The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17

Ha- ..e,ence; expense, two shillings,
&ar,rt happiness. Income two shil-
zen. saHpence; e three
las result misery. Ny deceased
D".r . hos. E. Yancey. ST.. (who at
~ t,r. in the road cart ~business),
p., --.f the panic Of 1898. was caused
20 fra lad cart. The panic of this
D.. aid TO be caused by the auto
H"ln. both typical of the extrava-
pace Of their eras. If the American
s.. more especially the people of
~ south. would live WITHIN their
- lid man trouble" would never
G.rsee their financial doors. But what
Isr nc ezpect of the individual, when
10 National Government, States,
.r-..- and cities, set the eXtrava-
agce FACE.
"rrr .-uise Of our feet to the Pa
.fc ocean Will cost for coal alone
~. nIllinn three hundred thCIsa1I
s,Ha~s. one item of the food supplies
AZ the feet is seyenty-six Thousand
,agrG+ g turkey. Every ship named
1- q STAGE must have a ten Thousand
ioIIar silver service for the Aneri-
an nobility, the officers of pur Navy
Think OF II, We men of the Alabama
ard the kearSarge.). Fifty thousani
dollar f,r the jamestown Exposition
that Judiciously expended for inml-
gratioU would have been worth mIl-
lions 10 North Carolina. Bat pun.cs
viii come and panics Will go. ami the
rlssgifl On from $500 to $500 per
veek Will still buy a silk pett:coat
Tor -ase Of the rustle) when n sat
fre pett.cOat would asst three times
as long and look as we'll, possibly bet
Ter
Tho factory girl earning $500 u
$500 viii spend her all Oh dress.
The farmer boy will continue to buy
pateut leather shoes, so-calle1. with
1o guarantee. While | believe on ac-
count of Cur extravaganza trouble has
long beeTEbreWing, | do not believe
the panic Woul nave come this year
but for the great trusts and corpora
tons. who took advantage of me rail-
road rate war, etc, to inaugurate a
small panic Gntended), but the DIS
trust with which they are regarded
BY the people caused it to get geyond
their control "hinc lila lachrymae.'
We Of the South who weathered the
panic Of 1878 when We had hardly q
dolls~, the panic Of 1893 when We
had Just commenced to get our heads
above water, need have no fear Of the
1901 panic When for us it's only "wad-
INK SHOE deep" and with CAS- my old
friend Col. Coftield used to sing Of
BucNhoTq townships in Rarnett.
Wake and Chatham, a hog and hcmi-
ny people then and now):
Corn in the CD money in the
pocket,
Fab} in the cradle and another one
to rock it."
All we have to do is sit steady in
tie saddle, bearing in mind, though,
that extravaganza in Nation and
State anG individual has to nave its
pay dav.
FLEXIBLE Currency"
The financial doctors. I see, recon-
mend a flexible currency. 1t is to De
hoped that it will not serve US li< G
sam Mediums ''Injer" Rubber tree
did the Mexicans. sam went as a SOL
der to Mexico in 1876 and this is the
story as told by him:
one CAV / was out on the scriln-
mage linz and a regiment of them
DANCED Mexican lancers came chaIs-
ing down on us and We had to git. AS
/ was running along | run under one
Of them 6anGed INFER rubber trees. |
grabbed & i'm and as [ run | stretch
cd h@T till ] had stretched her about
d quarter OF j mile, when / TUNED her
loose 2A n swept every damned
Mexican out of his saddle"
Railroads.
The Interstate Commerce Conmls-
sion's last report foots W the railway
casualties as follows: Five Thousand
killed ara 1926 injured. Fiji rep
10 killed and 1857 injured. Says
the report:
The ru1nber of passengers killed
and injured has increased to an
alarming extent. In this item the
very large total reported in 1905 =
now exceeded by II per cent"
During the fiscal year of 1904 there
was not u single casualty among pas
se2gers e. an English railway, and
This des1 tie the fact that English rail
ways carry more than twice as many
passengers in a year as the American
railways. The operators on English
railways do not take chances" with
TEair n@7nIAIrnnc I n onn N-1Qr an or.
binary year, two passengers and three
employees were killed on English rail
ways. The immunity from accident to
traveller and employee is due to the
Block System lin operation on every
road in Great Britain). the use of
every appliance for safeguarding life
and limb. the double track system. the
solidity and perfection of their road
beds and their magnificent stone and
iron bridges.
And now to my point. Would it not
have been better for the Southern
States to have allowed the railroads
more margin of profit, say for North
Carolina a 2 IL cent per mile rate,
and required better service and ac-
cOmmodations, double trackage, block
system and safety appliances? Rud-
yard kip1ing. in from Sea to Sea, writ
ing about railroad travel in America.
says:
~ Is 100 HUGH GUESSING At't'
this great Nation. AS II of them
rather fOrcibly put it to me, We guess
q trestle Will stand forever, and we
guess We can patch up a Washout.
and we guess the roads clear AID
sometimes we guess ourselves into the
depot and sometimes we guess
ourselves into He'll"
After a slight experience with rail
ways in Great Britain. 1 believe that
the safety of the employee and trav-
eIer Is of more Importance than the
small that possibly may De
saved in the fare. While the abolish
ing OF first and second classes and
pacing all travellers on the same foot
ing, may be Democratic, 1t has It's
drawbacks as did by first experience
with the color line on a railroad.
II was during the Chicago EXPOSE
>loR and L was going to Lexington
A~"Atucky. The train was crowded;
occupying a seat to themselves were
( well dressed negro mar and woman:
40 one seemed disposed to crowd
Ihem. AS we crossed into Kentucky
at Covington, the conductor came
INTO the car and informed the negroes
mat they must go into another car.
me negroes after inquiring the reason
and being informed that the laws Of
kentucky forbid negroes to ride In
d car with whites. quitting, left the