The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

notes by state banks. Under it's reve.
nue. raising power it levied a tax of 10
per cent. upon all such circulation,
and the notes disappeared at once and
have not since been seen. A tax, equ2,-
ly prohibitive, might be levied upon
all corporations in the United States
organized for other purposes than the
conduct Of railroads, steamboat lines,
t~eIegraphs, telephones, canals, and
possibly one or two other great enter
prises too heavy for the hands of indi
viduals or ordinary partnerships Such
a measure would do away, once for ALL
with the syndicates, the trusts. and
the combines that are sapping the life,
blood of this people.
Gin former days the legislatures of
great States regarded it as their priv
lege and duty to memorabilia Congress
on matters of oncer TO the nation.
They requested the representatives
and instructed and directed the Sene
tors to take action in conformity with
their wishes. This ancient and valu
able privilege should be revived. It is
true that the Senators at Washington
no longer regard themselves as amen
able to the directions Of their creators
Indeed, it is often said, and with too
much truth, that the Senators sen to
Washington own the legislatures which
eend them there. But this should be
corrected, and might be if legislatures
we're honest and courageous.
Every federal Senator chosen
ehould he compelled to take oath, in
che presence of the legislature which
chooses him, to follow it's instructions
in his congregational action when those
instructions are embodied, in formal
resolutions and conveyed to him by
the governor, OF transmit his resigna-
ton. Some might perjure themselves
IN spite Of this, but all would not.
The present legislature of this State
should not only see to it that the Sena
tor they elect to represent this State at
Washington is fully impressed with
the necessity of immediate and vigor
Gus action on the subject Of trusts and
combines, but it should also memorial
re Congress in the interest Of such
legislation.
1T would be a proper rebuke to this
Republican Administration, which, so
far as l have Dsen able to observe, has
yet taken the first step to correct
this monstrous abuse.
The Administration is full of solici
tude for the sufferings Of the subjects
of the Spanish monarchy, whether they
live near our coasts or at the other side
OF the earth. IL has much to say of
humanity and it's right but the hu
manity which seems to command its
greatest sympathy is that which is
tarthest away and with whose affairs
it has properly nothing or little &c do
under the Constitution.
1T ia the humanity which occupies
these States and Observation-Disclosures
humanity-which most interests me,
and which should most interest the
Administration and the Congress of the
United States. Our own native hu
manity has much more to complain of
than that of the Philippines or OF Cuba
No Spanish off ;ial from the time of
Columbus to that of Weyler ever SAD
died them with such monstrous wrongs
as our own people are threatened with
to day from the trusts and combines
and monopolies upon which most of
the great men of the Republican Party
Of this day look with federation, if not
with sympathy.
The men who are mcst notorious as
the heads Of great monopolies seem 10
be the most intimate friends OF the
Administration and to be the
most eager to redress the wrongs Of all
people who live outside the United
States, it being their we'll defined pur
pose to divert attention from the out.
committed against them. So far
as the American people are concerned,
Administration seems to look upon
them as having no rights except to lay
their lives and, incidentally, their
freedom for the conquest of foreign
lands and the fattening Of domestic