The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 30, 1896, Image 1
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v liAlhltOAl) COMMISSION r<? CON- |
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foin.'uissiniicr liiuiuan Olvos IIIh
\ lews Oil I 111' SubJCCt?TllO < 'oiit
J mission Invite* Kvcryliody 1 n t *? ?? - j
fled to !m> I'rcsoiil'-Tlio iicui'iii? ]
Soiuctlino in N*u\ ?? 1 1 ? 1 ? ? ? i* .
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'J ho Railroad Commission in again '
to hour tho railroad men and otlinrn '
interontod in tho question of fort ilixor 1
ifttca. Tho hearing will bo hold Home- j
tiino in November, tho date not having!
been dooidod upon.
Tho ( Commission held a meeting last ?
woek in Columbia, ut which Conimis !
Money Thomas introduced tho follow- J
ing resolution and mndo remarks j
upot) it, which are published below: |
"1 movo that tho Hoard of Railroad I
Commissioners invito Die trallio man
^ tigers of tho several luiliouda and tho
fertilizer men from ouch of tho mills
in the Btate to assist, uh in fixing a
'juBt and reasonable' rate, malting such
adjustment an commercial oha. jjcs re
quire to prcscr vo our territory to out
factories uiitl mines and givo tho peo
ple tho bone fit of a healthy and cquitn
bla competition
Upon this Mr. Thomas Hiiid.; Mr.
Chairman: Thoro is an old adago
"That a thing in never nettled until it
is Bottled ri^ht." I protested against
tho fertilizer rates made l?y the majority
i of this .Board last year and I liavo the
satisfaction in the rate coming up again
after a fair trial of Buying to you gentle*
wen, "1 told you bo." The rate against
which J protested was in my opinion
unjust and illegal. In older to show
thin I beg to review tho whole matter.
Tho demand for a reduction in the.
l'ftto came first from a largo mercan
tile firm in Anderson who manufacture
mid handle fertilizers extensively; they
asked for a reduction of 25 per cent,
in tho interest of tho fanners. Then
comes Dr. Robertson, of tho Globe
Phosphate Works in Columbia, and
asks for a 50 per cent, reduction, on
account of his great interest in the
farmer und,?becauso cotton Heed en*
joyed a low rate. Dr. Robertson ad
veitised for petitions to be sent into
the 1 bill road Commissioners' ofliee ask
ing for reduction. His advertisement
filled ono-quat tor page in each issue ol
tho Cotton Plant for nearly, if not
quite, a year and not a single petition
ever came into this ofliee except from
ono merchant at "llonea Path," and u
icHolutiou from a meeting of the .Stat )
Alliance asking that tho rates between
fertilizers and cotton need he equalized.
This proves that there was no dissatis
faction with tho Old rate, which had
been fixed by agreement between tho
Commission of 1801, tho traflio mana
gers of the railroad# and for fertilizer
manufacturers, after days of discussion
in tho ell'ort to put nil sections,of our
h'tato on a purity, tho ono with tho
other, and the fertilizer business had
adapted itself to that rate.
Tho old rato was "just and reason
able" as the law required in proof of
this. In making rates wo classify all
commodities that aro related to each
other in regard to weight, -bulk and
value. Compftro corn, grits and meal
in bags with fertilizer in bags. These
commodities arbpraotically of the tame
weight, bulk and value. The rule on
corn, grits and meal in bugs for the
average haul in this State, which is 70
miles, is is $!J.G0. Tho rate on fertil
izer in bilge, 70 mile haul, wan ?2.10,
reduced to$i.C0. Fertilizer was given
the ?2.10 rate and put in ft class by it
* self, because tho consignor and con
signee do tho loading and unloading,
for which the Commission allowed 50
cents a ton.
f tried to find out tho motivo for
reduction and offered a resolution,
"That this Board givo reasons for tho
extraordinary cut of rates on fertiliz
ers. sineo fertilizers were thou below
a parity with all analagous commodi
<7 tics." See page 45, November Gth,
minutes.
Tiio resolution received 110 second
11 ixl thtyoliairman of tho Hoard object
ed to it.s being spread on tho minutes,
saying it was ft retleetionou tho Hoard.
I replied that 1 meruit no reflection,
but /fcimply ollored one of the wise
rules of tho Interstate Commission, n
rule whieh gives publicity aud provents
tho Hoard doing any arbitrary or unjust
net under cover of darkness. 1 found
fault with tho chairman of tho Hoard
for a letter written hy hiinRelf, on
pngo 144, in our letter hook, tothofor^
tilizer lirm in Anderson, giving this'
firm information thnt tho fortih/.or
rnto would bo reduced beforo tho ro
d notion was considered. Tho lottor
bears date May 23d, and onSeptembor
4th tho Hoard invited tho railroad offi
cials, tho fertilizer manufacturers, the
mercantile tirm and all others interest
ed to a disouHfljon of (lie rate. Pago Bfi
minutes. Tho Invitation to discuss the
rato ftfter tho chairman had committed
. a majority of the (Hoard in writing to
rcduc^ftn appearod to mo to bo trilling
with great and vital |intero8t?, for tho
records showod that nijjp railroads in
this Stato woro nflfibTo, with economi
cal management, to pay their operat
ing expenses working the $2,10 rate.
Oa these nine roads the records show
ed a deficit of *166, 737.09. The law
requires us to make a "just and reas
doable" rate for oaoh read doing btui?
ucsa in this State. Section 1657, Oen
'' crab Statutes. Now a rate reducing
? aire of ttnrroostimportant commodities
handled in the Statp 26 por cont. is
manifestly an oatrago against justice,
reason and law, so far as, theso ninfl
eoacernedT . #0 i* was an
f nnJoHt anil unlawful diMriiainaUon to
givo information to ono mercantile firm
as to Iker action of this Board bofort
acttoji jkm* taksa aad wItbhol#lik? in
L'
! ormittion from ulKother llrntM similar
' ly situated.
j I oftorod a roBolution that tho rule ol
I Uio Interstate Commission be the rule
1 of this Hoard: " I hut on ref]uest ol
1 either tho coniplainaut or defendant
this Hoard shall muko public tho eases
| unci tho reasons for tho decision of the
I Hoard. " Sop pagoJ-17, Nov. 9 Minutes.
Your roosons for rcduotiou woropub
i lishod ni tho Stuto pupeis Doe. 20th,
1 1895. Tho main reason whh that "A
, road pussing through North Carolina,
i South Carolina and Georgia should
"jtuve all their patrons in thoso States
on a parity in the* rates used," Pago
"SI ? M inutes. This was a specious ur
fe'uiuoiit, ouleulat.Ht to mislead. Ttio
conditions which obtain in these States
are entirely diftVront. For instance,
in South Carolina tho average haul is
70 miloH and tho net income is $-193 per
mile. In Georgia i ho average haul is
150 miles aud tho net income is $910
per mile. It is against every prin
ciple of taxation to tax a 70 aero farm
! woWtf $ t ii.'i tho same as a 150 aero farm
worth $0-1 0, and so it is against every
principle of "just and reasonable" rate
making to fix the same rates for con
ditions so widely dilVerent. It is thene
foro unjust to tix tho suuto rate for
; South Carolina as for Georgia.
My position in this matter was en
dorsed by the legislature. If tho fer
tilizer rates should be the same us in
Georgia, then of course the passenger
rates should bo tho same. Tho pas
senger rates were thoroughly discussed
in the legislature and tho first class
rates for South Carolina was fixed at
I t cents per mile agaiuRt :$ cents in
Georgia for the same service.
if tho fertilizer rate should bo tho
Hfttno us the Georgia rate thou why
should the cotton lute not be tho same?
Tho South Carolina rate on cotton for
70 mile liuul is 25 cents, and tho Geor
gia rate for the same haul is 22 cents.
In a speech published in States papers
February 10, 1804, and again October
25, 1895, I urged on this Hoard of re
duction of the rate on cotton instead
of fertilizer if they must reduce some
thing; because the rate on crude cot ton
was higher than tho manufactured ar
ticle. The woight and bulk of these
two commodities are practically tho
I sumo, and the manufactured goods are
five times more valuable. Crude ma
terial should he ?? a lower rate than
more valuable manufactured articles.
Tho i eduction of the rato on cotton
would have been altogether in the in
terest of tho farmer for whom these
t fertilizer manufactures were so solicit
ous. Tho reduction of the fertilizer
rate was not in tho interest of the
farmer. At the conference it was shown
that the bulk of fertilizers wus sold by
the carloud to merchants. The purtics
who pay the freight and fix the prieo
get the reduction. Fei tilizors are sold al
most altogether delivered and the price
in llxed by the fertilizer manufacturer.
Tho farmer "is not in it." What ben
efit is a freight reduction of 50 cents a
ton? Tho truth is tho reduction of
tho fertilizer rate was against tho in
terests of the farmer inthatit destroy
ed competition, increasing tho demand
and tho price. Tho rnilrouds which
serve the people were hurt. The fer
tilizer factories of Charleston which
competed with the interior mills were
shut out of tho most valuable territory
in this State, and were injured.
Tho sole beneficiaries of the fertiliz
er reduction were two or three interior
mills. The muny have been mudo to
sutler for the benefit Of tho few. lu
communication to this Hoard of Octo -
ber 10, Mr. W. A. ('lurk, President
of the Columbia Phosphate Company,
tells what interest the farmers havo in
n freight reduction on fertilizer. 1] a
says :
??J'o illustrate: They have beeu
offering acid sacked niul tagged F. O. ;
li. , Charleston, at $7.'J5. ,N?w add to
this $:$.:{() freight to (lie interior maker i
$10.55 payable May J, J8U7. Now do
ducting from thin $1.75, which would !
bo an average freight to points north
t > f Columbia on any of the roads, |
would leave $8,80 net to ur at Colum
bia i uyaldo May 1, 1897.' ^
Now deduct Jrom this no freight at
tdl and this would leave $10.55 in t at
Columbia payable May 1, JN!>7. So it
i.s evident that no matter whether the
freight in ?;>.J>0, ?1.75 or nottiing at
all, the farmer- has always to pay tho
same, $10.55. This is proof from tho
best authority that tho reduction of
freight on fertilizer is altogether in
the interest of tho fertilizer manufac
turer.
The records s'.iow that many roads
jn this State wero unable to stand (ho
reduction and tho records show raoro
complaints in our o/lice than ever be
fore, ngainft the inconvenient and un
satisfactory service many of tho
roads are now giving tho people. Two
roatyi hayo tried to ceaso operation
durifcg tli o year, but the Commission
havo./orfced thern to continue. Ono
road triod to tear up its track and the !
people are now appealing to tho Com- j
mission and tho courts to prevent it.
The railroads rcsintod tho reduced
fertiliser rate and tho case was taken
to tho (United, States Court, whoro it
ahould ^mve been adjudicated and set
tled, buV iiibtead a majority of tho
Board entered into a trado with tho
railroad corporation ns follpws:. "That
tho railroads will immediately haVo
withdrawn tho pending bill in the |
United StatesCircuit Court in Eqnity,
and will agree to put in operation tho
reduced tariff on fertilizers. " etc. At
tho request of tho railroad companies i
tho commissioners will tako up at ao
early day, with tho trafllo managers of
the several railroad linos, tho considera
tion of tho ontiro freight traffic rates
with a viow- to ascertaining whether
.there are not some othor articles upon
tvhtoij thoy can consistently with thoir
official duties grant raises of rate, or
so roviso tli i entire tariff as to jus
tico and equiiy t<? alb''
Cbmmissionor TTJ7)mAS fT?otest?d as
follows;
1st, That it is tibjuit sod illegal to
/Attilizer* out of 4 lot of analo*
gens commodities and reduce it below
it# kind.
2d. That ho had ii resolution on ft lo
in t ho ofVt.'O lo readjust thewholo tnriiV
for twolvo months past, hut tllo reso
lution had broil ignored
ad. That this pao position, however, !
it might bo covered up in words wan a
trade and that ho was not authorized
or willing to make tiny such trade in
favor of one community against others,
but that justice ought to bo done by
tho Hoard to tho railroads and tlio
people o!i a consideration of tho whole
ttchodule, and he refused to be a party "
to any trade whatever.
\\\ A. 1 iKNMUeiON,
Chairman. j
Tho trade between tl o commission
and the railroads stripped of alls its ?
verbiage is simply this: Von work tho
fertilizer rate whether it is just or not, ,
and wo wilt raiso ratea to recoup you.
When you agreed to recoup tho raij* j
roads you acknowledge that you had ;
made for them an unjust and uureu '
amiable rate, else why agreo to pay
the railroads to work it? Tho fertili- i
zer reduction precludes even the con- j
Hideration of a reduction of tho rate j
on cotton, because tho majority of this j
Hoard under tho toiius of tho trade j
with tho railroads ale committed in a ,
written agreement to a raise of rate, 1
ttius you exclude iho farmer from v (
reduced rate on cotton to which he is ,
justly and legally entitled. On }>age
12 iu Georgia's Hailrotul Commission- i
era report, the Commission says:
" I'hat tho people do not read, think I
and observe how this great oiHipu?, I
tho Southern Hallway, is getting its {
hold on our industries ? farming, man
ufacturing, jobbing fruit raising, mi
ning, etc., and Bucking their life
blood."
I iiia {/rent corporation whoso attor
ney in ti iMiit with tho Statu said that
the capil ili/.nt ion of t}1(, Southern
Jtuil ivny wis |j r^cr t h iui tho whole
taxu! It! property of South Carolina it
stretchi ng i tii tentacles into this Slate
ami has pretty well gobblod up every
thing above Colnm t>iii.
If rates are to ho made in thin State
by tho Hail road Commission trading
with thin monster corpora! ion outside
ol ttio law, thon Cod lic?l j? the people.
Not. only tlm farmer but every other
industry in thin sinto will fjoon be
taught the nile put by Wordsworth
| into the month of Hob K*oy:
| simp|? rule, liiogood old plan,
I -I lint Im slinil take who has the power,
j Ami ho sluill h-oop who cun."*
| I'nder what law have you gentlemen
authorit y to 1 1 1, rates of any railroad
I below the eost of service and confiscate
the property? I'mbr what law do yon
J find authority for trading away the in
terests of tho great fertilizer manufac
turing centre of South Carolina, and j
turning it over to a few little interior I
mills who can t supply the demands of
oven the Piedmont section. You
gentlemen have yourselves dono that
which the law instriiQtfcyou to preVentV
that is the reason why 1 Jitvo publish^
^d protest after protest against a rate
which J luiow to be unjust, unreason
able, discriminative And illegal.
I ' 'fl.v per cent, of tho fertilizers in
this State are Hold in the Piedmont I
section. In all that section there was!
a blanket rafo of ?$?!.(>() per ton from j
Charleston, which by agreement be- j
tweeu tie; commission, tho railroads
and fertilizer manufacturers, after
days of discussion was supposed to j
place Charleston and Columbia on a >
?parity in that territory. It was work
ed for years without complaint until
the Anderson and Columbia Mills got
ho awful distressed about tho poor
down trodden farmer. Tho rate from
Charleston into the Piedmont territory
was cut about 8 per cent, and tho
Columbia and AudersOn rate about 25
per cent., thus giving tho Columbia
and Anderson mills 17 per ecnt.'hiargin
of profit. I ho Columbia and Andur
won m ilia sell all their goods on tho
Charleston price ami the 17 per cent,
profit goes into their pockets instead
of into the pockets of tho dear farmer.
On September 17th this Hoard is
sued the following instructions to ike
railroads as regards thy cut-rate war:
"That tho same dillVront inl which ob
tained between tho eompetitvo and lo
cal points before the war began must j
be preserved in any cut that is made." j
it tho instructions of the Hoard were I
right in Ihe cut rate war then why did j
the Honrd tako exactly opposite j
grounds in tho fertilizer rate war, and j
refuse to preserve the differential
which obtained between Charleston
and Ci bimhia without assigning any
valid rf-ii|(tn and without considering
tho comparative cost, of production at
the two points, arbitrarily created a
differential of 17 per cent, in favor of
the interior mills. At one of our con
ferences the secretary of our Hoard
stated that he sold 8j<i,<)0f> or $fit),000
worth of fertilizers. I asked him from
what point. lie replied, from Colum
bia. 1 referred you to Section 1 (Vit
CJ . S. , which forbids railroad commis
sioners from owning any stock or
bonds of any railroad and then make
raten for t lint road, f stated that! saw I
our seerrfary mako this rate and that j
it wns tortnlnfy against tho ppirit of j
tho la\{ for tho secretary to mako rates j
| to onanlo him to\ell fertilizer at a j
profit of|17 per cent/l*bove hiscompct- ?
iters. IJ)o Charleston manufacturers |
^bhyo eotyo before us with a just com- |
plaint /The discriminative rate rnsdo !
l>y this/Hoard Invo shut these com- !
plainants out of tho moet desirable ]
territory in this State, nud lift TO cloocd ,
nj) eomo of their mill**.
'Iho most ufioosivo and dangerous
of All discriminations in transportation j
in the preferential rate, that ia, a ralo
that will destroy tho bqainess of ono
community and build,. up another..
That </nolcotamuhity'*houl<! bo given
an Arbitrary advantage ovor anothet
in the supply of a common necessity
liko fertiliser in repugnant to overy no
tion til c?pp?ti XyitU OflfetfXfTO to tho
*jide?t conceptions of jnstice, and
nbovj all it f* diametrically opposed
t?y tho law* of our tiUto.
Tho 17 p?r cent, advantage wbfcl?
this lata has given Columbia and An
derson will ultimately close overy imio
of t ho ( 'hnrlcston mills ami transfer
tlio fortili/.? r business into tho interior ;
or into homo other State.
Tho Charleston manufacturers have
spout millions of dollars in developing
the fertiliser industry nnd hnvo paid j
great sums ? ? l royally into the State '
troasuiy. In tho interest of the. .State, i
in the intercut of fair play ami inobe- |
dionoo to law their plants should ho j
protected from those unjust and dia ?
cri initiative.- rales, F.qual rights ;
should be accorded them and no spo
end privileges ho grantt d their com- I
potitors.
Of what avail are industry, onto:
prise, intogiity or any of tho qualities ?
whioli lead to success if one competitor
is givtji 17 per cent, advantage over
another? In mich cane tho race is not '
to tho swift nor tho battle to tho i
strong, but to the one wliose freight !
rat oa are tho lowest. 1 hope my reso- J
lution will meet tho approval of tho
Hoard and tlnit you will join mo in !
the endeavor to lix a "just and roan J
onablo" rn to that will bo just aliko to |
tho railroads, tin* fertilizer mannfao- j
turers and to the farmers.
Chairman Kvnns offered the fo'iow
ing, which being adopted, made tho
resolution read:
"1 move that tho Hoard of Kailroad
Commissioners invito the traOio mnn
agorH of tho several railroads, and the
fertilizer men from each of tho mills
in the State anil repreeontntiYOS of all
organized bodies of farmers as well as
individual consumers who lire inter
ested in this important question to as
sist us in fixing a just ami reasonable
into, if the present rate is found to be
unjust and nureiisonablo, making nucli
uljm-tinen! as eomniercial changed re
quire, if such adjust mont and changes
ho found necessary to preserve our ter
ritory to our factories and our mines,
nod to ?ivo tho peoido tho benefit of >
uealthy and equitable competition."
Mr. Wilborn ottered the following
imendmcnt, which was, however, ro
j 'eotod :
" /iV.vo/jvy/, 'I hat the said investiga*
I lion on fertilizers bo held with a view
C/f reducing tho joint i atea north of Co
! "Hubia, S. C."
nr; i)ii:i) likk socka i ks.
I'ioT. .McCice, of < Icinson College, l-'n
(allyCut by Corn .Shrciblin;; M'ii
eh i iicry.
A special to (ho News and Courier
from CJcmfion College, says: Prof.
W . I*. AJcdf'O was fatally injured
1 hursday. Ho wiik at tho barn show
ing li?i; s.en:or oIusk tho working cf a
now corn shredding machine when his
coat was caught bv tho saws of tho
machine and ho was instantly cut in
the dido by the saw teeth. ,!t was soon
scon that lie was fatally injured and he
began giving directions as to his burial
and tho disposition of his property.
His father w as telegraphed to ami he
asked that Ins old fi iond and preceptor,
(ion. Stephen 1>. .Lee, should bo noti
fied also. Tho latter sent tho following
reply to President Craighead:
"fell Mc(!oo that I am shedding
tears tliat one so bolovcd and promja
ingshouhl moot such a fate."
This message fitly expresses the sen
timent hero, for Prof. McGco onjoyj d
the respect and friendship of all nnd
Ill's death is greatly deplored. He was.
151 years of ago, tillable and quick ami
of (?oinmauding presence. Ho came ti
Clemson as assistant profossor of agri
culture in March, LS'.M, nnd was elect
ed pi ofesacr in 185)0. His remains
wore sent to his homo at Lexington,
Miss., escorted by two members of the
faculty. Mr. McOeo exhibited remark
abJo ciilmnoss throughout, knowing
that he could not live, and died peace
fully.
KOIt l ine I'lCOPLK'S CAUSE
IVutsou, Candidate for Governor,
Hpeaks (o Freemen of tlio Htutc.
Cyrus 1). Watson, Domocrntio cnn
il i < (h t <3 for Governor in North Carolina,
who I)uh boon con fined to his bod with
f?.vcr lit ]i i k homo at Winston, Iiiih is
sued /vn address to tho voters of his
.State, whljh is written in burning
words to freomen. Helow is a few
scrapa taken from the letter, which is
worth considering :
"AJy fwn voice cannot bo raised in
your hearing, but let tho voico of my
letter pi on I with you." He also says
that "1 desired to meot my opponent,
Mr ' Russell, the Republican candidate
for Governor, in joint dohuto upon
I all the questions in this campaign, but
, he rejected nij challenge and declined
to stand up in the held with iue before
I the people."
I n-anted above all, my fellow citi
I Zens,- to enter every county in North
Carolina and see you personally that 1
might know you and that you might
know me, that in tbo administration of
tho responsible duties of Governor of
North Carolina, 1 could represent the
interest of every section, knowing no
man above another, but doing justice
to all. And noW from my bed of sick
ness I send you my greeting, ami the
full assurance that if f should bo by
! your suffrages elevated ,to tho high
I position for which tho Democratic
I party has presented mo as its candidate,
I would ask no greater honor than to
no administbr'dio duties of my high
olficc that my conduct would meet with
(ho approval of you all.
What Minister Tcrrcl Hays.
Hon. A. W. Terrell, thoUnlted States Minister
jo Turkoy, has glvon to tho Associated Press
tho first explicit nnd authorized statement
from ftn official soureo regarding the mission'
of tho United Htates steamship Bancroft in
tho Levant. Ho mid: "Tho report th*t the
lUneroft will, under instructions, for<K tho
JJsrdcncllea Is too rtdfculou* for seriona
notice. Tho fact of tho mAttor li that I have
rot applied foe the entry of a dispatch baat
to Corfctantlnoplogjfrlnco [February . ?So the
fdhVfiVAhttftat I have abandoned or with*
drawn an application 14 entirety without foon*
dallon, I bavo not *?veu mentioned tho sub
ject of a dispatch boat to tho I'orto since
.?ebroary. lae relations between Turks*
iend tho United Btatej y cordial."
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HOlll NII>1\S AKtil'KI) 15 lv I ?'< ? 1 i I :
>11 1: si ?*k i: m i; cot n r.
riu? I.HlKa(lou < Ih> Kosiill ot an In
land i >ii Obtained I ?y Ono .ItUtws
Donald, \N bo Sought to I'irvoid
Kol/.uro b> ^ unstable* of Liquor
Inipo it (Ml for Ills l'rlvnto I sr.
At Washington Inst Wednesday,
nomowlmt in) 'Xpoetodly to the ollioors
of (ho court ami attorneys engaged,
Iho nrgnmotd upon what is Known (is
(ho South ( hi olinii dispensary oases
whs ) 1 1 *|4 tin. Iti t ho on foreomen( of llto
law Iho Statu of South Carolina oamo
into ooulliet w i t ii Federal oll'icers,
which resulted in bringing (he law lo j
tho attention of (ho Supremo Court |
upon hoimo oollatoral questions, lmt in ,
Iho cast-H itt bin Iho validity ?>l tho law,
to fur as it relates to tho soizuio ol
liquors im port oil into Iho State by
private citizens for thoir own
use, is at stake] Liquors so j
imported had boon^ seized by (ho
constables appointed to onforeo tho
Dispensary law, iiml (fames Donald, a
citizen, brought hiii( ngninst tho four
Constables for tin i njunol ion to rest rain
I liciti from Hei/.ing m tho future any
ales, win oh or liquors imported into
tho Stato by himself for his own per
sonal uho ami consumption. i'lio ease
was 1 i 1 till iu tho I' nitoil Stales Circuit
Court ami aflor a homing tho court
gran toil tho injunction asked for.
From Hint ilocroo tho constables ap
pealed lo Iho Supremo Court. At tor
noyliotierul \V. A. Ihirbornpponlo.il on
behalf <>f tho constables in support ol
the law.
I ho court ailjouruoil before argu
ments hail boon completed.
Mr. Harbor contended tha( tho suit
iiiHtitutod by Donal.il was in oiled a
suit against theSlalo; that (lie federal
Court had not jurisdiction of tho cases,
j presenting no question alining under
the lawn or constitution of the United
States, and that tho law in bo far as it |
prohibited persons' from importing al
coholic. liquors into tho Sbito lor por
Honal iiro and consumption, is iu tho
lawful exercise of (ho police power of
the State, and is not m conllict with
tho constitution and inter -State com
nieroe laws against tho United States.
Replying lo thi! argument of Attor
ney (.b'lieral Harbor, 1'. K. IJryan
contended tint so much of tho Dispen
iar" law as forbids a citizen < > f South
Carolina to puii'hnse in other Slate#
and lo import in that Stato alcoholic
liquors to) hie own use ami eotisnmp
(ion, tlii jrodneo of other Sta'os, dis
criminates ? gainst the product and cit
izens cf other Stales and also acts
Atj ii ii h c those other States, in violation
of tho inter-Stato coatmereo laws.
lie spoko of the magnitude, and far
reaching consequences of the princi
ples hero at stake. A new political
theory was involved, as stated by liov
en or Tillman in his message of 18'Kl,
which ha nummarizt-d iu theso words:
"ft. is not diflicult (o loeato (ho school
of jiolitical thought that nnuonncoH as
a new principle in our form of govern
ment that tho Stato should supply
what tho people want."
If tho Stale could "supply what the j
people want" in (he liquor trade, said
"H r. Bryan, it could in every trade in
which the oxorciso of polico power in
tho Stato could make regulations and
thus ply the whole business, trail o and
conifriercc of tho Slate and tho State
co\ild bo constitutionally turned into n
system of oOicial conduct of businesr
with an army of yfiieets and Stale
Agents; nnd thus instead of tho indi
vidual citizen conducting trade with
piivate capital and (private enterprise,
under (ho protection and restraints
and regulations of Iho government,
tho Stato would be conducting trade
with public funds through olljeial em
ployes. To stale Lliis result is lo dem
onstrate tho fabity "f tlm principle,
for this result is simply socialism and
pntornabffu and communism and do
stro^w^ihe very purpose and trans
grosses all (he bounds of "civil govern
nent," in tho history of tho Anglo
'Jnxoti race, and as comtemplated by
C, i founders of these American Com
monwealths. "
Argument in (lie Soulli Carolina
dispensary law cases was coucludod in
(he 'Suureuic 0~urt of Iho Dnile.d
Stales Thursday. ( 'onsiderat ion ol
.he cases was resumed immediately
a.. or (lie disposition of (he ordinary
rouiine ol motions, etc. Jleforo Mr.
Hr;an proceeded with tho argument
in suj *?ort <>f the judgment of tho Cir
cuit ('ourt of (he United States ol
South Carojina that constables of Hit
State be restrained from seizing li
quors imported into tho Stato by
Complainant ? Donald for his own nso
and consumption, an interesting col
loquy oeor. red between Mr. Justice
Brown and Mr. liryan. Tho justice,
colling attention to the declaration o(
Donald, that the scizuro of tho liquors
in question had damaged him in tho
suiu of- SO, 000, asked how tho act
could damage hfifo in that sum wlion
tho value of tho liquor seized did not
exo cd 8100. Was not tho.dcclara
tion mode, the ,usticc further inquired,
in order that tho eaeo might ho ljpmghl
within tho terms ? of tho law of 1888,
under wh'-h tho jurisdiction of the
Federal courts ?n? claimcd, and which
required thct tho Amount involvod ex
ceed 81.000.
Mr. Bryan roplied that tho Supreme
Court hfiMKmaaetl upon that point in
the caao t/rfBurnoy Edmunds in the
116th United Htntea, on appeal from
tho Circuit Court of Virginia. That
wa( a case 'nvolving bnt $21 of taxen,
but tho court held that the question of
dainagca for tliu iavaaioii of a coneti
tutional right wa? peculiarly one foi
determination by jury. That was tbc
pol.^ at iMUa in tbi? oaw, Mr. liryjin
raid- Mr. D'nald amrted that hit
*
| rights had Ui'i'li invaded by tiio State
I oMeiub' lifter not oe of protect M Itini.
Mi .) m tioo Hiowi, said llhtl w h I If
h ? wiih on Iho Circuit bench he hint n!
j ways held llial llnio must bo Home
i s fltd reasonable proportu n btlwoci.
j tho amount o| damages claimed ami j
t that ? 1 1 i**li had boon siist u nod. If tlx I
i view of i*t > it <ist* I wiio to lio tin* iiih1 j
: ho ha 1 il , it wpnld only hi- noiOSKin v tt j
j alloj.,0 damages in tin- Hiint of I< j
I bring every tor willim tho law of ISSN
Mr. Ht van, '"'plying thiii miggctt
I I toll, called I li o alto lion ?>l tho colli '
j lu tho agreed idatoiuoul ol I .?<? t ? in t!>? j
juko in ? hi it it w as admitted by tin |
Attorney 1 1 one nil of tho f" t a I o t lut t l h<
j right ot tin) complainant, I'oiitun, it.
j ini port liquors, which tlu* dispensary .
! law invaded, wan of tho value of j
' That lu* assei tt'il, was fin iVioit'iit to biing j
j tho t'a.so within tho toriuHot tho law of
' ISSN,
In tho course of thi;t argument upon
| tho power <?l a Stato to engagu in tho
! ti atlti of any article respecting whn-h
! it hat'! tho right to niako polioo rognla- I
tioiia, Mr. II mill declared that tho real |
bond hot worn tilt* Stall's ot tho I nioii
wan commercial iih wi ll as political, j
"Tho roal bond is rather commercial .
| than tho othor." In oonnoolioii with .
! tho an uu nation ot' Attorney tlenornl
harbor, that tho oourl in ili?| ?oiihi iif?
law enacted thin year, Mr. Hryan slut :
cd that in tin* ease of Snyder, tlooitlotl j
in August hist, Judge Siinoiilon hold i
that amendment to bo unoonslitultou !
al.
1 n liia oon'-'liuling argument in sup
port of tho validity of tho law, Attor j
n \y lioiicral Ihirbor asserted that. tln>
od'oots CltMiora^ Harbor ansei'tod that |
tho HI' rt of tho dispensary law was, in
tho first I ho j > i tablets of otlior States, j
for tho figures show that I'D por oont.
of all tho liquors Bold by tho dispen
sary ollloials w ere imported a mi tho
1 iw primarily intondod to secure to tho
pooplo of tho Stato ptiro litpiorrt, and,
secondarily, to rodnco tho evils llow
iug from tlioir list). As to ila ollloaoy
in thin latter rrgird, tho Attorney
(ion oral quoted (iovoruor Tillman to
tho flVoot that tho law hail reduced tho
oon.siimption of liquor fit) per oont. ami
k 10 number of crtim b enured by tho
ti ho of liquor f>7 por oont.
Tho matter of actual operation of
tho law in respect, of tho discrimina
tion against hqiiora of all other States,
in oil bo tho State agrees to purehiiHO
their stock from ono Slnto aloue, wan
tho subject of numerous quostionn by
mo in be ra of the court. Tho Attorney
Cleneral found Homo dilliculty in mold
ing them all but maintained that tho
State's olVieers wtnild do their duty
properly and that tiio liquors td all
St at ? s would conic into proper compe
tition.
Mr. Harbor agreed with Mr. Hryan
that tho court should taUo into con
Hi deration Judge Siinontoii's decision
in tho Snyder case, saying it was tho
desire of all tho Stato'a oIlioialK that
tho Supremo court of t lie I ' nitod St at oh
nhould pass upon the law in all its
foaturcH. Tho court now has tho case.
il('TI<K*t ON WATSON'S MtTTKK.
lie Will Not Publish II Unless (lie
C ? c'?> I'fJC III II Ala lies ail I in port ant
Change in It .
Monutor Marlon Uutlor, chairman of tli<?
the Populist national committee, gives out
l li<) following:
. "Mr. Watson's tetter wnn received Hatur
tlny nixhl. it liatl boon tlotalnod la tho po?t
onieo for wftut of HufTlclont poHta^e, and I
had not boon flotlllcd by tho postofllco au
thorltioH. Of courao 1 o<pocl?ilMr. Watson
to givn his Icttor to tho public in tho usual
way fH?o,o? 03 he bail it ready. At a recent
ineetia^ of our executive committee at C'lii
engo Mr. Washburno wan sent by our com
mittee to Thompson, On,, to confer
with Mr. Wataoli. On hist Monday,
Mr. Washboiirno sent while he was at
Mr. Watson's home at Thoiif.sOti, Qa., ft'.ltiiiK
in t not to piibliab Mr. Watson's letter until 1
lieanl from him, but that was before I had
ro.oiv'il the letter, la t lie meantime My.
Washburn > went t > Nashville. Tenn.. on last
.Saturday for another conference with Mr.
Watson. I wired Mr. Washburno, who bad
jiiHi returned from Nashville, where he had
a second conference with Mr. Watson, that
tho k'tter had been received. Mr. \\nshburn<t
wired mo in reply, asking me not to publish
the letter at present. In tho meantime I bavo
wired to Mr. Watson. urKiaxthe advisability
making at len?t ono important eliango in
his letto . if he authorizes this change, 1
will Kivo out the letter. Otherwiso ho must,
take the responsibility of publishing IdW
sel ?
^Sl'llfdl "MaKIOX liUTI.KH.
Army of Uniformed l*;vn n/{cl Ists.
Tho Now York Herald says: Th? Protestant
I" plyopal C;i?u of tho United Htntej im
about to orxauizo an army of uniformed
ovatif;olistH, who will bo 'under military dis
cipline an<l compete with tho .Solvation Army
and tho American Volunteers In t li?* field of
Christian work anionic tho poor. This im
portant project has been decided upon at a
mocttpfc of prominent clergymen from differ
ent parts of thocountcy. Tin' plmm will In
clude thu best features of I lie S.'t I vat ion Armv
anil of tho Church Army of Kn^lam!, from
widely tho former organization ppranif.
Ifojuildican Naval I'ilrtulo.
At Now York, Halurtlay night of Inst w^k,
one of tho most unique marine spectacle ovoi
Been in thu waters of ^hat harbor took place.
It was a magnlflconirdlsplay, participated in
liy tho t wo humlrpn different craft and wit
nessed by nil linmunso crowd or people. Tito
even' wn# tlrft nautical "grand fireworks dl?
play. Illumination and marine paradu" of thu
Shipping and Industrial Hound M one.y A*<o
ciatlon In honor of McKinloy and Ifobart,'and
nrni tho first dom^tration of tho kind tyer
Spain Has t lie Cash.
Tho Premier of Spainr Bonor Canova TJe.l
Castillo, has requested tho Associated If rfesf
toannounco that tho ropoits, cald to h/tvo
been circulated in, tho United Htatid, that
flpufn has notthe roaourciwnoccasary to con
?tinue war in Cuba, an^unfoundod.
CJ'ljjC -rmakeM Oii' Strlko.
81* hundred operatives In Manrara'a cigar
factory struck at Tampa, Fin., iMjenusothoIr
demand* for an Increase In wages wero not
iCcodedto. ,<rboclgai maker# aro all Cubans
ftO(l Bpanlvdi". Much bad blood ' prdvoll*
?nd florlous troublo Is npprehended. The
men will not allow othvr workmen to take
theic&laoee. ,
I/flio best way to' rernovo anna ntia
g?lt from wnftll fruit, when washing Is
to lay the fruit JoosoTy In
a clean basket ami dip tho br.xket Into
ifeMh, clean water.
rlv'KPAUINU l?Oli 111 I1". K. 1 1 ??'.< : I ION
Mm' Secretary of State I h s ti oh llie
Kotnts til I'lliH'diui Nitlici'Si
t'nder the law tho Secretary of Stato
hint to prepare tho forma of cleotion
notiecn for tho H t a t n and Fed oral govi
t i n! electiona, wlueh have to bo used
by tho M'vorul boardu of elcotion com
in ifi.su) iit'i h in tho varioiiH countioH in
I ; i n i 1 1 lulvertinomont noticed of tho
olcctioilH.
Tho notices aa prepared by Secre
tary Tompkins are an follows:
"Notice of Flection for Stato and
County Onioers. State of South
( 'arolinn County,
"An elootion will bo hold at tho sev
eral precincts cotnhlikhod by law in
. . . county, on Tuesday, Nov. ?1,
l.H'.'O, fur 1 In* following oOieerH, to-wit:
Coventor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec
retary of Stato, Attornoy-Oonotal,
Comptroller ( I on or a I, Adjutant and
I iiHpootov ( lonornl, State Treasurer,
State Suporintondoiit of Kducation,
ono Ivailroad CanuniNsioncr, Repre
sent a t iv en to tho lower branch of tho
Legislature, one Circuit Solicitor, ouo
Clerk of Court, one ShoritT, ouo Si
pcrintendont of Lducation, one Super
\ i??or ?, ono ( 'oronor.
"The polhi will open id 7 o'clock a.
in , iiiul cIoko at I o clock p. in.
"Tho following named persons havo
boon appointed managers of olootion
lor State and county ollieers, to wit :
i l vo names. )
"Ono of tho ahovo namoil managers
at oiu'h box will cull upon tho board of
commissioners at ? : ? , J89(?,
to rocoivo ballot boxen, poll list and
instructions ami to be qualified.
"Coiiiinriionorii Statu Flection. ,
S. C., Oct. I KiHS.
Tho other form in an follows :
"N'otioo of Federal election.
"An election will bo hold on Tues
day, tho ltd day of November, 181KJ, at
lliu legally established polling pre
cinotM in county, for a ropro
aontativo of tho (.congressional
district of South Carolina, in the f>f>th
eongreBB of tho United States.
"The pollb will bo oponcd at 7
o'clock a. in. and kept open without
intermission or adjournment until 1
o'clock p. in.
"At tho close of the election tho
managers shall immediately prooeod
to publicly count tho ballots. Within
three ilayH thereafter tho chairman <.? f
the board of munagerH, or ono of them,
to bo dominated in writing by tho
board, i.liall deliver to the commission
em of election the poll bat, the boxen
containing the ballots and n written
idatrmont of tho result of the election
at I ho precinct.
"Tho following named persona havo
boon appointed to iiraunge aaid election
by the board of commissionera of elee
tion lor ? county, to-wit.
(( ii vo names. )
"Ono of tho above named malingers '
at each box will call upon tho board of
commissionera at , , 1H!)(5,
to receive ballot boxes, poll list ami in
structions and to bo f'i'ualinod.
?? * i
"Comtnissionoro Congressional Fleo*
tion, ? ? ? , S. IH'.KJ."
Hound For Arson.
J. S. Brady, who In In Jail la Dublin, On.,
WiiS srpoated on a chnrgo of conspiracy todo
fraud insurance companies by committing
nrflofi . Hu was given u commitment trlul and
bouiljl over to a higher court. The orlmc
was committed a year ago, but tho ohly wit
ness against the accused wus afraid to mycut
to it in court, an Drady bad threatened l?im
if ho divulged tho secret. J)ut, aa tho pris
oner is under arrest, the witness told the
rtory, with tho abovo result. lirudy is a no
torious character, 'A' mmr of amnio means,
and brw defied tho law in running "biln<'
alger*" i>y Ms adroit methods for n lone ''/no <
Republican Naval I'aradc.
At Now York, Baturdny night of last week,
one of tho most uai(|uo marine spectacle ovor
soon in tho waters of that harbor took place.
It was a magnificent display, participated (a
by tho I wo huadrod different craft and wit
nessed by an immense crowii of people. Tho
event was tho nautical "grand fireworks dle
play, Illumination nad marino narado" of tho
Shipping and Industrial Hound Money Asso
ciation in iionor of MoKiiiloy and Hoh?rt,.and
?vhm ilut first domstratlou of tho kind ever
bold. - '
llcct Sugar Uxpflrimriif .
Tho Wisconsin Hugnr Moot Hoflnor?, tho
only establishment of tho kind in tho North
west, has opened Ita doora for tho manufao
turo of sugar from 10,000 an r.M<of sugar beets,
grown from a car-load of Beads imported
from Franco by Maukorha county farmers.
Tho beets aro bciug delivered at tho rato of
1,500 wagon loads pur week, and tho outcome
of tho oxperlmaDt is awaited with Interest by
growers aud dealers of Wisconsin, Illinois,
Iowa. Michigan and Kansas.
Tim Cashier Kills Himself.
At Fredericksburg. Va., W. T, Hambu'o h
tho absconding bankor from Junvau,. Wis.,
killed himself. Rambusch wont to ifrejer
ioksburg last week and registered at tho ho
tel aa O. T. Anderson. He. shot himself in
tho national comotory. Tho l>ody was found
la a aittlng posture, tho hand still grasplu?
tho pistol with which ho shot himself In tho
right temple. Ho loft a note saying ho
wished to dio among ??!s comrade*.
Tho Flowor Congress.
Ai Ashovlllo, N. 0.. Wednesday, tho Na
tional Flower Congress convonod at th^bnt- *?
teify Park Hotel. Tho attondanco was small.
? Frederick Loroy Hargoanl, Instructor of
[/botany In Harvard University, WM elected
} president; Allsa JPlorenco Chcnojr, of South
Mancheator, Conn.. flret vico-broafdenlj
Hon. Frank P. Ireland, Nebraska Olty, Neb*,
wond vlco-pre?ldcnt; Kdwin II. Taylor.
\jbeville, N. O,, nonrotary.
Southeastern lluDball League,
At Atlanta, Oa., a toiogrnm rcceivod from
President Young announces tho decision of v
tho National ?h? m attar of yeffat-^ -
lion or the different loaguca in tho South, At
lanta bWng the point 1A dlsputo., The de
cision plaoed Atlanta la the S0othoAitern
League, wbMk starts with Atlanta, CbArlea
(on, Savannah, Macau and Angoeta. It will
oe iitbxn a ?* oran ?4ghtxhttrl?yHk
The fltnit tiling ir rcnri fnftnfowf
?n?BUT In that lio l? ct ity.
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