The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18

onnna+;- ~ SAioM some
nec'ioh beWteen Republican nolicies
Wv Tue laboring mans food supnIv n
oo"h'iul crops come to the farmar he
uoes not thank a Republican administra
Ion. IL q famine abroad raises tho nrico
VI farm products here the farmer door
not thank the Republican party for brine
Jug the famine. If an unexpected and .,
unpro1aIsed increase in the gold sunn1v
gives any respite from financial string
ehcy can the Republican party claim
.ieoit: The question is not whether
the laboring man is able 20 exist under
present conditions, but whether he ia en-
Toying his share of the blessings of the
country and Of the protection of the gov
M Compare the laboring man
win the trust magnate, and see which
Iares the best at the hands of the Re-
pupbcan party. Enquire also whether
the laporlng mans income has increased
as rapldly as his living expenses.
but even If every laboring man was
prosperoue, and even if that prosneritv
could be traced to Republican legislation
still the laboring man is a citizen. ana
must look at political questions from the
citizens standpoint. He cannot afford
10 barter away future security; he can
not afford to sleep While his industrial
independence is being DESTROYED. Neither
0A ~ 10 Nif~ICtN Il1C all ll0Dorl3HSt1c
trap, no matter how well the trap nav
be bated with food.
During the last campaign laboring men
were threatened with idleness by en-
ployers who desired to coerce them into
the support Of the Republican ticker.
Many OF them were told not to return to
work unless the Republicans were sue
cessful at the polls. After the election
some of these employers closed down
their shops and others reduced wares. If
advances nave been made in any branch
OF industry since 1896 remember that
some advance was necessary to compen-
safe for the reduction which occurred
after the last election.
COERCION IN 1896.
A firm in the city of Washington an
noUnced shortly before the election in
1896 that it would not be able to continue
III business if | was elected. It went
lEto bankruptcy Immediately after cleo
tiCn notwithstanding the fact that it's
candidate was successful at the polls.
There are Indications that his attempt at
intimidation may be resorted to again
this fail. If q business man feels justi-
fed in holding out the prospect of his
own bankruptcy in order to influence
voters he cannot complain if his credit
No -thc oltbho ~ ttiltCj Jn0lT acCOuntS
before the election in order to avoid a
possible loss.
The Chicago-Times Herald of Septem-
her S contained q special dispatch from
Indianapolis setting forth the complaint
made by the anthracite coal minors. In
The dispatch l read the following state
ment made by one Of the miners: ct is
merely a question whether the men would
starVe to death at work or starve in idle
ness" The dispatch also contains the
following figures in regard to wages, sale
to have been furnished by q member o
the national board of the United Mine
Workers of America, viz: average daily
wages received by miners, $1.35; average
wage of day men at mines, so cents Lee
the parent calculate the annual income
of a miner, and figure out, if he can
how the minor is going to keep himsel
and support his family under present con
ditiCns, and then let the parent ask him
self whether he is willing to have hi
son take his Chances with the miners. l
it due to natural or to human laws tina
the producer of wealth fares SO poorly
VILE the man at the head of a monopol.
secures SO much.
ALI MONOPOLIES ARE BAD
Those who attempt to divide privat
IloiUpUIitS III SUOu lIOIOpOIlSo dIu Ut'
monopolies will never make any progress
{ toWar the overthrow Of the trusts
There is no good monopoly in privat
hands; there never was, and never vii
be. With all the advancement in ~civiliza
ton man is still too selfish to be truste
: with the absolute control of tina
which his fellows must have. The Re
publican party has no remedy for tn
trusts. Publicity is good, but publicit
alone is not sufficient. The practices G
, the trusts must not only be made known
t they must be prevented. The Democrat
ic platform contains a demand for legisia
ticn which will place trust made article
on the free list. There is no doubt tina
/ such a law would protect the people fror
much OF the extortion which is practice
/: under cover of high tariff laws. If a tart
: duty excludes the foreign product, Will
domestic manufacturers combine to rails
: the price of home products, the America
citizen may be plundered here, while tn
t trust sells abroad in competition with tn
world. It may not be out Of place t
suggest that / introduced a bill eigh
: years ago providing for this remedy, bu
r we are not willing to stop at one remedy
l we desire to apply every remedy within
t ! the power of the State and Federal gov
ernments. Congressional action is nc
necessary to destroy a trust which cor
r fines it's operations to a single city, or
single State. Such a trust can be eXte1
minated by State legislation. It IS with
in the power of the State to prescribe tn
. conditions upor which corporations sha
he organized, and these conditions shoui
5 no such as to make a private monopol
. MACE limitations upon outside corpora
tions doing business within the stat
This however, is not suflclent. COZ
: GROSS must cooperate with the State
0 preventing the organization OF any lntel
| state monopoly. Without 1mpalrlng u
present authority of the State, Consres
| con provide that corporations organize
y !, any State shall not do business oulsle
Of the State until certain necessary COZ
ditions are complied with. IL the Peep
u Of anv State are willing to create al
continue a monopoly, the people o. oth'
states need feel no concern, SO lohg
Il tbe monopoly is confined to the state
= ,,bicb the corporation originates.
'e tho moment a monopoly crosses the Sta
, ,ino ard invades other States. Cohsre'
49, . RIGHT to. and must, interfere I
- .ro+ection of the public at large.