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WA ISON'S LDIIOX IALS WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN teyTQg • A Newspaper Devoted to the Advocacy of the Jeffersonian Theory of Government, ' published by SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: SI.OO PER YEAR THOS. E. WATSON and J. D. WATSON, Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. M/ Editors and Proprietors If J WJr Tkmflk Court Building, Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1907. The Paper Tirust. I hope Mr. Roosevelt won’t bust the Paper Trust any more. In "Don Quixote” we read of the man who was whipping the hired boy, all nice and reg ular, when the Don came riding along, in search of adventures. Hearing the lad’s howls, the Don dashed up, saw what was go ing on, and pitched into the man, in good knightly fashion. Os course, the boy rejoiced to see his cruel master brought to book by the irresistible Don Quixote —who was armed with a long lance, the remote but direct an cestor of the Big Stick. But the Don couldn’t stop there always; the Don had to proceed on his way, in search of more adventures. So. Well, as soon as the Don was good gone —out of sight and out of hearing—the cruel man grinned a broad grin, tied the boy to the tree again, and belabored him harder than ever. Selah. Now, that is precisely what the Big Sticte has done for us victims of the Paper Trust. A year or so ago, our strenuous President busted the Paper Trust, and went on his way to say and do other things—“My Dear Bel lamy,” “My Dear Maria,” “Undesirable Cit izens,” “Nature Fakers,” “You’re a liar,” “Taft’s my man,” etc. In the meantime, the Paper Trust waited until the Big Stick was furiously battling somewhere else, and then it tied us up to the tree, as it were, and began to lay it on to us, again, harder than ever. And why do we have to submit to the out rageous exactions of the Paper Trust? Because our blessed Tariff will not allow wood pulp to come from Canada and give us cheaper paper. The vast forests of Canada, and of Central and South America, are right at our doors. Relief is there, in sight. Yet we must suffer from the ravenous demands of the Paper Trust, because there is a law which practically denies to us the privilege of getting wood pulp from abroad. Quinine used to sell at $3 per ounce, $4 per ounce, and even $5 per ounce. Why? Because the Tariff enabled a few firms to form a Monopoly and compel the people to pay ungodly prices. Quinine now sells at 25c per ounce. Why? Because it was put on the Free List, and we could buy from abroad. Put Wood Pulp on the Free List and the Paper Trust will fall—never to rise again. That’s the only way to Bust a Trust. The Free List is a Big Stick which, like lightning, will never have to hit in the same place a second time. MUM When? The Hearst papers are making a big todo because Hughes’ Utility Board, in New York, hasn’t done anything. Much was expected of this Bioard, and practically nothing has been accomplished. The Hearst papers must cultivate patience. “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Give the Com- missioners time. Two or three more genera tions will pass along pretty soon, and the re forms which the people want will arrive “ul timately.” Here, in Georgia, we have been waiting on our Railroad Commission only thirty years, and our patience is good for at least 30 more. True, we got tired of having only three Com missioners at $3,000 each, and we have chang ed the law so that we have five Commission ers at $5,000 each. Thus we added sixteen thousand dollars a year to the expense. As to reforms, we haven’t got any. Appar ently, we don’t need any. Last summer it did seem, for a time at least, that we needed quite a few. Don’t need ’em now. The Railroad Commissioners are happy, be cause they get big salaries and have a good, easy time. The corporations are happy, be cause they are doing pretty much as they please. The Atlanta Journal has ceased to be rad ical and is nursing a spirit of philosophic calm. The Augusta Herald no longer pesters Uncle Jake about the awful condition of the Georgia Railroad, and throws cold water on further progress by reminding us that “Rome wasn’t built ip a day.” Both the Herald and the Journal, however, are quite confident that the promises made to the people last year will be kept, some time or other. “Which,” as Mr. Pecksniff would say, “is also quite consoling.” H H H The Ocala Platform, We demand the abolition of National Banks. We demand that the Government shall es tablish sub-treasuries or depositories in The several states, which shall loan money direct to the people at a low rate of interest not to exceed two per cent per annum, on non-perish able farm products, and also upon real estate, with proper limitations upon the quantity of land and amount of money. We demand that the amount of the circulat ing medium be speedily increased to not less than SSO per capita. That we demand that Congress shall pass such laws as will effectually prevent the deal ing in futures of all agricultural and mechani cal productions; providing a system of procedure in trials that will secure the prompt conviction, and imposing such penal ties as shall secure the most perfect compli ance with the law. We condemn the Silver Bill recently passed by Congress, and demand in lieu thereof the free and unlimited coinage of Silver. . We demand the passage of laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all lands now owned by aliens and for eign syndicates; and that all lands now held by Railroads and other Corporations in excess of such as is actually used and needed by them be reclaimed by the Government, and held for actual settlers only. Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we demand: a. That our National Legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the expense of another. b. We further demand a removal of the ex isting heavy Tariff Tax from the necessities of life, that the poor of our land must have. c. We further demand a just and equitable system of graduated tax on Incomes. d. We believe that the money of the coun try should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all National and State revenue shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the gov ernment economically and honestly adminis tered. We demand the most rigid, honest and just State and National Government control and supervision of the means of public communi cation and transportation, and if this control and supervision does not remove the abuse now existing, we demand the Government ownership of such means of communication and transportation. We demand that the Congress of the United States submit an amendfhent to the Constitu tion providing for thrWection of United States Senators by direct vote of the people of each State. H M H Municipal Ownership. In The Investigator, Brother Tibbles says: “The city of Berlin under municipal owner ship has a surplus in "its treasury while New York under private ownership or manage ment of all its public utilities, has to issue bonds carrying almost usurious interest to pay its running expenses. Berlin’s surplus is de rived from its gas works, owned and operated by the city of Berlin, which has proved enor mously profitable, although the quality of the gas turned out is excellent, and it is sold to the consumers at a muett cheaper price than the average price in the larger cities of America. The employes of the municipal gas works are well paid, entitled to a pension after twenty five years’ service and are all insured against accidents by the city.” Yes, Berlin is run in the interest of all the citizens of Berlin—share and share alike— while New York is run by a few big men like Belmont, Ryan, Morgan, Rogers, Stillman, Harriman, Gould, and William Rockefeller. The result of the control of New York by these big men is that they monopolize the Public Utilities for their own benefit, while their tools—Murphy, McClellan, Quigg, Sul livan & Co.—loot the city treasury and mort gage the future of the city with bonds. Just as the Republican machine in Phila delphia loots the treasury and lets the corpora tions loot the people, so the Democratic ma chine rules and robs New York. And the key to the situation, in both cities, is the combination between the saloon-keep ers and the leading Catholics. h w « Honor Roll. Here follow a few more of the names of the good friends who have been helping me build up the Circulation of the two Jeffersonians: J. E. Hannah, Wrens, Ga. W. M. Formby, Lewisville, Ark. A. C. Shuford, Newton, N. Q J. J. Gordy, Richland, Ga. uiJUidi