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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

President Of One Steel Corporation
Says Pool Was Formed to Over
come Competition--Said Labor Was
Too High Compared With Price of
Ore.
Washington, d. G., July 25.-For-
nation OF the steel plate association
OF the United States in New York In
the autumn of 1900 to overcome de-
structive competition" was admit
ed to-day before the House steel trust
investigating committee by A. F.
Huston, president of the Lukens Iron
and Steel Company, one of the or
ganizers, who identified copy of the
agreement.
. Where did you see this agreement
before?" asked Representative Beall
of Texas, displaying a copy now on
the official record of the inquiry.
\ When it came from the printer" 7"
who sent it to the printer?"
81 did," replied Mr.. Huston.
Mr.. Huston said his company par
ticipated In the discussions leading up
to the agreement and of the organi-
zation of the association. He said
the purpose was to try to avoid
destructive competition"
prior to that time" he explained,
I'VE had had period of destructive
competition. Common labor was at
SO cents to 81 day, the price Of steel
was down to a cent pound, and in
selling, the value of ore in the ground
was not taken into consideration at
ALL
Further admission of the existence
from November 2, 1900, to Novem-
Der, 1905, of the steel plate associa-
ton along lines similar to the ad-
mittedly illegal pool projected in an
agreement, copies of which were
burned in 1900, was made by w. G..
Moreland, of Pittsburg, secretary Of
the firm of Jones & Laughlin, Linn
tied.
Mr. Moreland submitted an account
OF his company with the steel plate
association and said his records con-
tanned actual figures of moneys paid
to Willis L. King, of Pittsburg, treas
urer OF the pool.
Mr.. Moreland said he did not know
why the pool ceased in 1906, nor
what other firms were in It.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Principal In Recent Sensational SLAM
der Case In Cleveland County
Courts Charged by Atlanta Author
titles With Eloping With sixteen
Year-Old Girl OF Kings Mountain.

A special dispatch from Shelby, -.
c.. TO yesterdays Charlotte Observer
tells OF the sorry predicament in
which two preachers are found. The
special says:
Shelby. y. C.. July 25.--Rev. b.
L. Padgett and pretty Miss Carrie
Stockton. OF Kings Mountain. are In
the custody OF officers In Atlanta. ac-
cording to The Atlanta Journal to-
day, the preacher being charged With
eloping with the sixteen-year-old girl.
Looking for one Methodist preacher
from South Carolina. who. IL was re-
ported, had eloped with a young girl
and was headed for Atlanta. the
police raided q little Madison Avenue
hotel and pinched not the South Car
olina preacher and the girl for whom
they were searching. but an entirely
different pair. Padgett and Miss
Stockton are In custody and Rev. ].
II. Newton and Miss Tessie Moore.
likewise sixteen years OF age. are the
two for whom the cops are still look
Ing.
"Padgett IL quite well known in
this section OF North Caroi.na, espe-
cially in Shelby. because OF a sensa-
tional charge of slander lodged
against him by Miss Stockton's faith
er at Kings Mountain, where he was
holding a meeting. Mr.. Stockton. \
respectable citizen OF that place.
charged that Padgett wrecked his
home while he boarded there and
slandered him. Criminal action was
instituted In the Cleveland County
court, put the case was OF such q bad
nature that the lawyers advised q
compromise.
Now Et appears that the Stocktos
girl has joined the holiness preacher
in Atlanta and they were found In ad-
joining rooms In a hotel. A peculiar
circumstance OF the case In that Pad
gett says he knows both Rev. ]. Il
Newton and the Moore girl. He takes
his arrest calmly and says that he
could stand his part of it all right IL
il did not put the young lady in suck
an embarrassing and likely-to-be-mis-
understood attitude. He says he was
on his way 10 Greensboro. Ca. 10 as
sist one Of the pastors Ia holding .
revival when he stopped of In Allan
Ia 10 look things over. He admits
that he knows the Stockton family
well and that the girl Joined him be-
cause he is her spiritual adviser
The Journal says the city will
probably prosecute them IL the North
raraIsra and cnx.th Car0tsua emshr~
tiles do not wish TO extradite them"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27
RAINS. SAVE THE CROPS.
Worth Millions of Dollars to the Corn
Crop i'm the West.

Chicago, ILL.,, July 24.-Rain over
all the Western States between the
Mississippi River and the Rocky
Mountains has saved millions of dol
lars to the corn crop. Agriculturists
say that the saving of the corn crop
means an era of prosperity more val
liable than anything that will come
from the reciprocity treaty. Start
ing west of the Rockies, the storm
swept towards the east, touching
some sections lightly and treating
others where it was badly needed to
downpour that made the countryside
hilarious.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Cur indictments Hxsurr~d Ag@lss&s
the Wall Paper Tr<ass At as~swaMnd.
OAio.


Fcur Indictments have beet re-
tarned hy the Federal grana guTy a.
Cleveland. Ohio. shIch las b~~n ID
sestigailng ar alleged sail paper
trust The Indictments charge n oon-
splrAey IN restraint Of trade under
TIE provisions OF the Sherman anti
rust law. The Indicted parties are
al cneiais OF Wall paper tobelng
houses.
The specific charge against the In
dieted men II that they met in
Cleveland on May 30. 1910. and after
secret session notified vail paper
manufacturers OF the country that If
they sold wall paper TO Ave ana ten
cent stores. the Jobbers would boy
colt the manufacturers
The significance OF this action. the
Government alleges. In that the four
men constitute the executive commit
Tee OF the National Association OF
Wall Paper Jobbers.
According to Federal officials three
hundred five and ten cents stores
throughout the country were affected
by the alleged order OF the jobbers
The indictments follow q grand
jury investigation Of several weeks
duration.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

washington, ID. c.. July 25-Dem-
ocrats OF the House OF Representatives.
after a prolonged caucus to-day ratl-
fed by more than a two-thIrds major
ity the cotton tarin revision blu
drafted by the Democratic members
OF the Ways and Means Committee.
reducing by nearly one-haif the
schedules OF the Payne-Alrlch Law on
manufacturers OF cotton. The bill
will be introduced In the House to-
morrow and its passage expedited.
The bill was not ratified without
protest and a vigorous effort was
made by many Democrats to upset
the party legislative program and 10
prevent adjournment OF the special
session Of Congress by blazing away
with tariff revision all down the line
even IL such action would throw the
session into the late fall.
Representative Webb of North
Carolina offered a resolution urging
postponement of action on the cot
ton measure until the Ways and
Means Committee should first report
bills reducing the tariffs Of iron and
steel articles, sugar, meats and -four,
brick and dyes and dye-stuffs. After
his resolution was voted down, other
members pleaded for extension of the
tariff program, urging especially re-
vision of the iron and steel, rubber
and sugar schedules.
Though all resolutions were de-
feated, no decisive action on the time
of adjournment was taken.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

A staff correspondent of the New
ioFK Sun says that the majority of
'ue Representatives from North Car
0''na are engaged in smothering pros
peflty That is putting it in a con-
else form.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

one writer says that Simmons is
popular because of his vast activities
III red-shirt" times. If we could
not be popular except among the law
ieSS' then We would prefer no popu-
larity.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27
Several Firms Admit That
They had Violated Sher-
man Antitrust Law
The sent~ncrs Hangwd Fxosn 81 .osso
60 Slice Emxh and Cu~s tn EaxA
Case-Jndge Let Thea on Thks
Tlme With Fin~, Bas Mast be ssc<~a
In Fusurw-Truss Had Entrr~d In.
Co . Conspiracy 90 Re~frain Trade
and Fix son-Comp~stslve R.xr~.

New York. July 2s.-TAe Federal
Government to-day scored heavily IN
It's effort 10 break up The alleged
wire trust" when ,hlrty-ssven o. the
eighty-three men indicted June asth.
withdrew the plea OF mot guilty" and
accepted sentence without trial On
pleas of mole eontendere." Judge
Archibald. in the United States Dis
trict Court imposed fines OF from al
900 TO sI.7oo and costs in each case.
The action came In the face OF Wig
orous argument against the accept
anee OF the plea BY United States Dis
triet Attorney Wise. II had never been
accepted In this court, he declared.
and he protested against q precedent.
THE best authorities" be said.
characterize IL as plea indicating
a compromise between the defend
ants and prosecuting attorneys" and
he denied that any such compromise
existed.
THE facts In this case are flag
rant" he continued. This set OF
men representing practically an en-
tire industry. in open and perfectly
clear of a United tates statute CON-
bined to restrain and control trade.
The case against them Is SO clear and
open that the most eminent counsel
in this country have advised them
that it would be fruitless TO attempt
to enter a defense"
The court, however, accepted the
pleas and remarked: This Is what
you might call trade offense. II is
an offense which by the act OF Con
gress is against the interest of the
business world. 1t SENS to me l an
not going out Of the way when / say
that just what was meant by this law
has remained in considerable uncer-
tainty up to this time. We now know
exactly or very nearly, what it means
and from this time on there will be
no excuse, but | feel justified in look
ing upon what has occurred in the
past in this light and therefore / GER
tainly regard this as calling for moth
ing except proper vindication of the
law by a fine"
Sentence to pay the costs and fine
of 81 900 in each case was then pro-
nouncea with the provision that
where a defendant had been fined in
one case the fine should be 800 of
each additional case.
1t is alleged that sighty-three in
dicted members entered into an un-
lawful combination to restrain trade,
and that continuously from June /,
1908, to some later date, "were
knowingly and wilfully engaged in
this combination, the purpose OF
which was to fix arbitrary and nom
competitive prices both for the pur-
poses of raw product and for the
sales of their manufactured goods. 4"
William p. Palmer, President of
the American Steel and Wire Com
pany; Herbert L. Saterlee. soH-in-lav
OF J. P. Morgan; Frank j. Gould and
Chas. F. Brooker, Republican Ma
tional Committeeman. from Connec-
ticut, are among the forty-six other
alleged members of the Association
who have pleaded not guilty to the
indictments.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

according to Senator Lockhart. the
Denocratic Senate of 1909 could not
- oeen persuaded to adopt 'the
" commandments Pretty bad
'ndte' wasn't it? And still, it is only
0'ner sample of their Democratic
eoou government,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

The Greensboro News might re-
member that the discredit Of Sim
mons does not mean the discredit Of
the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

:. e greensboro Telegram says it
eVioent that large number of
IL 'hls State would rather swat
D@'or Simmons than anything else
=, "'aOie' And why not, since If is
NJ, - Oioer OF the day to swat all the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

The Greensboro Telegram says Sim
mons is left without a leg to stand
on. Won't it be awful if he now has
to meander around on his head?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

a democratic exchange says that
'uiS country is going to the bad rap
-u'S' Oh, don't take it so to heart
'ne senatorial campaign will be over
IL little more than a year, and posi-
'iy Republican will be elected after
all.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Wilmingtons chief-of-police was
kicked by horse and the other city
officials are about to be kicked by the
recall.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

A headline in the Greensboro Tele-
gram says that Governor Kitchin an
swers his critics" Probably meant
to say that he replied to them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

The News and Observer says that
Governor Kitchin has been "asleep
at the switch" And, so has the
party that he represents-lookout for
the wreck.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Simmons clerk says that Simmons
has done no wrong. Do you suppose
be could say otherwise and still hold
bis Job?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Governor Kitchin intimates that
the editor of the News and Observer
IS mad with him because he (the
GoVernor) refused to take orders
from Josephus.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

I, Is to be supposed that Governor
vrcbjn !g running for the Senate on
bis personality
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Governor Kitchin doesn't believe
tnat the News and Observer can fool
the voters. Well, Mr.. Kitchin should
see that he doesn't aid the News and
observer in trying to fool them again.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Bryan has ask I'D all the Democratic
candidates for President thirteen
questions. Wonder if the Colonel
knew that thirteen was an unlucky
number?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

The lie has been passed In the Sen
...-ial campaign and things are
warming up.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Ottawa, Canada, July 24.-"You
must permit vote TO be taken In
PARLIAMENT on the reciprocity agree
ment or we viii take. the vote OF the
Canadian people without delay"
This was the ultimation Premier
Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier address,
ed to the conservative opposition OF
the Canadian Parliament to-day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

L may be that they can't wear
tbelr Democracy straight because 1t
vas made crooked.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

II the trusts in North Carolina are
behind the bars, they are selling
uoyor. and not doing time"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Before he was elected Governor,
Kitchin promised to put the trusts
hehlud the bars.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27
EDITORIAL BRIEFS

n.os nickel in the slot and hear
-. Democratic organ grind.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27
Another Negro Lynched in Louisiana.

New Orleans, La, July 24-Caught
by a posse after twice escaping, Miles
Taylor, the negro who shot five white
men Saturday at saw-mill in Clai-
borne Parish, was 1ynched late last
night, according to reports to-day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

The drought in the South has been
.--go,-Alabama and Texas have
ro.el yet"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

-,e Democratic party viii first
80 r. learn TO govern Itself.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

s,~nons. KitchIn. Clark, and Ay-
.--g are trying TO swat the pie"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27

Senate Adopted Reciprocity
Measure by Vote OF
53 to n


This Action Settled the Whole Can
adian Reciprocity Question % Far
a. Congress is Concentrations
adian Parliament Must Ratify Pact
Before II Becomes Effective n q
Whole-The Paper Section OF the
Bill Becomes Effective at Once
Three Democrats Voted Against
the Bill.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC POW.
WOW.

Caucus Agrees TO Revision Of Cotton
scheduIe-sfany Democrats Pro-
test-Congressman Webb Gets Cold
Feet.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-27
ADMITS ALLEGED POOL.

President Of One Steel Corporation i
Says Pool Was Formed to Over
come Competition--Said Labor Was |
Too High Compared With Price of
Ore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

Constitution granting to tho people
inviolability OF the porson, freedom OF
speech. conscience and assembly,; also
a Parliament. without tho approval OF
which no law can como into forco and
which may pass upon tho legality OF
acts performed by tho Emperor,s bu-.
rcaucrats. But tho Upper House OF
this Parliament is filed partly by tho
aristocracy and tho church, and no bill
refused by eithor chamber can be REIN
PRODUCED without tho Cars consent
Inc last European government In
which you would look for progresa
along these lines Is probably Monaco.
whose revenue comes from the gam
bling dens OF Monte Carlo. But tht.
miniature principality was given a
Constitution a year ago, and steps for
ward have been recently made In AUS
tria. which has adopted UNIVERSAL suf-
frage, as we'll az Belgium which has
adopted proportional representation
The present century might have all
ready seen two new Republics Instead
of only ono in Europe hut for the d.
vision of one party into two foctions.
When Norway severed herself from
Sweden. In 1905, tho progressives, led
by tho novelist Bjornson, worked hard
to embrace such an excellent oppor- =
tunity 70 convert their fatherland into
a Republic. But they split wide open
on tho question whether tho President
should be only fgurehead. like that,
of France, or a leader of power, like
our own. And, as in the case OF the
two Paris doctors whose patient died
whilo they fought a duel over a Diff
ference arising during consultation. the
possibility of Norway's going out of
the King business was killed while
these Republican partlsans q1arrele,t
among themselves.
Copyright. 1911. by John Elfrcth Wat
kins)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
CHINA'S BABY EMPEROR (sTANDING)
with his father. the Regent, little brother.

ono contains some surprises to many
who have not followed the old tracks
of the republican spirit as il hittcG
about Europe before our time. 1t was
upon the experience of these seventeen
older republics OF earth that orr faith
ers built our own. Within the Chris.
tian era, up to their time, there had
been no republics In the first six cen
turtles, after which there existed, in
the seventh, / IN the eighth. =: ninth.
3; tenth. 5; eleventh. i: twelfth. q;
thirteenth. 8: fourteenth. fifteenth and
sixteenth, 7. and seventeenth and
eighteenth. 10.
But our Liberty Bel, was the signal
for the real procession to begin First
France, at the tag end of tho eigh-
tecnth century. and then two dozen
new republics, one right after the
other, In the nineteenth century, with
in which twenty eight republics saw
life. There arc now governed by re-
publics, founded since our indepcn-
dence. more than twice as many people
as live under existing republics found
ed before that event. Only three have
gone out of existence in the past
hundred years---that of Spain and those
of South Africa.
How China Awakened.
The late Emperor was, nomina lily,
the supreme priest and absolute ruler
of China. when his commissioners set
out less than six years ago to study
the constitutions OF cnlighted coun-
tries. Only the aged Dowagcr En-
press stood between him and absolu-
tisin. No other ruler on carth waa
entitled to such awful sway over mil
lions of people, who had no constitu-
ton defining their rights.
Two years after those commissioners
had been sent nosing into foreign con
stitutions the old Empress surprised
the world with an edict ordering the
establishment of an assembly of min
listers 10 prepare the foundations II
constitutional government. and soon
after this each prefecture or state in
China was ordered to organize an
elective legislature. Then, by an edict
| of August. 1908, the Dowagcr, set forth
tho principles of the constitution,
which she promised the year 1917. She
| also outlined the steps TO be mean
while taken In its direction each yeav.
Since. her death tho local legislatures
have been elected by, the provinces
and tWenty-one of them have already
met. A federal senate, composed of
ninety-one mobiles and scholars, select
ed By the regent, has already met,
pns Of iEs Arst acts being p memo.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

the last few years Persia has made one
shah sign a Constitution taking away
his absolute powers. limiting his re-
ligious authority and granting to his
people a Parliament besides liberty OF
conscience. of tho person. of cduca-
ton. of the press, OF. association and
Of speech. They promptly dcposed this
shah because he violated this Consti-
tuition. and under his successor tho
| luxury of voting and of clcctlng a rep
rcsentatIve Parliament. When the re-
gent. who rciSned for the boy shah,
died last year. Parliament elected his
successor and since then this legsla-
ture has passed a progressive program,
including the reform OF the police. the
suppression of disorder and tho cm-
ployment OF foreign advisers, several
of Notwithstanding the treasurer gem
eral---are Americans.
How Turkey has reorganized ON
much the same plan you already know
And Korea has lately been absorb cd
by japan, which for over twenty years
has had IA Constitution and 4 Parlia-
ment of two houses.
Even India is now possessed OF the
same germ OF progress. In spite of the
recent statement attributed TO Wis.,
count Morley, the secretary for India.
that democracy is as unsuited to In
dian temperament as is Canadian
fur coat to Indian climate" the agita-
ton for a Constitution still continues
in the vast Empire of the Maharajahs
And Siam, too, seems to be falling
into limo. Her young King, who was
educated in England, and who during
Il visit among lis has personally studied
our scheme of government, lately ar
ranged to appoint, at his own expense.
number OF Kings scholars" TO be
educated in his esteemed England.
They will return and SOW the seeds OF
constitutionaiism. as have the hun
dradS OF students sent abroad by
China. The new Empcrors father was
also progressive. He appointed an
American adviser Il. H. Strobcl, one Of
our distinguished publicists. whose
, career was sadly interrupted by death.
Progress in Europe.
SO tho present century bids fair to
equal, If not eclipse. the record of its
predecessor In this matter of freeing
mankind from tho monarchial yoke.
Russia, the last absolute monarchy left
III Europe at the time of this century's
dawn, now takes its place in the fami-
~ of limited monarchies, tho Gear in
the past few years having sighed a