The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 14, 1910, Image 1
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VOLUME XX. r, CAMDEN. 8. C.. FRIDAY.
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Gov. Ansel Wants Liberal Pen
sions for These Grand
Old Men.
monument for the women
I ,
Other Matters Recommended Aro
Higher Salaries; New Executive
Mansion ? Talks of Aasesment of
Property Equalization For Tax
ation.
Columbia, Special.- ? Governor An
sel's message was read before the
Senate and House of the General As
sembly Tuesday, and is in part us
lolows :
To the Honorable, the Members of
tlio General Assembly of the Statu
of Soulli Carolina:
It becomes my duty, under the
Constitution of the State, at this,
the opening session of your honor
able bodies for the year 1910, to give
to you such information as 1 have as
to the condition of the various de
partments of the State and to sug
gest and recommend such legislation
u:> to me seems meet and proper.
The year l'JOf) has been one of
much prosperity in all lines. Your
duty, therefore, as the makers of the
law which is to govern this great
people, is more grave and momen
tous, and I beseech that you bring
to the discharge of these duties your
best thought and judgment.
State's Financ23.
During the present fiscal year, it
} ><'uu'.e neccr-sary for the Governor,
State Treasurer and the Comptroller
General to borrow the sum of live
hundred thousand dollars in antici
pation of the collection of taxes, to
pay olT the interstc on the State
debt . pension for the Confederate
veterans, tin- other appropriations
made by you at the last session, and
to pay the expenses of the State
govern mint for the your. We were
fortunate in being able to borrow
this money at three per cent through
the l'lametto National Hank of the
city of Columbia. The notes given
for this amount are now being paid
out of the taxes collected for tho
year. <
In order to place the State on a
cash basis without borrowing each
year, I recommend that you levy an
extra one-half mill for t lie next few
years, placing the same in the
hands of the Sinking Fund Com
mission to be loaned to the State,
until a sufficient amount has been
thus raised, to do away with the
necessity id' I orrowinir.
?inkicg Fund.
1 wish to call your attention to
the report of the Sinking Fund Com
mission which will he pi need on your
desks during the session. The as
sets. as shown by said report, are as
follows :
Cumulative Sinking Fund (for re
demption and payment of South Car
olina Brown 4 1-2 per cent bonds),
$700,208.58.
Ordinary Sinking Fund. $79,208.47.
Sinking Fuhd for insurance of
public buildings, $f)l, 028.90.
Several losses have been paid dur
ing the past year from this last nam
ed fund. The largest be in g the in
i. suranee on the donnitory and school
building of the Colored Normal Col
lege at Orangeburg, which was ?h>
st roved by fire in December of last
year, the amount paid on this loss
being $1.(570.
The Sinking Fund Commission, in
accordance with the power granted
il by the last at t of the General As
sembly has contracted to lease the
old , State dispensary building in the
city of Columbia for a term of
three years, and the automatic
sprinkling apparatus is now being
put in the building as authorized by
said Act. The rental price is $1,200
por annum, and eight per cent upon
the amount expended <u the im
provements made. By making1 this
lease we save to the State (lie five
dollars per day and night that we
now have to pay for watchmen *jnd
will receive twelve hundred dollar.*
per annum and eisrht per cent on the
amount of expenditures for the im
provements put on the building.
In obedience to the, last Act of
von honorable bodies, we ndvertised
lite property for snle at the uj>sct
price you placed upon it, but re
reived no bids. ... We then tfiade Hit
lease above mentioned.
Education.
, Marked progress has been made
luring tlie present year in tho edu
tatnraai institution# of the Stale.
1 1 1 e < increase in attendance in tho
lOinmon schools, as well as in the
iigli aehools and colleges, is fireater
than in any year *? our P*sl hiatory.
\ rcferopee to the admirable report
jf the Htate Superintendent of fckhi
. at ion will verify the above aaaer
won. New and better sehocl houses
ir* Uipg built, and many of the
tehee I districts are taxing thena
j wives, in addition to the ordinary
Hire? mills tax, to run their schools
from eight to nine months in the
pur. We have now 131 high schools
(n the State, and the good work they
are doing will, in my judgment, fully
compensate for the appropriations
you have made for them. The re
it riet ions you have made of an ex
penditure of not more than live per
cent of tlie appropriation to any one
county, 1 reeommend be changed, no
that the State Hoard of Education
may use more than that amount in
a county where it is needed, if some
other county does pot oualify for t lie
full amount it would otherwise be
entitled to.
The appropriation made for the
rural schools last year has been of
sfreat benefit to many in the State,
and I respectfully recommend an
other and larger appropriation for
the next scholastie year. *' * *
A hill will be introduced at this
session of your honorable bodies
(looking toward a change i.i Ihe pres
ent law as to the examinations for
| Scholarships in the various State in
stitutions. After consultation with
the representative of said State in
itutions, the bill whiqfi will be intro
luced accords with their views of
the changes which should be made,
and 1 respectfully recommend that
the said bill be enacted into law.
Dispensary Law.
In obedience to the last Act of
this General Assmebly, an election
ivas held on the third Tuesday in
August last in the twenty-one coun
ics that had county dispensaries at
he date of such election. '
The elections all passed oft very
piietly and the people voted in ac
cordance with their views upon the
picstion presented. Fifteen out of
the twenty-one counties refused to
i'ote the sale of liquors into said
counties. Six of the counties voting,
to wit: Charleston, Georgetown,
Beaufort, Aiken, Richland and Flor
ence, voted in favor of the sale of
liquor, and the county dispensaries
in said six counties have been carry
ing on their business as provided in
the " Carey-Cot bran Act," and the
Act /"To Prohibit the Manufacture,
Sale, etc., of Alcoholic Liquors, etc.,
uid to Provide Penalties for Viola
tion Thereof,'' approved 2nd of
March, 10, 9.
The fifteen counties refusing to
rote in the sale of liquor have dis
oosed, or are disposing of their
<t ticks, as provided in the Act "to
Provide for the Closing of the Sever
ll Dispensaries in This State and
tor the Sale of Ail Stock of Liquors,
1 leverages. Fixtures and Other l'rop
?riy Belonging to the Several Ihs
tensnries. " approved March 2, 1001).
ind the business of the dispensaries
in ill soon be wound up under' the
Hi per Vision of the Dispensary Audi
or.
As to the dispensaries in the six
counties which voted in the sale of
iquor, I desire to renew my recom
jundation made in my annual mes
sage to the General Assembly in
1 908, to wit, "That not more than
>ne county dispensary be allowed in
my county where liquor is allowed
:o he sold, except in those counties
.vhere there are cities with a popula
:ion exceeding twenty-five thou
sand." This is in the interest of
einpe.rance. 1 firmly believe that if
mother election is held in those six
jounties in the corning year most of
them will vote the sale of liquor
)ut. I ask your earnest eonsidera
;ion of the question of providing for
mother election in these six coun
ties in the near future.
Winding-Up Commission.
Since the last session of your hon
jrahle bodies, the litigation t hut was
pending in the United States Court
restraining the Commission from
proceeding with their work and ap
pointing receivers for the fund, has
Seen decided" by the Fnited States
supreme. Court in favor of the State.
The Commission, sinco that decis
ion, has been busy in the perfor
mance of its duties and many of the
.Maims against the State have been
settled. A few of the. claimants have
appealed to the Supreme Court of
this State from the adjudications of
the Commission, and these cases are
now pending in said couit.
The Winding-up Commission is
?nm posed of Dr. W. J. Murray, John
McSween. Hsq . . Avery Patton, Esq.,
?T. S. Price, Ksq., and Capt. A. N.
Wood. I wish to recommend in the
highest terms the fidelity to duty on
the part of these gentlemen and to
express my suteeer thanks to each
of them for the work they have
done as members of said commission.
They have up to this time turned
over to the State Treasurer for the
use of the permanent school fund,
as required by law, the sum of two
hundred and seventv-fivc thousand
dollars, and more will, in all proba
bility, be turned over after the liti
gation about the claims now in our
State Sunrcme Court is eiwleil
Supreme Court Building.
I wish now to recor&mend that a
Supreme Court* Building be erected
on the State House grounds, on As
sembly street side, but facing the
Capitol, at a cost not to exceed
thirty thousand dollars. This money
could be borrowed by the State from
theJ Sinking Fund Commission and
paid back by an annual appropria
tion of from live to six thousand
dollars until t)ic same is repaid. I
believe this to - bo feasible, and k
rommision could bo appointed by
your honorable bodies consisting of
one of the justices of said court and
two or three of tho State officers to
arange the plans and superintend the
construction of ?aid building. ? ? ?
State Hospital .for the Insane.
At the last session of your honor
able hodiea, you appointed a com
mittee to investigate and report to
vou the conditions and nsods of this
institutiou, and# ss said committee's
I report will l>e on your debks very
soon, I 1 1 . 1 1 1 content myself with
giving the following data:
There weer on the Hint day of
January, 1010, 1528 patients within
itii walla: White men, 375; colored
men, 322; white women, f)ll; color
ed women, 320.
There were admitted during the
year 605. Theer were 287 discharged
und 250 died during the your.
Penitentiary. j
This institution, under the care
and direction of the Superintendent
and Directors, has kept up its good ]
reputation and has hud a year of
good results.
There were on the first of Janu
ary, 1910, 893 prisoners in the pen
itentiary, as follows: White males,
170; colored males, 001; white fe
males, J; colored females, 59. They
are located us follows : On county
ehain-gungs, (ill ; on Stute furms,
185; at Lexington County Keforma*
tory, 90; at C'ietnson College, 33;
Penitentiary yard und hospital, 510;
total, 893.
Railroads.
The passenger rates on railroads in
this State, that were put in opera
tion by the railroads on the first of
April, 1908, are still in existence and
the charges for passenger transpor
tation are the same. 1 am still of
the opinion that more authority
should he given to the Railroad Com
? mission of the Stute, to require the
railroads to comply with all reason
able rules and regulations made by
said Commission.
The Commission, in their report,
make certain recommendations which
1 respectfully ask you to consider.
State Board of Health.
Our people are becoming more in
teersted eaeh year in the health
question and in the duty of the State
lo prevent the spread of all epidem
ics and contagious diseases.
National Guard.
I desire to reiterate here what I
said in my last annual message* to
wit, that: ''The citizen soldiery is
a very important arm of the State
Government and -should he sustained
and encouraged by all lovers of peace
and order.'' Whenever called up
on to render any srevice for the
State, they have responded with
promptness and dieharged their du
ties with fidelity. 1 recommend a
liberal appropriation for its main
tenance.
Salaries.
In my annual message lo the Gen
eral Assembly in 1!)08, 1 used these
words, "Some years ago. when the
purchasing value of a dollar was
more than it is at this time, the sal
aries ol' our State ollieers and judges
of the supreme court and circuit
courts were reduced. 1 desire to ask
it' the time has not come when these
salaries should l:e raised attain and
your ollieers paid a salary commen
surate4 with the work they are re
quired to do?" I desire to-again
bring this matter to your attention
and to ask its serious consideration.
Our State is prosperous and the work
of each of the officers is increasing.
The increase in salary would not
benfit any officer now serving his
present term, but I feel it is due to
those who come after us.
Dopartment of Agriculture, Etc.
Much good work has been done by
this department in stimulating the
farmers of the State to improve their
methods of farming and by giving
them information that will be help
ful. At the last session of the Gen
eral Assembly an Act was passed
making it the duty of this depart
ment to see that the provisions of
the factory inspection law and the
child labor laws be obsreved and en
forced.
Insurance Department.
The work of this department has
been carried on with great zeal ami
fidelity. When we consider the
(treat volume of business done in
both life and fire insurance in this
State, the wisdom of establishing
this department is demonstrated.
Confederate Veterans.
It is hardly necessary ' that I
bring to your attention our duty, in
a substantial way, to help the poor
and needy Confederate vetcransv
This duty I am sure is appreciated
and felt hv every one of you.
South Carolinians will never for
get the valor and heroism of these
true and tried old soldiers. I recom
mend a liberal appropriation for
pensions for these grand old men. 1
The Soldiers' Home, established^
by you in Columbia, has been in)
operation for the past year, and there,
iro r.ow sevnty-deven inmates there
in. It Is well managed and I hope
that each of you will visit the home
and see what is being done for these
'helpless and otherwise homeless old
soldiers.
Monument to the Women of South
Carolina.
In obedience to the provisions of
the Act passed at the last session of
the General Assembly, entitled "An
Act to Provide for a Monument to
the Heroism, Fidelity and Fortitude
of the Women of South Carolina
during: the War Between the Con
federate States ami the United
States," approved March \\/ 11)09, I
appointed as the commission there
in provided- for Ocn. C. Irvine
Walker, of Charleston; Col. Thomas
J. Moore, of Spartanburg county;
Copt. C. A. lteed, of Anderson; Capt.
W. E. Gonzales, of Columbia, and
Major John G. Richards, of Kershaw
county. These gentlemen went im
mediately to work and in a compar
atively sl:ort time received contribu
tions in cash amounting to about
eleven thousand - dollars, thereby j
complying with the terms of the Act,
and a contract haa been entered in
to between them and Mr. F. W.
Ruckstuhl for the sculpturing and
erection of the monument aforesaid.
He ?- now engaged in making this
monument and ths hope of the eom
.
mission is that it mav Ik? completed
during the present yeur.
lu tin Art providing for the ap
pointment of the commission, there
was 110 provision made for the pay
ment of - the actual expenses of the
commission while in' diHchaige of
their duties. J, therefore, reeoin
mend that some provision lie mode
to pay the actual expenses incurred
hy these gentleman while attending
to the duties of the roiivmission.
Reports of State Officers, Etc.
The reports of all the State ollicers
und departments will he given to
you during the early days of the
early days of the session, show in#
the work of each during the past (is
cal year. I commend these reports
to your careful consideration. I
ask that you study them and make
yourselves familiar with uil the
business of the State. These gentle
men have all been faithful to the
trusts committed to their charge.
Income Tax Amendment to the Con
stitution of the Unitd Setates.
The Congress of the United States
ut its session begun and held at
Washington on the fifteenth of
March, A. 1). 1909, passed a Joint
Resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United
States, commonly known as the '' In
come Tax Amendment," and has
sent the same to tho Governors of
the several States of the Union to
be presented and submitted to the
legislatures of the several States for
such action as to them seem meet.
I request you give the matter at
tention at this session and say by
your action whether the State of
South Carolina is iu favor of the -said
amendment or opposed to the same.
Gentlemen, the people of South
Carolina look to you as the law
makers of the State, and the guar
dians of her welfare and future pros
perity, to enact such laws as shall
redound to the best inteersts of all
the people.
May the (Jod of all nations and of
States guide you in all your delibera
tions. M. F. A N S E I >,
January 11, 1910. Governor.
ROLL SOUTH CAROLINA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The roll of the senate and house
are ?^i \-?m? below, the stars showing
tiios(j who have two years yet to
ser\ e : ?
Lieutenant governor and president
of the' senate? I Ion. T. (!. MeLeod of
Lee eountv; postotliee is Bishopville.
Abbeville ? \V. N. Graydon, Abbe
ville.
Aiken- ? 0. W. Croft*, Aiken.
Anderson ? G. W. Sullivan, Wil
liamston.
Bamberg ? J. B. Black, Bamberg.
Beaufort. ? Niels Christetisen, Jr.,
Beaufort.
Barnwell. ? G. II. Bates.
Berkley ? J. A. Harvey, Pinopolis.
Calhoun ? hk J. Summers*, Cam
eron.
Charleston ? lluger Sinkler, Char
leston.
Cherokee ? W. C. Hainriek, GafT
ney.
Chester ? P. L. Hardin, . Baseom
vllle.
Chesterfield ? Ci. Iv. Laney, Clies
terfield.
Colleton? J. S. Oritftn, Walter-'
boro.
Clarendon ? Louis Appelt, Man
ning.
Colleton ? J. S. Griffin, Walter
bo ro.
Darlington ? I). T. McKeithan,
Lu ruber.
Dorchester ? St. Clair Mucken
fuss*, St. George.
Edgefield ? Thus. S:; Ruinsford*,
Edgefield.
Fairfield ? W. J. Johnson, Ridge
way.
Florence? J. V/. MeCown, Flor
ence.
Georgetown ? LeGrand G. Walker,
Georgetown.
Greenville ? W. L. Mauldin, Greeu
ville.
Greenwood ? C. A. C. Waller*,
Greenwood. ?
Hampton ? uVft. Smith, Hampton.
Horry ? I). A. Spivey*, Conway.
Kershaw ? W. 1?. Ifough, Camden.
Lancaster ? T. V. Williams, 'Lan
caster.
Laurens ? J. II. Wharton*, Water
loo.
Lee- ? B. F. Kelly, Bishopville.
Lexington ? P. M. Crossom, M.
P.", Letsville.
Marlboro ? T. I. Rogers, Bennotts
ville.
Marion ? W. J. Montgomery,
Marion.
Newberry ? Alan Johnstone*, New
berry.
Oconee- ? J. K. Earle*. Walhalla.
Orangeburg ? Robt. Lide*, Orange
burg.
Pickens ? C. 'IL Carpenter, Easlev.
Richland ? F. H. Weston, Colum
bia.
Saluda ? J. M. Forest*, Saluda.
Spartanburg ? H. B. Carlisle, Sprtr
t an burg.
Sumter ? J. II. Clifton, Sumter.
Union ? H. P. Townsend, Union.
Williamsburg ? W. L. Bass, Lake
City. ?
York ? W. II, Stewart*, Rock Hill.
Konse of Representatives.
Following are members of the
house of representatives.
Abbeville ? P. B. Carwile, Abbe
ville; M. J. Ashley, lfonca Path; J.
Moore Mars. Abbeville.
Anderson ? K. P. Smith, Anderson;
E. M. Rneker, Anderson; II. F.
Celey,^ Anderson; J. W. -Ashley,
Honea Path; J. L. Jackson, Ander-1
?on, R. F. P.
Aiken ? R. J. Wade, Afontmorenei; 1
Dr. W. D. Wright, I-angley ; A. R. 1
Bush,. Bush: John 8. injtian^i
Springfield, R. F. D.
^wi? C. Fult*, Mortcka
? - ' ? . ?
| Corner; Jeff D. Wiggin*, Kutawville; 1
C. T. Shulcr, Si. Stephens.
MkihIhtk ('. W . Garris, Denmark;
W. I,. Riley, Den murk.
Hum-writ- |)r. A. H. Patteruon,
Barnwell ; J. C. Griffin, Robbina; ().
!>. A. Wilson, I Miner. li
Hwwuforl .J. Berg, Hjcfcrtand ; .J,
M. U'ltgnick, Beaufort ; W. II. Nivor,
Port Royal.
Calhoun ,11. (', Hauling, St. Mat
thews.
Charleston ? A, C. Tobias, Jr.,
CharlCHton ; R. .S, Whatoy, Charles
tou ; A. \V. Todd, Charleston; James
Cosgrove, Charleston; F. M. Hrvart,
Cliar If at on ; A. Ynndcr Uorst, Char
leston ; I., C. A. Roctislor, Charleston ;
H. G. Leland, McClellan ville.
Cherokee ? W. S. Hall, GatTney; K.
J. Clary,' Gaffney.
Chest ex-? A. (J. Hrice, Chester; 8.
T. Melveown, Cornwell;.J. C. Nun
nary, Fdgenioor.
Chesterfield- (J. Wells Vaughn,
Jefferaon ; K. W. Duvall, Clio raw.
Clarendon 0. C. Scarborough,
Summertoii ; .J. R. Dingle, Summer
ton; I), L. Green, Turbevillo.
t'ollrton ? J. I.. Robertson, Round j
(}. W. Way, Stokes ; D. L. Smith,
WalterbOro.
Darlington ? 1>. M. Lawhon. Dar
lington; L. F,. Carrigan, Soeiety Hill;
M. J. Spears, Lamar.
Dorchester ? Walker S. L'tsey, St. 1
George.
Folrenee ? Chas. A. Smith, Tiin
monsville; II. M. Aver, Florence; T.
y. Hrown, Frieiulfleld.
Fairfield ? F. II. MeKachern, Wnl
laeeville; ( W. Moblev, Woodwarda;
W. W. Dixon, Winnsboro.
Georgetown ? J. Walter Doar,
Georgetown; Olio Sawyer, M. 11.,
Georgetown.
Greenville? J. O. Wii)go, Campo
bello; John R. Harrison, Fountain
Inn; T. 1'. Cothran, Greenville; T.
R. League, John G. Greer, Greer.
Greenwood:? W. II. -Nicholson,
Greenwood; W. 11. Harrison. Green
wood; L. M. Bowers. Kpworth.
Kdgefield ? S. Met}. Simkins, Kdgo
fleld ; M. H. Wells, F.dgelield.
llampton ? T. B. What ley, M. 1).,
Gillisonville ; G. Miles Riley, Brigh
ton.
Ilorry ? I.. B. Singleton, Conway;
M. 31. Stanley, Loris.
Kershaw? ,j. G. Richards, Jr.,
Liberty Dili; M. L. Smith. Camden.
1/re ? ( W. Harris, M. 1)., Bishop
ville; .J. B. Lane, M. D., Bishopville.
Lancaster? J. Harry Foster. Lan
caster; Harry liincs, Lancaster.
Laurens ? dared I). Sullivan, Lau
rens; Win. ( , 1 rby, .Jr.. Laurens; I{.
1). Boyd, I .aureus, R. F. D.
Lexington ? Jos. L. Amiek, Clmpin,
Hi F. 1 ; F. ('. Ridgcll, M. I)., Bates
burg; Isaac P.dwnrds, Batesburg.
Marlboro? J. C. Gibson, Beiiiietts
ville; D. D. McCoil, Jr., Bennetts
ville; J. I'. Bunch, McCoil.
Marion ? H. C. ICd wards, Mullins;
R. P. Hauler, .Jr., llamer; L. M.
Gasquc, Marion.
Newberry ? C. T. Wvche, M. D.,
Prosperity; Arthur Kibler, New
berry; Godfrey Haraoon, Prosperity.
Orangeburg; J no,. [ S. Bowman,
Orangeburg ? A. ' J. Ilydrick,
Orangeburg; f i. A. Shuler, Klloree;
T. P. Horgrr. Jamison.
Oconee ? C. I). Mann, West Union;
P. P. Sullivan, Madison.
Saluda ? W. K. Bodie, Batesburg;
W. L. Daniel, Silu<la.
Spartanburg? "W. J. Gibson, Cam
I>obello ; L. M. Cantrell, Spartan
i)urg; Ben Hill. Spartanburg; M. A.
Moseley, Cowpens, S. N. Nesbitt,
Moore, R. F. 1). No. 2; J. W. Lee,
Whitney.
Sumter? T. B. Frnser, Sumter;. G.
W. Dick, Sumter; C. li. Stubbs,
Sumter.
Pickens- ? J. P. Carey, Pickens; W.
G. Mauldin, Cateechre.
Rtehl""'' --M. \V. ( "oker. CoIumb\:
J. J. Me.Mahan, Columbia; O.
Seibels, Columbia; T. II. Suydarn,
Congaree.
Union ? L. J. Browning, Saluda;
J. Gordon Hughes, Union.
Williamsburg ? W. 1). Bryant,
Taft ; J. Davis Carter, Ix?o; ,J. S.
Graham, Morrisville.
York ? J. A. Glasscock, I^esslie; O.
L. Sanders. MeConnellsville ; W. B.
Wilson, Jr., Rock Hill; J. Porter
Uollis, Rock Hill.
, NA WOMAN IKJCTOH
Wm Quick to* See That foffce Wu
Dolnn (ho Mlwlik'f.
A lady tells of n had case of eofT?*e
poisoning, and t el 1 n Jt In n way *o
simple and stralRhtforwHrd that lit
erary skill could not Improve It
"I had netirnlRlo headaches for 12
year?." gho unyj. "and suffered untold
RKony. When I first hnqan to have
them I weighed HO pounds, but they
brought m*? down to 110, I went to
many doctors and they pave me only
temporarv rHI?-f. So I sufT<*rfd on.
1111 one dav n woman doctor told me
to uae Po?tnni 8he said I looked llk?"
1 wan coffee poisoned.
"Ro I be^an to drink Poatum nnd I
gained 1 F. pound* In the first few
weeks ?nd continued to ealn. hut not
so fast Ht flrat Mv hopdacbes h??
pan to l??ave mp aft?>r KTfiM used Pos
tutn about two weeks ? lonar ennujrh
to fcet the coffc?* poison out of my sys
tem
"flnce I N-Tnn to use Postnm I ran
Rladlv sh v ts??t i n^vpr know what a
neuralcle bead^ohp u |tk? ?nr morn,
and It wa? mith'nf hut Po?tum that
made me w?|| ft<?fnre 1 used Postnm
1 nerer went ont elon*: I would *et
bewildered and would not know
which way to tnrn. Now I *n alone
and my head la as rl*ar as a hell. My
brain ard nprrmi are stronger than
ther ha?e h?on for vesr* "
Read the llttl* hook. "The Road to
WallTlllV' In pXk*. "Thtra'a a Re*-*
bob."
Rvft read ? be nhore letter? A new
one fcppoa ra from tips to *tme. They
ore irennlne, (ne, mmd fall of htaai
TAFT REMEDIES TO CURE TRUSTS
AND ABATE RAILROAD ABUSES
r'OR INTERSTATE COMMERCE. I
Favor* a "Unllo<1 Slate* Court of
t'oniiiirrct*," IJiiiKimI Muflwny
, Incfi'iiKiHl Protection co
Hlii|?|>orH, Power to Coin
mission Over llntrs, IJiniU'tl
Ituilroail A r<] ii i ni (ion of 1 ??l *?rvK<
in <'oiit|)t*l ii>}{ t dr|iora(ioiiM, a lit I
I'orhliWJiiiK I'iuiuI liori/?'<l l**u
ttiico oT Knilwuy ttecuritieii.
FOR COKPOKATIPNSL
Urcc* Federal Iurorporotion of
duxtrial*," With I'roiilblllon of,
Holding Companle* ? lulurprets
A iii i-'l'rtiMi Law mm r?rmltting
Combination* Not Oppressive? ?
JHm-Imvu l'urpoat* lo I'iikIi I'ro?o?
4'uIIom of All Hulls (o Dissolve
Monopolistic Concerns ? - No
4,C?ood" and "Had" Trusts* ?
THREE COURSFS OPEN TO CORPORATIONS UNDER
LAW AS OUTLINED BY PRESIDENT TAFT.
The decrees of Injunction recently adopted In prosecutions und^r
tho ant t-t iviHt law itre ho thorough a ncJ sweeping 1 1) ut th?* corporations
afTecled by them have but throe courses before them:
First They must resolve themselves into their component parti
In different States, with 11 consequent 1oj?b to themsel vei of capital and
effective organization and to the country of concentrated energy and
enterprise; or
Hecoml ? In defiance of law and under somesecrot trust they mast
attempt to continue their business in violation of the Federal statute
and thus Incur the penalties of contempt and bring on an inevitable
criminal prosecution of Die Individuals named in the decree and their
associates; or
Third? They must reorganise and aecepFIn good faith the Fed
eral charter.
Washington, 1). C. ? President Taft
sent to Congress IiIh long delayed
mesBsgo ou interstate commerce and
anti-trust legislation. 1m it he strlkuB
at the existence of holding corpora
tions and oppressive truBtB. lie rec
ommends the formation of a Court of
Commerce to review railway caBeB
and a Federal corporation hill to reg
ulate trusts.
The President does not advocate
the repeal of the Sherman Antitrust
law or of the Intestate Commerce
law; on the contrary, ho believes in
strengthening and amplifying both
tlifHo laws,
The President lomrs out flatly for
complete Government control and
supervision of railroad corporations
and trusts. He announces that, it 1b
his purpose at an early date to in
struct tlie Department of Justice to
investigate nil trusts with respect to
which there is a reasonable suspicion
that they were Illegally formed or
are being Illegally eond uctedr
The President, however, enjoins
caution on Congress lest it disturb
the confidence of the business com
munity and produce a halt in pros
perity.
The President deal* In this com
munication with the two great iBsues
omitted from his annual message, the
Interstate Commerce and Anti-Trust
laws. In a message of some ten thou
sand words he deals exhaustively with
both subjects. "Leading recommenda
tions as to the forme:* Include:
A "TTnlted States Court of Com
I pierce." to have original Jurisdiction
over classes of* cases which are speci
fied. thus relieving tho Interstate
| Commerce Commission of certain
, labor and an Incongruous combination
of functions.
Permitting limited railway pools,
subject to nil the provisions of the
Interstate Commerce act.
Protection of the shipper In the
matter of rate quoted for proposed
shipments, by financial penalties for
refusal or omission by carrier to
quote proper rale.
Authority to commission to act. on
its own initiative, in Investigating
fairness of rates or practices, and to
. |)ass on classifications of commodities.
Power to the commission to hold
up for a limit of sixty days proposed
increases of rates until it shall have
pass?d upon their reasonableness;
and If found unreasonable, to forbid
the Increase or 11 x :i maximum.
'living shippers the right to deslg
raie through routes over which their
sh'pments shall pass.
? For bidding railrortN to acquire In
terest in any competing railroad or
ot>ier competing corporation: but
with certain piovlros affecting owner
ship olren dv acquired.
Forbid (ting ' issuance of railway
flock or bor '!?? unless par value has
b"cn received for them? or, if at. less
than par value, the reasonable market
value as ascertained by the commis
sion : the same to K'tply where the
consideration reclwd Is services or
anything other than - money. Also
preventing Improvident or improper
lss'i" of notes.
(living t he Ir.t?rs"?te Commerce
Commission power to determine upon
uniform cons'rucMon of snfetv appli
ances on railroad?*, and facilitating
the serving of proven j.i suits under
the Kmployei 's f. lability act.
As to the Anti-Trust law. the Pres
Klfitt recommends:
Volurtarv Fi-d?r?l incorporation of
In'erstafe Indu 'rial concern", with
' prohibition ??>.' the "holding company"
e\ il.
I indorsement of ronbinat lona of In
dustrial capital wlirre these are de
cided not to constitute harmful
trusts; thus relieving certain clashes
subj M t in uniuvt condemnation under
the existing lav/.
Several pages of (be message are
devoted to an elucidation of the
I Sherman ac* with a view to showing
! that Its inh'hillon dors rot lie against
combinations oi which the pnr
j pose Is economy of administration
| and Increased efficiency, destruction
' of eomnetillon being merely Incl
1 dtM.ial; hut o* 1v against those that
I are formed to obtain the advantages
i of monopo1" In whole or In part Uy
linnroper means.
Mr. Taft is careful to point out that
his Federal fncorvoratlon plan doe*
not repeal the Sherman An?l-Tniit
law or permit, wrongs which that
statute prohibits. He defend* tho
const itui lonalllv of such a measure*
Ho declare* cmphaticajly that th*
Kentucky's Fiwt IMstlllcr l?Cjul.
J. C. Mattlngly, who operated tho
first registered dlatillery in Keotuefcy,
died at St. Mary's, Ky., ag*4 ?Ighty
?Ix years. 1U amMs?d a fortune In
the liquor business and retired ten
years ago. -'IiHBp*
, C?n*4A> Popnlstien r.Jno.cno.
?lh* Canadian Dn.csu o' c--.su-.
*t~ tile "jpornlatlon
?f n ? lh*
at !,SM,100. The PrnfIt.M of <jn
Url? leads ?Uk 2,6 13.031.
"i mull 1 la- in 1 ' .}? -*VTY" ' ^ ^ *-'*5
V- V i;
Government does not intend to lessen
In the leaBt degreo I Ik prosocutlon ot
suits to dissolve combinations which
Rre to-day monopolizing the com
merce of tho country, and seoks only
to foster and cncourago "reasonable'*
concentration of cnpital ? necessary
to tho economic development of man
ufacture, trade and commerce. Ho
also points out that tho worst of
fenders in monopoly must accept Fed
eral incorporation, faco criminal
prosecution, or dissolve themselves
Into their component parts in the dif
ferent States.
In industrial combinations called
trusts, tho President says, tho inter
state and foreign business far exceeds
tho business done in any one State,
This fact, ho says, will Justify grant
ing of Federal charters to such com
binations under such limitations as
will eecuro compliance with tho Anti
Trust law.
To t his end he recommends a grant
ing of Federal law for the charters
to corporations engaged in Interstate
Commerce, protecting them from un
due interference by the State and re
lying on National supervision to pre
vent nbiiKe.H which havo arisen under
State control.
Such a law would subject the real
and personal property only to the
same taxation as lu imposqd by the
States and would require complete
renorts to be filed at regular inter
vnlp. Holding companies will be for
bidden.
The P?csldent declares the Sher
man Anti-Trust, law does not need
amendment, and that the series of de
cisions by tho Supreme Court renders
a strong renson for leaving the fcet as
It is. . - ________
The public, the President says,
must disabuse Itself of the Idea that
nny distinction between "gooll trusfii*^
?'nd "bad trusts" can be Introduced
into the statute.
The President declares thst mon
opolies must be restrained nnd pun
ished until ended.
T A FT REMOVES PINOJIOT. 1
C hief of Forestry lltircnn Dismissed
For Insubordination.
. Washington. D. C.? President Taft
dismissed Gifford Plnchot, Chief of
tho Forestry Bureau, and tho light
between the Roosevelt radicals and
the conservative wing of the Repub
lican party is on In earnest. The
President's action came after a Cab
inet session that lasted practically all
day. When It broke up, Just before
dinner tiro > in the evening, there was'
f is&uod nt the white House a copy of*
i a letter sei.t by the President to Mr.
Plnchot. In this letter, after sum
ming up the acts of tho forester that
I led him to take such action, Mr. Taft
; said:
"By your conduct you have de
| stroyed your usefulness as a helpful
: subordinate of the Govorfamenf, and
It therefore becomes my duty to dl
I roct the Secretary of Agriculture to
remove you from your office as For
ester." :v.
Secretary Wilson was swift In car
rying out the decision of the Presi
dent. He addressed to Mr. Plnchot,
to Overton W. Price, Associate For
rester, and A'bert C. Shaw, assistant
law officer of the Forestery Bureau.
! letters substantially lndentlcaL .
| INSURGENTS DEFEAT CANNON".
r I hey Combine AVItli Democrats ami
Regular Republican* ? J 40 to litt;
, Warhlngton, D. C. ? For the V- st
time Spe-xkor Cannon and his >*van
I l/atlon wore defeated In tho House.
Tho voti wrs 149 to 146. T*enty
thre? insurgent "Republicans, three
regulars and 123 Democrats turned
tho trick againnt 1<5 regular Repub
licans and one Democrat. '
The Speaker and his organization
Admitted defeat and made no further
attempt to frustrate the will of the
majority. The Insurgents won on tho
iBsue for which they hare contended
consistently since their movement
was organized; they toolc out of the
hands of the Speaker the power to
appoint, a committee.
Tho committee which the Speaker
lost was the Impoftarit House end ot
t??*1 ot tn vostlga t Ion.
The three rc^ula. Republicans wb?
Joined the insurgents were: Herbert
Parsons, of New York; Butler Ames,
of MaaaachnsotU. and Hamilton Fish,
ot New York. ,
How Price of
t1ToW tho rs1a".UK prtee ol .
milk from eight to nil
brought hbout end '?t New:. York
City Just missed a fnrtbe* Increase to
l en cents Veto rfvesied at the Milt
Trust Inquiry in that eify. - v\V
Iisrrewe In Kl?*^p.
: The Xfcttoaal Association. In Itssn- ?
nual esllu*t*..jri?lKt-'-Mfc
sheep fit for shearln? In
8tstes et
l,dSI,?6T or*r the j