The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-06-09
EXTRACTS FROM EX-PRESI-
DENT CARR'S ANNUAL
ADDRESSES TO THE
STATE ALLIANCE.
How They Interpret the Gener-
aIities, Enlarge the Meaning
of the Platform Adopted
at the Recent State
Convention.

| SIAN we sal0 that Inc man 00m1na-
ted and the vie rs held by him meant
more always than the wording of
the platform he stood on, and tina {
| therefore the domination of Hon.
ELIAS Carr for Governor meant more
| for the cause OF reform than the
strongest platform could if tie nom.
Finee were opposed to "equal rights
to all and special privileges to none,"
We have frequently asked in what
way the platform was interpreted
and enlar ged by the nomination of
Mr.. Carr. We answer these ques-
tions by quoting from his two annu-
al addresses to the North Carolina
Farmers State Alliance. From his
address delivered at the fourth an
nual meeting, which convened at
Asheville, we make the following
extracts:
Perhaps the most important meet
ing ever held in this country has
been the assembling Of the farme r
and labor organizations in st. Louis
in December last (1SS9) the necessity
for which was fOreshadowed by that
eminent statesman and jurist, the
late Judge David Davis, when he
said, as long ago as 1866; "The rapid
growth of the corporate power and
he malign influence which it eXerts
by combination On the National and
Stated legislatures is we'll grounded
cause of alarm. A struggle is pend
ing in the near future between the
OvergrOWn power, with its vast ram
ifications all over the Union, and a
hard or p on much of the political
machinery on the one hand, and the
people in an unOrganiZed condition
on The other, for the control of the
government. It 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, and three millions
of people sent their representatives
there to form an alliance against this
monstrous iniquity. The unanmity
with which the demands set forth
by that body were adopted, and the
universal endorsement by all the
States and Territories after mature
deliberation and discussion, should,
and belive, will convince our legis-
lators 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 of first i'm
portance in securing the necessary
national legislation.
What neans these labor organiza-
tions? This: That the people see by
combination alone can they live.
Under pure system of government
forty years ago these organizations
were unknown, and there was ne
cessity for them. but to day how
different! Every branch Of trade has
been co mpelled to organise to save
itself from absolute humiliation,
and is to be wondered at when we
become to learn that the pre- sent in
iquitous tariff laws, the passage of
which was purchased by few thou
sand rich manufacturers, have rob-
bed the people and ut into the pock-
cts of these same manufacturers no
less than nine millions of dollars.
Hence it is, that at our city Of Wash
lnston the protest of a millionaire |
will override the petitions of mil.
ions Of working men.
The acts Of Congress in aid of ag.
riculture for the last twenty-five
years have been few indeed, com.
pared with those Of our rich manu-
lecturers, and the tariff is so manip-
ulated that they 1.-THE few thousand)
reap the entire benefits. We all
know but too we'll the result of this
reign of selfish greed. The small
land owners are being pushed to the
wall, the larger ones are no longer
able to make both eLds meet; farms
in the North, South, East and West
and especially the West, that tw en-
ty-five years ago, during the period
Of the greatest imitation, paid fair
on valuation Of $40 to
$40, are now being foreclosed OF
mortgages for half that amount, and
The former owners seeking new fields
If employment for a livelihood. d
1t is sad commentary ON hui :
nanity, bur nevertheless true, that {
With an unequal distribution of I
wealth there is an unequal distribu-
ion Of social power. The influence I
'fthe middle class the man of mod I
rate means-is no longer felt in the &
legislative halls of the Capitol; he is I
icing swept away. Wealth is rap t
Oily concentrating, and out of the +
onseauent corruption but two clas- t
es are forming-the lordly rich and /
he beggarly poor. While free to C
Omit that the Ubiquitous protective t
ariff has brought about the present O
oppressed state of agriculture py C
tripping the poor of three fourths t
t their natural savings and concen- O
rating majority of the wealth of s.
he country i'll the hands of infinites-
Imally small part of the people,
omposed of manufacturers, trusts. a
ools and combines, a repeal alone Il
this unjust measure would not re- a
eve the present distress. It would Ii
OF lift single mortgage. The one r.
hing needful in the present finan- t
Ial condition of the people, is a Il
ebt-paying system OF finance, in Il
with which. all other n
uestlons sink into utter insight a
ance. n
~
l have dweIt longer upon national il
1airs, believing that there, in the v
apltol at Washington, have origi- e
ated the farmers woes, and from S,
nat source alone can come the rem O.
~. Let us continue to insist upon ct
lr national Congress giving us this D.