Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-02

forty meetings and the question OF
| piiotugc was never mentioned to him.
| though in his bail;wick were II ma
! jori,y OF the business men OF Nor
| :olh city.
I'VE are on trial in this struggle
! with great monopoly" said Il
! Lindsay Gordon. OF Louisa. who said
| ;ac pilots exercised the greatest
! privilege granted To any men. the
! right To collect toll ON every ship
entering ANA leaving that great har-
Dor. ~" was against the state
creating ii monopoly which she could
not control.
Pilots Brnkr strike.
Delegate J. II. Stinsuu. Of Ruchan-
an. said 81 We had had requests
from the shippers To chance ,hc law
Nc would have had something ~ az;
r;on. The facts are the pilots broke
IT, strike. aui il there is I-.v uthcr
n!rger in the w"c iiilc' drr'- krow
it."
w NJ McNu,,. Of Kocrnr'dsc.
urged that the House suprort the
men from Novfoik. who presented the
bill, and Delegate samuel l.. Adams.
OF Halifax. urged shat the pilots he
not intcr:crcd with. since a majority
OF IN" Delegates from the Underwater
section were against The bill.
~ l.. EwvN. ut Princess Anne.
whose hNi 10 regulate the pilots was
defeated nj the l?e" session denied
destinations in advertisements that
there was money back ~ the fight
against the pilots. HI paid his re
spcctS 10 all persons who. during the
last carlIaiEn. took issue with those
who opposed tho pilots He said
YOU cannot build up Hampton Roads
unless YOU break the pilots monup-
Oily
Making the statement, that "wc
need p.lots IN our section OF the
country /" locate certain industries"
nc,esate j. Walter Gray. Of Wash
irEtun. said he believed in the axiom
that mans salary is commensurate
w';h his ability, since the pay OF the
salaries ~ members Of tn" Lcgisla-
lure IS - cents an hour" IL sad
that unless some on, could tell vhv
The Di.o,s should bc stripped II their
Present powers. he WAS i'm favor of
letting ihc law remain as IL is
DELEGATE Rachy coutcudcd .nat ali
20 officers had 10 make a report OF
Their earnings, and he thought The
pilots should.
Cues W"rk or Opponents.
Making the LA; charge that the
opposition TO the pilots Was because
They had twice broken up strikes
which threatened the shipping in the
por; ct Hampton Roads, H. Holman
WELLS a.: Roanoke. said that IL the
pilots had not broken L? the strike
In iel9. the y. & w. the &. Il O.. and
ia" NlrGiniau railroads would hav.
been hlocksd from Nor;olk to their
far Western terminals He alluded
To the campaign against the pilots
which had been carried OH through
the southern Planter and other pa
rc~s I'm tho state. and asked could
any on" deny that politics was he
ing played. Mr. Willis contcudcd tina,
those who sought To- change tn. laws
had had thrc" trials and had We,
come before the House and charged
that they had no; had square deal.
and further charged that commit
tees Were packed.
Nelson Il. Groomc. delegate from
Elizabeth city County spoke In be-
half If tn" pilots and said that the
delegates aud senators from Norfolk
Newport News and Portsmouth stood
, 10 against III" rage Brown Ewcll
bill He spoke OF the Davis owned"
and "paVis-tickelcd newspapers. and
urged that the House stand by the
delegates representing Tidcwatcr Nir-
cinia.
Tho closing speech was made by
pclcgat" } Harry Few. Of Accomac,
who h.ii that tn" members Of tho
| hoard should not h- appointed for
NE: that The boys OF Tidewaicr Nir-
rin!a should be given an opporiuuIty
to qualify. He said the Page brown
EwcN hill VAS founded on thc priu.
ciplc ~ rIcht and justice. You may
smother it, Kill il. but 1t viii b"
her" again" he asserted. ~ free
democracy cannot tolerate Il stat"
protected monopoly he said In clos
ing