The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-07
CONFER AT MOULTON
LARGE CROWD GREETS THE CAM
 DIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Declares That There Is Not a Law On The Statute Books Of The State For The Protection OF
 The Farmer.

MouIton, March 6.--(Special. )--A large audience greeted Candidate Com CT here today. This was campaign day and besides the gubernatorial candi- date addresses, were made by H. A. Skeggs and Horace Hood. Candidates for railroad commissioner and auditor respectively, and A. S. Lum, W. T. Lowe and NJ. Grondyke, candidates for senator.
 J. c. Kumpe oticiated as chairman.
 Mir: Conner referred to his last apr pearance here with Dr. Cunningham, saying that 1t was farmers association day and the talk was limited. We did not talk politics" he said, ESQ my &C., quaintance with you gentlemen is sim ply as a farmer. Last year the farm
 CTS of the United States made six bil- lion. four hundred and fifteen million dollars. That Is, their product was worth that much, and this paper I am quoting from went on to say that the farmer ruled the world. I was criti- cized very severely for saying that the farmer rules nothing, notwithstanding you created all this wealth. What do you ruler Where do you find your mark in the government. Take the national government and it clusters around the manufacturers, the trust. Take the laws of your national govern Inent, and they circle around, and it's the tariff that carries projection to LHG lTuSls dhc youI OWu OldtC AaH
 and go and search 1t from one end to
 the other and fihG those laws that are made to protect your interests pure and
 simple.
 "Before going further into this ques- tion. as candidate for Governor, I fa-
 vor education and I make that state
 ment as clear as I know how, by stat ] ing that l favor education as far back as children grow and there are no back
 woods in Alabama so far back that children don't grow there. I am also
 on record as favoring the care of the old soldier. Back in those other days there was no man who served harder, who ran more risks and who did mors | things for the salvation Of his coun- | try than those old Confederates, They haven't many more years, and If this great State of ours can alleviate their
 condition so far as the economy of the State admits, 1t should be done.
 "A great many people talk about | immigration and are advocating immi- | grafton even to the coolie list. That
 means immigration of the cheapest la | bor on the face of the earth. don't ] favor that. I favor that the conditions
 in Alabama be made such that we
 would take care of our own people and so take care of them that our own i people and every other people would stay here Instead of emigratlng. be lieve in immigration that builds up and doesn't tear down, but cheap la l bor is destructive.
 You are talking about diversity | ing crops Not to neglect cotton, but raise something else That's right, but, gentlemen, you come here and pass resolutions and frequently you | don't keep them. When I was here before, the subject of my talk was
 a dime a pound or no sale. told you 1 then that the buyer of cotton had his | hand on your pulse. He knows what
 you-are doing today. He knows what
 you are doing every day. It is within the power of the farmers to make the