The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19

Two years ago the House Of Rep
-esentarives passed an antitrust "a"
With teetb-that IS an antitrust IA"
tba1 The trusts did not wish put on
IN. s.a43te books. Later. AFTER
hard fought contest that drew 70 RAJ
ajgh every mau the American Iooae-9
and other trusts eou-d CON
troll. the senate rejected the Rela o4--
then passed a namby-pamrE'
Observation-Disclosures law, tEot
was the very thing the tobacco trust
and other Illegal trusts wished enact
90 Some Of the men who voted Tor
=, knew il was 2 sham and q fraud
more Of them were persuaded that l.
vouyd reach me trusts without hurt
ing business. and most OF them htp+u
i was better than i ooked the
rAs,,It has shown that the law was
eirber expressly drawn TO give the
nromisc. 70 the ear and break IL TO lAe
hope. or the men who drew II dlo hot
make i effective because they dld
NOT know how TO do so. No trust
has been convicted under that "a"
and every LAWYER VIII has
the act has said that any shrewd trust
avver could drive d four horse team
through i.
The refusal of the Senate Two years
400 "a pass the antitrust Law that
nassed the House was a great dlsap-
pointment TO the people OF the STATE
as we'll as a great shock, Tor outsloe
of the trust influence and the men
they are able to scare the sentiment Is
strong for an effective law that VIII
end the extortion Dractised by the
trusts When the Democratic state
c~opvantion met in Charlotte the plat
form gave a knockout blow 10 thosr
who maintained the ~untenable propo-
sition that the trusts hould be reg
ulated" or that you cannot reSuiate
the trusts without hurting business
and retarding prosperity or that TINS
ie . matter alone for the Congress
and the State IS too impotent to deal
with it," and like reasons or excuses
that were advanced two years o
The PLATFORM, discussing State poHcIes
and giving pledge TO the people OF
what would be done by the Democrats
if entrusted with power made these
specific pledges:
.Priyate mOnopOlies should be de-
stroyed. Conspiracies by prospective
nurf ha-ers 10 nut down or keep down
the prices OF articles produced bS the
AMOR OF others should be made crlnl-
nal. and all persons or Corporations
entering into such c0nspiraoIes Shouid
be punished: and we condemn III every
form subsidies. gratuities, bonuses.
. trusts and monopolies. and theS >iiotiu
not be tolerated.
w pledge. not only TO citizens OF
This state. but 20 citizens OF other
States. that all capital invested in legi-
t innate enterprises in North Carolina.
whether foreign or domestic, corporate
or private. shall have the equal pro-
lection OF the laws and n equal
S friendly consideration of those VINO
administer the laws: and we further
| pledge that all such persons or cor
Dorations violating the provisions OF
: the laws shall be made to feel and
/ suffer the full penalties for such Nio-
%latiOnS.'
The language in plain terms COM
2 mitted the Democratic party 10 the
: principles contained III the antitrust
bill that passed the House in 1907,
specifically affirming sub section A by
the use Of this language: "COnspiracies
by prospective purchasers to put down
or keep dow, the prices of articles
produced bv the labor of others
should he made criminal. and all per-
sons or corporations entering into such
cOnspiraties should be punished
That declaration was a solemn pledge
that if entrusted with a further lease
of power the Democrats would enact
laws and enforce them that would end
the practises of the tobacco trust, the
oil trust. the steel trust and other
trusts tina operate in North Carolina.
The recent decision of the Supreme
Court of Missouri that the State
(without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of the Federal government
could compel the Standard Oil Com
pany to obey it's laws under penalty
! of being ousted from the State. shows
that North Carolina can do the same
thing. And it will do the same thing
if illustrators AeeF%1t-rETT MADE
to the people.
In pursuance ofythe pledges in the
State platform and the promises made
by every Democratic speaker on
: every stump in North Carolina, there
T was introduced in the Senate yester-
day by Mr.. Lockhart, OF Arson, and
5 in the House by Mr. Weaver. of Bun
T combe. the famous antitrust bill con-
tanning famous 'sub-section \" tha+
n passed the House two years ago. bnt
was done to death ir the Senate
i Ihese representatives of the peoDIe-
as dld others-told the people thar the
Democratic party was sincere in its
pledge to enact effective antitrust
It legislation and they have Introduced
an act having the virtue of being so
good that the Tobacco trust directions
10 leave the State il it becomes p Iav
a a threat that win scare nobody Of
SOUND judgment. If it is "A law mat tho