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Sunday, July 8, 2018

Senator Passes Law, Assures N.C. Farms, Towns, It Will Not Hurt Them, 1914

From the Thursday, July 23, 1914, issue of the High Point Review

Senator Overman Gives Assurance that N.C. Towns Will Not Be Disturbed

Washington—The senate judiciary committee has agreed upon an anti-trust bill. The Clayton bill has been practically rewritten. North Carolina manufacturers and others who employ labor will be interested to know that the labor unions and farmers’ organizations have been “legalized,” but the provision which seemed to permit the “secondary boycott” and the picketing of private premises by strikers have been stricken from the measure.

Senator Overman has received many letters protesting that prohibiting interlocking directorates would cripple towns like Charlotte, Gastonia, Concord, Salisbury and the like. Senator Overman does not think this will interfere in any way with any legitimate business in North Carolina. “I want to assure the men who engage in manufacturing, banking or other legitimate enterprises that the inhabition against interlocking directorates will not disturb them at all,” said Mr. Overman.

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