The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-07-11
All Profits Eaten Up.
diseri minating rates completely
parslyzed the industry in its infancy.
On this line he said:


hamlet IN other fruit growing States has itz
canning factories, which utilize all the fruit
that Is not marketed green and give employ
ment TO all the idle labor in their vicinity
besides paying out hundreds of dollars daily
Tor the fruit and vegetables they pack? Most
men will say it is because We need the Yam
kee energy and thrift that we are so often
accused OF lacking. Not so. You can read
the answer if you will visit the few canning
establishments in Georgia that have been
erected by enterprising citizens in the hope
that the southern railroads would give them
proport ionate rates as those enjoyed by
other fruit packing sections. Vain hope
Some OF them have not fired up in years,
others have finally decided to abandon their
plants. All this in the face of crop that
should enrich every section where cannery
is located. Why Is it? Simply because Of
the grasplng, cold-blooded, blood-sucking
policy OF the Southern Railway and Steam
ship association. We get car loads of baskets
for green fruit from Petersburg, Va. at $40
per car; for car of empty fruit cans, weigh
ing only 10. 600 pounds, from Baltimore a
very little longer haul, we must pay &I44
freight. Maryland and Delaware can ship
their canned goods through Atlanta to ST.
Louis for % cents per 100. We. within less
than half the distance, must pay ~ cents
per 100 These two items knocks the profits
out of the business
This Is pretty spectacle for the
southern farmer who can't make
any money on cotton and corn and
who has turned his efforts and limited
capital to the fruit and trucking
business. When the farmer is not
bled to death by the money trust,
the transportation monopolies step
In and try to finish the job.
Why does not the interstate COM
merce commission regulate these
mattersf But they never will. The
great highways Of commerce should
be operated at cost for the conven-
fence and benefit of those who toll
and labor to create wealth, and not
by private corporations for the bene-
TT of few people. Do the people
want to be longer bled to make mil
llonairesf If you want a change,
vote for a change at the next election.
Millions Given Away:
During the hard times period our
mllllonaires have donated immense
sums Of money to educational and
charitable institutions.
From the LIST of January to the
middle OF June, this year, these gifts
amounted to about $12 100000. Since
the beginning of 1890 the University
o. Chicago has received nearly all of
the splendid donations which have
built 1t up, and its property and en-
dowments now amount to about ST.
OOO,OOO. In this period Mr.. Fayer-
weather, the New York leather mer-
chant, has given between So, 5000, 900
and 100000 to Yale college and
as much more to Harvard. The
Drexel institute for free education
has been established in Philadelphia,
and 1t would be easy to print a long
list of other public benefactions.-
Atlanta Constitution.
Good-sounds very good. We do
not wish to take from these liberal
men one bit of credit or glory. But
has the Constitution looked for a
"nlgger in the woodpile" in these
TRANSACTIONS For instance, the noted
soldbug Mclaughlin, who tried to
down"Coin's School of Finance is a
professor in Chicago University. All
these big institutions teach the law
OF greed and oppression. Their
economics are for the rich-in the
interest of pelf. They educate many
people. Therefore, it is not sur
prising to see big donations going to
them. See?