The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31

tv is rapidly growing. the s~lah4Pa'
ter wants nothing done, th'
Is anxious 10 make at least q %
Of urogresa. the president mas IHI''
rnended several things that the Demo
Gratis have co~ntended for Ipi
WHY not test the Republican parry a"d
find out how many iAooar ~
there are in the Senate and nous
the Democratic minority VIII tdhS ~
the different Propositions upon -"
our party has a record anu - ia
the president has given appIpfai
mn the full strength OF the party -
if.d these p~ropositions. 1t IS po57lpIS
that some OF them may De Lo3S-
through. At least il is possible 70 Aho"
that the Republican party Goes ~
support the president when MS r.
mcndations are Democratic. IL
next campaign the Republican pdllS
,viu attempt to carry water on pNl"
fhoulders; it viii endeaFoi
write it's platform as 10 hpId tHe
form Republicans WlthouI No. ~ thie
the s~tandpatterS. Why no. expos -
.ttemnt in advance by competing IL
R~enuhIican party to 20 on Itcpiu J."
the present Congress for OF dB".IHN
presidents recommendation I'I
stance. the president recommends PuD
1icfty a to campaign funds, ana even
e1pgeets that the expense q 'he ma
ai1naI campaign shall be palu out u
the federal treasury While the ldtiei
recommendation has never peeh en-
HnCSPd DIV the DtiliOtA 't4f fs
eptlralv democratic. The people as d
whole are interested in having the Is
sues fairly and fully pre5eAteu' -
wears the Republican parry mas 9oig
legislation to the highest nlodcl,
Inv nutting itself under Obligations 70
~ipredatOry wealth has rendered lt5Sll
impOtent to protect ire peop4e. II
small amount which would pe aPpIo-
tpriated to cover the legitimate eA-
nenses Of the campaign YOU'D De II
.--.s.,,t aaponnr rod with the amount
that the Deople have year after year
been forced to pay to the ldNoi-9e0N
ing corporations that nave peeii SUP
plying the Republican party WIN 'H0
cine1ys of war. Why not hold q Demo
cratic caucus and prepare a OH dp-
Dronriating a sum equal TO ten twenty
or twenty-five cents for each voter the
amount to be divided between Tn ma
.tioual parties according to the vote laSL
'noIIed? Then let indiVldual contflpu-
tiope he prohibited. or if permitted at
all not later than ten or fifteen DAYS
prior to the election, and then only
on condition that all sums over d
minimum of say twenty-five doliaiS "e
at once made public by the contlfpu-
for If the Democratic party presents
such q measure, the Republican ma
iority will have to accept IL or go ol
record as opposing the preslleht rec
ommendatlon
The Republican leaders ought to be
49, 80 Tbe nresident has made
commentator on this subject
which ought to be brought before con
gress but which will not be Drought
before Congress by the Republican
leaders. For the first time the presl-
dent has drawn the line at mon
opolies-and this is the point at when
the Democratic party mas Tor years
draWn the line. Democrats do not OPP
nose production on a large scale. but
tbev do onnoee private monopoly. They
are in favor Of enforcing the criminal
law against trusts and trust magnates,
aud in their uniform of 1900 the
Deono~~atic marry DrnDOred the very
lfcrrSo Syetcrf to which tt" president
nov etvte Al alternative ouUC"Serlent
He fa-c~s the cIarcr- OF Interstate
corporations but n says that If 4
ccr3oratira l-y i not deemed adVis-
able" = Iico9.o a~t FER big interstate
corporati0nS might ho enacted. Hc in
sits. ana that ri-rtfuIv. that Con
gross can close. the ChauHols of inter
state commerce. a"ain9- private mon
opuIies. Let the Republican party b'
nut to the test on this proposition. FOL
surely no Eorag~as will reject today
= n~ositi3n Vhi5h tho Democratic par
tv announced more than seven year
ago. Sentiment ha@ been growing
against the trusts an THESE years Ih'
the Democrat who mas not yet reaches
the position Whicn the L5eInoCIdtr
party announced IN 1900 is lagglh
behind the army.
A federal license for big corpora
tions could not be invoked agains
a statat il would simply be permission
from the federal government to en-
fer Interstate upon sucl
terms as the various states might pre-
scribe. If for instance the Democrat
party proposes a measure requiring
license to be taken out by corporation
desiring to control as much as twenty
five ner cent of the total product. sue
measure will he in harmony with tn
Democratic nlatforms of 1900 an
1900. and in harmony also with tn
nresident,s mend If tn
measure also nrovides that no icens
shall he nermitted to control NOR
Than fftv ner cent of the total pro
duct II HiIi make q nriyata noOnonol
i'm nossihle and nv with7rawino the in
terstata nsa of the railroads the mail
and thet eIeeranb lines from any cor
Doration which baino reorired to tak
ont q license refuses TO do 50 II ga
confna the cornoration To the state 9
i4s orig;p ana tbns nrotact tho mi
lie Cnnb a ,,aosure &c tboro,rbI
narocTo+io ord vet Tho pnrIhIioar