The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24

and be 0O06 WIFI 70. Anu Gu0A3 AVO06h"
to be me. I'm the fellow Pierpont
Morgan knows he needs. applause
and great leughter.)
You know about Pierpont Morgan.
He has quit buying railroads. He buys
systemssof railroads. He doesn't deal
with smell matters like single railroads.
but he takes the whole system at one
F gobble, and if this goes on it will be
only a short time, a very short time,
before Morgan will own every mile OF
railroad from the Potomac to the Gulf
of Mexico, and when that comes it is a
question for Morgan & Co., to determ-
inc how much tribute they will levy
upon you, and I can tell you how much.
The will levy about what they think
the traffic will stand.
You talk about making big crops.
They are glad t o see you make big
crops-the bigger the crops, the more
revenue for them. And 30 1t will go.
The price OF your products will be de-
termined not by the national laws OF
! supply and demand, but by the small
clique of big money holders in the
great centres. Tney will say, "How
much shall we take or coma" and
/ make their tariff accordingly.
PRIVILEGES OF CAPITAL VS.. THOSE OF
LABOR.
d. you know what they did in the
Federal courts on this question OF ratesS
The Seaboard Air Line got into a rate
war with the Southern. The SeabOard
Air Line pu5 their rates extremely low
and every one Of you who shipped any
thing or received anything while THIS
war was going on, got the benef5 OF
this reduced rate, though perhaps you
did not always know it. The rates
were low.
Now it happened that a lot of bond
holders, owning bonds upon a line Of
railroad went into the Federal court
and said: 'See here, Mr.. Judge, Ihave
an interest in the line of the Southern
Railway Company and this Seaboard
is a competitor of the Southern road.
The Seaboard rates are SO low that
they are getting all the product. Now,
Mr.. Judge, l want you to stop it by an
Injunction" They get an Injunction
end eDjoin the Seaboard from cutting
rates against the Southern and put the
burdens back on you.
Suppose one of you to get a
market for ca5bages, and you were
making a little profit out of them. Sup
pose another farmer catches On and
he goes to growing cabbages and you
go in and ask the judge to stop that
fellow from making cabbages. (Laugh-
ter.) Where do you think you would
go7 What do you think you'd get9
You would get 1.-The grand bounce"
applause
Yet you must not say anything.
Don't kick. If you kick, you are are
a greasy, long haired anarchist.
(Laughter)
SOME HOT SHOT FOE FEDERAL JUDGES
Now, my friends, this has got to be
stopped, OF this government is a fail
ure. Look at it: The other day a
judge actually issued an Injunction
preventing free assemblies; and there
he sits-this little monarch of the
mountains of West Vlrginia-and sends
United States marshels to shoot down
free born men who are exercising their
constitutional privilege of free assem-
blage. (Applause.) =
Are you going to stand it7 If you
can stand it l can. And if you decide
to stand it, I'm going to make a trade
with ]. P. Morgan and get my Office
for life. daughter and ~applause)
The corporations have got ell the
daily newspapers in this State, but one,
that is the News and Observer, of this
city II is the only daily paper in the
State on the side of the people.
One of the corporation newspapers
said the other day that the Governor
had shocked the State of North Caro-
lima by making a brutal attack" upon
the Federal Judges You must no
'criticise them. The King can do no
harm. Now, l have always liked Judge
Simontcn. I have no spite against
him. have always had friendly pro.
fessional relations with him; but 1
think his actions show that he is on
the wrong eide in this business, and is
strongly partisan with the trusts. with
all forms of concentrated wealth. His
own Senator TilIman, of South Caro-
lima, says that Simonton belongs body
and soul to the Southern Railway Com
pany.