The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-28
GOV. DAVIS SPEAKS.
DECLARES TRUSTS AND BUCKET SHOPS
A MENACE TO THE COUNTRY.
They Must be Destroyed and Equa
Opportunity to all be Restored.
FARMERS URGED TO ORGANIZE FOR
THE COMING STRUGLE.

THE COMING STRUGLE.
When the coming OF Gov. JEFF
Davis, of Arkansas, had almost
ceased to be looked for last Satur-
day, he arrived after 10 o'clock on
a belated train. The Governor
had had to take very circultous
route to fill his engagement here,
and the regular /. G. train was
late several hours besides.
Soon after his arrival the Gov
ernor was met by County Organ
izer A. w. Meyers, of the Far
mers Union, and Secretary Curtis
and a committee of the Brookha-
ven Progressive Union and given
a cordial greeting. The Governor
said he had not had any breakfast,
but that, as he wanted to shave
and get through with his speech
in time to start back on the train
at 1916, he wouldn't take time to
eat any thing, and he didn't; so
soon after being shown to room
at the Inez Hotel, he was ready to
proceed to the court house where
be was announced to speak at II.
As is quite generally known,
Gov. Davis came to Brookhaven
by the special invitation OF the
Lincoln county branch of the
Farmers Educational and CO.
operative Union Of America, ex-
tended through Rev. A. w. Mey-
ers, county organizer, who was an
old friend of his in Arkansas,
the invitation being Joined in by
tn e Brookhaven Progressive
Union.
Soon after reaching the court
house, Gov. Davis was introduced
by Hon. M. Mccullough, chair
man of the Lincoln County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee, in a
few words which were well chos-
en-.
The Governors audience was
composed principally of farmers,
and to them especially he address
ed the greater portion of his
speech. He began by quoting
from the Declaration Of Independ
ence that 'sAll men are created
1equaI, with certain inaIienable
rights, among which are life, lib
erty and the pursuit nof happl-
ness,', and declared that these
sacred doctrines announced by
Thomas Jefferson and the fathers
of the republic had been so far
departed from in government and
Legislation in this day that the
race of life was no longer equal to
all.
''The need of the country is to
get back to Jeffersonian Demo
cratic principles. Mr.. Bryan is
right said the speaker, in de-
claring that the greatest issue be-
fore the American people at the
present time is the destruction of
trusts or private monopolies. = He
believes with Bryan that this
1should be made the paramount
issue in the next presidential cam
paign. He said the country need
ed another Old Hickory in the
White House to deal with the
trust evil. The trusts have gone
lon forming combines and getting
a corner on every thing people eat
land wear, until about the only
/ things now left out are persim-
mons and acorns.
Arkansas has fenced the trusts
out BY forbidding combinations
from doing business in the State.
They are met at the State line and
told to keep out. But they ought
Ito be destroyed in every State in
/ the Union, root and branch. =
/ The speaker was equally pro-
lnounced in his condemnationa of
bucket shops. He classed in the
1same category as the trusts the
Iprivate wire houses Of the South
or as they are commonly called,
the bucket shops. He inquired if
There was one Of these establish
ments here in Brookhaven, and on
Ibeing answered by some one in
the audience that there is, he de-
lclared they were all alike and a
curse to the country and to every
community where one is located.
lThe gambling done BIZ negro crap
shooters; poker players and ordi-
mary forms of gambling is as
nothing compared to the gam.
1 bling, decentralization and loss
caused BY these concerns. When
la bank official is short in his ac.
counts and blows out his brains
/ because he can't make it good, or
a reputable merchant whom every
4 body thought solvent and prosper.
ous, goes suddenly broke, in nine
cases out OF ten the bucket shop il
back of it all. They are regular
Egambling and robbing concerns.
through which the cotton marked
1 is manipulated and fortunes made
at the expense Of the farmers and
the merchant trying to do a legit-
innate business. The farmers
and the localmerchants have moth,
ling to do with regulating The
prices under existing conditions,
and the market is played up and
down BY spectators who never
|gr0w bale of actual cotton OF
bushel Of grain. The old be
bucket shop is on Wall street.
New York, and from there all the