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FITZGERALD ENTERPRISHEE
" Volume XI
Chinese Boycoit
An Inyestigation is Demanded
by Senator Tillman, who
Wants Matter Looked
Into by Proper
Committee.
Washington, January 29.
The Chinese boycott and the
administration of the forest
reserves divided the attention
of the senate today. ‘
The Chinese question came up
in connection with a resolution
vestigation by the comumittee on
immigration Mr. Tillman modi—l
fied the resolution by omitting
the major portion of the preamb-l
le, and after considerable discus
sion the resolution was remand
ed to the committee on conting
ent expenses..
‘Mr. Tillman read from the
message on the harshness of
the exclusion laws.
Mr. Dubois said he would vote
for the resolution, but thought
and investigation would not show
that the exclusion laws had
been too rigidly enforced.,
-He said the boycott was
confined almost wholly to the
‘Canton district, which the Taft
party, of which he was a member,
was warned not to visit. A few-of
the party learned, he said, that
the Japanese were- back of the
boycott for the reason that when
when American traders leave the
Japanese take thir places.
Both Messers Debois and
Teller declared that the stude
nts and merchant were not back
of the boycott and that it
originated with persons iateres
ted in getting coolie labor into
this country. Mr. Dubois refer
red to the south and the demand
for Chinamen to supplant neg
ro labor which remark provokeJ
disclamer from Mr. Clay and
Mr. Tillman. The latter said
the south had conditions bad
enough without further mixing
up. ' The boycott is goiag on;
we can uot stop it,” said Mr.‘
Teller. “The timeisnot far off
when we will have to trade in
China. The Japanese will seize
the trade of those 400,000,000 of
people.
Mr. Newlands supported the
remarks of Mr. Dubois. He
said ‘that when the ccolies were
atroused, the authorities were
hopeless. He predicted an
increase in our troubles with
China on the matter of immigra
tion. He added that if we should
add the Japanse to the excluded
"class we would have the active
hostility of tbat empire. He
declared that it was not consis
tent to demand the open door in
China and not grant it in the
Philippines, and in going after
the exclusive trade of 7,000,000
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FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1906,
A. & B. Hospital and Read
ing Room.,
The following are the minutes
of the first meeting of the rail
road men with a view to building
a hospital and reading room.
On January 14, the employes
of the A. & B. met for the pur
pose of organizing a society for
the benefit of the sick or disabled
among them. They held their
meeting in the construction train
cars at the A, & B. shops in this
‘city. The cars were tendered
by engineer W. B. Champion
who proved to be a good-host.
'After much discussion, engineer
McDade'’s letter was read and
approved. Messrs Champion,
Morris, Marton, Evans and
others made lengthy talks for
W
- By motion engineer McDade
was made chairman and Martin
secretary. -
On motion Messrs W. B.
Champion, Cousins, Saunders,
Harrison, Thomas, Slaughter,
Carny, Kiles and Evans were
appointed a committee on ar
rangement and instructions—the
above being a temorary com
mittee.
The committee was instructed
to talk up the matter of organiz
ation to all employes and report
their various views at the earliest
possible date and also arrange
for a general meeting of all the
A. & B. employes and for traas
sportation for all emoloyes who
will attend the meeting.
By motion the society was
named the “‘A. & B. Employees
Mutual Aid and Literary So
ciety.” The following is an ex
tract from the speech by C. W,
McDade, the origina‘or of the
idea and plan for a hospital and
reading room for the railroad
men. 5 '
ENGINEER MCDADE,
“When we better our condi
tions we better the conditions of
all concerned in us. Gentlemen
if there is a class of men in the
world who do deserve to be good
men it is the Railroad mea. We
all regardless of our salaries hold
very responsible positions. We
are out attending to our duties
day and night rain, shine, snow
or sleet. We travel through this
world at night guided only by a
flickering Head Light and two
small bars of iron.
We work and suffer while
others are comfortably sleeping
in their cosy beds with their
dear ones around them. The
engineer on his huge Engiae
passes through cuts over fills
and trestles at a teriffic rate of
speed while following him on his
traid is our wa'chful conductor
and train crew the traia loaded
with light hearted cheerful men
women and children who depend
upon the trainmen for theirlives.
The fireman poor fellow is hard
at work keeping up steam to pull
the heavily laden train, the Tel
legraphers sit in their office list
ening at every sound of their in
lstrument at the dead hours of
TEH RICE-A=WEERRK
night. The Track man toils at
his track, while the Flagman and
other employees all have an
anxious feeling in their hearts.
To lock at the Railroad men
they all lock light hearted, happy
and always cheerful but way
down in their heart there is a
feeling of anxiety, we cannot ex
plain what it is, but is there.
We are killed, die and are soon
forgotten. : .
But we should while on this
earth live a life that will not fear
death,
We would should live more for
each other and we must overcome
this selfish feeling, and live
closer together, I sincerely
‘hope that this society will be a
success and bring us closer to
gether.
i is a Hos
pital for ourselves and we must
}have it and it must belong to us;
‘we are at some distance from a
city that has a suitable place to
carry usin case of serious ac
cident or sickness, making us
realize more seriously the need
of one. :
I have an hoaerable method in
‘which we can get our hospital
;and I want to see one of the best
;in the South; we are in a com
paratively healthy locality and
‘we can have as good hospital as
{any one.
I want some day to see a large
howne for our disabled brothers;
one that will be world renowned;
Why can’t we begin right now
and start the ball rolling? We
can and must. We can work
bard and some day we may see
one of the greatest homes ia the
‘world, consisting of alarge track
of land and manufacturing in
‘terprises upon it with our lable
over the doors.
} Gentlemen you have heard my
) proprisition, now it is up to you
all to consider and act; I for one
lam in favor of some action being
ltaken at once. We can organize
right now and elect temporarily
such officers as we see fit, and
appoint such commitees as is
necessary. I want every one
here to make it a point to talk
this matter over to those who are
lnot here and explain it to them
thoroughly and do all in my
Ipower to get them interested. I
trust in God and man thatl will
live to see the day that this will
be a great institution.
3 C. W. McDaAbE.
The Sorriest of All,
Bill Nye‘once said: ‘A man
may use a wart on the back of
his neck for a collar button; ride
on the back coach of a train to
save interest on his money until
the conductor comes around;stop
his watch at night to save the
wear and tear; leave hisiand t
without a dot tosave the ink; pas
ture his mother’s grave to save
corp; but a man of this kind isa
scholar compared with a fellow
who will take a newspaper, and;
when asked to pay for it, put it
into tne postoffice and have it
marked ‘refused.’ ”’
Two Sides To
l This Question
The Editor of “Cotton” Tells
© What the Roads Have |
o for thc Southo
Many people forget that there
are two sides to ths railway ques
tion. The South to—day is reap
ing a harveat of prosperity, a
great part of this is the fruit of
seed sown by the railways ten
and twenty years ago. ,
All the roads have encouraged
the building of cotton mills by
giving very low ra.teigg_ggchi
nery, on raw cotton and on the
manufactured goods. Every
large road keeps a force of
men to bring in new settlers:
new indnstries and new capital.
See how the Southern railway
brought western North Carolina
the Land of the Sky, tothe atten
tion of the wourld and made it
one of the best kanown health re
sorts anywhere.
Over ten years ago Mr. T. M.
Emerson now President of the
Atlaatic Coast Line but then
traffic manager, got me to assist
in interesting the farmers aloong l
the road in the Carolinas, in|
tgbacco culture. Cotton was then
% cents a- pound.~The~road ea~
couraged tobacco growing in eve
ry way and inside of ten y:ars,
the tobacco crop along the Coast
Liane was 60, 000, 0)J0 poands of
the finest leaf in the world.
The Central of Georgia bas
made Georgia the greatest of all
peach growing states This com-
Ty : .
pany built branches into the or
chards and with its conaections
runs fast special trains ia the
season to hurry the fruit to mar
ket. Ihave known the Southern
to run a special with just one car
of fruit, 200 miles so that it would
not be held over a few hours faor
a regular train,
Had it not been for Mr. Flag
ler's investment of miliioas in
buildiog the Flordia. East Coast
Road, all that part of the State
;would still be undeveloped, inac
cessible and thinly settled with
a poor population instead of be
ing as it is, a highly prosperousl
section.
He had to wait for years to get
any return on his money while
the fruit and vegetable growersl
got immediate returns on their
investment. I could mention a
!doz.:n other roads which have
doae like work in helping to up
build the South, but all of the‘
instances would be along the
same line as the above. The
Seaboard for years has kept a‘
large force working all the time
to build up industries and locate
factories. The lilinois Central
has done the same. so has the
Atlanta & West Poiant, the
Georgia, the Queen & Crescent,
the Louisville & Nashville, the
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