The Huttig news., 1909-02-20
WAIT LEGISLATION RtPfAiED.
Fl Dorado Board of Trade Wants Semi- iOnth.
 ly Pay Day Bill Repealed.

a meeting of the Executive com mittee of that body recently, a which time several speeches were made looking with dis avor ot legislation antagonizing railroads O. corporations. A committee con sisting of pr. W. J. Pinson. chair man; C. w. Philips and J. J. Hud son, was appointed to draft reselu= tions and to send them to the Bus mess Mems Leagues of the state and urging that petitions be circu- lated and influences brought tG bear at once against this Legislation and especially for the repeal of the twice-a-month pay day bill. recent ly passed by the legislature.
 J. J. Hudson. secretary of the Board of Trade. is busy sending to all parts of the state these resolu tions. which are as follows:
 Be it resolved by the Fl Dorado Board of Trade, in meeting assembled:
 First. That we urge upon our present General Assembly the wisdom and neoes= sity for repealinglt the two pay day law. as heinz inimoal to the interest or our corporations and to the laboring men themselves. We know of no demand for such a law and believe it will greatly harass our corporations and disturb our labor That 1t will beget extravaganza among the more prodigal of our wage earners and work to their ultimate dis advantage.
 Second. That we condemn the present tendency toward anti-eorporation legis- lation, and especially toward legislation tending to harass the railroads of our state in the work they are doing
 We believe that corporations have beer the pioneers of our present era of pros psrity, that railroads are a necessity t, every state. and that they should b treated fairly by our people. We be lieve that already much capital has bee driven from the state of Arkansas an much more deterrsd from coming int our stat9 by such legislation. That ou country IS still largely undeyeloped, ant il the state ever gives to her citizen; theIr need of prosperity and prestige sucf things will come largely through the de- velopment brought about by corporate wealth
 That we need IT ore railroads and more manufactures in Arkansas and should ne encouraging them to come among us rather than harassing those we have and deterrng others from coming to our state.
 That we believe that the cry of the demagogue and country saver against corporate wealth has done mcre damage to our slate than all the violations oi law that are ehargeable to such corpora tions. We believe that any proposition to tax the gre3s income of any corpora ton or any industry is wrong in princi- pie, and that any proposition that seeks to interfere with any corporation in the management of it's own affairs is wrong and will ultimately hurt the people. 
 If our railroads are not paying then just and proper proportion of taxes it is the fault of our officers and not of oul laws, and if our oorpor ations are mol bearing their just burdens of government 1t is the fault of the people and not o the laws of the state. and can best bt remeoied by enforcement of the laws wt already have upon the statute books.
 Third That copy of these resolution. be sent to our senator and representative and that they be urged to work agains all unjust ant-corporation legislation.
 The News endorses these senti. ments and we know that the Unior Saw Mill company would have saved thousands of dollars by building their large mills a few miles south in Louisiana, whert capital IS encouraged by being ex empted from taxation instead o being harassed to a greater exten every two years when the leglsia ture meets We understand tha the Rock Island railroad whlcl pays out thousands of dollars ever, month at Fl Dorado, are going t. move this enormous pay roll t Ruston, La, which will mean ; great loss to our county and state
 If we cannot have constitution al convention. we would like to se' a law repeating instead of lav