The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

| ,oSt IF dutv and of honor. L ti'u7n'
tbot man could not make a nobler sacl,-
| fee than when he died for man. nu' I
have lived to hear that Il college, Iis:i-
dent in North Carolina mas deciaiii'" ~
,bc presence of his boys. thus teachlh.
,bou that greater than any sacrifice OF
I;fo for country is for Il membe OF !
trnst 10 throw out Of his Spots 4 rag
mont IL his college. The dlNltehdS
thereon will make secure the salaries " =
tha FacuIty. and the Faculty ALWAYS
Includes the President. What j. patriot
in, If the dollar is the standard. h"'
: voman'S virtue or mans honor II mon
ov X 10 he the measure OF All lhlhSs'
When the PopeS of a degenerate age
wer.. building the dome OF st. lettI :
bv The Fiber. the contributions OF cItu,
ujitv waxed lean and the hulldihE ha''e.
~ inward course. Men We're sent
ont 10 sell pardons in exchange Tor MN
~ III sins we're to he p~ardoned On y
,I,r schedule Of rates. One Of these
,non uas TetZel. the dominican frlar-
He nossed through the Iyrolean Ail'S'
down through the valley OF tle
Rhine where the spires of StraShurS
shona affair. by the ruins OF
Ueidelbnrc. glorious even Yet but WhcI
he passed beyond Luther nailed ms -
theses on the church door at N~lttenbur1
~denouncing the iniquity. Germany aW"k''
~ II the sound Of a fire bell 1T nI2h'
ana the Protestant church WAS born.
Today there is many 4 John ltlzel ~
inc Protestant churches. Men VINO nave
node their millions by means denounced
n immoral by the church and Illegal ny
The law give Il small part of their gains
~ colleges and forthwith. as with Tetzel.
tboir sins are forgiven in exchange Ter
their money. This is not written III INK
in tbp deed of gift but iii : We'll read
between the lines. President Andrews
Of Brown University did not SO under
stand il and he was told to move on.
rrofs. Bemis and Ely and some others
did not catch on and they were invited
ont Now there is none 50 dull, inside or
outside Of Il college who does not under
stand it.
have seen it stated that Il member
of this very Cigarette Trust told the
President of Elon College he would be
given money if his church would stop
attacking their business. That is reason
bic if it is Il trade. SO much money for
so much silence, but do not call that 4
Gift. DO not praise the piety Of such
il transaction.
The Western North Carolina Confer
cncc which is half owner Of this College
in 1897 passed this resolution:
In view of the lamentable effects re-
Sulting from the use Of the cigarette
and the rapid growth of this evil; there
fore be it
"Resolved. That we, the Western
North Carolina Conference in session as
sembled. are opposed to the manufactur"
sale and use of cigarettes. and Will do
Il. we can to say our people from tllS
terrible evil
M - ~ - 80 ~. ,I,,ul I'M.
voice Of the medical fraternity is fully
as pronounced. In the present war the
reports show that over half the soldiers
rejected were refused on the ground Of
disease caused by the cigarette habit.
The law has also been rs pronounced
~ making the sale of cigarettes to boys
under II years of age indlctable and t
has also stopped the placing Of the pict
ures of nude or seminude women in the
packages to tempt boys to buy by which
this very Cigarette Company We're ac-
custOmed to enhance their profits. \
policeman in Durham has gotten up this
collection Of the pictures sent out by the
establishment to which Or. KiIgo's
great and good friend belongs. " II
the members present examine them and
see whether this is thy sons coat or no
The laws Of North Carolina 1880.
chapter 314 prohibit Trusts under Il pen
atty of $4,000 fine and ten years i'm
~priSonment and Includes III the definition
Of 4 trust any arrangement for the pur
pose Of increasing or decreasing the price
of any class Of products beyond the
price that would be fixed by the natural
demand for or supply Of such products"
And the laws Of the United States. Acts
los. Chapter G47 makes trusts illegal
under Il penalty of $1,000 fine and ono
years Imprisonment. y member of this
Board has suggested to me that the
American Tobacco Company (alias Gig
arctic TrusD has not been convicted il
any court of being 4 Trust. A cause that
depends on that defence is already lost.
The whole world knows it is !: trust.
Long ago it was said:
IN the corrupted currents of this life
Offences gildcd hand may oft shove bg
justice
Not so above
And we'll 10 the tobacco growers of
North Carolina know the Cigarette trust
which has stitied competition and re.
duced the prices Of the product Of their
ton one half or three fourths. \ few
years a@o the prosperity Of that section
was the wonder Of the State. Rut there
came a frost, Il killing frost. when the
Cigarette Trust was formed. 1t blightod
- re- " ItlIl
places are reared in New York and in
durham.
Ana how has this resolution of the
chufch against the manufacture safe
ana use Of cigarettes. and to do all vc
can 10 save our people from this terrible
evil how has the cry of the medic,I
fraternity in the name Of humanity been
needed, now has our State and national
law making his business illegal been
ob"yed. how-shall | tell YOU how-hv
TINS administration which YOU are asknd
to endorse taking 500. 600 of the stoct
OF the trust, and living in part upon
the dividends from the illegal business.
dividends so excellent that the $40 o0n
is now worth 100000 and one enthusi.
aSlIc TREND Of the Trust has said it will
nel"re long be worth S4O0, 600. Where
does that rapid ana wonderful increas,
come from: Other property does not !,
crease that way. | comes fr.,, -