The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-20
VOICE Till. PEOPLE.
AZ Farmers & Complaint.


A Farmers g Complaints.
Aastor q read liz dsiiy PRishnohd
pat eli for seventeen years, Y "a since
hnvo8 subscribed to ana been q constant
reader of ,riie5 fines ] ID spa cl,, prompted
bS,ths sa y e
N YOUR editorial 5.''rile President and tlio
Rnllrond, Z iitiyour5 issyog OF the 17t 5ust
p I1 me- NO. aild Would read with great
Interest one DC yours editorials on tbs
subject. Oh sr,y next ~ gritelillture ne
niilioads are the
the latter Is the constant gtud with tho Y
BOTH state and national throuEho,it r ~
lan1d the latter left unprotected hy
greed OF q the banks, tho naniifact ursrs
and constnfors OF their products 3 ,rlie
railroads III their dlscrlrntnatin g freight
rates and every othe,r i, money md trust V
price sc AGRICULTURAL products aud ole:
vatc the price or the prod Is OF 8all other
enterDrls d even though silian,lfact ured
fps shS psod'st sssas
pose. No national o bank 4 ID 3 Al flowed IA 70
take real estate for$coliatera IN negotltnt-
Ing loans, Il being the. security fori1te
Payment OF the United States bonds b
With "a buyer fol- the American To bacco
Trust g Cos with full poW er TO regulat
the price and drive OFF ltion.,g The
cotton factoties bot North and South,
OF that product! You may usk o. 1.-the
cottonseed oil mills OF North Caro- lima 70
make an offer for u carload 70 & cottonseed
sto.f b. atSyour station on railroad, and
nv, Regardless Of whether their inilis,7 be
20 or 200 lies of. The 5rallroadss In their
through rate ao on grain from the West
nave az have Unless recently alteI ea
folks, Petersburg, Richmond and Lynch.
burg and It Ia farmer with n good mill
IN his farm orders r e scarload Of Grain
h 1% the aae
local lrat 10 from either of these cities to his
ani opportnnity to furnish fh his his customers
h aa ss s adrenss IL
and the farmer Or consumer has It to pay
n oW II does seem Just that lie raj lroads
SHOULD be REQUIRED to- put their rates to y
SSl Pay hf ana
FnotTallowedit to make this unjust dlscrml.!!
1 ~ 81 poor unprotected farners
4 the whole country were 10 colludeH ard
! determine that as they 4canfmake nothing
net from their 5labors they, would nuke
net r. thing except sther food and raiment,
engaged In oil Their en- crl,rises (Which,
Il Is bic, but t hank God not probable).9
The he result would be the downfall Of our
el,es and the .hersn
ton TO show that II the farm ers were to
col des as all other terprlsesi how clear
tIis Is they are tiled to- dictate the prlce7
n tprn
ann glad u o see Mr.. 20 oscvclt Is be-
4 ginning to see and turning his attention,
Z fur as III. his power = les, to- the bridng
OF. the railroads in their outrages sbyS dis
eliminating fire. gil t rates as well is hope
of otlli JCu ban policy being adopted Jas to-
the Phllippi Inc Islands III the near future
gas other7r formation which seem TO have
I to the Presidency. u Il seems very much,
like tho fillment OF his promise to be
the President of the whole country With
out req I'd to section, and y n such effort:
}triot should uphold his hands WithoutSre-SS
gard to sue III shots as MIR, Carrnac elk and
sGoy!ernor yardaTall Il ma u see II Ito fire
Of never J, q gal hi being cand idate for
,presid ttal Fl honors. II. 4 a 8 we suppose.
such 3bc his determination, there lIes Be-
fore p him broad field for future useful
;nonizlng8 the sdlscords engendered BY the
3cventful past through class and sectional
Legislation Without Ffsa, o.. favor. 1 q feel
Roosevelt, inaspuch as &c did s,nyS utmost
to defeat his election, as L shali ever do
TO efeat all tho nominees or the Repnb-
licnn party, believing, as Z do, that they
peace and quiet OF our country. and that
too through their political and financial
greed. than all the other political parties!
ever existing In our beloved land.
NJ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VL1TER.ANEOFs72 ig5
~ Mecklenburg, Va. }1 ri p 3 s3SfIl