The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
o appeal for support to the God-made
RAILROAD DETERMINATIONS.

standard Oil Company had q contract |
with a railroad whereby it not ONLY en-
Joyed lower rates than its competitors. !
ouC received a part of the freight paid
~ Us competitors. The Interstate com
merce commission has repeatedlv asked
TOT legislation which would empower the
commission to protect the public. but the |
republican party has turned a deaf ear
| TO these appeals.
IL IS generally assumed that the hank
efS Will cooperate with the trusts in
preventing remedial legislation, but the
p"hher himself is apt to fall a victim Of
ms policy of concentration. Some are
ALREADY urging the establishment Of
pranch banks. and when the branch bank
10 established it will be able to run ali
me other banks out Of business. Even
low the association OF several great inan-
clal institutions in New York under
me influence OF one group of financiers.
IS embarrassing other and smaller banks.
But Why multiply Illustrations Of the
evil OF monopoly? No matter how tempt-
ing the present advantage: no matter
now alluring the immediate prosDects.
every citizen Will find it to his perma-
hent advantage to aid in the overthrow
OF tn" n"onopolistic principle. ana in the
re-establishment of the Industrial system
upon a basis Of Justice. Give the boy
q chance. and let success be the reward
of merit.
The attempt of the Republican party
70 largely increase our military establish
ment suggests another inquiry: Is YOUR
son safe when new Ideals are substitu-
ted for the ideals cherished duripc the
past century, and when the doctrine OF
force IS accented as an American doe
trine. Up to this time we have en-
Outraged science and the arts; we have
proclaimed the advantages of peace, ard
nave preached the gospel of love. What
Will be the effect uDon the character OF
future generations if we encourage the
professional soldier at the expense of the
civilian, and teach the creed that might
can create right.
DANGERS or MILITARISM.
Is your son safe, when a large military
establishment is being built up to pro-
tect syndicates organized to develop dis
tant lands? When Mr.. Mckinley was in
augarated there were only ., 1000 soldiers
in the regular army. II December, 1898,
the President ecommended that the
! standing army be increased to 100. 900 men.
\ Republican House Of Representatives,
prompt to do his bidding, passed q bill
! and this was done after the treaty of
! peace was signed and before hostilities
- ~ III III WHY III We neSd
such an army? Possibly the prospectus
> issued by the Philippine Lumber and De-
velopTaent Company will explain. The
company he's an office in the Merchants
. Loan & Trust building, 1875 Adams street,
Chicago. The prospectus says, "Negotia-
! lions are pending for timber rights, and
. some valuable timber rights have already
: been secured, and negotiations for others
! are rapidly approaching completion. No
. other company can compete with this one
in getting a first foothold in the islands,
- and for several years at least this COM
pany will be ahead Of all competitors
1t also quotes from an article in the
American Lumberman in which appears
E the following: .Unlike most tropical
+ countries the labor problem is easily
/, solved by the Chinese labor, which is
v plentiful and fairly good" The capital
ist may see an advantage in militarism
and Imperialism, but where is the labor
ing mans share? He w. furnish sons
e for the army and will help to pay the
d expenses of war. but he has no part or
IS the profits. As some one has expressed
it, His lot is to die for the dividend OF
Dives"
Is your son safe when the doctrine O.
l equality before the law is repudiated, ana
d when the arguments which have ever beer
used in support of kingcraft are called
into Justify taxation without representa-
le ton, and government without the con
y sent of the governed. Many have giver
their support to an iinperialistic policy
without fully realizing what imperialism
means. Mr.. Gompers, President of thu
Federation of Labor, in his report made
IS to the organization last December, warn:
II the laboring man to beware of the dan.
gers of Imperialism and says: But be
"a meath it all there is the purpose Of those
III who have lost faith in the principles OF gu
ie republic those who have no confidence
80 in, or reliance uDon the honor, honest,
III and stability of our people and our form
e of government, and who aim to erect
re throne of despotism upon the tomb o
~ freedom, whose initiatory step is a larg'
standing army, and who, with militaris1l
rampant, hope to crush out the memor,
y Of. and the aspiration for, true libert.
- and freedom for all our people"
APPEAL TO FREEDOM.
1 Whether this nation shall be ooked up
a or as a Lafayette, aiding others TO obtain
r their freedom and enjoying their graft
1 tude. or as a Lord Give, fastening
lie hateful sovereignty upon a weaker PEG
II pie and receiving hatred in return, is
~ question which you must help to decide
~ Let me borrow a story which has alread,
d been applied to the present situation. I
o man passed along a street of a great city
u unmindful of the merchandise piled OF
IL either side; he sought out a bird store
/ and purchasing a number of birds opene'
ne their cages and allowed them to fly away
% When asked why he thus wasted HI
eu money he replied: Il was once q captiv
ue myself. and it gives me JOY to be TIL
Il means of setting any captive free
nc This nation has been a liberator. |
III first secured the freedom of it's own PEG
e ME. and from that day on has furnishe'
ao the example which has led to the over
III throw OF monarchical rule in many ma
u tions. Let it not falter now. It is prob
te abIe that the $50, 600, 600 paid to Spain ca
50 he secured from the Filipinos, but even
VI II cannot. it is better to consider tina
II euro IS 2 contribution to be spread O.
VI the doctrine Of self-government than t
- regard it as part payment upon the pur
II chase price of people or their lands. Cit
Do Zens. countrymen. YOU stand by the SD
:" of the cage; you cannot avoid RESPONSE