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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12
WHERE MUST THE hPPI.Ni. LIZ

10 the senate ~ the people
which Where vii the appeal ii.
on the antitrust bill, with the SENATE
or with the people If he Sena'
passes lis bill. as amended 10y tn
House. Il viii nave ACCOMPLISHED what
tbe Democratic Convention demand
cd. If not. there must BE an appeal
ia caesar The senate sits in jude-
ment. The people are the final ar
bitels ana two years from nov viii
Sit I'll Judgment. They haNe de-
handed IL convention legislation thai
Viii relieve them rom the burdens
imposed b. the trusts. especially the
American Tobacco COMPANY.
The Justice amendment to the Sen-
ate bin ~-enac subsection "a If
tbc House bilI against which the pow
erful trust lobby mas been fighting for
these many days.
The leader Of the minority, Mr.
Harsha4. SAYS il makes no difference
which horn 81 the dilemma The Dem
Gratis choosl:-that the Republicans
party. Of course, stands for trusts.
combines and monopolics.
The Democrats Of North Carolina
demand substantial, -far-reaching trust
legislation VIII the senate give il
t. them or must there be an appeal
to the people?
The Appellate Court meets tomor-
row.
The great supreme court meets in
1905
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12
THE CLEAR cut ISSUE.

The clear cut issue before the peo-
pie. should the Senate Antitrust val
uclcss bill become q laW, will be,
"ShaIl North Carolina formally and
officially surrender to the American
Tobacco ~Company?" 1t might be
worth the cost Of two years OF trust
lawlessness to let the plain people.
the inherent Democrats Of the State,
pass upon this matter.
That referendum, on this clear cut
issue can be trusted to express itself
without fear Of the result.
Are trust representatives. agents or
eXcusers. willing to trust their future
to this tribUnal2
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

The Subsidized News, referring to
the fact that the Senate extracted all
the teeth from the House antitrust
bill said: This is q terrible blow
for Speaker Justice It IS a much
heavier blow for the dentists who MAY
now advertise that they are experts in
"~extracting teeth without pain"-to
the trusts. Mr.. Justice led the fight
in the House when the bill with teeth
passed the popular branch. He, in
common With all other Democrats who
stand on the platform, regret that the
Senate extracted the teeth, but he is
no gutter. The fight for trust sup
preston has just begun.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

IN interpreting ANTITRUST platforms
the only safe rule is not to mn n.
n'erpretation desired b. the Ama~f-
:" iooacc2 Company and the Stand
-, 'H company In Interpreting the
'a'i'oad plank The rule is not To d
"h2t the Southern Railway wisha.
1''i'e People object to any i~nterpreta-
'2a ta"' Is not pleasing to the inte~-
go "~htaSonis5ic to the dcnuuciation
Of the platform.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12
THE STONE THE SENATE OFFERS H PEOPLE
WHO ASK FOR BREAD.

on Dr.
of oIN1A0'
M tr.s-r ms c--ttur inquiry
tf-rr.s. -ie Csfutt Bass
s. -@ 2t-f es1set5 tut. tHs kIvtsm ~
tr. tru-te
s4a.tn> psHsei.a .ta~ ;0a fram
If.r-. I59 tM. senate proere8r4
IS, els t5.r class leaving oat
.t.. aaa -e.ra ~ fHe Ed b.l
sH x are ~ fsI3sss
80. ! That III At.erneS General
ras demand 9f Tile president. eecre-
tasE. treasurer or sny other officer IT
agent of any foreign or domestic cor
~,,r4tfan doing Business In This state.
which h. may desire - Investigate un-
der this act. AS often it, four times s
year. and If he secs proper that d.
mas require such onicer ~ agent It's
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12
All =or$1.7O.

There has never been offered
in North Carolina SO much
good readlngtor SO little money
as we are offering under the
following proposition: Ter
10 we will send the follow
ing Tor one year:
The Farmer and Me
Chanic, an 8 page North Caro-
lima home and farm weekly
journal:
The North Caroiinian,
al SPACE Democratic weekly
newspaper:
The ~Commoner, the able
weekly journal published by
Hon. William Jennings Bryan.
Thus for One Dollar and
Seventy Cents YOU can get
all these papers one year.
TOR particulars, address
DANIELS,
Raleigh, n. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

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'eh c~aa-tF4@tI'n - therefore
reaaa rA fHa' such statement was M
trie vas declaring untrue q statement
saat had not been made Ny state
ment "as-and j was p that /
t.iak "Ai be rrf"<ea-'' -
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fai~+ and h> the paper ih@t
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ol him - take NJ tire "thrr eF5ts
existing. AMI I suggested a. q TOPIC
! Tor next sunday, The Robbery of the
Tobacco Trust IA incidentally The
m-flntenanee u q iobh< paid bS ihal
trust which h. infested the STAT
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~ ihJuTeS hlhlSeil. L ne Is I'M
ldIlH dSsdlled' the detfactlon VIII tall
Time and again men have
written or spoken harshly OF me and
some Of my friends have criticized
me 1or taking no notice Of it'll But
IohS ago | determined not to turn
asIae ffom the course marked u Tor
myself by the abuse Of those who dis
liked the policies I cspoused. There
is 10 living man | would injure. There
Is 10 living man standing for wrong
mat | would Uphold.
When Mr.. Durham spoke extensively
to me, some Of my friends said
ought to have smashed his mouth.
have congratulated me upon
my self control. While respecting the
OF those 50 constituted that they
me for not ma~ing an as
sault. il does not affect the personal
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

fa. sIt5 t4ts
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ts : taf sas 10 II
.a.s .aa iAI aut- fift
bot H5In oir sou
,h. ir t1
Fl a1tt ola IL ha~ z. i &.
taat i san scratch eHta ere sen
r ~i.a4riae in - aan ieat
HiIaE ~a lauoa kriea be-
fore he oaI.d ert il adopted "nd i en-
Il was weakened the scratching that
can bc done a5th ii cannot nurt much
~ the Senate bin il IS made unlawful
J. - for any person. firm corporation
9r a=ociat.on IT, make i SAL or sales
~ amy goods. wares ~ merchandise
a~rticlr. Or things If value whatsoever
n North Carolina whether directly or
indirectly or through any agent or
employee upon condition. thar the pur-
chaser thereof shall not deal iii the
goods. wares. merchandise. articles Of
things Of value ii 4 competitor or rival
IN the business Of the person, firm. cor
roration OF association making aid
sale"
This means that ARK man who sells
furniture. shoes. tobacco. 4 certain
make of clothes To q retail merchant
and agrees that he viii not sell his
goods t. any other merchant in the
same town i4 guilty III d crime. What
good can be done by making this d
crime mas not been pointed out. 1t
is not one Of the methods by
which any one is injured 1t
seems that these practices indulge
In by business people generally ana
not merely 10y q trust do not deserve
the condemnation Of the lax. No
laanufacturer need be criticised Tor
selling his outfit t. one local deal,r
who "ili advertise and push I'll This
is all there is IN section "a" If the
Mclean substitute.
Section /, subsection "a in the
House bin was what might prope-lr
be termed the farmers section. II
was the only section ia the bill that
was really aimed for the farmers
protection, II if enacted into law
and enforced would be all he needed
TO protect him from the rayages Of
the trusts.
1t was as follows:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or corporation 10 al
recAy or indirectly be guilty Of any
of the acts and things specified in ans
Of the sub-sections OF this section.
ca For any person. firm, orpoya-
ton or association to make or have
any agreement, express or implied, to
lower or prevent the increase in price
Of any article or thing Of value Whish
any such person. firm corporation or
association may desire To purchase
Within the state Of North Carolina.
Amy combination Of persons. firms.
corporations o. associations that has
any agreement to lower or prevent
the increase in price Of anything they
expect to buy would under the House
bill constitute a crime, ana this would
leave the farmer free = sell his -
bacco, cotton. cotton seed, peanuts.
and the lumbernan to sell his lumber
in an open market with free competi-
ton n 10 conspiracy among tie
BUYERS
= subsection - q the House Dill
made 1t Z crime 70 control the price
OF i''oliopoa~e .he pFod"clioh OF SUP
Ply 81 any coih'lloui'>, iHi9 ID
5"'7e Ne7 'il'''SN i'm 7ei"loi
leans Substitutes dnd ulldel It's
substitute it would not be 4 crime to
control 1he nlfce o. mononolizn the
,,ra1,,otf,, ~
0"PbiN - NY IN
modify. 1hls IS q very conspicuous
way of pulling teeth from the House
bill. II uon1d be entirely nronaI +oI
op
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

The people in North Carolina un-
derstand the true inwardness of the
big contests in the Legislature as Well
as the members do. The Greensboro
Record says: some Of the members
of the General Assembly who prom
ised to do one thing. then wheeled
about and did another, viii no doubt
hear it after they get home
The corporation that acts fairly
to the people, need fear u little
pcIIticious governmental activity
says the Salisbury Post. And they
don't. 1t is the corporations that are
told they must stop robbing the peo-
pie that dread justice and Justice.
Though it is Republican in concep-
ton and its head hates Democracy,
the tobacco trusts agents in North
Carolina seek 10 use the Democratic
party 10 90 its bidding. In the past
it has done its work in the dark ANA
the people did not SEE the secret
springs. Now it is in the open and
the question IS up to the people:
Shall the American Tobacco Company
be able to have the Democratic plat
form repudiated2
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

NJ Buxton says Mr.. Daniels is not
the sole interpreter of the Democratic
platform. Ne indeed, but why blame
him for Interpreting it rs he thinks i
ought to be and then trying to set
other folks to see it the same Way he
does Would Mr.. Buxton muzzle the
press" asks the Greensboro Tei"-
gram.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

II Is almost timc FOR 6ha "aI|
liable - - ~ another t4ra#aa
SAYS the Rockingham An2Io-S
Tie News and Observer prtm.
over 12.o00 papers dails ao FL.
twice as many - tho paper ia
inc ncxt largest circulation. }
d. grow
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

1here is 4 daN ~ reckoning c.f.
ipr The trusts and its allies. The r-"
VIII assert themselves.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

The Republican bosses, who hault-
Cd the Scnate Chamber during the
antitrust debate. are Very Vel pleas
ed because every Republican Senat"r
voted against the Reid antitrust p:lI.
TIE trust always owns the Republican
party il North CAROLINA. The hiSg"s;
trust Of III is i Republican institution.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12

Under the Mclean a|utl-tra-.
stltdte, if the tobacco trusts da..r
competitor ire onIy Donate. ..
trust Is q fine Of $1,000 All
Trust laW that does not m.F. a...
cr1Iile Z 1eIoMA Is Mnrln - ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12


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The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
CAN FORETELL THE WEATHER.
Scientist Thinks Animals and Birds
Have That Power.

Are the tree toads, swallows, and
fishes trustworthy ~barometers? Prof.
Robert Leudlmayer, of the University
OF Prague, assures the world that
many species of animals probably
sense electric waves emanating from
distant storms, the local electric ten.
sion, the ionizing of the atmosphere,
the permeability of higher strata to
light in small waves, and the atmos-
pheric pressure, as well as moisture
and temperature, and by certain com
binations of such perceptions are re-
fexively led to special actions that
stand in a casual relation to the COM
ing weather. The question whether
the high OF low flight respectively Of
the insects and the behavior of the
fishes, tree frogs, and swallows stand
ing in connection Herewith can be
used as weather indications seem
to him to be not finally answered. So
far as the scientific Investigations per-
NIT a conclusion no connection exists
indeed, but since an instructive &c
commodation of the conduct of the
insects to the coming weather is pos
sible and undoubtedly would be ex-
tremely advantageous to them, he
deems it nevertheless not impossible
that such a one exists in fact.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
LITTLE CAUSE FOR WORRY.
More or Less Glittering Bait Held Out
to Cow Punchers.

Over in the Salmon river meadows
country, in Idaho, ranged a wild and
woolly bunch of long-haired COW
~punchers, whose knowledge Of the
world was confined mainly to trips
after cattle into surrounding counties.
Into this reckless but verdant com
munity there came the smooth
tongued representative Of a wild
west show, who hired several riders
at a high salary to do a h~air-raising
act, the chief feature being that they
should appear to be thrown from their
horses and dragged by the foot.
After they had practiced in a corral
for a while one of them loosened
himself and rising from the dirt, dis.
heveled and dazed, inquired:
Say, mister, amt this ruther dan
gerous? We might git killed"
That's all right" chirped the
shows representative cheerfully.
Your salary will go on just the
same."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
Contrary to Home BUILDING.

Trade is the life of the agricultural
town. Any system that diverts this
trade is injurious to the community.
Here lies the evils of the mail order
system. By drawing the trade from
the towns, the principal support goes,
and with its going disappears the en-
ployment for the people, the school
system, and the churches and all the
advantages that the town affords to
the people of the community. Not
alone this but home markets are de.
stroyed and the farmer finds the value
Of his land reduced. Have the impor-
lance of home trading and home sup
port instilled into the minds of the
farmers in general, and there will be
a rapid falling off of the catalogue
house patronage.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
BUCkW A
A Good FiII-in Crop.

The late season has probably upset
the plans of a good many of the farm
ers in more ways than one In many
instances the planting of. the crop has
been so delayed that it is questionable
If returns will be secured to repay the
cost of seed and planting. In still
other instances, it may appear not
worth while" to harvest the crop. AL
though such conditions as these are
not general, they will probably be met
with in most sections of the country
during this most unusual season.
The smaller farmers may be harder
hit" than the larger farmers, but in
money crop is the Il effected, he will
also be a heavy loeser. To the farmer
who cannot afford to lose a crop it has
been suggested that G. way out of the
difficulty may be found through the
growth Of some quick growing crop.
Such a crop is buckwheat.
Some farmers may be somewhat
prejudiced against the growing of
buckwheat, but it is doubtful if there
is my real basis for such prejudice. 1t
is true that buckwheat makes very
heavy demands on the soil, ven
though it natures more quickly. A
good harvest of buckwheat a be Sc
cured from a sowing made as late as
June 18th in the Northern states and
July 18th in the middle Atlantic and
captraI Wactorn ctatoc~
In order to make sure of a crop it is
well to apply broadcast before SOW
ing five to six hundred pounds of a
complete fertilizer. This fertilizer
should contain at least $50 Nitrogen,
SO Phosphoric Acid and go Potash,
as this will not only insure a good
crop, but will restore to the soil the
plant food which is removed so vora-
ciously by this particular grain.
Of course, it should be remembered
that there is only a limited demand
for b~uckwheat, but it is not necessary
to dispose of ones crop in a local mar
ket. Some farmers are able to dis
pose of buckwheat -four to good profit
locally, but there is also a demand for
buckwheat cakes in larger cities even
where they do not have maple syrup"
It is, therefore, quite probable that I'M
less a very large number of farmers
engage in the growing of buckwheat,
it will prove a valuable "fll-in" crop
in almost any season.
To those who are aesthetically in
clined there is no more beautiful
sight than a field of growing buck
wheat in blossom; it gives to the late
summer landscape a charm that is
said to surpass even the flax fields of
the Emerald isle.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
Importance of Good Roads,

The town that has good roads lead.
ing to it is blessed. Surely there is
no more disagreeable thing, nor any
thing more adverse to the business
interests of a place than impossible
Doggy roads. There is a little excuse
in the well settled community for poor
roads. 1t may in the beginning be
somewhat expensive to put the roads
in order, but in the end it will prove
that the saving in wear and tear on
wagons and horses will well repay all
the additional expense. And to the
town good roads are almost vital. The
average farmer would rather drive
three or four miles farther to a town
over good roads than do his trading
when it is necessary to go hub deep in
mud to the nearer place.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28

News
ssCream Aleu-

For some time past in different parts
of the State there has been on sale q
certain brew or concoction which has
been labeled "Cream Ale" Sheriff
Lott Of Covington county being advised
of the extent at which the brew was
being sold in his section and of it's eff
fects on some of those who drank it,
procured samples and sent them to
State Chemist Hand, at the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, for
analysis. Prof. Hand reports that he
finds the percentage of alcohol carried
by the beverage is rather less than that
found in ordinary beers, though the
materials contains as much alcohol as
many light beers. The result of this Is
that the sale of Scream Ale" is likely
to he StOnned
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
Who Makes the Town?

The editor of the paper at Coyle,
Okla, asks in large letters, "Who
makes the town." To make a town
requires the work of many people. It
is surely not the man who earns his
wages in the town and then spends
his earnings elsewhere; not the farm
er who sells his produce to the home
merchant and then takes the none
to the express or post office and sends
it to the Chicago mail order house
for the goods he needs; nor the minis
ter who is paid for preaching by the
business interests Of the place, and
spends his spare time in working up
grocery clubs for an outside concern.
No, brother, these men do not make
towns.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
Historic Island for Sale.

Raasay island, in the Inner Heb
rides, which lies between the main
land of Scotland and the Isle of Skye,
has failed to find a purchaser at the
upset price of s225,000 placed upon it.
It's name is the Scandinavian for the
place of the roe deer" and the shoot
inss. with the mansion house and
grounds at the southern end, consti-
tute the chief value of the island.
Near the northern end are the ruins
of Brochel castle, the residence of it's
ancient lairds, the MacLeods. In
celtic lore Raasay has a place and IN
England literature it is mentioned in
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
THE STORY.

I SRAEL was to have a king. Sam
1 uel the prophet has yielded to the
demands of the people and had prom
ised that in due time after he had
communed with the Lord the desire
for a king would be granted. Thus
assured the elders had returned home,
and great rejoicing had followed.
In Gibeah, of the tribe of Benja.
min, as in the other towns and cities
of the country, there vas great jubila-
ton. Everything else was forgotten
for the moment as the people gave
themselves up to the merrymaking.
They were like children with a new
toy. They found the prospect of a
king like unto the nations about full
of bright contemplation. The chief
men of the village gathered in the
court of the assembly in the gate
of the city and discussed the outlook.
vieing with each other in picturing the
future of the kingdom and ~speculat.
ing on who might be chosen king
from among the II tribes, while the
rest of the people of the village gath
cred round to listen to the CONVEX
sation.
So great was the interest and
excitement that servants at work in
the fields and those watching their
flocks left their tasks and Joined tbe
company at the gate. Among the lat.
ter was n of the servants of Kish.
a wealthy land owner of the village
who had much substance and focks
and herds. That morning he had
been sent out with the herd of asses
of Kish, and attracted by the commo-
ton in the village, had left the asses
Acazing in the field and slipped in
to learn what it was all about. With
absorbed interest he listened to the
conversation concerning the prospec-
tive king and like many another in
the crowd forgot his duties, and where
as he had intended to remain but a
moment and get back to his asses be-
fore they had wandered away, every
thing but the thought of a king was
driven from his mind, and he re-
manned to share in the talk and the
merry-making.
Late in the afternoon when at last
he thought of the asses which he had
been set to watch and had fastened
out in search of them, he could find
no trace of the animals whatever. and
shame-facedly sought out his en-
ployer Kish, and told him the asses
were lost.
Let me go in search of Them"
urged Saul, who overheard the CON