The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-13


the Throat-When th~ Isr4~~sho-.si
Wa in the s2ade-king B~ssr~sirsi.
Bilklnsvtle. y. G. Feb IL. 1913
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
The ancient history or England hes
bin published In the columns ov this
paper up 10 the year 1903 AhouI that
date the crowns oy England al Scot
lard were united an the combination
became known az Great Britain
From that date great things
greater than ever bsforc. may D..
recorded But our purpose n TO give
the cream only. an in a brief form a.
that
James VI OK Scotland. became
King ov the combined countries on
March 25. 1909 lie auz the grand
son oy Margaret. eldest daughter oy
Henry VII This ruler had been
named by Queen Elizabeth while
practically on her death bed King
favorable circumstances But be
found the Job TOO large for him In
fact. ;he late queen had allowed
things to get in a tanglc. an the new
King only added 90 the trouble. Eng
land had awlways tried TO make n
great record in the matter ov com
merce upon the seas. Durin' the ad-
ministration oy the late queen. in
stead ov CROWN. the sea traffic had
fallen OF about one-third. King
James not only had 10 shoulder that.
but things grew worse. To add 10 hit
awl, the trusts were gettin' a start
The average reader may think that
trusts are new an few underntand
that in some form or other they hev
been doin' business since the crea-
/ tion. About this time the great ocean
traffic controlled by Britishers. most
/ ly residents ov London. covered b.
! far the larger portion ov the trade
| ov that country. an the whole world
/ had TO pay tribute, ov course II
| figures will tell the story hit IL only
needless 10 say that the shipping
/ trust at that early date worked 30 ef-
/ fectively for London an their own
| pockets that London an the great
/ shipping trust. composed ov only
| about two hundred men. In said 70
hev done business amounting 10 one
/ hundred an ten thousand pounds q
/ year, while the shippers who we're not
in the trust only did q business ov
seventeen thousand pounds per year.
An English pound amounts 10 about
| five American dollars IL any one In
not acquainted with money az count
ed In Great Britain. SO the 200
| London ship-owners were rakin' In
more than six times az much business
per year az the whole ov the indepen-
dent ship-owners ov the entire coun-
try. The two hundred men were max
in more money than thousands ov
men. The shippin' trust could con-
troll freight rates both ways on awi
outgoin' an incomin' freight. To
make matters worse. the King seem
ed to stand by the monopoly. At any
rate. he didn't help to put the mon
opolies out ov business. The King
even went so IA ras TO declare In a
speech 20 Parliament that the people
must understand that their priyi-
leges were derived from him an his
ancestors" This wuz eighteen years
after he went on the throne an he.
ov course, had been in harness long
enough to be more discreet. Durin'
hiz entire administration. the people
had TO live under q ruler vita such
views. He granted them no real ia
vors in finance nor in religion. for he
wuz just az narrow in a religious
way. Ov course. Great Britain didn't
prosper 10 any great extent He de-
manded great sums ov money to car
~ out hiz plans an hit had TO come
regardless ov who suffered. The King
llgion ov the people. He wuz FIRST an
( Episcopalian. second a Catholic. The
other people had TO take what they
could get. an that wuz but little. He
even tried 10 establish certain re-
i ligious forms according 10 hiE own
Ideas. Many ov the people refused
/ TO worship according TO the orders
ov the King. He tried 10 dictate a
( form for Sunday Observance an this
+ wuZ out ov harmony with the ideas ov
most people, especially when hiz
! plan wuz not to observe Sunday hard
/ ly at awl- The people were badly
! torn up an hardly knew what TO ex-
pect from such ruler. The King real
ly opposed anythin' like strict obser-
vance ov the Sabbath. though he did
not care 10 say 50 in plain words.
Finally. things got 50 warm that a
plan wuz hatched up TO blow mp the
/ CONTINUED on page 80