Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-05-12
COTTON MILL MEN HOT.

-'S"o 'i" c'TCi W. iAS" "''h
says: A few years ago it WIS pop
ular among Republicans nnd
near-dpnIocrats to appeal to \.
Carolina cotton mill men t. j0iu
the q. O. p. Little republican or
ators all over the State talked
much about the interests Of the
textile manufacturers in t h e
south heing in the keeping of the
republican party. Possibly this
character OF APPEAL caught
hundred or more good demo-
Gratis during the past fifteen
years. But it won't catch any
more. Tar Hell textile manufnc.
tureis are pretty hot over thear-
tion of the federal adminiStra-
tiOn in going to he relief OF the
| bears in New York with the pur-
pose Of depressing the price OF
cotton, for no other reason than
that southern mid men and spec
ulators have the hrst Of the situ-
alton That Is the interpretation
put on t he action OF the depart
ment OF Justice in institnting suit
against the movers Of the allPg-
ed cotton pool by Carolina cot,
ton men, who ars pouring letters
into the sen ltorS AMI Congress,
men. it is backe J up by Senator
Smith, OF South Carolina, W h o
has made good good the charge
in the senate with u II oluIlon
calling for the information con.
cerning the bpar rall to reduce
he price OF cotton.
saw q letter from Il North
Carolina cotton mill man today,
who SAID the biggest fools in the
state are those manufacturing
democrats who joine dhe repub-
liran party nationally In the bt.
lief that that party had their
welfare and interests at heart. 1t
is difficult to imagine th' deep
feeling uf the cotton mill men
with reference to the action OI
the department of justice, which
all of those who have written
the congressman AMI senators
resent.
Out OF thr situation R'presen,
tative Page sees good. lie be-
Iievrs it will hurry up the pas
sage of thpnnti.gnmbling bill be
fore congress. He has written his
views on the subject to MIR. }. NJ.
Farley, at NJ onroe, to whom he
"Yonr letter OF the 20th inst,
relative to the prosecution OF
Messrs. Haynes, Brown x Co,
and those associated with them
or connected with them in the re-
cent cotton deal is carefully no.
ted.
81 do not know Just how we
can do anything in this matter
| have consulted with quite Il
number Of senators and represen-
tatives from cotton states, and
we can find no way 10y which a
suit instituted by the govern
nnent can be stopped, but We are
trying to direct the attention OF
the department of justice to the
fact that the bears were the in
stigators OF this fight and are the
guilty parties. | cannot help to
save my life, thinking that the
suit was instituted because this
particular deal was OF benefit TO
the south. When Mr.. Price for
med a pool to dpprrss the price
OF cotton. and it went down to
seven cents, there was no inter-
vention on the part of the de-
partmeut of fjustlce. Wien latten
rerently forced the price OF what
up to one dollar and fifty cents q
bushrl, thereby affecting the price
OF every biscuit in every home in
America, there was no prosecu-
i tion of Mr.. Patten.
Like YOU, am opposed to
! the whole gambling business. AMI
I the only good | can see that will
come out Of this suit is the posi-