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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29
The VITAL PROBLEM Of
AGRIC(jL.
Ey Peter Radford.

There is no escaping the market
problem and the highest development
Of agriculture will not be attained
until it is solved, for a market
is as necessary for the producer
as land on which to grow his crop.
Governmental and educational insti-
tuticns have spent $180,000,000 in the
United States during the past ten
years for improving soil production
and improving seeds and plants, but
very little attention and less money
has been given to the marketing SIDE
Of agriculture.
The problem is a monumental one
and one which Will never be solved
until 1t gets within the grasp Of a
gigantic organization where master
minds can concentrate the CONFINED
experience and wisdom Of the ag-
upon it. It is a problem which tie
farmers, merchants, bankers, editors
and statesmen must unite in solving.
The Farmers Union stands for all
there is in farming from the mOst
scientific methods Of seed selection to
the most systematic and profitable
plans Of marketing, but does not be-
Iieve in promoting one to the neglect
OF the other. We consider the work
OF farm demonstrators valuable and
we ask that governmental and com.
mercial agencies seeking to help US,
continue to give US their assistance
and advice, but we believe that their
influence should be extended to the
marketing side Of our farm problems
also.
We cannot hope to develop manu-
featuring by over-DrOduction Of the
| factory; we cannot build up mercan
! tile enterprises by the merchants load
| ing their shelves with surplus goods
| and no more can we develop agricu}
| ture by glutting the market with {
| surplus Of products.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
is---E {. Johnson
On Two-Cent p aosenger Rates

both the State ard the Railway Com
pany testified that the claims Of tho
railroad were sustained by the facts.
Two cents cid not pay the cost o2
carrying 8 passenger q mile. The
State, however, co4tended that the
railroad was earning enough surplus
On its state freight business 10 give I
fair return upon the capital used ii
its passenger as well as It's freight
business. Tor the purposes Of the
case, the railroad did not deny this,
but held 10 its contention that the
State could not segre6ata its pas
se-lgor business fer rate fixing with
out allowing a rate that would be
sufficient to pay the cost Of doing
business and enough to give some
return upon the capital invested IN
doing the business regulated This
was the issue presented to the SUI
i2roraa Court. It's decision responds
10 the iu5Glent &C the fair-1aindeG
sentiment Of the country. The Su-
preme Court says that, even though
g. railroad earns 3, surplus On q par
ticular commodity by charging rea-
S0AaO4C TEUSS7 LL{1L GsOIC5 10 LSl4SOil
for compelling it to haul another's
person or property for less than cost.
The surplus from a reasonable rate
properly belongs to the railway com
pany. If the surplus is earned from
an unr casonable rate then that rate
should be reduced. the State may
not even up by requiring the railroad
to carry other traG1c fer nothing OF
for Jess thar, cost.
The decision is q wholesome one
and demonstrates tLat the ordinary
rules Of fair dealing apply 10 railway
com ra.25cs:. The fact tnat one makes
q surplus On his wheat crop would
never be. urged as & reason fer com
pellf2e him 10 sell his cotton at less
than cost. It would not satisfy the
man who wanted bread to be told
that its high price enabled the cotton
manufacturer to get his raw nrodrc c.
| for less than cost. II this case the
court rea1irned the homelv maxim
that each tab must stand upon IT,
!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29
FIE!)EEnIAL. INDUSTRIAL. !.
(1l)IlE.IIII25S:YIIl)I!

The recent investigation of the
C1ited States Commission Of Indus-
trial Relations brought together the
extremes Of society and has given the
public an opportunity TO view the rep
rasentatiyes Of distinct classes, side
BY side, and to study their views in
parallel columns.
Capital and labor have always been
daring at each other over guIfs Of
misunderstanding and if the Federal
Industrial Commission attempts to
bridge the chasn, it will render the
public distinct service.
The farmer has been sitting CT the
fence watching capital and labor fight
for many years and Incidentally f-rn-
isliing the sinews Ct var and Is is
Quite gratifying 60 f1d them talking
:, tn, instead cf. about, each Other.
When honest men smile ana look into
each others souls, it always makes
the world better and far more salts
factory TO the farmer, who il the end.
bears the burden Of conflict, than
resolutions, speeches or pamphlets
containing charges ana counter
charges.
The love for Justice makes the
whole world kin. Understanding is an
arLitor far more powerful than tie
mandates of government, for there IS
no authority quite SO commanding as
an honest Conscience; there is 10 de-
cree quite SO binding as that Of tho
, Gupreme Court of Common Sense and
10 sheGl11 can keep the peace quite So
! perfect as understanding.
We suppose tho time viii never
come when capital and labor VIII not
/ be occasionally Blinded b. tho light
/ ming flashes Of aYa-ice CT frightened
sy the thunder peals o9 discomfort.
/ But Understanding Is Prince OF
+ Peace that ever hold5 out the olive
/ branch to men who WAIT 20 DO right.
! 4 mans income IS always a sacred
/ thing fer n it are the hope, ambition
! and opportunity CT himself. and far
lily, bat .nere is nothing in q human
heart quite 50 divine as Justice augl
/ gTas ssssssstta ttt.E,y is its Eaadfgsaidea.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29

have to say. Mr.. Kruttschnitt, exec
utive head Of tie Southern Pacific
has written an article dealing with
the financing of railroads. He SAID
IN part:
"rhe financing of 6, railroad is e
function which the people, through
their servants, the Railroad Comm1s-
sioners aud the legislators, have
never attempted, cut It is most IN
portant problem, especially to sec
tions CT a State where new railroads
are needed. The placing of securities
has been left entirely with the pro
moter ard owner Of railroads.
"Tha immediate determination OF
what earnings the railroad shall be
permitted to receive and what bur
dans It snail have put on it is in the
a.ads Of other servants Of the pubic
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a DIVINE COVENANT.

Cod Almighty gave Eve to AdaTa
with the pledge that she would be his
helDneet and with this order Of COM
panionship, civilization has lowered
to its greatest heights. IN this rclar
tiorsfiD, Gcd las blessed woman and
man has honoTed her and after four
thousand years Of progress, she now
proposes to provoke God to decoy
man by asking for suffrage, thereby
nv amending an agreement to which
she was not q party.
Woman, remember that the Israoiite
scorned a divine covenant, and as q
result wandered forty years III the
wilderness without God. Likewise
man should remember that il is g,
dangerous thing to debase woman by
law Rome tried lowering wCE2an's s
standard and an outraged civilization
tore the clothes off the backs OF the
| human race and turned them out to
roam in the world naked and ua-
ashamed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29
I'll: BATTLE: If
TIL: TIRES

81 gTfeultuTal and Commercial Press serviee1
IL Is interesting TO watch the forces
of civilization battling for supremacy.
The struggle now going on between the
rubber and the iron tire promises to
be the liveliest contest of the Twer-
tieth Century
The struggle is q silent one and
Ehere are no war correspondents TO
write vivid descriptions Of the con-
5llct but the results are more far
reaching to present and future gen
erations than the war Of Europe
IIe rubber tire has been maneuyer-
ing for point of attack for several
years and has captured 8 few unin-
| portant positions ii traffic, but # has
now pitched a decisive battle with
its iron competitor by hurting & mil
lion jitneys' at the street railways
and the battle is raging from ocean
| to ocean. Upon the result of the
struggle depends the future of the
rubber tire. Il it Is compelled to re-
| treat, its doom is sealed, but If it wins
the battle it will revolutionize the
| transportation methods of this nation
Il the rubber tire conQuers the
! street traffic It's next struggle is with
the railroads Of the country, and then
/ the greatest battle between economic
/ forces ever fought out on the face
| oL This earth is or, for iron IS the IN
disputed master III transportation, and
| is fortified behind billions OF dollars,
and millions Of men.
Stephenson applied the steel tire
n a. 5r7,,v, n
before the golden spike was driven
at Promontory Point, which bound
the country together with bands Of
steel. It took the iron tire fifty-fIve
years to creep from ocean to ocean,
but tho rubber tire while warm from
the creative mind Of the inventive
genius sped across the continent Ike
2n arrow shot from the bow of Ulys-
ses. The rO2dbed was already pre-
pared and therein lies the power OF
the rubber tire over that Of iron, for
government builds and maintains the
public highway.
But iron is q stubborn metal and
it has mastered every wheel that
turns; Las fought battles with every
element above and beneath the earth
-all1 la, l1cEer t.sat1 tzlss- 7-V;2-iz.- -Y.
Of defeat, and when rubber hurls its
fun force against this monarch o.
the Mineral Kingdom, it may rebound
to the factory stunned beyond Eccov
cry.
The rubber tire first made its ap
poarance on tho bicycle, but it proved
{. frivolous servant and was dismissed
; 1CE lncompetcncy. It has always beer
too much inclined to revel in luxury
10 Be taken seriously IS utility ma
chine and its reputation is not one L
inspire confidence n heavy tra4u.
performance.
But to those who care TO watt. int
dreanlland, 1t is enchanting to not;
that there viii be q marvellous differ
ence between a rubber and an irol
age. The rubber tire viii scatter tn,
cities throughout the valleys Tor will
transportation at every mans door
Why q city? 1t viii traverse the con
, tinent with a ret work OF Macadan
highways as beautiful as the bouIa
! ward built by Napoleon. It viii PAL
; alyze the law making bodies of thi
: nation for how could the legislature
run without the railroads to opcrat
I on?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
s,l---Juiius E<ruttsCh:1!tt
On Financing Railroads

tho Legislators and the Commits
szo1ers.
"8Ianaging railroad is quite differ
ent from managing o government
where the money Is raised by taxa
1ion. When the expenditures. for
good reasons CT otherwise, increase,
taxes can be equally increased. TIE
railroads, while servants Of the pub
lie, cannot raise money with such
ease and facility. The railroads must
keen their expenditures within their
incomes because while they hare
some control over their expenditures
they have almost no control over their
incomes. their rates being. IEed BY
public authorities.
There is nos g railway manager IN
the country today who is rot fearful
that Under the press Ct increasing DC
uards the transportation systems Of
the country VIII, in q few years, break
down. unless the railroads are allowed
to earn larger funds wherewtth to
build it up. There are vast sections
Of the country, especially IN the West.
where more railroads are needed and
they cannot be built unless the rail-
ways raise new capital.
People invest money in order 70
make money. and they are s6eptical
as to whether they can make money
by investing in concerns that are dealt
with stringent1y and unfairly. Rail
road securities must be made more
attra ctive to invite investments, and
IN order taat they may nc made more
| attractive, the roads must be allowed
/ earnings that viii enable them 70
meet the increased oSpital charges.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29

states have a, two cent passenger rate
and whatever loss IS Incurred is rccoy-
cred through freight revenue. The JUS
tice Of such q procedure was recently
passed upon by the Supreme Court
CT West Virginia ac1 t1a decision is
SO far-reacling shat we have asked
L. z. johnson, president CT the Nor
folk ard Western Railway wllose road
contested Tie case to briefly review
the suit. Mr.. Johnson sad il part:
"Gorae ten years ago, passen ger
fares were Ixed by the legislatures
oG large number Of states at Two
cents q mile. IS basis Tor such
economic legislation, 10 examination
Evaa made Of the cost Of doing tbs
business SO regulated, nor was any
Attention given to the fact whether
such E. rate would yield to the rail-
way companies an adequate or any
net ratGrn upon the capital invested
il conducting this class Of business.
'Such q law was passed il West
Virginia In 1907 The Norfolk and
Western Railway Company put the
rate into alect and maintained II for
two years. It's accounting during
these two years showed that Two
cents Q mile per passenger barely
paid the outof-pocAet cost and moth
ing Was left 50 pay any return on
capital invested. It sought relief from
TE<~~-- -AE = 50 4eS -
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29

moved on t-HO-Wheeled carts driven,
and cfttimes drawn, by slaves; while
her artists were painting divine
dreams on canvas, the streets oE
proud Athens were lighted by fire.
brands dipped il tallow
The genius OF past ages sought to.
arouse the intellect and stir the soul
but the master minds Of today arc
seeking to serve Civilization has as
signed to america the greatest task
OF the greatest age, and the greatest
men thai ever trod the greatest planet
are solving Il. Their achievements
have astoaEdad the whole world and
we Challenge every age ard nation
TO name lcen OK products that can
approach IL creative genius CT mas
terful skill IN organization, the mar
| TclG-ls achievements CT the tren end
| Gus men of the present day. Edison
| can press q button and turn q light
| On multiplied millions Of homes; Vail
| can take down the receiver and talk
with fifty millions Of people; Ne
| Cornicl.s reaper can harvest the
worlds crop, and F'uItons steam cn-
| gino moves the commerce Of land
| and sea.
The greatest thing q human being
! can do is 10 se-ye his fellow men
! Christ did it; Kings decree it, and
wise men teach IT, Il is the glory of
| this practical age that Edison could
lnd no higher calling than to become
the janitor to civilization; Vail the
messenger to mankind; Mccormick
the hired hand to agriculture, and
Fulton the teamster 70 Industry, and
blessed is the age that has such
masters for its servants.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29
SCOTLAND NECK, n. C., THURSDAY, JULY %, 1916.
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
i--~EHt~oduCtCry

Through the Press Service Of Agri-
culture and Commerce, the master
minds Of this nation will De invited
10 the public forum and asked to de-
liver q message to civilization Mon
who achieve seldom talk, and men
who talk seldom achieve. There is
70 such thing as noisy thinker, and
brevity is always a close companion
10 truth.
It VIII be a great privilege TO stand
by the side Of men who can roll in
place the cornerstone Of Industry; to
associate with men WIG can l0ol
at the world and see to the bottom
CT it; to coQr1une with nsen who can
hear the rear Of civilization q feTT
ceaturies away.
Too often We listen to the rabble
element Of cur day thas cries cut
against every man who achieves,
"Crucify him" Mankind never has
and probably never viii produce q
generation that appreciates tho genius
Of its day. There neVer Will be g
crown without cross, pIegress with
cut sacrifice or an. achievement with
out q challenge.
This is IN age Of service, and that
man is greatest who serves the lars-
est number. The present generation
has done more to flrprove the con
dition Of mankind Tran any civiliza
ton since human motives began their
upward fight. The Greeks save human
life Inspiration, but while her orators
were speaking with the tongues Of
angels, her farmers were ploWins
with forked sticks; while her phil
osophers were emancip@ting hllnaI
thought from bondage. her tTctlls
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29

The farmers Of
this nation need
to become better
acquainted witt
the railroad men
and their prob
lens. It is only
those who know
that can give Us
information AM
the farmers CT
America should
listen attentiE ely
70 what the men
who manage rail-
read property
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29
lA|RY IS WOMAN
f|E[:(S5IL.E|::{;jj9S'|
DESTINY OF NATIONS DEPENES
UPON CCNTENTED HOMES,
BY w. D. Lewis.
President Texas Farmers Union.

President Texas Farmers Union.
Why is woman dissatisfied? Way
Goes she grow restless under the
crown of womanhood? Why is she
weary Of the Godgiven jewel Of moth
erhood? Is it not a sufficient political
achievement for woman that future
rulers nurse at her breast, laugh in
her arms and kneel at her feet? Can
ambition leap to more glorious heights
than to sing lullabies to the world
greatest genuises, chant melodies to
master minds and rock the cradle OF
human destiny?
God pity our country when the hand
shake Of the politician is more graft
flying to womans heart than the pat.
ter Of children's feet.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29

Physician and Surgeon
Scotland Neck, North Caroline
Office in Postof1ice Building over
North End Drug Store. Telephones
-Ofce 10. Residence "a.
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God Save Us From q Her-Pecksa
NaI;on.

I follow the pIow for a living ara
my views may have il them the snieti
Of the soil; my hair is turning white
under the frost Of many winters ant
perhaps / am a little oid-fashlonea,
but | believe there IS more moral IL
huence in the dress Of woman than IL
all the statute books Of the land. IS
an agency for morality, l Wou1dH>
give my good old mothers home
made gowns for all the suffragatte'3 e'3
constitutions and bylaws in the work..
AS a power for purifying society,
wouldn't give one prayer CT my sanity
mother for all the women's votes il
Christendon, As an agency Tor gcCG
government, [ wouldn't give the pla5
CT q mothers heart for righteCusnes5
for all the caths CT Office in the land.
There is more power II the sHlil9
of woman than in an act Of congress.
There are greater possibilities for
good government in her family q
laughing children than in the can
met Of the president Of the United
States.
The destiny CT this nation lies il
nails The hearthstone and the FAM
lily Bible viii ever remain the source
of our inspiration and the Acts Of tho
Apostles viii ever shine brighter than
| the acts OF Congress.
This country is law-nlad. Why a11
TO a statute book, already groanincs,
under its own weight, the hysterIcai
cry Of woman? If we never had 9
chance to vote again in g lifetime and
did not PASS another law III twenty
five years, we could survive the Or
deal, but without home. ciViiizatic-i
would wither and die.
God save these United States
from becoming hen-pecked nation; !;
help US keep sissies out OF Congress
and forbid that women become steD-
fathers to government, is the prayer
Of the farmers Of this country.
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DIR. y. z. Keel

Dentist
Scotland Neck, North Caralina
Successor DIR. A. C Lvermon
Office upstairs in the Whitehead
building. Office hours. from 9 to /
md 2 to 5 O'Clock. From 7 to 9 p.
H. by appointment.
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Woman Is Ruler Over All.

Why does woman chafe under re.
straint Of sex? Why reyile the hand
Of nature? Why discard the skirts
that civilization has clung to since
the beginning Of time? Why lay aside
this halloWed garment that has wiped
the tears of sorrow from the face Of
childhood? In its sacred embrace
every generation has hidden it's face
in shame; cNnging TO it's nlotharly
folds, tottering children have learned
to play hide and seek and from it
youth learned to reverence and re-
spect womanhood. Can man think Of
his mother without this consecrated
garment?
Why this inordinate thirst for pow
er? Is not woman all powerful? Man
cannot enter this world without her
consent, he cannot remain in peace
without her blessing and unless she
sheds tears OF regret over his depar-
ture, he has lived III vain. why this
longing for civic power when God has
made her ruler over all? Why crave
authority when man bows down and
worships her? Man tas given wo11an
his heart, his name and his money.
NIT mo- ,4,l<55 ,sz4S,
Can man find it III his heart to iCcE
with pride upon the statement that his
honorable mother-in-law vas one Of
the most powerful political bosses il
the country, that his distinguished
grandmother was one CT the ablest
| flibusters in the Cenate or that his
mother was q noted warrior and has
name terror to the enemy? Whittier
are we drifting and where wiz W3
| land?
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Allen AiIsbrOCk
AsE,by w. Dunn
VOL. XXI.

Attorney at Law
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Money 10 loan on approved secu-
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Or. 4. Ee. Morgan

Physician and Surgeon
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Office ia building formerly used
~ Br. j. 2. Wimberley.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-29

DIR. II. L. Savage
R3clsyz Mount, North Carolina
VIII be in Scotland Neck on the
third Wednesday Of each month at
tie hotel to treat the diseases of the
Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat and fit glasses