The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
He Was Espe-
cially Close to Ameri-
can tobacco I ompany
A STOCKHOLDER
IN CORPORATION
AS Member of Important House
Committee Could Help Tax Out
of Existence Rivals of Great
Concerns-Congressman AS
sails Administration of Com
petitor While Governor.
Especial to The Times.pIspa,ch.


Bristol. Va, August ib.-Congress-
man Carter Glass. candidate for ,ha
United States Senate TO succeed Sena-
tor Swanson. subject TO the Demo
cratic primary on September Z. was
greeted by an audience that well nigh
hiled the Council chamber Of the new
CITY Hail. when he spoke here to-
night In the audience were many
prominent men OF the city and county
and also number OF women. Mr.
CLASS was introduced by Colonel s. V
fuikerson. who referred TO him I'm
the most complimentary terms. as a
man eFninently worthy OF the s,,nnor.
OF all Virginians.
MT Glass spoke for nearly two
hours. strongly arraign!ng the meth
GUS being pract!ced 20 retain Senators
Martln ana Swanson In their presen,
positions He reviewed the record Of
ar, swanson, pointing out particu
iaFy what he conceived to be tho
marked Inconsistencies OF the man in
ms relation to the people whom he
mas represented. Mr. Glass's speecb
was well received, elici,ing as n did
repeatedly Nearly applause
identihcd with Trusts.
MI Glass said:
IN the literature OF his nress ~,
reau my competitor enumerates anon
his achievements the fact that he
mace "a strong speech in Congress
se trusts: and aided independent
r'o eueo manufacturers in their com
peI,!oh with the American tobacco
trust Marvelous' Why. nv fellow.
ci'.zens. the Governors temporarv
Poihtee TO the United Starex S.,.t
surely hid his light under hushaT
curing his service In the House. for
Hooody knew him there as an tnvet.
elate enemy OF the trusts Quite tho
~ IL was frequently suggested
t"at ne was intimately Identified ui,h
more than one trust, and vas go CO."
c.a4iy close TO the American Tohsnoo
COMPANY, recently declared he III. G.
Pieme Court TO be an utterly tIIa,o,
.ohiolhauon. hurtful and dange-o,, 80
the business OF the country 49,
.nIs decision came the company Ma
tsss lea the Ire out of thousands on
Ina s' TOBACCO manufacturers
planters OF Virginia, Tenness
eh!ucky to perjury and virtual ncon.
age. Nothing could resis, i,s 80,
power Right in my home to,yn
Ashchours the blight OF II Is seen
every street - seen on
wy competitor was for ten years
memoer OF the Ways and Means CO
the House. especfallv
with the duty OF taxing. and
measure regulating the to-
pdcco business OF the country u,s
own district and State had grea, rs
oacco- growing and tobacco manntao
turing interests. These interests wrro
airectiy antagonized by the America
Tobacco Trust. Under these circ,,,,
stances. my competitor had no nor.,
r'sht. while member of the WAYS
ana Means Committee of Congress 10
FORM business connections with an H.
,esai monopoly, whose whole policy was
bitterly hostile to the interests OF tba
tobacco planters. the tobacco bn,,srs
and the independent tobacco Tnsn
facturers, OF Virginia.
Profited by Trnnsncfion.
My competitors literary huraa,
with his sanction, exultantly portrays
MIN as an enemy of this lawless TO-
hacco monster: but indict him as
Its friend and part of 1t. I CHARGE
that when the American Tobacco
Company prospered by strangling the
life out OF its independent rivals my
competitor likewise profted by the
transaction. When the tobacco trust
prospered by driving independent buv-
ers from the warehouse floors, thus
making an easy prey of Virginia 10
bacco planters, my competitor for the
Senate. as business partner In tho
American Tobacco Company, likewise
profted by the disaster to his con-
stituents. I charge that my competf-
tor, while a member of the Ways and
Means Committee of Congress. was a
large stakeholder in the American
Tobacco Company, whose methods
have not only met with judicial con-
demnatton. but have caused loss AMI
failure and misery to thousands OF In
dependent tobacco manufacturers and
tobacco growers in this country. AS
member of the Ways and Means
Committee, he could help tax out Of
existence the rivals of the trusts In
which he held stock. AS a member
of that committee. he could help make
regulations onerous to the independ-
emit manufacturers and burdensome to
che tobacco planters. AS member Of
that committee, he had secret access
10 facts and circumstances and con-
templated action that would have en-.
sbled him to speculate in the secrrj-
ties of this great corporation-a thing
obviously incompatible with the duties
OF a Representative and utterly oh
noxious to the moral standards of the
country.
yet we have presented to us the
almost incredible spectacle of the Gov
ernor's temporary appointee hoasting
In his campaign literature of being q
valiant foe of an Illegal tobacco trust
in which he had Invested q fortune
end In the successful achievements of
/NontInuod an ThIrA Do