The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-11

EDITORS CONSTITUTION; In the freest coun-
try there Is the most grinding despot-
ism. 1t comes through great combina-
tons OF capitalists to force people pay not what
things really worth, but what is demanded
Competition, with its wholesome checks is cut off.
The laws Of supply and demand" are suspended.
We buy from whom we must, not from whom we
please. We are permitted to buy the things we
need by our masters. The Standard Oil company
ne uAtes our lights; we must buy from them or do
without Ifan oil well were to burst out on my lot
could not get u market without the permission Of
the oil bar0ns. They crush the small dealers-will
undersel aud give away goods till they finish
them. They dictate the amount Of bushes that may
he done and who shall do it and now, And the
others are like the oil trust peo lie.
Other business is Icing drawn Into this trust vor
tex. Naturally these octopus eXtOrtiOner5 throw
their relentless around the people as to hurt
them most. They organize what they call trusts
and control the necessities Of life; they cant en-
slave ueOple by controlling Ixuries But people
must eat They must carry on the business that gives
them t00d.
The cotton bagqing steal is among the latest u is
n forced levy Of millions The Whole machinery Of
business forces the farmers 70 Jay down what the
great bandits demand. This week the papers tell
Us 0: the lumber trust" "capital sixty millions
Tley would control the very air If they could and
much cubic foot There win be "cothn trusts"
They would corner on the gospel If they could.
These people are the enemies OF the human race.
Their selhshness is absolute; they are cruel as
death; greedy as the grave.
II We 90 on rs We are going in ten years young
man cannot be9fu business in the old way, with
energy, sense and integrity as his chief capital He
has no ehGnce-except TO wear the yoke of the OBJ
pressors OF tho people and pay for the privilege Of
enslavement These m0nopOsts are educating
young men TO be dishonest: they teach them to get
money by the shortest cuts; 70 all possible de-
vices TO get In" the ring that bosses the people
And the trust peoIle-the dcspots who crush
with money Instead OF armed men-are held in re-
spect-
Most people win take their bat of 10 them and
low down Deiore them. They are Of the sort WHO
would salute the Austrian Gessler's hat
All this i'll country that celebrate the 4th OF July
with It's declaration ofindepenence And not a lit
tie Of u in Boston city, in whose h6rbor brave
cast British tea. They did not like the stamp acr'
aud the small tax demanded OF theml And much II
oil tits desr otlsm IS enforced by the sons oil
WHO fought TO overthrow African slavery.
What are the people TO dor
JLey can test their government and sec what IL
can 10. Ifa government has not power enough 10
protect It's citizens It must have more.
They can do much at home If they have the
they buy from their masters. Southern
people d.d once deny Themselves; 1901.
g. ieils their story They canal Of them ats
least vino are blessed with a littlc land-be more
independent Let them produce more Of what they
consume There viii be less " buy and more money
dgce. These words viii help little selfdcnial
can help much, 80 can increased PRODUCTION. BIT
let the people test their government and mend II,
II 10 CON { meet their wants A. q, HAYWOOD.
Decatur, Ca, September lst, lsa-.
That tired languid feeling and dull headache
is very diBageeablc. Take two Of Cartcrs
Little Liver Pills before retiring. and you wiz
Ind relief. They never fail to do good.