The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-10

Republic and the destruction Of our free /
ins stfutious. We regard it as the para !
mount issue q the campaign. |
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
The declaration IN the Republican plat
form adopted A. the Philadelphia con
yeation held IN june. 1900. that the Re
publican party steadfastly adhereS 10
the policy announced IN the Moaroe Dos
1r.ne. =" : maaitcstly iEsIucere and Jecep-
tive. This profession is contraaictef ~
the avowed Iolicy Of that party IN opT-o-
sitiou TO the spirit of the Monroe Doc
trine TO acquire and hold Sovereignty over
large areas Of territory and laree mum
beers Of people in the Eastern hem3s-
phere.
We insist on the strict maintenance az
the Monroe Doctrine and ii ali its sex
ereiznty. both IN letter and il spirit. as
necessary 10 prevent tho extension %
European authority on this ccntlnrrt and
as essential 10 our supremacy IN Amt-i-
can affairs. At the same time We declare
that no American people shah ever hc
held ~ force in INV Hing subsection -
European authority
We oppose Imperialism. II means con
quest abroad and intimidation and OPP
reesion q home. lit means the strong
arm which has ever been fatal ~ free
institutions. i IS shat millions of our
citizens have fled from il Europe II Viii
impose upon our prace-ioyiug people i
large standing army and unnecessary bur
den Of taxation ana a constant menace
TO their liberties. 4 small standing army
and a We'll disciplined State militia are
simply sufficient in time Or peace. This
Republic has no place FOR . vast military
service and consCriptlon.
OUR NATIONAL GUARD.
When the nation is in danger the volun-
teer soldier is his country. best defend
err. The National Guard OF the United
States should ever be cherished III the
patriotic hearts OF a free people. Such
organizations are ever an element OF
strength and safety. For the FIRST time
in OUT history and co-eval with the Phil
ippine conquest has there been a whole
sale departure from our time-honored and
approved system OF volunteer organiza-
ton. We denounce it as un-American.
un-Democratic. and ~un-Republican and
as a subversion Of the ancient and fixed
principles of a free people,
Private mouopolies are indefensible and
intolerable. They destroy competition.
control the price Of raw material. and Of
the finished product. thus robbing both
producer and consumer. They lessen the
employment OF labor and arbitrarily fix
the terms and conditions thereof and de-
prive Individual energy and small capital
of their opportunity for betterment.
They arc the most efficient means yet
devised for appropriating the fruits or
industry to the benefit OF the few a. the
expense OF the many ana unless their
insatiate greed is checked all wealth
Will be aggregated in q few hands and the
Republic destroyed. The dishonest pal
tering with the trust evil BY the Repub-
lican party in State ana national plat
forms is conclusive proof OF the truth
of the charge that trusts are a legitimate
product of Republican politics. that they
are fostered by Republican laws and that
they are protected by the Republican ad-
ministration in return for campaign sub
scriptions and political support.
We pledge the Democratic party 10 an
unceasing warfare in nation, State and
city against private monopoly in every
form.
ENFORCE ANTITRUST LAWS.
Existing laws against trusts must be
enforced and more stringent ones must
be enacted providing for publicity as Il
the affairs Of corporations engaged in
Interstate commerce and requiring all
corporations to show, before doing bust
ness outside Of the State Of their origin,
that they nave no water in their stock
ard that they have not attempted and are
not attempting to mOnopCliZe any branch
Of business CT the production of any ar
tioleS OF merchandise, and the whole con
stitutional power Of Congress over inter
state commerce, the mails and all modes
OF Interstate communication shall be ex-
ercisod by the enactment Of comprehen-
Sive laws upon the subject Of trusts. Tar
if laws should be amended by putting the
products Of trusts upon the free list tc
prevent monopoly under the plea of pro
lection.
The failure of the present Republican
ADMINISTRATION, with an absolute ccntro.
over the branches Of the National Gov
eminent, to enact any legislation designed
to prevent or even curtail the absorbing
power Of trusts and Illegal combinations
or to enforce the antitrust laws already
or the statue books, prove the insincerity
of the Understanding phrases Of the Re
publican platform.
Corporations should be protected il
all their rights and their legitimate in.
terests should he respected, but any at,
tempt by corporations to interfere witl
the public affairs OF the people or t
control the sovereignty which create!
Ine1l, SHCuiu De IOFDlQuen unUtT Suc1
penalties as will make such attempts i'm
possible.
We condemn the Dinglev tariff as
trust-breeding measure, skillfully devise
to give the few favors which they do no
desire and to place upon the many bur
Gens which they should not bear.
We favor such an enlargement Of TIL
scope of the Interstate Lax
as will enable The commission to protec
individuals and communities from dis
ordinations and the public from unjus
and unfair transportation rates.
THE SIXTEEN TO ONE PLANK.
We reaffirm and endorse the principle
5 Of the National Democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1856, and we reiter
2 etc the demand of that platform for a
f American financial system made by tn
/ American people for themselves whicl
4 shall restore ard maintain a bi-metalli
0 price level as part Of such system, tn
: immediate restoration Of the free and un
limited coinage Of silver and gold at tn
present legal ratio of IS TO / withou