Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-07-25
ROSS a. COLLINS
His Record Of Achievements p Performances
not Mere Promises

Broke the Cotton Seed Trust and thereby saved the oop
of this State millions Of dollars annually besides turning nt
the Treasury of the State more than 1925 100000
Kept down ongistance telephone rates for five months b.
suit instituted by him. thereby saving the people of tbs
State thousands Of dollars daily.
Kept down monthly telephone rental rates by suit institute.
by him. and thereby saved to+he people State thousand
of dollars monthly.
Kept the telephone companies from forming pant tolb
ana telegraph combination which would have meant yreatep
rates to the public He also made The said companies nav f.
the State penalty Of $5oOOOOO for such violation Of the law
Kept down the price Of school books thereby savin, tbo
sands OF dollars annually to the parents Of the school children
of the State. '1''
Kept down freight rates and saved the neon. % bo s.
hundreds Of thousands of dollars monthly
Z Caused the Legislature to establish two rate exne Co.. bo
benefit Of the shipping public provided for the navoe
OF their salaries from collections made BY him
supported the abong every effort to better hi, oo
dtions '''i -" 'olf
hep every passenger train running Mississippi and even
aer announcements made that thew would be takn or
ana he the only Attorney General in the United State. tina,
did this '' ''@''' 'na'
~ Caused the Standard Oil Co. to pay fine Of $6oooooo m
violating the law Of the State
" Fooeht for the enactment of the Child Labor Inv and b
laws IN behalf of women and children
49, ro"gh all efforts of corporations TO monopoIz. the nd -
W 'ate and did more to put farming CORPORATIONS ant 4
business than all other public officials combined
40 Sustained against attack Guaranty of Bank Denosi+.
'nere0H making depositor's funds safe
~ caused to be passed law prohibiting oil mills from ~
oNHs me gnnng business, and compelling them f. I
uen gins as they owned other than those Ioco4a3 - i
Pais lie upheld against legal attack the oonsit,1it
of the VIC 'onSu'uuonallty
49, Upheld practically all acts affecting the weIf.r. - ~
when attacked in court y 'H7 people
To- Fought and upheld in the courts tho , .,,.
turing concerns from working empoya mora '"auS'
per day. 4'''9S more than ten houn
,H railroads from charging passengers nena1tv i;
"''i'ion 10 fare when boarding trains without tickets
" wrote the referendum petitions and sent thew 80 . :.
pe giving the public the right to vote on bo NH 1
Law ana 1urther sustained in court the initiative 49,,
'i''0n Amendment to the Constitution of the STATE
a. Has fought profiteermg and laundering A. ~ h,
Icn ana powerful crooked interests and noaa " Wv
legislation to remedy the evil fp''' 'pecl"
4L 'O a Oh our State Banking Laws and con,nolad
h. H. u unofeds OF thousands of dollars to deuosto.
" 'noSe responsible for the failure of tho hon.
Bank of Enterprise ' VI Aierolan and the
NJ ms reports to each Of the last four Legislatures
' sanitary changes in the Statute law Of tba s+a+a -
WIZ oD'''eo' and have proven Of vast benefit to tho -
n ta1p - INSTITUTES RECORD OF PERFORMANCE
qtNn NM NY n'gnoES HAVE ANY OF THE MEN OPP
~ HIM 1oJ INV lnLlS MUCH FOR YOUf THEN WHY NOT
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