The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-03-07
Cold BIooded Facts
PUT IN A COLD FLOODED WAY.

wood and drawers Of water" for other
that prey upon them numerically, an
! gloat in complacent, if not deu'oniacs
glee over their triumphs. You poo
7 fellows are only so many human "dum
7 driven cattle" fit only to fill position
Iot ceasless toll and privations-ft foo'
for leeches and barnacles that sucl
your life blood, but like the lilies 0
the valley .sneither toll not nor do the.
spin" except to weave coils to entangl'
you and keep you for constant use yea
by year, just as long as your vitality
lasts. Barnum said ''the people loveC
to be fooled" and it is true. The mer
you select to serve you, 1--WE speak from
q national standpoint) have just sense
enough to fool you and not enough to
serve you or care damn" for you ex'
cept your vote. You are deluded by
false doctrines. made to dovetail into
your poverty for selfish purposes. You
are pressed to the earth by tariffs, mo-
nopolies, speculation and corporations.
No matter what you produce, or be it
much or little, you will never prosper
or have even the comforts of life, mot
daring to dream of lnxuries) SO long as
the power OF your government is ex-
ercised against you. In the first place
you pay tariff (bounty) on every thing
you use; hats, caps, shoes, clothing,
spoons, trace chains, plows, wagons,
names. collars, glass, tin ware, shovels,
spades, axes, hoes, pocket knives. blan-
kets. calico, domestic, -four, salt, stoves
moving machines, sewing machines,
clocks, fruit jars. knives and forks, tea
cups and plates, hair brushes. hair pins,
tooth brushes. thin bles, thread. snuff,
tobacco, cigars, sugar, molasses, hatch
cts, nails, hand saws, buggies, wheel
barrows, paper, pens, pins, needles,
pencils. steam engines-in fact every
conceivable thing manufactured in this
country. This is done for the benei,
of the manufacturer, who when you
look like you are going to get too good
prices for your products shuts up his
factory to keep your profits and prices
down, and sell what he has made at
high price. You are forced TO sell all
you make at a price fixed by what is
sent TO foreign countries in free mar
ket, where the whole world completes
with you. You have to buy in a pro-
tected market and pay bounty to the
manufacturer, yet he can import cotton
and all raw material free. The rail-
roads are run in reckless, extrava-
CANT manner, and rob you to compen-
safe for it, and to satisfy the greed of
corporate power and watered stock.
Your State and interstate commissions
are frauds and nuisances; taxes on all
money which you have to pay. the ex-
tortions of credit (Which is your fault),
the power of speculation in your pro-
ducts, the excessive burdens of govern.
ment arising from too many officials
and representatives, the inefficiency |
aud extravaganza of local officials, be. /
getting burdensome taxation, all serve |
to keep you bowed down with all the
rest of the world on your backs, and
you will never be able TO strai ghten I'M
til your eyes are opened and your minds
educated. You have the votes to rec
lily all these things il you had sense
and will enough, and could have unity
If action. The flood gates of the U. s.
hints might be opened, and money
night roll upon the earth and be had
Tor the getting, but you would not be
any better of. All these com binations
would have to do would be to size your
pile large or small, which they do, and
Ill would roll in to their Golfers. There
5 plenty of money now to pay for all
you raise, as you saw this winter.
Your remedy lies in demanding a boup-
" on all you raise, stop speculation by
aw, controi railroads or have govern
nent ownership, exempt money from
axes, have one-third OF offices and rep
ese natives, and start cooperative in
repeal all lien laws except ag.
labor and mechanical, work
'our heads more and hands less, quit ,
,eing full of prejudice. narrow minded
md the willing tools of dsmagogues,
When you think of all these burdens
GU bear and how hard your lot and
low your wives and little ones are de. 6
,arred so many comforts and advan- ;
ages. is it not enough to force you to ;
SIX does God or man rule in this world i
When you make up your mind that !
nan is the fellow who is doing the mis- i
hief and set to work to tircumvent his
you will be on the right
Dad. just as long as you continue to
pillow "eld beck" and your present
eadsrs you will be vassals-bounden
!ayes, to unmerciful task-masters. !