The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-06
THE KIND OF WHITE
MANS PARTY NEEDED.
one YEAR AGO the CAUCASIAN DETECTED Aup exposfD the
CONSPIRACY now bflne WORKED.
We Shswsd Thea Tia, He'd eesa Determined asd b IL Raa.
son Machine to Bsta the State into tho Heads Of III o.
u lobby aad Knife eyaa 10 1900 DsAal the cry Of Zig.
sM"...Seme Pertinent Editorials Reprodueed
OvERsEGRs.
rom Taa CAccAssAx. Aug. ~. y. !

OvER~NERs.
From Tas CArcAssAx. Aug. ~. VI.
Before the var the large slave own-
evs had ovsrseers 70 manage their hu.
man live stock. They vers far more
oppressive and tyrannieal than the
oWners, Who In truth we're usually
kind and humane. And OF all IRE
sponsible and tyrannical beings, the
oversser Of . non resident proprie-
tor Vas the worst. He cared li,tie
for the real interests OF the owner.
He exercised HE power 10 the utmost
and sought 10 commend himself TO
the absent owner by large returns,
eollec ted at the end Of the lash out
of his helpless and ovsr-drivsn labor
ers.
or late years. by methods which
will not bear describing, the railroads
Of this State built BY the taxes and
subscriptions Of the people. have
passed ct the expense Of . small part
Of their cost into the hands Of hank
ers living At great centres, Roths-
childs, Pierpont Morgan and the
like. They know nothing Of the
property and never visit II. They
derive from it an income. by their
reports, OF Is per cent. . year ON the
real value, and which 10 from 10 10
200 per cent. on what they bought mn
the properties for. For instance. the
entire Western North Carroll
M Railroad with its hundreds OF
miles was bought for $G00, 900, aud
Immediately il Was bonded and
stocked for sac, ,557 per mile (see X.
K. Commission report, 1896, at page
2A6) and the "human live stock" on
each side of that railroad is taxed
by freight and passenger fares, high
enough TO pay the interest on that
sum.
To manage these "properties''--
for no railroad magnats nor railroad
overseer will ever condescend to use
less than the plural properties" ia
speaking Of the railroad and the peo
| pie appurtenant whom they can tai
the non resident banker owner
thereof appoint overseers, a. "befe
do wah" whom they call presidents
vice-presidents, general grand thil
and general grand that. but when yos
come down to the fast it il the sam,
old time oveYseer. Their vocation il
not to superintend the operation o
the railroads, for that is done b!
practical working men who get smal
salaries, but these ''overseers" are 4
oversee the people. They manag
and manipulate political conven
tons, they run legislatures, govern
Ors, judges and newspapers. The.
watca for and suppress all indics
tions OF independence among the pee
pie. They bully some leaders an
buy others. They use free passe
literally. 1t is . cheap purchase 10
them as those who pay for their ow
riding pay enough more to ray th
fare Of those who ride free. In n
turn for this, these 'overseers AZ
paid high salaries from $50 900
year down to $40, 900 . year-out q
; our pocksts-besides free passes ia
their relatives and "friends," an
big palace cars, with servants, -,
retaries and lawyers to wait on then
The people "pay the freight
, The overseers, like those OF ol
time, are moro exaoting, and unr'
|, lentipg, in keeping mp the high rat
and fares than the owner would b
They fear that IL the income fro
!, the "properties" should diminish, u
: high wages and big perquislts Of u
: overseers might be reduced.
{ Thus the people are "over" "esre'
. | and their conventions and their ch
sen servants are manipulated that !
:. part OF "our tale Of brick shall
3. in augbt diminished"
81 People. thus you are governe
!. y and not BY yourselves. Was it vor
= while 70 make the revelation Of IL
!. il We are to thus live usder the ru
e Of the overseers Of the British ban
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