The Kings Mountain Herald from Kings Mountain, North Carolina • Page 3

MR. WEBB PROVIDES FOR FOREIGN TRADE FARMERS HAVE-FRIEND IN WEBB THE WEBMENYON LAW SUSTAINED before the court. He said that he fought for this measure for seven years and having finally achieved its enactment he was satisfied that it was constitutional and would stand the test before the highest tribunal in the UPHELD BY THE SUPREME COURT Congressman Vebb, One of Its WAR MEASURES SPECIALTY OF CONGRESSMAN WEBB Introduced and Piloted Through The House Espionage and Other Important Bills. (Charlotte Observer, March 21, '18.) (By E. C.

Bryant.) Washington, March 21. Representative E. Y. Webb, chairman of the house judiciary comm'ttce, has made His Export Bill Aids Merchants And Manufacturers in Bijj Foreign Trade After the War Philadelphia Record Praises. (By George H.

Post.) "A long step forward toward the rehabilitation of an merican mer. a fine record in securing favorable ii i sirii'ht or Nationalism. Drohibition or nuinuer Ol iigius in me House iui I WEBB HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR THE FARMERS SAYS J. II. PATTEN, SECUE-TARY OF THE FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS.

In rejily to a letter of inquiry 'Squire J. Falls, a most substan iarmer of C.evebind emintv Hon i haVc your letter of the 7th inst. k. rd of WM.h n. i legislation urced bv the farmers' or.

ganizations in the interest of the chant marine is be ng taken by Con- J. H. Patten, secretary of the' Farm- i vZZt gres. in the consideration of an actors" National Congress of the United I Mr Webb has a Ldv wav of known a. the Webb Export Bill, State, say.

under date of October iJJtliJtt promote trade or commerce from the 1918- I b'' no gets action by har- United Stnfe. it. imonmng discordant elements. n. 'Uear Sir: of mWMe the hair thc wav he 'moolh.

it out in thc rirt not be shipped into a State ontrary W8y he moolhs 11 out ln tnc nauon. jnis net nas passed the House and is now before the Senate, where it is being consid- ereo. oy tne committee on Interstate uiiuneree. The bill was introduced in the house by Hon. Edwin Yates Webb of North Carolina, chairman of the House committee On the Judiciary.

In the report of the committee accompanying the bill it is stated that the u.B peopie. I prevent a break between this country enlorce its own win. ror years I was General and Germany. he Foaco with Before the passage of the Wcbb-Counscl of the National Farmers' homr But) when the Germans fore- Kenyon Law the Nation was placed Union and since my retirement fromlcd th(, fignt ne up hi9 BiPevPSi operation with those who desire to that organization I have been identi.jami went tq work to heip put th interfere with the efforts of the sev- fied Officially With the Oririllli- n. j.

rt Ctnlau In ovavpiua tbnir nnHml.t- direction. He is considered the clev- crest of compromisers. nr. w- woM. diJ a that he honorably c6xi do to iu w.n.

Mr bv the presjjent nhio-f nf thn ni i. uniicu ouucs on a war loouig. resi. JSnJJZLtLS nH 2atin Whkh 38 yearS ld ha8 Wilson has called on him a num- cd powers over the of liquor with-7Zt Tt extend theTr foreign trade i bt'en frt'mSt times to put important meas- in their boundries. Power Februnr llT radS' before the house.

Chief Justice White, in announlin Uiwn.iL th tL i. ieamblin8 farm Products, marketing! Thc ort BiU the Sol. the decision of the Supreme Court on Discussing thc Webb export bill tht. in i u. manufacturers to combine for the maintenance of selling agencies aoroaa, so mat manuiacturers wno annot uuoni to maintain lnuiviuuai igcncics may yet participate in ex- wrt trade.

That does not hurt the domestic consumer, and the more goods can sell abroad thc better. "But the Webb export bill ought to ass as a war measure. It will help ur manufacturers to go into markets nt now occupied by Americans. In 1119. in SUPREME COURT UPHELD lvcnt "j6 ste WEIJB-KENYON LAW, further and actively su- I tain thc Mate authorities in their ef- Author is Well Known in Bap-1 for.

out the li)Uor luw up-- HLt In Nrlh on their books. say mat tne larmers and me Deonlc have no bcttcr fviemi jn Congress tban Congressman Wet'; has shown to be whenever legislation was up affecting the farmers. He worked and voted for parcel post, its enlargement, rural credits, good roads aid, marketing, exempting farmers' organizations from the criminal trut class, restricted immigration, postal savings, and every other piece of legislation urged by such furmers' or- n. fV, Tln-nn rarniL'n iaiionai uonirress. anu inc f.

shou)d be on the job for him. If the armcrg do nQt gtan(, by their friends land show their appreciation for faith. ni number of their 1. i nurif luu iiiuiiv in lui uresH iiuw. nt'uu ran cases this faeilitv enn be used'lc t.

weaken thc economic strength ofjGrange. He has ahv urmany ana to attacK ijermany onomic laonc is one 01 me most ei- feUve ways in which to war on Ger. nuiy. The commercial interests of st ef- uremn, i ut8, inglukewarm in support of the warjfrjen(jg tnc n'Bn oil" 0t tne land, is Carolina The Wcbb-Kenyon law stands so Supreme Court of the United; States decided last week. It was an (epochal decision.

The cause of prohi Eoes marching on. 1 he framer of the bill, which passed both houses of Congress over the veto of Presi dent Taft and against the judgment nt grmnt it innriliat a K'-v iand has now Dcen approved as sound .1 .1 a North Carolina Baptist, the son of a Baptist preacher, former moderator of the Kings Mountain Association, graduate of Wake Forest college, and member of Congress from the Ninth district for several years. We congratulate him upon his signal victory and we felicitate the country. Strength to his good right arm for many years to come! Biblical Recorder. WEBB FAVORABLY REPORTS PROHIBITION AMENDMENT Washington Dec.

14. Representa tive Webb, of North Carolina, advanced the cause of nation-wide prohibition materially today when as chairman of the houne judiciary com- mtitee he reported favorably the joint The decision is rcgarled as a body blow to liquor dealers who had pinned their hopes to the Idea that the Supreme court would knock the law out. Once in a Kentucky cise the law was before the court bit other points in the case at issue thtn prevented a direct interpretation of the law itself. THE CLOVEN FOOT, Some of Republican Speakers Would he Fine for Junkets to Distribute in Hunlanq 4 (The News Observer, I Wilmington Star. Augu-I 28, An Amsterdam cablegram sajs fhc I Junkers are lying on President VTil-j son in order to deceive the people Ve might expect that of thujluns, lut people of North Cnrolina hac lt-Iter be wary of a certain class of poi.

ticians who have already adopted Ilui 'methods to deceive the people. Sone of.the Republican speeches- beinr 'made in North Carolina at this would be fine for the Junkers to dis telling the German people about the American government as a hypocriti- cal aggregation unwortny ox inc re spect of liermans loyal to tne nais-er and Germany. i At the snme time, the deluded Ger-: mans would not know that these Republican detractors of their own go-ernment are men who will be over-iwhelmingly repudiated at the polls in I North Carolina in November. Certain ly they for what patriotic He mil.lirnn would vote for men who are' making political speeches of the char. aeter ot me utterances auriouieu John Money omwair 10.

the United States Senate, Char.es A. Jonas, candidate for Congress against representative i. Ninth congressional district, and John W. Kurfoes, candidate for Congress against Representative Charles M. Stedman in the Fifth congressional district.

APPEALS TO IGNORANCE Verily the Mask of Republican Deception is Gradually Being Thrown Aside Asheville Times. At the so-called "patriotic rally" held at Three County Corners, a remote mountain section of Burke county Republican-Candidate for Congress Jonas astonished his hearers by his vicious attack upon President Wilson's patriotism and the Democratic administration, and on Congressman Webb in particular. It bordered upon disloyalty. His assertions, "If you want this war to end, put men in power who have the respect of thc world. Unless you do that the war will drag on wearily until these ten and twelve-year-old boys have to go as surely as night follows the day.

"Verily, the mask of Republican deception is gradually being thrown aside. The pretended patriotism of certain Republican leaders is being shot to pieces Although the whole world is at war and Republican soldiers and Democratic soldiers are vieing with one another in supreme efforts to whip the Hun here we have a concrete exam ple of a Republican's underhanded method of going to Congress by mis representation and by an appeal to prejudice and ignorance. Such meth- ods will never win, but they show to what depths some Republican leaders, who profess patriotism, will stoop for a public Alice! AMENDMENTS TO THE PROHIBITION MEASURE Washington, Dec. 14. 1916.

The proposed prohibition amendments. drawn by Chairman Webb, follows: Section 1. That the sale, manufac ture for sale, transportation for sale and importation for sale of intoxicat ing liquors for beverage purposes in the United States and all territories subject to the jurisdiction thereof and exportation thereof are forever pro- Section 2. That the Congress and the states shall have power, independently or concurrently, to enforce this article by all needful Washington Star. legislation.

SHELBY MAN STANDS HIGH WITH PRESIDENT (Parker R. Anderson in Greensboro Daily News.) Washington, Jan. 2. It is also true that the President himself regards Mr. webD as one oi tne ablest men in Congress.

He frequently sends for the ninth district Congressman whea he needs help at the capitol. The writer has personal knowledge of one of these important conferences held only a few week, ago; At that time Mr. Webb was asked to handle some very very Important matter for the 1 1 i Bill Provides That Liquor Shall Not Be Shipped Into State Contrary to the Wishes Of That State It does not matter much whether happens to believe in States tntnl ahrtin. nce, in order to find excellent reason, for rejoicing in the fact that the Su. preme' Court of the United States Webb-Kcnvbn feaw has upheld me v.

etm ivcnypn uw. Thi. law provides that MqW to the will ol mat state. in the justice of that decision is on- lv necessary to believe that democra. 7 hoM be protected in its efArt to.

"eomnlrte nut hontv to nrevent nara. Ivzinc of State nuthority." We trust the time will come when Congress, in exercising this right to pre- i nun: ih no reiiBuu wn il nnuuiiE not be made as great an offense-the Federal Government to use the l.V.l..r.,l in anil 11 mry io me wisn oi. a maw Government as it now is for moonshiners to make and sell liquor which does not pay a Federal tax. Tho Outlook, Jan. 17, 1917.

YATES WEBB TO THE FOREFRONT Was Champion of the Ship Purchase Bill in the House. (From the Raleigh News and Obser-'' ver.) North Carolina continues to render service of the best in behalf of the program of the Wilson administration. Congressman Yates Webb of the ninth district, furnishes the latest example of this, for he was to the fore yesterday when the ship purchase bill came up in the house. He open ed the debate on the measure and was one of the leaders in the great fight being made for the passage of the ad ministration bill. Hi.

presentations of the matter was strong and he gave with emphasis the strongest reasons why the bill should be passed. In his advocacy of the bill Mr. ation of facts that the Republican prty in the many years it has been in power had never enacted legislation to build up the needed merchant marine. Interrupted by. Republicans in his remarks he met them with re-sponses which showed the imperative necessity fer the passage of the bill offered, that it is one which has for its purpose the up-building of the business interests of America.

Admitting that the measure might not be a perfect one, he declared that it is a patriotic one to which all men should give their aid. He ably met the opposition to the measure as to its being one for government owncr-ership, that if so this had no terrors to him, that long ago the government had gone into government own- ership without hurt, and that if there was ever a time when this country should engage such ownership it is now, that this is a timfe when every power of the government should be exerted in the interest of the people. Congressman Webb bade an argument that was a rf strong one. His remarks well to the point and they went direct lhe mark. He rendered a splendid service to the administration and to the American people by his strong advocacy of the measare.t He is leading the tration forces fighting for the bill with an ability which is conspicuous.

With Yates Webb in charge we may well expect that victory will rest with the forces which he is so well lead- ing." Gastonia Gazette, February 19, 1915. SLAYS GOLIATH OF RUM Baltimore, Dec 20, 1917. "The David of prohibition who has slain the Goliath of rum, in the House of Representatives at least, j. young Congressman Webb, of North Carolina. He led the fight for the Federal amendment, was co-sponsor for the Webb-Kenyon Anti-Shipping law, and has bem chief of the dry force, in the House for yean.

He took a promi. nent part also in the pure' food legislation and other important matters, Baltimore Evening Star. Auinor raaae strong Af gument us to Constitutionality of Bill In decision which swont every, thing in opposition nway the Supreme Court of the United State yesterday sustained the constitutionality of the Wohb-Kcnyon Law which prohibits the shipping of liquor from "wet" into "dry" States. In North Carolina the courts by their decisions have upheld that law, the decision of yesterday being in line with decision in this State. The decision of the Supreme Court brines with it also a victory for Congressman E.

Yates Webb, of North Carolina, who made a strong Argument on its constitutionality, in the face of the arguments of many other able lawyres in Congress who declared that it would be found unconstitutional. The dccisi'in of the Supreme Court will enable States which have prohibition laws to see that they are fully enforced, for there can now be no 'question of any violation of the interstate commerce law, the decision of the court coming from an appeal from West Virginia in which that feature of the law was attacked. Ily the decision prohibition laws of the various States are given added strength. The victory for prohibition is. a great one, and the men who are fight, ing for constitutional amendment for nation-wide prhibition say that the decision is second in importance' only to that amendment.

The lawyers for the liquor interests admit that it upholds and applies the law "in its fullest extent." Congressman Webb made a splendid fight to secure the passage of the law. His confidence in its constitutionality has been justified. He is due the congratulations of the entire country. News and Observer. REPRESENTATIVE WEBB RECEIVING MANY BOUQUETS Being Warmly Conratulated on Great Victory of His Anti-Liquor.

V'l Law. (H. E. C. Bryant in News Obser- ver.) Washington, Jan.

10. Representative Webb is receiving congratulations from many people on the sweeping approval of the Webb-Kenyon law to bar liquor from dry territory. Some of the newspaper comment on the opinion of the court is very flattering to Messrs. Webb and Kenyon. Mr.

Webb worked On the Webb-Kenyon act for many months, and took great interest in its various provisions. He had an idea that such legislation could be made to hold water. He is proud of the decision of the court and the manner in which it has been received. The New York World of today said editorially: "Thc act of Congress forbidding the shipment of intoxicants into prohibition states, now upheld by the Supreme court of the United States, was passed early in 1918 over the veto of President Taft, who pronounced it un. constitutional.

In this opinion he had the support of George W. Wickersham attorney-general and of Philander C. Knox, secretary of state. "How lawyers so eminent could reach a conclusion which seven of the nine members of the court of last resort have rejected can hardly be explained except on the theory that they failed to grasp the issue in all its aspects. They held that, as liquor is a legitimate subject of interstate commerce, which is exclusively under the control of Congress, to give the states any authority in the matter was to nullify the Constitution." YATES WEBB TALKS OF PROHIBITION TO WASHINGTON FOLK Speech of N.

C. Congressman before thc Anti-Saloon League of America. (By S. R. Winters.) Washington, D.

Dec. 15. The transformation of North Carolina from a whiskey-license State a quarter of a century ago to the most arid State in the Union, was the vivid picture presented by Representative Edwin Yates Webb, of North Carolina in an address here before the Anti Saloon League of America. The chair man of the judiciary committee and a foremost advocate of the national prohibition amendment was honored with the distinction of being the only North Carolinian to address the gath- in; 11 VrillfS V. HUVOU.CD.

nings Bryan made an address to the thousands of prohibitionists from the scattered portions of America. New. and Observer. "WEBB HIGHLY PLEASED WITH COURTS DECISION Representative. Webb elated ivT the victory hi.

Uw had fained resolution amending the constitution YVCDD 'orciuiy set lorth the dire ncert to provide for national prohibition. for ft merchant narine, and scored The vote in the committee was 12 tolaKainst the Republicans in his dcclar- andevervthine done to hurt prospects foricrman trade after the war will tone to increase that disaffection." TheVews Observer, December 15, 1917 NO IQUOR HIS DEFENSE PLAN, Reprtcntative Webb of North Caro- linaCalbj Dry Law Preparedness, Wasington, Dec. 20. And ip the meantne Representative Edwin Webb, forth Carolina, author of the nation-ide prohibition bill, announc ed thatie would urge immediate pas sage oihis measure on the ground that no ation can really be prepared against ossible attack by a foreign foe as wl as economically and socially, until le sale of all intoxicating li quors is topped. Webb iys he will insist that the crushing ut of the saloon and the li quor trait is so bound Up with real prepnredras that it cannot be pushed York Sun.

WEBB TORTIIY OF A N'BEL PEACE PRIZE If there a great prize, like Nobel peace prizeor the statesman who accomplishes lost for humanity within a given Jriod, though that period extend over generation, the supreme court decisio of last Monday uphold- ing the conitutionality of thc law that prohibit the shipment of whis- key from a vet" to a "dry" state, ought to givithe prize to E. Yates Webb of Non Carolina, the father of the law in question. York En quirer, A VICTORYOF COMMON SENSE PROHIBITION The decision the Supreme court sustaining the Vebb-Kenyon law, ought to be hai'H with a hearty welcome by all wh believe in ntional treatment of fe liquor-question, whether prohibitnists or anti-prohibitionists. New ork Evening Post, January 9, 1917. (Prem the Linen County News) North Carolina honored in having the name of 0 of its Conrress- linked with so-rant a measure as the Webb-Keny law.

There are few members of thtower house frem any state in the Uon so able, Conscientious and efficnt as the Hon. Yates Webb. Chari and Children. The North Carolindection in No vembcr is of supren imDortance to the State and Nation-me senator, 10 congressmen, a numbiof judges, and most of the country district offi- cers are involved. Let every loyal Nth Carolinian profit by the example; of President Wilson: Vote this yeai i if you hav fes to do so 4 i have to travel one hundred so! Buy War 'Savings' Step's.

a a kept there. Very truly yours, J. H. PATTEN, Secretary. 'DANGEROUS TO SWAP HORSES WHILE CROSSING A STREAM." A.

LINCOLN New York World: Twenty years ago, when there was a Republican ad-ministration in power, and the United States was at war, the Republican leaders had positive and definite opinions as to the evil that would necessarily result from a Republican defeat in the Congressional elections and the choice of a Democratic Congress. Theodore Roosevelt, then a candi date for Governor of New York, ex pressed the issue in this fashion: Remember that whether you will or not, your vote this year will be viewed by the nations of Europe from one standpoint only They will draw no fine distinctions. A refusal to sustain the President this year will, in their eyes, be read as a refusal to sustain the war and to sustain the efforts of our peace commission to secure the fruits of war. SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT Election of Republican Congress Would be Repudiation of Pres. ident's Principles.

It matter not how well we at home may understand that the nation stands by the President regardless of the result of the congressional elec tion. Our politics this year is not a na. tional affair but international, worldwide, of tremendous interest to all nations, and of supreme and vital importance to our allies, to Russia and the oppressed nationnlities of Austria, to the people of all Europe. In the true analysis there is but one way fully to support our country and our soldiers -at this time, and that is by full and unreserved support of the President. The election of a Republican Congress would be construed by large portiojv of the world, and par ticularly by those over whom the President's influence is most import ant, as a repudiation of him and of the principles he has made, the prin ciples of the free peoples of the world.

No qualified support, no halfway sup-l port, no divided allegiance will serve. Support the President. Support the President by electing Democratic Congress. The Republican press of the country took the same position when we were fn war with Spain. The St.

Louis Globe-Democrat said 20 years ago: "A Congress hostile to the executive would multiply the difficulties needlessly and dan-gerously." The same things holds tiue nOW. Go to' the 'polls on November 6th ana cast Vote fdi Webb. 7, the largest majority yet given the cause and the committee also recommended that the resolution be passed by the present Congress. Mr. Webb is one of the strongest supporters the prohibitionists have in Congress or anywhere else.

Gaston Republican. LEADER OF MOVEMENT TO PUT ALL COUNTRY IN PROHIBITION RANKS Washington, Dec. 19, prohibition took a -Na- long stride when the house judiciary com mittee voted unexpectedly to recommend adoption of the amendment to submit the constitutional amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of liquor for beverage purposes' in the United States, As a result of this ac tion it is probable that prohibition will be one of the dominant issues of the next congress, although there is some possibility that it will reach the senate in time for action by this con gress. Representative Edwin Yates Webb of North Carolina is the author of the resolution providing for the constitu tional amendment." Shreveport (La.) Journal. AUTHOR OF BONE DRY LAW KNOWN IN TENN.

Congressman Edwin Yates Webb, of North Carolina, the author of the national prohibition bill in congress, has many friends in Kncuvirre, hav-ing visited here on several occasions as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Wray.

Congressman Webb was also the author of the pure food and drug act. Knoxville Tennessee Sentinel, Dec. 19,1917. PRESIDENT DELIGHTED WITH MR. WEBB'S WORK (By H.

E. C. Bryant.) Washington, D. May 15. Representative Webb has received many congratulations fer hi.

excel lent record in putting the Overman bill through the The President 1. delighted With splendid work' of Mr. Webb." Charlotte.