The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-22

tlic SutCSI paslS Oh prosperity is
. good returns from the farm. The be
: way to secure this is in the use of
better grade of labor.
r ID. CLAY LILLY,
Secretary Colored Evangclization
PRESBYTERIAN Church IN u. S.
THE FARMER AND THE TRUST
. The trust is the enemy of the farmer
lie has enough enemies without be
I ing subjected 10 n new one. and tha
the most mSidlOus and relentless of al
which can be imposed on agriculture
life. While every man in the commu
nifty will be injured by the trust, ex
cept the stockholders in the trusts
while every class and all professions
Will, to larger or lesser degree, pa,
tribute to the trusts, the farmer will bt
more seriously affected than any other
Every piece OF machinery every nipple
ment, utcnsil which the farmer use.
will be IN control OF the trust Tho
trust will manufacture them; will pul
them on the market; will impose tho
tribute which the consumer must pay
The Steel TruS, will be the chief cormo-
rant. We will use it for illustration fol
the reason that it is completely organlz-
| ed, and its dclctcrious effects are al.
ready being felt. Since the organic
alton of the Steel Trust steel has adj
vanccd IN price 100 per cent. and is
still advancing. This trust owns the
market. 1t is impossible fol compcti-
tion to take place. There is no seller
other than the 5000 900 900 Steel Trust.
Every man who is engaged in mana
featuring my article which is used by
the farmer must buy his steel which en-.
ters into the making Of the article from
the steel Trust. He must pay 100 per
cent. more for it than he did o. yea
ago. Every steel plaLt which was in
the United States has been swallowed
up by the Steel Trust. Some of the
Former plants have been closed. Thous,
ands OF employees have been discharged
and the trust is enjoying the difference
between the cost OF production year
ago, ami the present selling price. If
there Was five dollars profit on the pro-
duction OF steel when it was selling at
Sl7 per tOn, there is now profit Of S22.
The cost of producing the ton of steel
has not increased. On the contrary,
ii has lcsscncd. 1t takes no moro orc,
or coal, or any other material which
enters into its production than it did
before the trust got control. Less la
Dor Is used to make 1t. Fcwcr sales
men are employed. Actually the profits
of !he Steel Trust arc three hundred
per cent. more than they were less than
/ 1,c I, :, a,
unmitigatcd oppression ever imposed
on industry.
The farmer will find that within a
year, perhaps much sooner, he will have
to pay to the Steel Trust from Thirty to
forty per cent more for his agricultural
implements than he has done in the
past. The tax, fNr such 1t Is, is venal
IN the highest degree. There is no
relief fer the farmer with the rcpub-
lican party IN power. 1t must be de-
fcatcd before justice will come. The
farmer shouli remember also that for
every bridge which is built, the struc-
turai iron used therein will cost one
hundred per cent. more than formerly.
The Steel Trust Is a monster which
will dcyour the substance of the farmer.
The promoters of the trust are pow
at work to form Il Hard Wood Trust.
When that is accomplished they will
liX the price on every stick of timber
which the farmer offers for sale. That
trust will be the only purchaser. Then
he Will have to pay tribute to the Var
nish Trust and to the Paint Trust. Four
hundred millions of dollars will he put
into a trust to control the wheat pro
duct. 1t will be done. That organized
mcr on his wheat. The farmer will not
have general market. lie will be
compelled TO sell to the trust at lis fig
ures. They will form a Wool Trust.
When the Clip is shown the trust will
fix the price per pound which the far
mcr shall receive. The product will
be held by the trust, and sold at its
pleasure at tremendous profit. Cloth
ing, bread, and everything else which
is necessary for the sustenancc and
comfort, will be put into trust. The
farmer will have to sell at the price
fixed by the trust and he will have TO
buy ut the price fixed by the trust. He
will be robbed in selling, and he will
DC rODDeu Ill DISlnS.
He will be the slave of the trust. He
will sweat and his bones will ache, but
the profits which arise from the con-
sumption OF what he produces will 60
to the trusts. 1t Is just as easy to form
a trust on wheat and on wool as it is TO
form Steel Trust. The cormorants
will not stop until the last drop of blood
is sucked from the agriculturists. They
know their business. They know what
an easy mark the farmer is, and they
know how quietly and patiently he
bears burdens. They will impose them.
There will be no use in crying after the
milk is split Cincinnati Enquirer.
An enter hg Georgia farmer has
| become T. ,ssOncer in q new industry