The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-23

.-..I1 4 't Il f4f7 AAE AlAtA
iicpnbllcaH Legislation have bred and
fldtched . combine ana trust that
makes ii Impossible for a North Caro-
hilan Z" grow tobacco ana more att "a
PI'tl. Illat WAS ouce thoir most
pi"liabIc and easily cultivated crop
on the steep sides Of the fertile noun
tains IN Western Carolina and ne would
nave made votes for crawford and all
ne democrats even IN the minor OF
noes that are expecting any seriol,
vote against Democracy throu1nout
the state.
Then il he had given the real rea-
son why and nov il was possible that
the Nicaragua canal was
and the Panama route was taken no
when souEd bidders were anxious l.,
construct the Nicaragua Canal within
ten years for 100000 600. and ex-
plain WY Roosevelt was allowed t..
go with the aid OF Democratic votes
ana pay $4e,0oO.000 to a defunct
French company for its decayed ma
cHlnerY ana wasted work. and then
pay out thirty millions more to find
out the Panama canal could not be
putt for less than $500. 100000. ana
now TO get scared and want t. let it
out by bid TO contractors under a
world wide confession tlau il win cost
not less than $500. 900. 900.
And when it is done the direct ben
e1lt to the United states in saving
transportation on her from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast or
sending W~arships from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific coast to protect US from
the HobSon yellow peril, will be fully
two thousand miles further TO our
own harbors on the Pacific coast.
than by way Of the Nicaragua canal.
route.
say today. as I said at the time the
change was mace, that challenges
any man or set of men to show where
! there is an ounce Of sound business IN
going ahead 10 pay $500. 000. 900 ip
get what We could have had and Of a
hundred times more value Ia the
American people for 500. 600. 900. ana
can still nave for $500, 900, 600 and in
clude in the $500. coo. 900 the $780,
100000 practically already sunk in
Panama, for Mr.. Roosevelt cannot
drop 1t, and get back to honest Dem
ocratIc and economical principles,
with an expense of much less than
500, 600, 900 forever sunk.
so it is far cheaper for the Demo-
cratic party to reOpen ANAL issue and
let Panama sink with the 500 600, 600
and accept a sound bid to build the
Nicaragua for 800. 10000 and still
save $2O0,000,000 out of the $780,
100000 more that the Roosevelt ad-
miniStratiOn COnfeSScs the Panam ca
nal is yet to cost if ever built. Ger
tainly not for less. for no bidder Will
take it for less than our own cana,
commissioners are afraid to undertake
to construct it with.
l IilllE ina Mf. HlilltIlS voice 1ol
the Panama route not that his Miss
lSSlppi constituency Cduld POSSIBILITY
believe in it, but ne did it from the
standpoint of eXpediency ana his love
to save Democracy from criticism. /
would rather see the old shin of Dem
ocracy right than to see her escape all
the false criticisms. radicalism could
pile on her in half a century, or as
for that matter through the ages Of
eternity.
nlJ, art- pnNI~ stands aony-irtal hn-
fore the world by those men who rep
fesents it through the National Con
gress of abandoning right for eNpedi-
ency on this canal. Repentance and
open confession for bad Judgment
and errors committed. is good for the
soul and Democracy cannot escape re-
pentance and confession of this error.
so far reaching in its effect on politI-
cal economy and history.
And when summed uD in a nutsheli
it simply means that Mr.. Roosevelt.
in trying to perpetuate the Republic
can party in power and maintain cap
ital above labor in the structure Of our
government. donated one thousand
three hundred miles of distance on
the Pacific coast and eight und
miles Of distance in the Car?lDean Sea
and the Gulf of Mexico and over tive
thousand miles of distance between
New york and san Francisco and all
Of our Pacific coast harbOrS. AnQ
threw in three hundred. yes, fOul
hundred million dollars of the Amer
: can peoples money if the Panama
route is used, to Secure and maintain
the perpetual campaign contributions
and influence of the transcontinentaI
railroad to the Republican party. AND
:. he fooled enough Democratic vote
in Congress to put that party on re
/ ord as faVOring the change, people OF
America think of it.
! l think that one of the moral an6
issues for Dem DCraCN non
! now on, is the life insurance Scanda
+ that has stolen the mites of the widow
and orphan, to help by fraud to elect
: three Presidents, and to help maintain
. capital above labor, if fully explained
to the agriculturists and the working
men of all classes of this country, Whe
have not the time nor the opportunltA
a to study the history of these mos
+ damnable thieveries. perforated tC
maintain capital above tabor in the
structure of the government Viii ado
, more votes to Democracy than a thou
: sane speeches of the most logical aEC
I eloquent possible, oppoSlnS govern
q ment ownership of railroads..
The great labor unions are 1us
waking UP and the agricultural inter
: ests to the fact that on them and then
alone. depends the life blood of tht
nation for The accumulation of its dol
. lars. it's food and its raiment. And tina
! not one dollar that capital has accum-
y LATED today, whether gotten by fan
@ or foul means. ever comes mo exist
: ence, save as the result OF the sWea
of some working man brow.
And the paramount issue before s.
per cent. of the voters in America to
day. which is composed of the agfl
c%ulturists and working m4n IS, hoy
long are they going to let 20 per cent
n of the voters that C all themselves tin
Q bankers, the brokers, the none!
changers, the trusts, and insurance
: companies and tariff protected manu-
featuring barons grow to be million
aires on the work of the other eight,
i per cent. without the 50 per cent
: having scarcely a word in the lay
E making power.
! know of no better time for tn
II farmers and working men of ever.
= class and type to calmly. carefully
, and thoughtfuIly read what the frs
= father Of the Republican party tina
won victory for what is now caile'
: the Republican party stood for. an(
read what that party stands for to