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Show ' rARMCn3 TO MAKE LAWS. Mstnret Utilrh llspotlt tij Iti. AIM. ne VIIIMappsrllaslh Csrollnt A recent rHarntch from Ralcisli, N C , to Tlio New York Timet contain the following) Thero are 113 member of tho l'rdtla tnro who are aim member of Ihe (arm era' Alliance, and Iheeo men aro all determined de-termined on the paeaago of n bill ettals lishl'ig a railroad commission, with power to fix passenger fare an 1 freight ratee. Il'l of this character havo been defeated In every legislature during tho past eight Jiira Tho demanl of the Alliance Ii for nn ironclad commission lo regulate and fit pa-wnger fare and freight rate, an 1 tho strong possibility U that atlcls an act will bo passed Tlio legislature will bo calliil upon to find new subjects of taxation to raise (liOOOO, which ha lieen withdrawn friiuithsiatnto trmaitry by decisions if the United Htattss clrcn t court declaring the tax on comini rcla! drnmrier an 1 on the salt of guano to Is unoontltntlonal Tho gnano tax went to the eaj rt of tho agricultural dtpartment nnl tho agricultural and mechanical eehool Thl school Is In tho iiatnroof n manual training train-ing college, ant U very tiopultr among tho jmoi lo of tho state, and there Is a nnlrmtal desire thlt Ihe monoybepns-l monoybepns-l lej to continue tiro school In onler to raits the mony needed It liprunoecdtoUryftlnxof (I on every ton f gnano sol 1 In thlt ttato either by principal or agent, which wonU bring in 151) OHO, and thus snip; ly the deficit T hero It a genir.il dt man 1 fur more money for the f rea p ibllo schools Theiw Bchool nm not now kept open more than two months In tho jrar, an I no teacher reunite luom than (I J per month a ul ary Aa .ho law now aland, the school fond I dlvl led m ratioccordlng to Ihe iiumbtr of school chll Iren Tlio (itnltenllary system I Iwcomlnga heavy I urden lo tho ttxpujcr. There aro now $1 500 convicts in th i-nltrn tliry near Ihe city I.COO negroes an 1 .100 White. Tlio oxpetu all toll lo lieep up thl system It JO) 000 1 r j eir Tlus it lo of the at tin are opp -d t tho penitentiary Ixcanm they l.llco Itilot-s nut decrease crime anl lex. vise It It a heavy et nn In It laco they are in fator of i oil Momio punishment punish-ment of nlne-ai ilrly tashet will I ild on Hie bans lt w of all iffenlerawho aro not to bo Imprisoned for life Ono of tho deniaii Is of Ihe Tanners' Alllaneo In thl state I hrgtlylncnnsttl criminal JorUlli Hon for Hie Jnstlir the sraec, no that onelialf of tho cart which nowcnmlsr tlio dixketsof the sunt rior court woul 1 bo Irhthlo b-firo the justice, with tbn right of a) I il to tho uirloriunrt. Tlio Allianco im m tier ought to bo ablo to ft sin li n I 111 tl r gli at the next teselon, but they will meet with strong opposition from the lawyer. Tlio innctment of such a law woul I reduce tho trlmln.il oxidases of Iho super! ,r a urn at least one-h ilf the hw t ul 1 ba Jaintfill ailmlnbitere.1, nnltlieronucul lse no nsore crime than there It now, Thero fi a aln ng d sire fur the amen iment c f tho clrll Jurisdlc Hon of the Justice, so tvi to giro them tho right to hear an 1 determine nil civil miller where the sum lued fur doe not exceed l-VXi Tlio limit I now (JOO. Tlio Alliance icolo aro also bitterly opMetl to tho law which trnnltt farm ire toexocntotsllen'nn ilio crop to bo nude. Thl law malic tho fanner or renter, as tho into may lv, liotli liiy nu 1 extravagant laxy bee suae he goo lo town an I buy gnano Instt ad of draw lag on tho product of lit own farm, an 1 extravagant becau. b svlng credit ly virtue of lit lien, ho buy many llilngt that bo (loon uot neej, mil wonll not 1 urclinae If lio were obligetl to pay rash, fho Interest he pay for thlt in lulgenco range from S3 to 100 per rent. A a matter of cimraothl enurmoiu charge, rouletl wills aetensl successive year of liatlcroi , brought almost overy fannerln dtbt to the landl ml nnd nirrchanl. Iti hcllou'd by tho Allianco iicoplo that the repeal i f thl law, to take t ffeet Jan I, Ills', would rovo of great Iseneflt to the urn who till Iho soli I y fun Ing them to jtiyculi. Tho riul of tho Hen law woul 1 also open tho way for tho Invest lutnt ot tho ialtal if the merchant niwusod in tho rtiminluiott aul lien buslntst in oilier i hann It, tuth as cut ton fartorle mi I similar manufacturing cstat lishmonta. Hero Is nUi a strong feeling against lists law of contributory negllgenco on Iho part of llm cmi loyee of rallrtn 1 an 1 ither corjKirntlou which jreventt tho n-cotery i f damage for any Injury re-ttlvtdbylhe re-ttlvtdbylhe emiloyo while In the em jltytt iho ttirpuratloti if ly hi net ho contributwl thtreto An iffort will lu mndo lo rettnit thl law nn 1 mvko the Injury Itself irluia facie otlleuot that tho cniloto It entitled tirvcottr, leal-lug leal-lug only thu tinittlonif thominnnt if ilamage to bo found by tho Jury Of it urto thlt Innovation will be fuinrht by t ho v arlunt corporut lont, but tlw otilnion jrorall that tho opptstltion will int avail to pn tent tho umecdmentof tlio law as slated. |
