The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-07-28
WHERE HE STANDS.
FROM E.X-PRESI-
DENT CARR'S ANNUAL
ADDRESSES TO THE
STATE ALLIANCE.
How They Interpret the Gener-
alities, Enlarge the Meaning
of the Platform Adopted
at the Recent State
Convention.

In the last issue of TIE CAUCA-
SIAN we said that the man nomina-
ted and the views held by him meant
more always than the wording of
the platform he stood on, and that
therefore the nomination of Hon
Elias Carr for Governor meant more
for the cause of reform than the
strongest platform could if the nom-
inee were opposed to "equal rights
to all and special privileges to none,"
We have frequently asked in what
way the platform was interpreted
and enlarged 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 farmer
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
the maIign influence which il exerts
by combination IN the National and
Stated legislatures is well 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. 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, and three millions
/ of people sem 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 ano
determination to accomplish 0ul
ehds This meeting, hational IL
character as in name, was magnlh
cent success in obliterating the ole
lines of sectionalism-a matter de
youtly to be wished, and of first i'm
portance in securing the necessal!
national legislation.
What means these labor organiza
tions? This: That the people see b.
combination alone can they live
Under q pure system of governmen
forty years ago these organization
| were unknown, and there was nc
, cessity for them. but to day hoy
| different! Every branch of trade ha
: been compelled to organise to say
: itself from absolute annihllatiof
: and is to be wondered at when "
become to learn that the present IL
e iouitous tariff laws, the passage
: which was purchased by few thol
d sand rich manufacturers, have rol
e bed the people and cut into the pocl
1 cts of these same manufacturers !
! less than nine millions OF dollar
y Hence it is, that at our city of Was
e ington the protest of a milli0nal
n will override the petitions OF mi
l. lions of working men.
i The acts of Congress in aid of a
riculture for the last tWenty-h
wears have been few indeed, cor
!, pared with those of our rich man
o tacturers, and the tariff is so mani
ulated that they (the few thousan
reap the entire benefits. we
know but too we'll the result of tt
:, reign Of selfish greed. The sm'
land owners are being pushed to
/: wall. the larger ones are no long
st able to make both eLds meet; fari
" in tn . North, South, East and W.
IN and especially the West, that t"
ty-five years ago, during the perl
ut of the greatest imitation, paid a Fl
a. percentage on valuation of so
re $40, are now being forecloaed
to mortgages for half that amount, a
ey the former owners seeking new tie
ny of employment for livelihood.
tie It is a sad commentary on
ID. manity, but nevertheless true, Il
.te with an unequal distribution
~ wealth there is an unequal distril
,ion of social power. The int1uel
ofthe middle class the man OF m
crate means-is no longer felt in
legislative halls Of the Capitol; h
being swept away. Wealth is r
idly concentrating, and out Of
om consequent corruption but two G.
rn- ses are forming-the lofdly rich
the beggarly poor. While free
,ur admit that the Ubiquitous protect
!, to tariff has brought about the pres
tho depressed state Of agriculture
ow stripping the poor of three foul
III of their natural savings and CONF
mo trating a majority of the wealth h
&c &c the country in the hands of infini
- simalIy small part of the peo
20 ,at composed Of manufacturers, trt
,ao1 pools and combines, repeal a
oo of this unjust measure would mo-
lieve the present distress. tive
not lift single mortgage. The
SIAN thing needful in the present ii
very eial condition of the people,