The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-31
TO OUR FRIENDS.

TO OUR FRIENDS.
This issue Of The CAUCASIAN ends
its thirteenth year. The history of
the paper has been, perhaps, more
eventtul than that of any other
joural ever published in North Car
DINA. Whatever it may have done
now belongs to the irrevocable past.
For any good it may have accom-
plished. credit is due to those who
have sustained it and stood by it
daring the fercest journalistic bat
ties ever waged in the State.
AS it begins the fourteenth year Of
it's existence the times are pregnant
with conditions from which will be
evolved events that will make his
tory. IL stands ready and hopes to
be able to take some part In shaping
the course OF that evolution with
view to securing the most beneficent
results. To that end IL first humbly
and reverently inyokes the direction
and guidance Of Him who, alone.
can bestow wisdom and power to
meet responsibilities and discharge
duties that may be assumed or i'm
posed.
Next, it appeals to all men who
love their fellow men for assistance
and support; for unless it's ability to
perceive right from wrong is per-
verted-unless it's conception of
econ mic morality and justice be-
tween man and man ID wrong-it can
assert In the light of truth and with
clear conscience that it's highest
aim and ambition is to aid in bring
ing about conditions that will re-
duce suffering and misery that
will establish hope of an evergrowing
higher type of manhood, and that
will enable and encourage men to
aspire to the attainment of it.
For such support as has already
been accorded, we have no words to
express our gratitude. But as great
as it has been it cannot suffice for
the heaving turmoil and confusion
Of the present. Order must be
brought out of chaos. Public Geo.
nomic equity must be rescued
from the ruthless clutch of class
favoritism. And to accomplish this
those who are sent to the front
to bear the banners, watch the en-
envy and give the signals must have
the united support of all who cast
their fortunes and honor with the
cause represented by the banners.
ABOUT COTTON AND PRICES FOR 1T.
The happenings of the past few
DAYS, together with the records of
the past few years, ought to enable
man Of ordinary intelligence to
understand that manipulation and
speculation is bigger factor in de-
terminIng the price of cotton than
the la~ of supply and demand.
Again, we wish to remark and as
sert, that this claw of supply and
demand" is artificial. Money is as
much subject to that Flaw" as any
thing else. If the money power
makes this money scarce, then the
producers of wealth must surrender
more of their products to get money
than they would if money were plen-
tlful. The supply of money is alto
gether in the hands of men, and when
they make it scarce they increase its
power. just get this idea into your
mind, Think it out and see if yop
won't feel that you have discovered
something.
When the price of cotton was
about four cents last year, the old
pluto press, &c., kept up a continual
howl about supply and demand-the
crop being about nine million bales.
This year cotton is selling for more
than eight cents, and the old pluto
press whoops up Cleveland's gold
standard idea as the "boss" good
thing-the crop being estimated at
between six and seven million bales.
Now, why was the supply greater
than the demand in 1S949 Every
body knows that factories we're shut
down all over the country-millions
of people were out of work-they
were hungry and ragged they would
have bought if they could. Why
did they not buyf They had no
money. Why did they have no
money! They had no work. Why
did they have no workf Because
the factories were shut down. Why
were the factories shut downi Be-
cause the trusts on the one hand got
together, and tried to put prices of
goods up, and then the bankers got
together and brought on a money
panic. And SO when the producers
had worked hard and made much,
and had more products all around
than ever before, they found them
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