Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-23

and resentment.
The Spirit OF Vance.
Vance said Of those who were en-.
plotting the state in 1876, that it
ought to be more tolerable for Sodom
and Gomorrah in the day of Judgment
than for such in North Carolina. The
spirit of Vance ond 1876 live stoday.
The city of High Point is to be
congratulated that in the shipment of
its furniture to the West, it will have
the same freight rate as rival cities
Of Virginia. The same rule must apa
ply to all our cities and to I'll our
commerce
This administration is ready to put
into operation the executive power
of the state to prevent the continual
ton Of this wrong. feel sure that the
general assembly is ready to exercise
any constitutional power to compel
justice.
Is it possible that any person or any
industry within our territory shall
not be accorded by common carriers
the same rights that are enjoyed by
the people of other states? If this
be so, then ours is territory to move
out of. And hundreds of industries
have moved. We occupy the land and
boast of the lineage and bear the
names of the Englishmen of Halifax
and of the Scotch Irish of Mecklen-
lenburg. We have inherited Magma
Charta, but it Is worthless without
spirit Of the men who made it.
We will win. The state will receive
immense benefit. Our industries will
feel the impulse and new. ones will
| spring up.
Tribute to Monopoly.
North Carolina has paid, too, her
quota of tribute to the rapacity Of
Unlawful monopoly. We have been
preyed upon by trusts abroad and by
trusts at home. They take from the
earnings of all. The poor must suffer
most. The farmers especially have
been plundered and oppressed in the
open day, without hindrance, by a
great concern adjudged not to be
criminal. We have been a patient,
long-suffering people. In our plat.
form there is promised legislation
that will make the existence of these
concerns impossible" There is prom
Used the enforcement Of the civil and
! criminal law against the trust and
against the man behind the trust.
In the fulfllment of this promise
we need trust law, clad in blue uni
form that can raid a trust den with
a warrant and handouts in its hands
The guilty should be made to tremble
the innocent may fear not. While
am governor, no innocent man shall
suffer by the criminal law.
The cry win be raised that such
legislation will injure business. The
trust viii shield itself, If possible, be
hind legitimate industry. 1t will par
alyze, If 1t can, the hand of justice by
warnings of disaster from the inter.
ference with business.
/ The destruction OF piracy rs the pro
lection of industry. 1t Is the duty
OF the state to protect and to en-.
courage every enterprise, small and
great. And this is the age Of large
enterprises. They are essential In
the economy of our civilization and
are the agencies Of its tremendous
power and accomplishment. "All the
currents Of time run to centraliza'
ton. To successfully resist It, we
must throttle steam and discharge
electricity from human service" But
these forces should be for the service
and not for the oppression OF man
kind.
Water Powers.
One Of the greatest works 20 be
done IN North Carolina is the develop
ment Of her water powers. This en-.
terprise is now beginning to assume
it's splendid proportions. It is DO
tential with magnificent upbuilding
The energy Of our rivers which has
been wasted and in wild cataract and
cascade has been harnessed and drtv
en- to cities and towns In currents OF
power obedient for all manner of
service. This industry should be wei.
coined and encouraged. The men be
hind 1t are benefactors Of the state.
The policy Of our law is that the
state shall regulate and control pub
lie service corporations. These wa
ter powers are the natural agencies
for, public service. They are natural
monopolies and since the time Of an.
cient grist mills have been subject
to government regulations The cor.
porations that own them should, like
similar corporations be controlled by
our corporation commission. This
must be done now. We should always
remember, however, that remunera-
ton should be In proportion to the
holiness Of the conception and to
the right Of the enterprise. This is ju
the risk of the enterprise. This is Just.
EmployeFS Liability Law.
For the protection Of the people
who work in factories and on the