The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-18
TOBACCO GROWERS HOT
ON THE TRAIL OF TRUST
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meet fair and legitimate competition for
their raw material, if the people would
only buy their goods.
There is a strong antitrust feeling all
over the land ready and willing TO or
ganize against trusts. Now as these
trusts are organized against the people
and have the wholesale dealers and JOB
hers in their power. saying TO them, u
not by written contract, by verbal state-
ments and actions, that if you handle
any other goods except goods made py
our trusts, you cannot handle our
goods; farmers of North Carolina
why not organize and say to the retall-
ers of North Carolina in every branch
of business, if you handle one article
made by a trust we will not deal with
you for anything. IL the trusts have
the wholesaler in their power, why
hasn't the consumer the retailer in his
power?
THE WHOLESALER CANNOT
LIVE WITHOUT THE RETAILER,
therefore the people hold the key to the
situation. AT the same time we will
ask the farmers of every other section
of the country to likewise organize in
each township and county ANTI trust
Leagues and we will appeal to our
friends in the cities and towns TO jon
us in this good. fight, by organizing
themselves. for they are similarly hurt
by these trusts. for, whatever hurts the
farmer hurts every other class of bust
ness and it does seem reasonable that
it would soon result in the formation
Of one National Antitrust League,
l. 81,
face of the earth. All that is needed
is organization. The people who arc OPP
pressed by the Standard Oil Company
trust the Sugar trust, the Fertilizer
trust and all other trusts will join us
in this fight for fair and free compe
tition which is the life of all trade.
In the States of Ohio. Missouri, Ken
lucky. Indiana and Tennessee where
burly tobaccos are grown. there is a,
strong antitrust sentiment. stronger
than exists against them in North Car
olina today. and they will only be too
glad to assist us in this fight by organic
ing as we propose. We believe that this
organization should be made public.
with no secret features attached. and
everybody be allowed to join regardless
of occupation. political faith. religion.
color condition or sex. All political
parties have so far made q failure fight
ing trusts. even laws enacted against
them have failed to crush them and
the only alternative until honest legis-
laton against the trust is vigorously en-
forced by officers. is left with the people.
and we believe the most feasible and
practical plan is. 10 STOP FEEDING
THE TRUSTS BY BUYING THEIR
GOODS.
Trade with those who handle trust
goods under no circumstances. Even
should they give you trust goods for
a while at half cost to crush fair com
petition. you would know as soon as
their object. which was to break Mp
. their competitors was accomplished
they would again have yOu in their
clutches.
Every section Of the United States *
today feeling the hand of oppression pur
on them by trusts and are ready and
willing il, you viii organize against
THEIR trusts they viii assist YOU in
breaking mp the TOBACCO TRUST.
The farmers of the cotton section of
the United States hursted the JUte Bag
ging Trust under much more unfaVOr-
able circumstances than exist today. fer
there is still left out Of the tobacco trust
many small factories who are manlfac-
turing every grade Of tobacco equally
as good in every respect as any the
American Tobacco Company or Cont
mental Tobacco Company produce. anti
If the retailers would c&ly buy their
goods they will make arrangements to
supply them. There would then spring
up Ike magic all over the country fac
tories putting up every kind of product.
capital being furnished by a great many
of the tobacco towns in the State to
manufacture goods at home; for the
manufacturers would then be able to sell
them. This would give us larger com
petition and better prices for ou~ %
baccO.