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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
Present Antitrust Law
Has Been Intellectual

The general terms of the present fed
eral antitrust law, forbidding com
binations in restraint of trade" have
apparently proved ineffectual Trusts
have grown up under its ban very lux
uriantly, and have pursued the methods
by which so many OF them have estab-
lished virtual monopolies without seri-
Gus let or hindrance 1t has reared
against them like any sucking dove.
am not assessing the responsibility, ]
am merely stating the fact. But the
means and methods by which trusts
have established monopolies have now
become known 1t viii be necessary to
supplement the present law with such
laws both civil and criminal, as will
effectually punish and prevent those
methods, adding such other laws as
may be necessary TO provide suitable
and adequate judicial processes. wheth-
er civil or criminal, to disclose them
and follow them to final verdict and
judgment. They must be specifically
and directly met by law as they de-
velob.
But the problem and the difficulty are
much greater than that. There are not
merely great trusts and combinations
which are to be controlled and deprived
of their power to create monopolies and
ger still than they are and more subtle.
more evasive. more difficult to deal
with. There are vast confederates Gas
may perhaps call them for the sake of
convenience of banks, railways, express
companies, insurance companies, manu-
featuring corporations, mining corpora
tions, power and development companies
and all the rest of the circle, bound to-
gether by the fact that the ownership
of their stock and the members Of their
boards of directors are controlled and
determined by comparatively small and
closely interreIated groups Of persons
who, by their informal confederacy, may
control, AZ they please and when they
will, both credit and enterprise. There
is nothing illegal about these confeder-
acies, so far as / can perceive, They
have come about very naturally, gem
orally without plan or deliberation,
rather because there was so much mon
ey to be invested and II was in the
hands, at great financial centers, of
men acquainted with one another and
intimately associated in business. than
because anyone had conceived and was
carrying out a plan of general control;
but they are none the less potent a
force IN our economic and financial sys-
tenn on that account They are part OF
our problem. Their very existence gives
rise to the suspicion of a money trust"
a concentration Of the control OF credit
which may at any time become infinitely
dangerous to free enterprise. If such
concentration and control does not
actually exist, il is evident that 1T can
easily be set up and used at will. Laws
must be devised which will prevent
this IL laws can be worked out by fair
and free counsel that will accomplish
that result without destroying or seri-
ously embarrassing any sound or legiti-
mate business undertaking or necessary
and wholesome arrangement
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
eservation Is Not the


Reservation Is Not the
Whole of Conservation
There are many sides to these great
matters. Conservation is easy to gen
eralize about, but hard to particularize
about wisely. Reservation is not the
whole of conservation. The development
of great states must not be stayed in
definitely to await policy by which our
forests and water powers can prudently
be made use Of. Use and development
must go hand in hand. The policy
we adopt must be progressive, not neg
alive, merely. as if We did not know
what to do.
With regard to the development OF
greater and more numerous waterways
and the building up of a merchant ma
rine we must follow great constructive
lines and not fall back upon the cheap
device Of bounties and subsidies. In
the case Of the Mississippi river, that
great central artery of our trade. II Is
plain that the federal government must
build and maintain the levees and keep
the great waters in harness for the
general use. 1t Is plain, too, that vast
sums of money must be spent to de-
most served and transportation most
readily cheapened by them. Such expen,
ditures are no largess on the part of the
government; they are national invest
ments.
The question of a merchant marine
turns back to the tariff again. to
which all roads seem to lead, and to our
registry laws, which, If coupled with
the tariff, might almost be supposed to
have been intended to take the Ameri-
can flag off the seas. Bounties are not
necessary, IL you win but undo some
Of the things that have been done. With
out a great merchant marine we can
not take our rightful place In the COM
merce of the world. Merchants who
must depend upon the carriers of rival
mercantile nations to carry their goods
to market are at a disadvantage in In
ternational trade too manifest to need to
be pointed out; and our merchants will
not long suffer themselves-ought not to
suffer themselves-to be placed at such
disadvantage. Our industries have
expanded to such a point that they will
burst their jackets, IL they cannot find a
free outlet to the markets OF the world;
and they cannot find such an outlet I'M
less they be given ships OF their own to
carry their goods-ships that will go the
routes they want them to go-and prefer
the interests Of America in their sailing
orders and their equipment. Our domes-
tic markets no longer suffice We need
foreign markets. That is another force
that is going to break the tariff down.
The tariff was once a bulwark; now
it is a dam. For trade is reciprocal;
we cannot sell unless we also buy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
Ne Are Face to Face
With Questions of Jus

E Ii Is in the broad light Of this new day
ehat We stand face 10 face-with what?
Plainly, not with questions OF party not
nlth a contest for office, not with a
oetty struggle for advantage, Democrat
AGAINST Republican. liberal against con-
ksrvatIye. progressive against reaction
hry With great questions OF right and
AZ justice, rather-questions OF national
aeveIopment OF the development OF
Character and OF standards OF action no
less than OF a better business system
more equitable, more open 10 ordinary
men. practicable 10 live under. tOlerable
b work under. or a better fiscal sys-
tenn whose taxes shall not come out OF
II epockets Of the many to so into the
sockets Of the few. and within whose
intricacies special privilege may not SO
Easily IND covert The forces OF the
hati0n are asserting themselves against
every form Of special privilege and pri-
xate control, and are seeking bigger
fhlngs than they have ever heretofore
achieved. They are sweeping away
Fhat is unrighteOus in order 20 vindi-
waite once more the essential rights Of
human nfes and. what is very serious
Cor Us. they are looking TO US for guild
ance. disinterested guidance, at once
honest and fearless.
At such q time, and In the presence
ef such circumstances, what Is the
meaning OF our platform. and what is
dur responsibility under ft7 What are
eur duty and our purpose2 The platform
$ meant 20 show that We know what the
rar0n,is thinking about what Il is most
sqncerned about, what II wishes correct-
-. and what IL desires to see attempted
ehat Is new and constructive and in
nnded Tor It's long fortune. But for US
r Is vefy practical document We are
bot about % ask the people OF the Uni
ted States 10 adopt our platform; we are
about 10 ask them 10 entrust US with
tffice and power and the guidance OF
khslr affairs They viii wish 10 know
chat sort OF men We are and OF what
nefinite purpose: what translation OF &C
Con and OF policy We intend 10 give to
re general terms OF the platform which
De convention az Baltimore put forth.
should we he elected
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
We Stand In Presence
of an Awakened Nation

We stand IN the presence or an aWak-
ened nation, impatient OF partisan make
believe The public man who does not
realize the fact and feel its stimulation
must be singulariy unsusceptble 70 the
fnflueuces that stir IN every quarter
about him The nation has awakened
TO a sense OF neglected ideals and neg
ferted duties. 70 a consciousness that the
rank and fre or her people md life very
hare 20 sustain: that her young men
fnd opportunity embarrassed. and that
her older men find business difhcult 10
renew and maintain because OF circum-
stances OF privilege and private advant-
- which have fnterlaced their subtle
threads throughout almost every part OF
the framework OF our present law Sne
has awakened TO the kuOgtlRdge that she
has lost certain cherished liberties and
Wasted priceless resources which she
had soIernnly undertaken 20 hold in trust
FOR nostarity and for all mankind; and
20 tiies conviction that she stands con-
frontsd with an occasion for eonstruct-
I've statesransip such as has not arisen
since the great days in which her gov
eminent was set up
Plainly. II Is a new age. The tonic
az such . time IL very celebrating. II
requires self-restrafnt not to attempt too
rrsch and vet n would be cowardly TO
14fernpt TOO little. The path OF duty
sebsriy and bravelv trod Is the way 20
service and distinction, and many ad-
ffnturous feet seek 10 set out upon II
fThere nsver was q time when impa-
tknce and suspicion were more keenly
aroused BY private power selfishly en-
ployed. when jealousy OF everything
concealed or touched with any purpose
not linked with general good. or incon-
sastent with IT. more sharply or I'm
rnn7fafeiv displayed itself
Nor was the country ever more sus-
ceptibIe TO unssIfish appeals or 10 the
high arguments OF sincere Justice. These
are the unmistalabie symptoms OF an
awakening. There. h the more need
fer wise counsel because the people are
80 ready 20 heed counsel II IL be given
honestly and in their interest
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
light Matters of Tariff
And Trust Regulation

The platform Is not a program A pro-
gram must consist OF measures. admin
ktrative acts. and acts OF legislation.
The proof Of the pudding Is the eating
hhereof How do we intend TO make
Il edible and digestihle? How do we
eypsct 10 handle each Of the great mat
ters that must be taken up by the next
rDngress and the next administration ?
What IS there a do2 II Is hard to
Am the great task up. but apparently
his Is the sum Of the matter: There
Ire two great things 10 do. One is to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
THANK GOD AND TAKE COURAGE, SAYS WILSON ACCEPTING

ocratic party has shown itself great
enough and close enough to the people
to perceive, the duty OF government
to share in promoting agricultural, In
dustrial, vocational education in every
way. possible within its constitutional
powers. No other platform has given
this intimate vision OF a party's duty.
The nation cannot enjoy. its deserved
supremacy in the markets and enter
prises of the world unless its people
are given the ease and effectiveness
that come only with knowledge and
training. Education is part of the great
task Of conservation, part OF the task
of renewal and of perfected power.
We have set ourselves a great pro-
gram, and it will be a great party that
carries it out 1t must be party with
out entangling alliances with any spe-
cial interest whatever. 1t must have
the spirit and the point of view of the
new age Men are turning away from
the Republican party, as organized I'M
der it's old leaders, because they found
that it was not free, that it was en-
tangled; and they are turning to US be-
cause they deem US free to serve them.
They are immensely interested, as we
are, as every man who reads the signs
Of the time and feels the spirit of .Ae
new age is, in the new program. 1t is
solidly based on the facts of our nation
al life; it's items are items of present
business; ii is what every man should
wish to see done who wishes to see our
present distempers made an end of and
our old free, cooperative life restored.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
Trusts Are Not Merely
Infant Industries

The trusts do not belong to the period
of infant industries. They are not the
products of the time, that old laborious
time, when the great continent we live
on was undeveloped, the young nation
struggling to find itself and get upon its
feet amidst older and more experienced
competitors. They belong to a very recent
and very sophisticated aged, when men
knew what they wanted and knew how
to get it by the favor Of the government.
1t is another chapter in the natural his
tory Of power and of governing classes. .
The next chapter will set us free again
There will be no flavor Of tragedy in it.
1t will be a chapter of readjustment, not
of pain and rough disturbance. 1t viii
witness q turning back from what is
abnormal to what is normal. 1t will see
are the laws of competition and of I'M
hampered opportunity, under which men
of every sort are set free and encour-
aged to enrich the nation.
/ am not one of those who think that
competition can be established by law
against the drift of a worldwide eco
nomic tendency; neither am I one OF
those who believe that business done
upon a great scale by single organiza
tion-call 1t corporation. or what you win
lis necessarily dangerous to the liberties,
even the economic liberties, of a great
people like our own, full Of intelligence
and of indomitable energy. / am not
afraid of anything that is normal
dare say we shall never return to the
order of individual competition, and that
the organization Of business upon a great
scale Of cooperation is, Up to certain
point, itself normal and inevitable.
Power in the hands of great business
men does not make me apprehensive,
unless it springs out of advantages which
they have not created, for themselves.
Big business is not dangerous because
1t is big, but because it's bigness is an
unwholesole D.. inflations created by privi-
leges and exemptions which II ought not
to enjoy. While competition cannot be
created by statutory enactment. 1t can in
large measure be revived by changing the
laws and forbidding the practices that
killed it. and by enacting laws that will
give II heart and occasion again. We can
arrest and prevent monopoly. 1t has as
sumed new shapes and adopted new pro-
cesses in our time, but these are now
being disclo ed and can be dealt with.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
Not Seeking Destruction
Or Disruption of Any Kind

Let me say again that what we are
seeking is not destruction Of any kind
nor the disruption Of any sound or hon
est thing, but merely the rule Of right
and of the common advantage. am
happy to say that a new spirit has be-
gun to show itself in the last year or
two among influential men Of business,
and what Is perhaps even more siRnih-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09

Democratic Nominee for the Presidency Sounds Battle Cry
for the Campaign in Accepting Nomination endered HIM
By Notification Committee at Seagit Wednesday,
at Requires SefRestrant Not to Attempt Too Much and
Yet Would Be Cowardy to Attempt Too litte-We Stand
Face to Face With Great Questions of Right and JUSTICE
He Tells People of the Nation,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09

plete as that Of any other nation. We
must look to the health OF our people
upon every hand, as we'll as hearten
them with justice and opportunity. This
is the constructive work OF government.
This is the policy that has a vision
and a hope that looks to serve mankind.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09

and wholesome arrangment
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
DIR. Roper to Preach Tonight.

DR. l.. NJ. Roper, who has Just re-
signed the pastorate of the First Bap-
tist church of Spartanburg, to accept
the pastorate of large church in
Petersburg, Va, will preach at the
First Baptist church here tonight
The services will begin at s o'clock.
Rev DR.. Roper has numerous relatives
and friends in this his home county.
and doubtless a large congregation
will be present to hear him tonight.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
MRS. j. LEE LANGSTON
SUDDENLY PASSES AWAY
After Being in Ill Health for Many
Months, She Suddenly Passed Away
Yesterday Morning.

Mrs. j. Lee Langston wife of Mr.. J.
Lee Langston of this city, passed away
suddenly yesterday morning after
having been in i'll health for some
time. About $50 in the morning Mrs.
Langston was discovered in a sinking
condition and though physicians were
summoned at once. before medical
aid could be secured, she was dead.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Langston
was Miss Lenora Copeland, daughter
of ex-Treasurer John II. Copeland
who died several years ago She was
a sister of Messrs. David W., James /.
and Geo. w. Copeland of Clinton, Mrs.
j. b. Hollingsworth, |of Union and
Mrs. N. b. Johnson, of Whitmire. Be-
sides her husband, she leaves seven
children: Mr.. Lloyd c. Langston. of
Caroleen, n. c., Earle Langston, j. L..
Langston, Jr.. and Misses Ethel, Ruth,
Marie and Lee Nora all of whom live
at the parents home here.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon at o'clock and inter
ment will take place in the Laurens
Cemetery. Rev. l.. p. McGee, her
pastor, will conduct the services,
Mrs. Langston was consecrated
Christian woman, member of the
First Methodist church of this city,
and was greatly beloved by all who
knew her. Her death, coming so un-
expectedly, was great shock to her
numberless friends throughout the
city and the county.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
JOHN G. WHAM
HAS FINE REDUCED
Laurens County Man Recently Fined
$1,000 for HOrse-whipping w. +.
Nash Secures Reduction to $500.

'ScCuiCS W PcOU.
Columbia, March 30.-John G.. Wham
farmer of considerable means, who
resides near the town OF Clinton, in
I.aulens county, was saved the sum
of 81 600 today by Gove:no" Blease
Wham is said to be financially able
to pay a much larger sum than was
imposed by the Laurens county court
He was convicted in Laurcns county
at the last term Of court on the charge
of assault and battery of high and
aggravated nature and was sentenced
to serve two years on the public works
of Laurens County or to pay fine of
$500.
Governor Blease yesterday commut-
ed the sentence of Wham to a fine of
$500 with the alternative Jail sem
tence, which means that the farmer
was saved $1,000 by the chief executive
Wham was convicted Of striking W.
Ed. Nash. we'll known citizen of
Clinton.-The State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
BRlentlne.Reese.

Last Thursday morning, in the par
lors of the Gresham Hotel, at Spar
tanburg, Mrs. M. u. Balentine, of this
city became the wife OF Dr. d. H.
Reese, formerly Of Abbeville. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. c.
F. Rankin, the brides pastor, only a
few friends being present to witness
1t. DR.. and Mrs. Reese will be at home
to their friends at The Winona Hotel,
of which Mrs. Reese has been the
proprietor for some time
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
PRELIMINARY CONTEST.
Young Fellows to Hold Forth at Grad
ed School Auditorium Thursday EN-

|
ed School Auditorium Thursday EY-
ening.
The preliminary oratorical contest.
to select the speaker to represent the
city schools at the county oratorical
contest, will be held in the graded
school auditorium Thursday evening.
beginning at $50 o'clock
The following are the speakers and
their subjects:
Program.
Success in Life, Adger Bolt.
"The Unknown Rider" Richard Dun
lap.
Tribute to Jefferson Davis" Otis
Huff
"vesuvius and Egyptian, Edwin
Moseley
"Spartacus to the Gladiators at
Capua," Clarence Nelson.
The Murder of Mr. White" Hayne
Taylor.
"The Traitors Death-Bcd", John
Wofford.
"Burgoyne's Surrender" Wales Wat
son.
An admission fee of ten and fifteen
cents will be charged to defray the cx-
penses of the evening.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
LOOKOUT TAMPA YERS.
Council is Threatening to Take Dras-
tic Action ii the Delnquents do not

Council is Threatening to Take Dras-
tic Action ii the Delinquents do not
Come Acr, IS.
How wou you like to have your
name publis forth as delinquent
taxpayer? Wouldn't make much of
a show would it? Yet that is what
city council is threatening to do so
it is said. Publish them. yessurree!
Those names would make pretty good
decorations down the column, would
mt they?
The council is out on the warpath
after delinquent taxpayers. The clerk
has been surprisingly successful since
the drastic action was taken some
time ago. The money, some of it ow-
ing back for several years, has across
in floods, but some of the backward
ones are still behind and these are
the ones to lie sought now. The
council is determined to go after ev-
cry one of them in the proper spirit
but when the cash doesn't come across
after the velvet inducements are tried
some other kind of inducements will
be offered. Better pay up! Might get
your feelings ruffied a little all for
nothing The clerk will receive you
with open arms and ready cash
drawer key.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Little Child Dead.

Watts Mill, April 1st.-The infant
baby of MIR. and Mrs. Wade Ferguson
died at the home of its parents here
last Thursday The young child was
just two months and seventeen days
Of age and had just lived long enough
to endear itself to its fond parents
and attending friends. Much sympathy
is extended the father and mother in
their great loss.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
DEATH OF GOOD CITIZEN.
Mr.. James w. Bolt of near BnrkSdaIe
Section Passes to cByOnd.

Section Passes to cByOnd.
Mr.. James w. Bolt, a highly respect
ed citizen of the vicinity of Barksdale
station, passed away at his home early
Tuesday morning after a short ill
ness Of typhoid fever. The funeral
services will be held today at 12
O'Clock at Friendship Presbyterian
church cemetery. near the old Sulli-
van homeplace. Rev. II. l.. Baggott
will conduct the services.
Mr.. Bolt was the son of Mr.. Samuel
Bolt, of this county, and was in his
forty-siXth year of age. He married
some years ago Miss Mamie Simpson
and she, with four children, survive
him. Mr.. Bolt was man of many
excellent qualities. highly esteemed
by all who knew him and holding the
confidence of all of his acquaintances
He was consistent church member,
being a member of the Highland Home
Baptist church. His death is a great
loss to his neighborhood and TO all
who knew him elsewhere.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
FIELD DAY SPORTS
BY GRADED SCHOOL

Boys and Girls to Compete in Athletic
Events In the Darlington Pasture
Friday Morning, Beginning at IL
The first annual field day exercise
of the Laurens graded school will be
held in the Darlington Pasture Friday
morning, beginning at IL o'clock. Both
the boys and the girls are taking a
great deal Of interest in the sports and
1t is thought that the competition will
be keen. Thirteen events are on the
program for the boys and nine events
for the girls. Prizes have been offered
by the enterprising merchants of the
city, SO it is thought that the young
folks will pu forth their best efforts
to come out ahead. The public is cor
daily invited to be present and wit
ness the exercises.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
Next Lyceum Attraction.

The Toronto Male Quartet will be
the next number of the Graded School
lyceum course. The quartet will be
here Friday evening, April 5th, the
doors to open at $3.50 clock. AS this
is expected to be a very attractive
large audience is expected.
The admission to those not holding
season tickets will be 40 and 35 cents.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-04-03
WINS n Pinnn.

Miss Minnie Curry, of this city, is
among the prize winners in the sub
scription contest recently held by The
Spartanburg Herald Miss Curry won
beautiful piano and is being congrat-
ulated on every side. She is q daught
er of Mr., w. II. Curry, of Owings Sta
ton. and is popularity known all over
this section of the state.