The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-04-01

me to mean that there should be any
limit upon temporary restraining or.
ders when intended to prevent tho i'm
mediate destruction OF property, life
OF limb. When say property ] do
not mean judicially construed prop
erty rights'"
One Of the most vigor ous portions
Of Mr.. Williams statement regards
the boycott. After quoting the presi-
dents declaration that nothing should
be done to legalize q blacklist or boy
colt that would be illegal at common
law" Mr.. Williams says:
IT Is sad commentary upon this
utterance Of his that while the. fed
eral courts have held that a bdkcott
10 a combination In restraint Of trade
and therefole Illegal. they have vir-
tuaiiy upheld the employer in his as
sertion Of right to blacklist; because
the federal courts went 80 faf Al to
say that because til, employer had n
hight to discharge without giving anv
notice ct all, therefore no had a right
to discharge because the discharged
man was q member Of q labor union.
IL IS a poor rule that does not W. Lrk
both ways. Another decision of q
federal comt--the decision Of Judge
Gould has gonc N far a. tc say that
labor mans newspaper should not
publish the name Of q firm under tho
needing W. Don't Patronize \ nan
has a right to patti ,nize u net pat
ronizc anybody, according tn his "w.,
sweet will. and he therefore h.s tho
Right to putlish those VIII IN he
does MT patrc nise.s
The president's rccomnss.in,ien Of
. law to place wood pulp on the free
list. with corresponding reduction
upon paper made from wood pulp,
when they come from any country
that does not put an export duty upon
then.' meets with Mr.. Williams ap-
prevail. except that It does not 60
quite far enough. Not orly ought
wood pulp % Re placed urcn IN. free
hst." ne SAYS 'but print paper ought
to b. placed there also. The pvbltsh-
ers will not Be very much benefited
by the placing Of wood pulp upon the
free liss u there be only a slight
reduction OF the duty upon print pa
per /"
There are other things In the PRES
ident's messase." says Mr.. Williams
which one might naturally expect.
corsidering his education IN the tne.
OF Haniltonism and hin tendencies
toward sedefalisr. canno. meet with
Democratic appr,vai. One 10 his idca
that the attorney general rerresant-
're the goverrment should have the
rtght to nominate receivers -wAers ,
eommOn carrier is thrown In to the
hands Of q receiver. That right oush.
to rest in . court-rot in the exccu-
ti,e. S{
The presidents utterances com
cerning the antitrust law are an in.
dication OF his inability 10 see that
which will appear rlain to Demo
cratic mind. TO wi That anything
approximating p. rate monopoly is
irtolerabie and undesirable in free
government. His attempt and that,
Of others 70 classify trusts as god
trusts and bad trusts is abhorrsnt.
There can be no such thing as q good
trust. There may sometimes be
good tr.ist magnate who user mis-
powers bcnevolcntly. but the power Ia
too much frausht with danger to be
vested In few men. We ought SIM
ply to provide thar orsanixaticns of
labor and Of workingmen for the
purpose of securing shorter hours OF
labor or higher pay or more equitable
treatment shall not Re construed to
Ia. within the Inhibition cf any exist
ing law.
The presidents idea OF letting thn
substantial, part tf the ap.i-tru-t law
remain as IL 10 but giving t. some
brtnch "f the executive govr, nmcnt
authority to dctermipe when trust Ia
q GOOD trust and when It Is a bad one
lin effect to license one and to re-
strain another-is SO very vicious IN
IT. Ultimate effects II adopted that 1t
would seem that no friend Of we'll
ordered government could stand for
Il.
"As to the presidents proposition
for tariff revision by consideration at
the hands of commission composed
OF members os the house and senate
and so-callled experts 1t Is 10th
cumb srsoms and useless. The very hest
possible tariff commission is a ccm-