effective On August I.

EffegEye sOM AUHuDt As
 Governor Conner this morning gave out a statement in regard to the pro- posed increase in freight ratse an- nounced by general managers of rail- road lines south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi rivers. in which he announced that the state would take legal steps to resist the proposed in crease. The statement of the Governor follows:
 'son the first of August goes into ef- feet the most widespread increase of freight rates issued in years. This in- crease will fall upon the producer and the consumer. The railroads, are stat ing that they have got to increase the rate or cut the price of every laborer that they could reach. It would look as if any other business on earth ex- cept the railroads would reduce the in- terest paid on their watered securi- ties.
 Some years ago they increased the freight rates a very large amount and on that increase they were enabled to sell large blocks of securities that cost them nothing. Again they increased the freight rates by changing the clas- sification and sold still other securi- ties. and now when the hard times come instead of standing the brunt like any other property and reducing the interest on these fictitious and fac titious values they are hiding behind the subterfuge of labor price to tax every property, every labor. which con- sumes the freight they haul by increas- ing the charges of the freight
 'The recent session of the legisla- ture reducing by statute the passen- ger and freight rates of the state created c great furor in railroad cir cles. They went before the inferior federal court of Montgomery. and under the fourteenth amendment swore that their property was being confis cated and in a large measure destroyed. and that under the fourteenth amend ment to the constitution this was with out due process of law.
 Now without the fourteenth amend ment. without an injunction. without any consultation with anybody what ever they meet with their traffic man. agers and of their own volition put into effect this increased tax against every consumer and every producer. and this will fall on the very weakest of our fellow citizens. What court has issued blanket injunctions taking care of the consumer and producer at thIs timer
 Governor Conner stated that the State would take prompt legal steps to resist these increased freight rates in Ala bama, and would protect the consumer as far as possible from this additional tax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-23
TENT MEETINGS DRAWING
 CROWDS TO HEAR GOSPEL

<. The tent meeting on Highland Ave- nue, conducted by the Church of Christ, continues to grow in interest. The purpose of these meetings is to preach the Gospel in it's simplicity to all those who can attend.
 The people in the neighborhood are faithful in their attendance. Also a great many go from other part of town being doubly benefited by hearing the Gospel preached and enjoying the nice car ride.
 Last night Mir. Dunn preached on the Abolition of the Law of Moses" show ing that the first covenant which was faulty was taken away. that 1t might be replaced by a perfect one. > Any one wishing to ask any ques- tions about the sermons can do so by writing them on a slip of paper and dropping them into the query box" which will be found in the rear of the tent. These questions will be taken up after the service and answered the following night. Services begin at 8 D. m. All are invited to attend.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-23
Tror nenta nTunfromerr.

Troy. July 22-(Special.)-The third game of a series of three games be- tween Montgomery amateurs and Troy. is being played this afternoon.
 The first and second games were won by the Troy team. the first game standing 8 to in favor of Troy and the second to l in favor of Troy
 The Montgomery team seems to be outclassed by the Troy team.
 Troy and the surrounding section have had nice rains for three consecu- tive afternoons and the crops have been greatly benentted. The cotton crop was beginning to be badly injur- ed by the intensely hot and dry wealth CT.
 Two more handsome automobiles have arrived here this week, being bought by Fox Henderson. Sr.. and Fox Henderson, Jr. One is a 35,000 touring car and the other a S2,000 rum about.