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North Carolina Senator Not
Impressed With Clark
and Underwood.
OFFICERS OF NEW COUNTY
Proceedings Started to Forcclosc
Mortgage on Cotton
OFFICERS OF NEW COUNTY
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ialeigh, N. c., March 1S.-Unitcd
States Senator L. NJ Simmons, In the
| clty the past two days. In discussing
national politics to-day, said that lie
has not been profoundly impressed with
the leadership Of Champ Clark and Os-
car Underwood They started out he
says, By attempting to commit tic
party to the support OF Tafts tariff
board bill, Il protection scheme which
inc Democrats had at formcr session
! fought bitterly * large number Of
Democrats refused to follow them in
support of this scheme, but they con-
trol1cd enough to carry ii through, and
opponents of the measure In the SEN
ate had TO filibustcr night and day for
nearly n week to keep it from becoming
Il law
Speaking Of the TAFT Canadian rec
iprocitH measure. Senator Simmons
characterized it as !, trap and saws
That Clark and Underwood, BY caucus
action. bound the Democrats in the
Ilousc to It's support, though about
thirty OF them were bitterly opposed TO
IT, and that 1t would now be IA law.
and all hope for the next two years as
to any real tariff revision would be
gone but for tho determined opposition
OF all the insurgents except Bcveridgc
and the eight or nine Democratic SEN
ators who have stood stcadfastly
against il.
| Commenting on the newspaper an.
| hounccmcnts that President Taft has
assurances that the reciprocity bill will
| be passed during the extra session.
| Senator Simmons takes the view that 1t
Will not unless II is materially amend
cd and some real tariff reform lcgis-
| lation tackled OH TO 1t. The only effect
1t would have, lie says, enacted In its
| present shape, would be to give the
newspapers and magazines. perhaps,
cheaper paper: give the flour and meat
| packing trusts cheaper raw material
and enable the harvester. automobile
and coal trusts better profits in the Ca
! madam markets. lie insists that it
would not reduce the cost OF living, and
| thar SO far as relieving the people Of
the present tariff conditions. even If
| Everything claimed for It were true, ii
would he nothing but IL crumb. He in
sists that if passed 1t should be amend )
| cd 10 put flour and meat on the free
| list, as we'll as wheat and live stock,
tho nour and meat being the things
the people eat; also that it ought to
| be amended TO put agricultural imple-
! mcnts Of all kinds and machinery OF
all kinds, as, well as farm and forest
products, upon the free list.
| Action Against Cotton Mill.
Because the Neuse River Cotton
Mills Company OF this place. defaulted
In an interest instalment of sl,S75, due
the Trust Company of America, on
$4,000 bonds in Issue. proceedings
were started in the Federal court here
Today by w. II. Pace, as counsel for
the creditor. for foreclosure OF the
| mortgage securing the bond Issue The
mill has paid interest since 1901 until
| this year. ~. A. Thompson, president,
| is also president OF the Raleigh and
! Caraleigh Mills, both of which are un-
dcrstood to be in good condition. A