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TAFf BOBS INTO VIEW ONCE MORE
Speech at Columbus, Ohio, Throws Limelight on War Secretary
TAFTJIFFS
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Plays the Great White
Light on Coming
Campaigr.
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 20—Cheered by
an audience of more than 6,000 per
sons. William Howard Taft last night
delivered what will be regarded as his
platform In his candidacy for presi
dent. As was expected he explained
hts position on the national questions
which will doubtless be made para
mount In the presidential campaign of
next year.
Not only did he not mention the
name of Joseph Benson Foraker, but
he made emphatic response to the at
tacks made by the latter on the Hep
burn law tariff revision and other
subjects, but he did not stop here. Ho
next took up abuses In railroad dis
criminations and told why the presi
dent had recommended that the pow
ers of the Interstate commerce com
mission should be enlarged.
Senator Foraker, In his Ohio speeches
this summer, had declared that the
Hepburn law was unwise, unconstitu
tional and unnecessray. Mr. Taft re
plied to each of these objections In
detail. He said: ,
"I have been Invited by your body
to discuss the national Issues. Some
of these Involve the abuses over which
the public conscience has been arous
ed, and the proper remedies for their
removal. The first, and possibly the
greatest, abuse has been In the man
agement of the arterial system of the
country which the Interstate railroads
form. Any unjust discrimination In
the terms upon which transportation
of freight or passengers Is afforded an
Individual or a locality, paralyses and
withers the business of the Individual
or the locality exactly A» the binding
of the arteries and veins leading to a
member of the human body destroys
Its life.
Interstate Commerce Law.
•The result of twenty years' opera
tion under the Interstate commerce
act of 1887, passed to restrain abuses
of unjust, discrimination and unreas
onableness of rates, was that the rail
roads came to regard the action of
the commission It created as of no Im
portance. The delays, due to the ne
cessity of resorting to the courts to try
out the merits or every order of the
commission, before It became effective,
mads the remedy of the complaining
shipper or Iocnllty so slow and burden
some that In contested cases It was
no remedy at all. The commission was
not, under the old act, authorized to
fix reasonable rates.
Eliminating Competition.
"A much used means of eliminating
competition among Interstate lines
serving the same- territory Is the ac
quisition by one company of stock In
another, and the election of directors
ROOSEVELT CHANGES SPEECH
TO FOOL WALL STREET
Boston, Aug. W—President Roosevelt wrote Into his speech delivered
at Provlncetown today several paragraphs even more drastic than those
In his original speech. He evidently figured that Wall street would get
the entire speech In advance and it would be wise to hold up strong
opinions until the time of delivery. This la believed to have been done to
fool Wall street.
The new, paragraphs are shown by the Indented type near the end of
his speech In The Georgian.
TOPICS TREATED TERSELY
IN ROOSEVELTS SPEECH
Jail and fine for all offenders of the anti-trust law and Interstate
commerce laws.
National sovereignty Is to be upheld In so far as It means the sov
ereignty of the people used for the good of the people; and state’s rights
are to be upheld In so far as they mean the people's rights.
Believes In a national corporation law for corporations engaged In
Interstate business, and the government should exercise supervision.
Educate courts and legislatures to see what the real wrongs are.
Administration has shown that none Is too powerful to evade the law
of the country nr stand above possibility of punishment.
It Is necessary to have good laws, good Institutions apd good citizen
ship. Plutocracy Is sordid and unlovely.
7 AFT OUTLINES POLICIES
OF COMING CAMPAIGN
An Income tax to help the government In times of great need.
Thinks the Imprisonment of a few managers of unlawful frusta
would have a healthy effect on the country.
Efficient regulation Is an effective antidote and preventive of gov
ernment ownership.
Interstate roads should not be allowed to Issue stocks or bonds unless
approved by the Interstate commerce commission and then only for legit
imate purposes.
Restrain the evils of elimination of competition by railroads and
trusts and make It unlawful for railroads to secure stock of competing
lines.
Favors a revision of the tariff by the Republican party In conformity
to the protective principle.
Calls tor the suppression of secret rebating discrimination by rail
roads, giving all a fair chance’ at uniform rates.
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ANTI-TRUST
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—PRESIDENT R008EVELT.
Delivers Speech Com
memorating Landing
of the Pilgrims.
RIGHTS OF STATES
ARE RESPECTED
JAPS WANT $50,006,000 LOAN
70 BUy THE PHILIPPINES
Berlin. Aug. 20.—Despite rumors to
the contrary. It Is believed here that
Japan Is trying to raise money with
a view of the acquisition of the Philip
pines.
German bankers have Informed a
representative of a pool of eight Japan
ese banks trying to float 860,000,000
loan, that nothing could be done before
October and not even then, should the
Japanese-American war rumors still be
In circulation.
18 RUSS MEN AND WOMEN
KNOW THEIR DOOM IS SEALED
Continued on Pago Eleven.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—Five wom
en and thirteen men foredoomed to
death were placed on trial today for
conspiracy against the life.of Emperor
Nicholas.
The trial Is held behind closed doors.
The verdict Is f foregone conclusion.
Every one of the prisoners, men and
women alike, will be sentenced !., die
and will be shot down In some million
prison. ,
The eighteen know their doom Is
sealed. They are without hope and
without fear. They face their arcukers
agd their Judges calmly, cheerfully, re
fusing to talk, refusing to say a word
about the great revolutionary move
ment which they sought to bring to
a successful termination by the death
of the czar of Russia.
Inserted Drastic Opinions in
Speech to Fool Wall
Street.
Provlncetown, Mass., Aug 20.—
Thoso who violate the anti-trust
and interstate commerce laws of
the country should bo treated as
criminals and jailed as well as
fined. This is the keynote of the
speech delivered here today by
President Roosevelt at the laying
of the cornerstone of the Pilgrim
monument.
Never before on any trip that the
president has taken were so many
precautions taken to Insure his safety.
When the bright sun gleamed with a
smile of promise In the east today, the
Mayflower, a somewhat different look
ing craft from the one that touched
hero 287 years ago, hung off tip of the
I'npe. As tno sky grew bluer and the
ocean breezes swept over the llag-be-
decked town, the Mayflower skimmed
bird-like up to the harbor and came to
anchor.
Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt Along.
Thousands of iron, women and chtl
dren. not only from cape towns nm
villages, but from Now England ant
the east, surged toward the big pier at
which tho president landed. They knew
that with the president wore Mrs.
Roosevelt and their daughter, Miss
Ethel Roosevelt. They were eager for
a glimpse of the distinguished party.
The president wtu met at the dock by
Governor Guild and Prealdent J. Henry
Sears, of tha Pilgrim Monument Asso
ciation, and George A. Allen, chairman
of the board of selectmen. The party
moved directly to the town hall, where
the ceremony began at one*.
He said:
"It la not too much to say that the
event commemorated by the monument
which we have come here to dedicate
was one of those rare events which can
In good faith be called of world Irn
port once. *
■The coming hither of the Puritan
three centuries ago shaped the destinies
■>f this continent, and therefore, pro
foundly affected the destiny of the
whole world. Men of other races, tli
Frenchman and the Spaniard, the
Dutchman, the German, the Scotchman,
and the Swede, made Battlement* with.
In what Is now the United States, dur
ing the colonial period of our history
and before the declaration of Inde-
ndence: and since then there haa
on an ever-swelling Immigration
from Ireland and from the mainland of
Europe; but It was the Englishman
who settled In Virginia and the Eng
lishman who sottled In Massachusetts
who did most In shaping the lines of
our national development.
All Americans.
The utterly changed conditions of
onr national life necessitate changes In
certain of our laws, of our government,
si methods. Our federal system of gov.
emment Is based upon the theory ol
leaving to each community, to each
elate, the control over thoee things
which afTect only Ite own members and
which the people of the locality them
selves can best grapple with, while
S rovldlng for national regulation In
lose matters which necessarily affect
the nation aa a whole.
"It seems to me that auch questions
aa national sovereignty and state’e
lights need to be treated not empir
ically or academically, but from the
standpoint of ths Interests of the people
as a whole. National sovereignly Is to
be upheld In eo far aa tt means the
sovereignty of the people used for the
real and ultimate good of the people;
and etate'e rights are to be upheld In
so far aa they mean the people's rights.
Especially Is this true In dealing with
the relations of tha people as a whole
to the greet corporations which are the
distinguishing feature of modem busi
ness conditions.
National Incorporation Law.
"I believe In a national Incorporation
law for corporations engaged In Inter
state business. I believe, furthermore,
that the need for action la most press
ing aa regards those corporations
which, because they are common car
riers, exercise a quasl-publlc function;
and which can he completely controlled
In all respects by the federal govern
ment. by the exercise of the power con.
ferfed under the Interstate commerce
clause, and. If necessary, under the
post-road clause, of the constitution.
•The national government should
exercise over them a similar supervis
ion and control to that which It exer
cises over national banks.
Jail and Fins Offenders.
"In dealing with’ thoee who offend
against the anti-trust and Interstate
commerce laws the department of Jus
tice has to encourter many and great
difficulties. Often men who have teen
guilty of violating these laws have
really acted In criminal fashion, and If
possible should be proceeded against
criminally; and therefore It is advisable
that there should be a clause in these
BELL TELEPHONE
ECONOMY AND SERVICE.
In April the Bell Telephone Company cut its force of exchange operators
approximately from 115 to 90.
The service was bad enough before this was done.
To do this, the company had to rearrange switchboards so as to place the
work of the 25 girls that they had formerly employed where the others could do it.
Then they put a new rule into effect—the “three-second rule.” When you
take your receiver down, it causes a little light to burn on the boards in front of
three different girls. When the company has girls enough to take care of the calls,
they answer the little light in a few seconds, and dsk you, “Number?” The “three-
second rule” was that a light on a board must not burn more than three seconds,
so the operator puts a plug into the number and the light goes out, and then you
wait and wait and wait until she has answered all those ahead of you before yours
is reached.
These local operators average about $20.00 a month for anywhere up to nine
hours a day. A great many get $15.00, and a few as high as $27.50 a month.
Five dollars a week each for 25 girls is $125 a week saved to the company,
or about 1 cent per week on the operating expense of each phone. You pay the
company $1 a week for a house phone.
Wages of 25 girls saved—a penny a week per phone made for the company.
Increase in the number of phones in Atlanta in five years—3,500 to 12,000,,
the number of phones increasing nearly 2,000 a year.
Help decreased 115 to 90.
Saving to Bell Company, on 12,000 subscribers, $6,500 a year.
Annual local income, $400,000.
Profit probably about $120,000.
When a subscriber can not hear over the phone, it is usually wire trouble.
Several years ago the Atlanta Bell office established a method of finding these
troubles each night. The wire troubles in a system the size of Atlanta’s are from
1,200 to 2,000 a month. The same number of phones in New York City, where there
are over 100,000 'phones, show possibly from 150 to 200 troubles a month against,
say 2,000 in Atlanta. The modern methods used in such places as New Ybrk
show the troubles from the telephone central every night—the subscriber may
never have known his line was out, the company discovering the fact itself and
fixing it.
Won’t do in Atlanta’ say the powers that he in the Bell Company—too ex
pensive to keep up. Wait till the subscriber drives down town to tell you “could
not get you on the phone.”
But Atlanta is a long-suffering, kind-hearted people—backwoodsmen. We
have time to stand at the phone that is not working—or the phone that there is no
one to answer -4he phone at which we get any number except the one we want.
And the merchant whose minutes are dollars—the home where the doctor is called
to the dying patient, waits and waits, and then gives up—while the greatest natu
ral monopoly the world has ever known employs children from 15 years old up—
and saves a penny a week on your phone and gives Atlanta a starved out service.
Does Atlanta need a telephone commission? We think it does, and we call
upon council again to give somebody power to regulate the matter of service and
rates in our city.
Since The Georgian opened the matter up on Friday, there has been unusual
—enormous—activity at the Bell central. They are working overtime to give service
This is not what Atlanta wants. Give us a permanently good service—not a
temporary affair for this trip and train.
In short, give us a commission that will keep it good.
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Atrocious Deeds Are
Charged to the
Soldiers.
Continued on Page Eleven.
Leicester, England, Aug. 20.—Atroci
ties disgraceful to clvlllxatlon are
charged ogalnet French-Bpanleh sol
diers and sailors at Caaa Blanca, Mo
rocco, by W, T. Belton, the first refugee
from that place reaching England. He
said France deliberately arranged the
cauee of the massacre at Caaa Blanca
an act of petty revenge.
'It was a brutish blunder," he eald.
"There was no need for France to try
capture the town, for the Moors stood
rssdy to deliver the keys.
“But France landed less than a hun
dred men who tried to force their way
Into Casa Blanca, and when the Moors
resisted they began shooting. The whole
affair was pre-arranged with the Idea
* making the Moors the aggrealve
that the French and Spanish soldiers
could have sport killing defenseless
men and women.
"When the French got control
Casa Blanca they let loose El Reign’s
legion, whose ranks are composed of the
worst criminals In Europe. The sol
diers looted everything, carrying away
young Moorish girls committing unmen.
tlonable crimes right In tha streets and
massacred wounded and helpless na
tives.
"The soldiers did not even respect
Moore carrying white, flags. The offi
cers made no attempt to control the
men. simply allowing them a free hand.
Stories told me by Moors, of the mas
sacres were heart-rending.
•The French proved themselvea total
ly Incompetent to govern Morocco.
France dares not penetrate Into ths
Interior, for every tribesman has sworn
revenge and If French soldier* once get
outside fortified positions they will
meet a different reception."
Rsiluli Heads Natives.
Ralsiill, the bandit, captor of Sir Har
ry Maclean, the Sultan's military ad-
tlror, is again In the field. An en
gagement between his forces and those
of the government Is Imminent at El
Hauto, Raleull'a old camping ground.
QUINCY, ILLINOIS,
SWEPT BY STORM
fit. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20.—Report* from
Quincy, Ills., ore to the effect that the
city bn a been a wept by a oerere atorm.
Great damage hna been done to property,
nnd several persons seriously hurt. If not
killed.
All efforts to eommunlcste with Qulney
sre futile, because of tbs damaged condl
tlon of the telephone and telegraph wires
as n result of the storm and strike. Many
buildings are reported to have been wreck
ed.
Race Results.
EMPIRE CITY.
First Race—Sam Rice, 12 to 1, won:
Muck Rake, 1 to 2, second; Wise Hand,
3 to 1, third. Time, 1:44.
Second Race—Gaga, 16 to 1. won;
Hollow, 1 to 6, second; La Vatrlno, 7
to 2, third. Time 1:01 1-6.
8ARATOGA.
First Race—Ben Ban. 20 to 1. won;
Valla, 4 to 6, second; Walbourne, 6 to
2. third. Time. 1:11 4-6.
Second Race—Fancy Bird, 80 to 1.
won; D'Arkle, 6 to 2, second; Sir Tod-
dlngton, 1 to 4, third. Time 1:40.
On the result of the battle depends the
safety of Alcaxar.
If the bandit Is victorious the city
111 bn sacked by his men. If El Me-
r.inl, the Sultan's uncle, who commands
the government troops. Is victorious,
Ralsiill will be captured. The engage
ment, which seems to be certain, will
have an Important result regardless of
which side wins.
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125 CHINESE SLAIN
BY MINE EXPLOSION
Berlin, Aug. 20.—A terrifying dlsaa-
r has occurred In China resulting In
the death of about 126 persona Includ
ing two German engineers, according
to dispatches received here today. The
message comes from Tslng Tau anil
says an explosion In the Fang Tee mine
caused the dlsaeter. The two Germans
uere acting as foremen of Chinese min.
lug gangs.
Shooting Conteet at St. 8imona
Brunswick. Oa, Aug. 20.—The Bruns
wick Riflemen will on Friday have a
field day and competitive target shoot,
ig contest on St. Simons Island,
.here will be a ball at one of the hotels,
Friday night, and special excursion*
will be run from Brunswick.
Growth and Progress of the New South
JOSEPH
BY
B. LIVELY
The following new Industries have recently been chartered In North Carolln
The Ford k Johnson Company, of Utah Point,
u» do a general furniture bunlnenn. Including bnyln
thortzed capital la $26,000. with $10,000 subscribed
Cline and J. W. McDonald.
The Bridgeton Lumber Company, of Bridgeton, N. C„ has boon chartered with
$50,ni)0 authorized capital and $16,000 subscribed. A. F. Bunting, of Newbern. N. C.,
Is prealdent* N. T. Torbert, of Fort Norfolk, Va., vice president, and II. M. Hunt
ing, of Newbern, secretary and treasurer. The company will carry on a general
lumber business.
The work of Installing the new machinery at the Imperial Mattress Company’s
factory. Washington Heights. Washington, N. C., la nearly completed, and In about
three weeks the factory will be running.
The Acme Match Company, of Greensboro, N. C., has been chartered at an
pltal of $100,000 and $20,000 subscribed. J. Palmer, of wi"-**—
(dent. 'Hils Is the first enterprise of this kind In the stnt
has been chartered with a capital slock’ ■
O'Connor, New York; K. II. Payne, Williamsport, Pn.; D. W. Noel, N
and L. Gasklas, of Salisbury. Half of the $3,000,000 will be common nnd half pre
ferred stock. Objects are the construction and operation of saw mills and factories,
power plants, stores, real estate, etc.—Southern Lumberman.
A deal Involving close on to a million dollars, and that will mean practically a
new railroad Uno for Louisiana. In that an extension Kill connect two trunk lines
and afford communication between two of th.* nearest yellow pine producing par-
Din's In the state, has been concluded at Rochelle, Grant parish. Louisiana, where