The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-12


prevent the draining Of all the
money into few great cities, re
tanning it, so far as possible in the
communities where it belongs.
Does any sane man believe that we
would have escaped most de- !
structive panic during the over
seas war if we had not enacted the
reserve bank law?
eve passed an antitrust law, |
which tends to promote legitimate
business and to crush illegitimate
business Under the old anti
trust law the then existing trusts
flourlshed like a, tree planted by
! the rivers of water and new trusts
rang up as suddenly and as
~lerous as mushrooms in a damp
cellar.
Under the new law trusts are
being dissolved and are rearrang-
ing their business on legitimate
! basis.
We passed a bill to open up
our amazingly rich Alaskan en-
pire for the benefit of all our peo-
pie and to prevent that marvel
Gus storehousc Of wealth from be
ing exploited by the few for the
benefit of the few.
"The policy of locking UP Alas
ka was preposterous; the policy
Of throwing it wide open to ex-
Dloiters and looters was criminal.
We have chosen the better part
by authorizing the building Of
railroads into Alaska to open it
up for homes Cor our children
and our children S children.
when | was a child my father
used to put me to sleep by sing
ing a song the refrain Of which
was "Unclc Sam is rich enough
to give us all farm He was
then but he is moi now. SO we are
looking out for posterity.
. Very little land worth enter
ing now belongs to him outside Of
Alaska, which bids fair to be not
only a great mining region, but
also great gricultural and graz
ing section.
The Democratic policy seeks tc
. utilize in perpetuity the vast
/. wealth Of that a,s,azin & glssrieh-ter
, ritory for the benefit OF the Am
f erican
r The trades commission law is
:, SO far as our country is concern
S ed, a new venture in legislation
G intended to regulate trade so tha
r it will he fair trade-fair to all
big and little. Of course, being
t Of recent date, we have not haf
/ time TO set the machinery under i
t 10 working at it's best, but mucl
e GOOD is expected from its opera
S tIOnS.
Ii ''Thc rural credits bill will un
y dollbtedly prove a great blessing
i to the farmers The most va!uabl
t, features Of it are the long tern
t which the loan runs, the plan 70
y amortization, and the low rate 0
/ interest. These will give a pei
s. mancncy never before known o
l, this side of the Atlantic to agr
n cultural pursuits, and will, it
y hoped, il, luce more people to OW
n homes, GREAT desideratum. Th
le rural credits bill, taken in col
q nection with the reserve ban
i bill, ought to give great impetu
1t to the oldest Of human occupation
50 that of tilling the soil In An
erica the rural credits scheme
d. new, but in Europe it is old, ha'
Ie ing been started by Frederick tn
It. Great at the close Of the SIEVE
Mt Years war, century and ha
IS ago. The rural credits bill, {
r. landschaft, which he started,
in still doing business.
re ''The bad wagon roads OF Al
lp erica are sad commentary on OF
cy sense, for, stated in bricfest term
cd they constitute wicked and wa
he ton waste. We easily lead Il
81 world in railroads, but we d
he badly behind Europe in wage
in roads. We consider the Roma
Of 1000 years ago old fogies, al
alf vet they were ahead Of us, mu
OF ahead, in the matter Of count
lly roads. The Appian way is t
he most famous highway in t
ca world, and the rock roads viii
vs. they constructed across the Pyl
i'd nees are still travelled by t
tc. children Of men. The Shack
lit ford good roads bill is a 70
ted step in the direction OF sslvlng
sh, a system Of wagon roads viii
md will be Of permanent and VI
utility to all our people, partl'
'ng larly to farmers, reducing the e.
r a Of Transporting food products
nds market, thereby reducing the hi
avs cost Of living and increasing
ing Joy Of country life.
''After many years OF aCl
as tion in favor Of electing Unit
YES States Senators by popular VIC