The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-08-23
.WATS0N'S PLAN.
For the Farmers to Protect Their
Best Interests.
SAYS HE WILL HELP

ICY for OrganiZntiOn--Says T'ar
mcrs Should Work Along Lines o,
the Old Farmers Alliancc--rhink.
the Movement Will March Stca,Iil,
On.
at White Oak camp grounds, near
thomson, Ga, Hon. Thomas E. Wat
son was the guest Of honor of tbe
Farmers Union. He addressed m
audience OF some 1000 or 1900, In
cluding people Of five counties. Nc
Dune, Lincoln. Wilkes, Columbia and
warren. They had met under tho
auspices of the Farmers ICducation-
al and Cooperative Union.
The burden of Mr.. Watsons ad-
dress was that the Farmers Union
must nave national scope, a nation
a. creed national principles and a ma
tional purpose.
The Farmers Union Is goinp to
declare the same princinles and nal, ~ y
the same fight attempted by tbe oid
farmers h.liance, and in that fight
| am going TO help me said.
ne is convinced that the time has
come when this organization embrace
ing III us membership 100000 FAR
mers, cannot be held together NV tho
restricted plans and narrow purnoses
which now prevail
son said a.
I'm Memoirs of General Sam
, Dale, VINO was one OF the officers in
charge Of the Indians that wore NO
| ing romOVDl FROM, 1,l
gia, we are told in a most touchinp
way OF the love those red men boro
this beautiful land.
| General Dale relates that not onlv
the women and children heartbrol,on
win grlef at having to give up their
homes, but that the warriors them
selves were utterly unnamed. Stoi-
cal braves who would have died m
der torture without a groan broke
down and cried like children
wheh the United States soldiers came
TO march them off to the West. Gen
eral Dale says that after the Indians
iiad been collected and started on
thelr long journey they would re-
urn, each right, to their homes, to
see them once more. This was kent
up until the camp was pitched fortY
miles away. ~
IN all the wide world the stars Of
S31 looked down upon no sight
] more pitiful than that of these chil.
uren OF the forest, stealing out Df
camp at night to walk back twe,tv
thirty and forty miles, to get one la;t
look at the humble cabins which had
been their homes.
But who need wonder that the
indians loved this Southern lando
| Where did the smile OF God on Gre
a'lohs S morning, rest more radiantly
| than upon this marvellous cline of
| thc green field and coud-topped
mountains, OF shadOwy forest and
vordant valley, of dimpcd lake and
rushing river?
| The red men loved it--loycd il
with all their simple hearts.
Ihey loved it well enough to
flsht for it. They never gave it up
| until every battlefield upon which
they could muster an army was red
with their blood.
But they lost their homes. never
theless why? Because in the subtler
combat of mind against mind they
were no match for the whites. The
pale face deceived his red brother,
when the Indians were the strongest,
and when at length the whites were
the stronger, the red men had to give
up their homes.
"Brethcrn Of the South. VIII YOU
learn nothing from the past? Have
| YOU no eyes to see what is going on?
DO you not realize that in the war OF
wits You are losing ground? viii YOU
| never understand that national poll
| clcS and laws can be SO shaped as to
give all the advantage to one class. rI
one section? Is it impossible for YOU
TO learn that special privilege always
lives at the expense of the unprivi-
| legged is a deadly parasite that will
sap the live of the noblest tree?
Use your eyes. Look about you.
See things as they are. Where is the
bulk Of the wealth OF the nation?
In that portion Of 1t which nature
did the least for-Ncw England?
come to be SO rich? She made the
laws to suit herself, and these laws
took the prosperity of the South and
West and gave it to the capitalists OF
the East and North.
who owns your railroads? The
North. Your mills? The North. Your
| banks? The North. Your mines? The
| North. There isn't a merchant, bank
cr, miner, manufactures. farmer or
! railroadcr in the South that doesn't
have TO depend on the North for mon
ry. Yet the most of that money was
made in the South and West The
financial currents which flow West
and South from lew York, first flow
ed in New York from the South ana
West. Practically none Of that wealth
was created in New York.
"Considcr the laws which the
manufacturers Of the North have
made for themselves. These CAPT
talistS are protected from outside
competition; they monopoliZe the
home market; they form trust to
dictate output and price, and they
sell their goods abroad cheaper than
at home
"What is the result?
"Thcy are making yearly net
profit Of $2,S00, 100000 which Is
two billions more than per cent
upon the money invested
Think of it! After allowing them
selves clear income Of per cent
upon their investment, they compel
the consumer OF manufactured goods
to yield to them a yearly tribute OF
two thousand millions Of dollars!
Thus every man, woman and
child in America Is taxed about $25
per year to give special privilege tC
the manufacturers On every family
Of five, this is Il crushing burden OF
$l25 per ycar--and 1t is nothing
more than shameless, hoartlcsss con
liscaton."
In speaking of the effect OF this