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THE REVIEW, HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA
CONGRESS HEARS
LSON'S MESSAGE
president's Address to Both
Houses Is Quite Short.
BAIL TROUBLES COME FIRST
further Legislation on That Line Is
Strongly Recommended Bill Giv
ing Foreign Commerce Promo
ters Free Hand Necessary.
Washington, Dec. 5. President Wil
today delivered his message to
ifeoth houses of congress in joint ses
sion. The address was as follows :
.Gentlemen of the Congress:
In fulfilling at this time the duty laid
upon me by the Constitution of com
municating to you from time to time
Information of the state of the Union
and recommending to your considera
tion such legislative measures as may
:be judged necessary and expedient I
nhall continue the practice, which I
liope has been acceptable to you, of
leaving to the reports of the several
beads of the executive departments the
elaboration of the detailed needs of
the public service and confine myself
to those matters of more general pub
lic policy with which it seems neces
iary and feasible to deal at the pres
ent session of the congress.
I realize the limitations of 'time tin
ker which you will necessarily act at
this session and shall make my sug
gestions as few as possible; but there
were some things left undone at the
last session which there will now be
time to complete and which it seems
necessary in the interest of the public
to do at once.
In the first place, It seems to me im
peratively necessary that the earliest
possible consideration and action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle
ment and regulation which I had occa
sion to recommend to you at the close
of your last session in view of the pub
lic dangers disclosed by the unaccom
modated difficulties which then existed,
and which still unhappily continue to
xist, between the railroads of the
country and their locomotive engineers,
xmducrors, and trainmen.
Railway Troubles First.
I then recommended:
First. Immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor
ganization of the interstate commerce
commission along the lines embodied
In the bill recently passed by the house
of representatives and now awaiting
action by the senate ; in order that the
commission may be enabled to deal
with the many great and various duties
jiow devolving upon ft with a prompt
ness and thoroughness which are. with
Its present constitution and means of
action, practically impossible.
oecona, tne esrannsnment or an
eight-hour day as the legal basis alike
of work and of wages In the employ
ment of all railway employees who are
actually engaged in the work of oper
ating trains In interstate transporta
tion.
Third, the authorization of the ap
pointment by the president of a small
vbody of men to observe the actual re
sults in experience of the adoption of
the eiurht-hour day In railway trans
portation alike for the men and for
the railroads.
Fourth, explicit approval by the con
gress of the consideration by the in
terstate commerce commission of an
increase of freight rates to meet such
additional expenditures by the rail
roads as may have been rendered nec
essary by the adoption of the eight-
onr day and which have not been off
set by administrative readjustments
and economies, should the facts dis
closed justify the increase.
Fifth, an amendment of the existing
federal statute which provides for the
mediation, conciliation, and arbitration
of such controversies as the present
by adding to it a provision that, In case
"le methods of accommodation now
Provided for should fail, a full public
investigation of the merits of every
uh dispute shall be instituted and
completed before a strike or lockout
may lawfully be attempted.
And, sixth, the loderment In the
aands of the executive of the power,
40 case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such roll
ing stock of the railroads of the coun
7 as may be required for military
and to operate them for military
Purposes, with authority to draft into
V military service of the United
States such train crews and adminis
trative officials as the circumstances
reQuire for their safe and efficient use.
Renews His Recommendations.
The second and third of these rec
mmendsitions the congress immediate
ly acted ,m: it established the eight-
ur day as the legal basis of work
and wages in train service and it au
orizffi the appointment of a com-
issi(,n to observe and report upon the
Practical results, deeming these the
measilms most Immedlately needed;
to! U I,ostPned action upon the other
stations until an opportunity should
ottered for a more deilDerate con.
ration of them. The fourth rec
Jimendmion I do not deem it neces
tjf t0 n new- The power of the In--vtate
commerce commission to grant
ferp,h':rea'se of rates on tne ground re
'd to is indisputably clear and a
teEJtfuJnenduKon by the congress with
tot ! t0 such a matter might seem to
in question the scope of the cora
ls authority or Its inclination to
do justice when there Is no reason to
doubt either.
Tlje other suggestions the Increase
In the interstate commerce commis
sion's membership and in Its facilities
for performing its manifold duties, the
provision for full public investigation
and assessment of industrial disputes,
and the grant to the executive of the
power to control and operate the rail
ways when necessary in time of war
or other like public necessity I now
very earnestly renew.
The necessity for such legislation Is
manifest and pressing. Those who have
intrusted us with the responsibility
and duty of serving and safeguarding
them in such matters would find it
hard, I believe, to excuse a failure to
act upon these grave matters or any
unnecessary postponement of action
upon them.
Not only does the Interstate com
merce commission now find it practi
cally impossible, with its present mem
bership and organization, to perform
its great functions promptly and thor
oughly, but it is not unlikely that it
may presently be found advisable to
add to its duties still others equally
heavy and exacting. It must first be
perfected as an administrative instru
ment. The country cannot and should not
consent to remain any longer exposed
to profound industrial disturbances for
lack of additional means of arbitra
tion and conciliation which the con
gressman easily and promptly supply.
And all will agree that there must be
no doubt as to the power of the execu
tive to make immediate and uninter
rupted use of the railroads for the con
centration of the military forces of the
nation wherever chey are needed and
whenever they are needed.
This is a program of regulation, pre
vention and administrative efficiency
which argues its own case in the mere
statement of It. With regard to one
of its Items, the Increase in the effi
ciency of the interstate commerce com-
mission, the house of representatives
has already acted ; its action needs
only the concurrence of the senate.
For Control and Operation.
I would hesitate to recommend, and
I dare say the congress would hesitate
to act upon the suggestion should I
make it, that any man In any. occupa
tion should be obliged by law to con
tinue in an employment which he de
sired to leave. . To pass a law which
forbade or prevented the individual
workman to leave his work before re
ceiving 'the approval of society In do
ing so would be to adopt a new prin
ciple into our jurisprudence which 1
take it for granted we are not prepared
to introduce. But the proposal that
the operation of the railways of the
country shall not be stopped or Inter
rupted by the concerted action of or
ganized bodies of men until a public
investigation shall have been Instituted
which shall make the whole question
at issue plain for the judgment of the
opinion of the nation Is not to propose
any such principle. It is based upon
the very different principle that the con
certed action of powerful bodies of men
shall not be permitted to stop the in
dustrial processes of the nation, at any
rate before the nation shall have had
an opportunity to acquaint itself with
the merits of the case as between em
ployee and employer, time to form its
opinion upon an impartial statement
of the merits, and opportunity to con
slder all practicable means of concilia
tion or arbitration.
I can see nothing In that proposition
but the justifiable safeguarding by so
ciety of the necessary processes of
its very life. There is nothing arbi
trary or unjust in it unless it be arbi
trarily and unjustly done. It can and
should be done with a full and scrupu
lous regard for the interests and liber
ties of all concerned as well as for the
permanent interests of society itself,
Other Legislation Urged.
Three matters of capital importance
await the action of the senate which
have already been acted upon by the
house of representatives: the bill
which seeks to extend greater freedom
of combination to those engaged In pro
moting the foreign commerce of the
country than is now thought by some
to be legal under the terms of the laws
against monopoly; the bill amending
the present organic law of Porto Rico;
and the bill proposing a more thor
ough and systematic regulation of the
expenditure of money In elections, com
monly called the Corrupt Practices Act.
I need not labor my advice that these
measures be enacted into law. Their
urgency lies in the manifest circum
stances which render their adoption at
this time not only opportune but neces
sary. n;ven delay would seriously
jeopard the interests of the country
and of the government.
Immediate passage of the bill to reg
ulate the expenditure of money in elec
tions may seem to be less necessary
than the immediate enactment of the
other measures to which I refer; be
cause at least two years will elapse
before another election in which fed
eral offices are to be filled ; but it would
greatly relieve the public mind if this
Important matter were dealt with
while the circumstances and the dan
gers to the public morals of the pres
ent method of obtaining and spending
campaign funds stand clear under re
cent observation and the methods of
expenditure can be frankly studied in
the light of present experience; and a
delay would have the further very se
rious disadvantage of postponing ac
tion until another election was at hand
and some special object connected with
it might be thought to be in the mind
of those who urged It. Action can be
taken now with facts for guidance and
without suspicion of partisan purpose.
I shall not argue at length the desir
ability of giving a freer hand in the
matter of combined and concerted . ef
fort to those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise of building up our
.i in
export trade. That enterprise wni
presently, will immediately assume,
nas maeed already assumed, a magni
tude unprecedented in our experience.
We have not the necessary instrumen
talities for its prosecution ; it is
deemed to be doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear away all legal obstacles
and create a basis of nndoubted law
for it which will give freedom without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape us
if we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rico's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of Por
to Rico is brief and conclusive. Tl
present laws governing the island asa
regulating the rights and privileges of
its people are not just. We have cre
ated' expectations of extended privi
lege which we have not satisfied.
There is uneasiness among the people
of the island and even- a suspicious
doubt with xegard to our intentions
concerning them , which the adoption of
the pending nfeasure would happily re
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do in any essential particular. We
ought to do it at once.
There are other matters already ad
vanced to the stage of conference be
tween the two houses of which it Is
not necessary that I should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be found
and action taken upon them.
Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob
ably the last occasion I shall have to
address the Sixty-fourth congress, I
hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure and satis
faction 1 have co-operated with you in
the many measures of constructive pol
icy with which you have enriched the
legislative annals of the country. It
has been a privilege to labor In such
company. I take the liberty of con
gratulating you upon the completion of
a record of rare serviceableness and
distinction.
Bound to Make Good.
The well-dressed stronger stepped
into the drug store and, passing by
the boy who usually attended to casual
customers, approached the proprietor,
who was arranging some goods in the
show case.
"Mr. O , I presume?" he re
marked, pleasantly, and the druggist
turned and bowed gravely. "I have
heard my friend, Mr. Quorn, speak of
you often," said the brisk man. "He
told me if ever 1 needed anything in
this line to come to you. He spoke of
you as a man on whom one could rely
with perfect confidence, who had only
the best of evrything and with whom
it was always a pleasure to deal."
"Mr. Quorn is very kind," answered
the other, beaming wit'n gratification.
"He is one of by best customers. What
can I do for you this morning?"
"Well er this morning, as it hap
pens." said the stranger, with just a
little briskness, "this morning I should
like, if you will allow me, to consult
your directory."
"Certainly," was the calm reply. "We
also have a good selection of one and
two-cent stamps as well as railway
time tables, if you need anything of
that kind."
Franklin Objects Seriously.
She isn't very large, that's true, but
being a county seat, and boasting of
a college, several factories, flour mills,
railways, interurbans and her lately
ncquired Masonic home, Franklin feels
that she is not a town to be passed
lightly by, in fact, she knows her im
portance, and thought that! everyone in
the state realized it until she was
taken down a bit lately. During the
big conference of the Methodist
churches held recently in the town a
meeting of the Indianapolis presbytery
was in session at the same time at
Hopewell, a country church In a pros
perous farming community a few
miles out. One of the Presbyterian
delegates, on leaving kthe train joined
in the throng headed for the Method
ist church. When it came to regis
tering, some of his inquiries caused
someone to suggest that probably he
was in the wrong place, and he asked
innocently: "Isn't this Hopewell?"
"No, this is Franklin," was the proud
reply. Indianapolis News.
Rather Embarrassing.
Irvin Cobb, the war correspondent,
home from Europe long enough recent
ly to get his breath and look over the
proof sheets of a new book, attended
an authors' banquet in New York.
A deaf man sat next to Cobb. Far
ther down the table another man told
a funny story, and when he nnisnea,
the deaf man laughed and applauded
louder and longer than any of the
rest.
"Good old boy!" shouted the deaf
man. "That reminds me of a story," he
added to those near by.
"Get up and tell it, Charlie," cried
several. The toastmaster sanctionea
the suggestion.
Then the deaf man got up and told
the same story the other man had told.
He Was on the Job.
The undertaker arose and said to
the mourners assembled :
"If anyone present wishes to say a
few words of tribute to the deceased,
now is the time, when the family will
be glad to hear such."
A stillness prevailed, and after a
few moments of silence it was broken
by a young man, who arose and
asked :
"Do I understand that no one wishes
to make any remarks?"
"It would appear so," replied the
undertaker.
"Then," asked the young man, as a
ight came into his eyes, "may I be
nermitted to make a few remarics
about southern California and its won
derful climate?"
BAPTIST RECEIPTS $170,035
)
Treasurer's Bwuks Show a Gain of
21,119.23 Ove" Collections of Last
Fiscal Year.
Raleigh. The total receipts of the
treasurer of the Baptist state conven
tion this year are $170,035.09, a gain
of $21,119.23 over last year, according
to the annual report of Rev. Walter
N. Johnson, corresponding secretary,
which is now ready for presentation
to the convention at Elizabeth City.
The financial statement of Treasurer
Waters Durham shows that the Bap
tists gave $54,853 for state missions;
$33,699 for home missions, and $47,
923 for foreign missions.
The state mission work of the year
includes 11,568 sermons preached; 319
churches served, 116 but stations serv
ed, 3,211 baptisms, 1,583 added by let
ter, 447 meetings held, 3,487 conver
sions, 7 churches organized, $35,423.87
paid in salaries, $27,879.62 paid on
churches, $26.25 paid on parsonages,
$3,768 paid to orphanages, $481.25 pair
to ministerial relief.
Of the $344,348 received last year by
the Home Mission Board of the South
ern Baptist convention, North Carolina
gave $29,824; and of the $517,323 re
ceived by the Foreign Mission Board,
North Carolina gave $51,148, says Mr.
Johnson . . .
In his report to the convention he
urges that during the approaching
year stress be laid upon men's mission
study classes, regular giving by the
churches, compact pastorates and
church building fund.
He recommends also that one hun
dred and fifty Baptist pastors in North
Carolina be asked to give at least one
week to protracted meetings and en
listment work with mission churches,
letting them meet in small groups in
about ten different places for a two or
three day study and prayer before they
go forth to do .the work assigned. The
board should pay all the expenses of
this, Mr. Johnson thinks, and he esti
mates it will be equivalent to keeping
one man in the field for an entire year.
"Unless we mistake the direction
and the force of the deeper currents in
the life and thought of North Carolina
Baptists," he says, "the hour has
struck for a great one mission cam
paign for all lines of our mission work
State, Home, Foreign Missions, all
$140,000 for all these by April 30."
State Officers Vote Certificate.
Raleigh. The State Board of Elec
tions canvassed and certified the vote
of Governor and all other state offi
cers and the two superior court judges
voted for in the November election.
They will canvass nine of the con
gressional district returns and the
votes on the constitutional amend
ments and then "mark time" until the
litigation over their canvass of the
tenth district returns is settled. The
fc.ate officers' votes, name ol the
Democrat being first in each office,
follow:
Governor Bickett 167.7S1; Linney
120-151.
Lieutenant Governor Gardner 167,
261; Jenkins, 119,999.
Secretary of State Grimes .107.263;
Stroud 119,065.
Auditor Wood 167.1&9; J. Q. A.
Wood 119,950.
Treasurer Lacy 167,290; Harris
120,020.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Joyner 167,106; Pugh I20,o78.
Attorney General Manning 187,
312; Parker 120,121.
Commissioner of Labor anl Print
ing Shipman 166,927; Jordan 119.517.
Corporation Commissioner Lee
167,282; Faison 119.878.
Commissioner of A :V "Ihirc Gra
ham 166,947; French 119,538.
Commissioner of Insurance Young
166,903; Harden 119.624.
Jiujge Third District Kerr 166.028;
Snipes 119,587.
Judge Eighth District Stacy 166,
920; Meares 119,527.
Thanksgiving Wreck Near Statesvllle.
Statesville. The Southern Railway
reminding the public of former disas
trous wrecks suffered by the company
on Thanksgiving Day had a serious
wreck at Elmwood, eight miles east
of Statesvllle Thursday morning. Pas
esnger train No. 15 crashed into esat
bound freight No. 88 as the latter
stood at the station. Three trainmen
were injured and a number of the pas
sengers received minor bruises.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS.
Complete reports to the state depart
ment of education show that there
have been held in North Carolina dur
ing the school year of 1915-16 just 994
moonlight schools well distributed
throughout the state and having en
rollments that totaled 9,698 pupils,
who very generally signed petitions
for these schools to be continued
through the present school year.
Material is being placed for a
$100,000 hotel and bank building at
Monroe.
The town of Shelby has just com
pleted $40,000 worth of asphalt street
paving.
Prior to November 14 Scotland coun
ty ginned 14,025 bales of the 1916 cot
ton crop against 23,749 bales of the
cotton crop up to the same date last
year.
Fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed the plant of the Waccamaw
Lumber Company at Bolton, 20 miles
south of Wilmington entailing an esti
mated loss of $200,000, Insured. An
electric power plant operated in con
nection with the lumber mill was also
destroyed.
Good Wholesome Flour
ThmVw th Kind We Sell Every Day
In the year.
' There's some satisfaction in knowing
that you get the best in buying the
products of the HIGH POINT MILLING
CO.'S mill. You'll find the white frost
and luxury flour the best to ate for any
kind of baking, it's made from the best
wheat and makes the best bread, cakes
ind pastry. Yours truly,
HIGH POINT MILLING COMPANY
C4K0L1NA & YADKIN RIVER RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Schedule in Effect October 141914.
This time table shows time at
-hich trains may be expected to
arrive and depart from stations shown
but their departure or arrival at th
time stated is not guaranteed.
Subject to Change Without Notice
SOUTHBOUND
No. 21 No. 23
nations Lv. daily Lv. daily
A.M.
P.M.
High Point 8:00
Thomasville 8:30
Gordontown 9:16
Denton 9:50
Ar. High Rock 10:12
NORTHBOUND
1:10
1:40
2:28
3:02
3:24
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Stations
A. M.
Lv. High Rock 10:32
Denton
Gordontown
10:54
11:28
Thomasville 12:18
Ar. High Point 12:43
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Remember, the following (our)rates are for FIVE minutes con
versation, instead of three minutes.
Danville $ 40
Lynchburg 60
Charlotte 50
Spa rtanbursr, S. C. 80
Greenville, S. C 1-00
Washington, D. C 1.25
Atlanta, Ga 1.90
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