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SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1903 NUMBER 280
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TUCKERHAN - - - ARK.
ANTI-TRUST BILL
POSTPONED BY HOUSE.
King Measure Will Be Delayed If Not
Defeated By Lower House—Mc
Guigan Escapes Vote Of Cen
sure By Retraction Of Of
fending Language.
Little Rock, March 14.—By a vote of
14 to 39 the house yesterday postponed
the King anti-trust bill one week,
after a motion to postpone it two
weeks had been defeated, 36 to 46. A
spirited discussion preceded the vote.
In the house, at the morning session,
;he language used by Mr. McGuigan
Wednesday during consideration of
Tie Whitthorne anti-gambling bill was
again brought up, and Judge Holland
affered a resolution censuring Mr. Mc
tluigan. The latter withdrew the ob
jectionable words and expressed re
gret at the occurrence Wednesday,
mci arter a lengtny discussion, Judge
Holland withdrew the resolution by
permission. On a point of order rais
ed by Mr. Campbell of Randolph, sup
sorted by the rules of congress,
Speaker Moore ruled that exceptions
:o objectionable language used in de
uate must be taken at the time of the
uccurence.
The house adopted a resolution, of
fered by Mr. Perry, inviting Railroad
Commissioner B. B. Hudgins to ad
dress the house Monday evening at
r:30, in view of the pendency of a bill
to abolish the commission.
After reading a number of bouse
bills twice and passing several meas
ures, the senate, at noon, adjourned
until Monday morning.
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.
The greatest work that has ever
been performed is now being done
here at the A. M. E. church colored.
Crutches are being removed from
people that have been walking on
them for years. We have a large at
tendance day and night. Meeting
conducted by Rev. Loveless. Hours
of meeting: 10:30 a. m., 2:30 p. m. and
7:30 p. m. All are invited to attend
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NEW MEASURE PREFERABLE.
In a recent issue of the Indepen
dent appeared a synopsis of the pro
posed bill of Dr. J. H. Myers for the
protection of t he mussel and the re
gulation of the methods to be employ
ed in the pearling industry. While
several provisions of the measure
seem unwise, needless and harmful,
in our opinion, should the passage of
this bill repealing the original enact
ment upon this subject be endangered
through wrangling over amendments
upon the sections objected to, let this
measure rather pass as introduced. In
the expression of this view as an edi
torial opinion, we go further and say
without fear of contradiction that such
a request, voices the sentiment of a
vast majority of the people living
within the districts, where the industry
is plied.
The measure recently enacted is
distinctively class legislation, for the
benefit of the well-to-do planter and
a few home button factories and at the
expense of labor. The closed season
is made to extend up until the hot
weather of midsummer when the heat
is so intense upon the rivers that work
must be suspended a large portion of
the day. It is further contended by
eminent authorities upon the habits of
mussels, that they can no longer be
found in beds at that season of the
year in this climate and thus all work
must be done at a disadvantage and
in i t V» lnao nrAfi f t n tho /tlammap
The extension of the closed season
to July first was not made at the re
quest of parties interested in the pro
tection of the mussel but solely upon
the demand of the planter for his gain
and at equal sacrifice upon the part of
the day laborer. The record breaking
crop of the last year was made with
out legislative help to the farmer and
that very crop was planted at a time
when the people of this section had
become wild over a new industry,
which offered speculative chances of
great gain in the finding of a pearl.
Who will contend that the price of
labor became exorbitant, yet a meas
ure has been placed upon the statutes,
that will eliminate competition for the
services of the day laborer for a cer
tain period by restraining him from
engaging in one of the industries that
naturally demand bis time at that
season.
In the spring and early summer of
last year, the craze for pearling was
at its height. The highest number of
people ever engaged in the work were
at that time plying this industry, yet
where is the field that lay idle for the
season by reason of inability to secure
labor for the planting and tending of
the crop? Where is the farmer, who
will assert that his profits were ex
hausted by the unreasonable price of
labor? And yet we find upon the
statutes of Arkansas a recent instance
of class legislation, directed against
the vast majority of her citizens, who
are interested rather in the dearness
of labor than its cheapness.
As to the new measure, objection is
made to the following section:
[ Third. Putting a license for shell
and pearl hunting of $1 per annum
for bonafide citizens of the state,
above fourteen years of age, and $25
per annum for non-residents; that no
female be charged a license; that $1
per ton be taxed on all shells shipped
from the state.
The need of requiring license is not
very apparent and before dissenting,
we would prefer first to hear an ar
gument sustaining the provision. But
why not license the farmer, the stock
raiser and every other industry?
Would it not be just as unreasonable
and uncalled for? But passing this
point, the most important provision of
the article is found in the last clause,
imposing a tax of $1 per ton on shells
shipped out of the state.
The encouragement of home fac
tories meets with popular favor and
to exempt from taxation those manu
facturing buttons is generally ap
proved, but the provision named is
short-sighted if this be the aim of the
author. Like all other tariffs, it be
comes a tax, that eventually falls up
on the clammer, when he first dis
poses of his shells. Owing to the
small number of home factories, the
foreign buyer controls the price and
the little fellows would be content
with existing prices and willing to ac
cept the shaving of $1 per ton ac
corded them under this preferment o!
the law. Dr. Myers surely does not
intend to place this additional ta.s
upon every ton of shells taken from
the river by the poor pearler, whose
livelihood is not so lucrative, as to
be thus curtailed.
But putting aside argument as to its
salience, we would dispute its consti
tutionality and cite for authority Ar
ticle I, Section IX, Clauses of the fed
eral constitution: “No tax or duty
shall be laid on articles exported from
any state.”
Again Section X, Clause 2, “No state
shall without the consent of the Con
gress lay any duties on imports or
exports, except what may be abso
lutely necessary for executing its in
spection laws * * * and all such
laws shall be subject to the revision
and control of congress.”
Dr. Myers’ bill should evidently be
revised to make it worthy of the pa
per upon which it is written.
The measure as a whole is infinitely
preferable to that already enacted and
would result in a greater protection
to the industry to say nothing of the
pernicious features of the foimer
measure.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
At St. Paul’s Church—Third Sunday
in Lent. Divine services as follows:
The holy communion 7:30. Morning
prayer, litany and sermon 11. Even
ing prayer and sermon 7:30 p. m.
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At the Christian Church- March 15,
1903, C. C. Cline will address the peo
ple. The subject, for 11 a. m. is “Sins
of Ignorance,” and at 7:30 p.m. “Why
is Gambling Outlawed?” Sunday
school at 9:30. We invite all to at
tend.
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On next Sunday Dr. J. F. Love, Mis
sionary Secretary of Baptist State
Convention, will preach at the Bap
tist cnurch both morning and evening.
We are anxious for every one to hear
this gifted speaker and are sure none
who come will be disappointed. All
are cordially invited to attend. Ser
vices at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
T. C. Mahan, Pastor.
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At the Methodist church Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. and Junior Ep
worth League at 2:30 p. m. The pas
tor, J. W. Smith, will fill his pulpit at
11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. “The State of
the Saved Between Death and the
Resurrection” is the subject of his
morning sermon and he will speak on
“The Veiled Life” at the evening
hour. The public is cordially invited
to attend all services.
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COURT POSTPONES HEARING.
Judge F. D. Fulkerson on Thursday
night on his own motion, continued
the hearing of the injunction suit of
the prohibitionists of Newport against
the liquor dealers of this city, from
next Tuesday, the date previously set,
until Saturday, April 28th. The latter
element are quite jubilant.
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