The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-06-30
WHERE HE STANDS
nINL0H VnTT1--I %
RxrgkCIS FROM EX- -PRESI.
DENT CARR'S ANNUAL
ADDRESSES TO THE q
STATE ALLIANCE. lo
How They Interpret the Gcner-
s,lities, Eraarec the Meaning
of the Platform Adopted a
at the Recent State
Conyentioa.- a

esE.s.2 KIas3 ~ v,zgls' e.
/ In the last Issue of"THE .CArcA.
srAsewe safd5thst Inc rnsrf t,ornina-
ted ana the vic~s He'd byl liifm meant
more always ti,a,r the wurffng of
the platform no stood on, and that
therefanoths 0fornfhatsoao oof Hon
.Enas Carr for Governor j lmaeanf more
| for fhey cause OF reform thsn the
stroii igest7 pla, 6far eouh if th6 nom.
iaee. seEs' eppese.l 70 ..eehal rights
to all aItdspeeiaf privileges to rione, y
We have frequently asked i'm : what
tway the platform, was INTERPRETED
and enlarged by the-Hopfnatipn of
MIR. Carr. We answer these :ques.
tions, by quoting from his two annu-
al addressessto the North Cafolina
Farmers State Alliance. From his
address delivered at the fourth an
uud meeting, which convened at
Ashevi4le, We make uthe-followiag
). exfractss Z eiE = E.s
Perhaps the hi6sf IMPORTANT meet-
! ing ever held ip this country has
been the assembling OF The faI-nie =
taud fHppr organizations m ST 10 uis
! In December last (16S9l the necessity
:. for which was foreshadowed3by that
eminent statesman and jurist, Tho
late. Judge. David Davis, when he
ssaid, as long ago as 1866; "The rapid
growth OF the corporate power and
the malign influence which It exerss
by combination IN the National and
stated Legislatures is well grounded
cause of alarm. A struggle is pend
/ lug in the near future between the
lovergrown power, with its vast RAM
/ ificationS all oyer the Union, and a
hard gr.p On much of the political
! machinery on the one hand, and the
people In an unorganized condition
on the other, for the coptrol Of the
government 1t will be watched by
every patriot with intense anxiety
Never more prophetic words tell
from the lips. of man! The people,
though SLOW TO admit it, had at last
been convinced, ahd three rniftiOns
Of people sent their tatives
There to form an alliance against this
tmonstrous iniquiiy! The unaflfnity
4 with which the demands set. forth
lby that body We're adopted, and the
universal endorsement by. all The
States and Territories after mature
deliberation and discussion, should,
and l belive, will convince our legis4
flators of our honesty of purpose and
determination to accomplish our
ehds This meeting, national in
character as in name, was magnifi-
cent success in obliterating the old
lines of sectionalism-a matter de,
voutly to be wished, and 0f first inn
portance in securing the necessal y
national legislation. ;aary og 3.
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i What means these labor organiZa-
tions? This: That the people see by
/ combination alcne can they live.
4 Under pure system of government
I forty years ago these organizations
Ewere unknown, and there was. ne
tcessity for them. but TO, day. how
different. Every branch Of trade has
[ been compelled TO organise TO, save
Itself. from absolute annihilatfdn,
land is to be Wondered at when swf
| become to learn that the resent i'm
i iquitous, tariff laws, the passage OF
which was purchased by a few thou
sand rich manufacturers, have rob-
4 bed the people ande7Ht into the pock
Lets of these same manufacturers nc
less { han nine millions of dsllars
Hence it is, that at oufcity of Wash
ington the protest Of a milfionafr,
will override the petitions Of mil
lions of working men,
- 4 -@ 4 - I's lts--i y - -
f. The acts of Congress in aid OF .ag
riculture for the last twenty-hy'
| years have been few indeed, com
pared with those of our rich manu-
tacturers, and he tariff. il. solnanip
ulated that they ithe few Thousand
reap the entire benefiis.g sWe'eal
know but toe well the result Of tlIi.
!. reign of. selfish greed. The Sun Al
: land OWNERS are beingEpushed to- th'
wall, the IlargerEones are no lengel
!, table to make both eLds meet; farms
+ in tlls North, South, East and Yves
-tand especially the West, that tWen
q ty-five years ago, during the perluc
of the greatest initiation, paid a TAI
percentage on a valuation Of $50 t
$40, are no9 being foreciesed OF
mortgages for half that amount, mst
| the former owners seeking new field
of employment for livelihood
1t is sad commentary Oh hu
manity, buI nevertheless true, tina
with an unequal distribution o
wealth there ia an unequal distribu
lion of social power. The infuenc
Eof the middle class man of mod
crate means-is no longer felt In IN
! legislative halls Of the Capitol; he
| being swept away. Wealth Is RAP
,hidlv concentrating, and out Of tn
consequent corruption but two cfa.
t-ses are forming-the lofdIy rich az
1.-THE beggarly poor White free t
iadmft that the ubiquitous protettlv
ftarIff has brought about the nreser
depressed state of agriculture %
tstIipping the poor of three feurtI
lof their natural savings and eancer
trating majoEity.of the weaithef Z
Z the country III the hands Of infinite
: simally small part Of the peopl
: composei Of manufacturers, trust
pools and combines, a, repeal, aief
> lof this unjust measure would not r
:, |, lieve the present distress Itwoul
I not lift a single m6itgsge. The OF
y thing needfu1 In 1he -presa Mt -fnal
: ciaI condition of the people, is
debt-paying system OF finance,