Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-01-24

bankers! me manufacturers nave
their organization, and a few years
ago they SO far forgot themselves as
to tell the real truth as to the purpose
of their union. In 1S9S-as / remem-
Der it-they declared in one Of their
published statements that their object
is to monopoIze the domestic market.
In other words, no American citizen
shall buy any article of necessity, COM
fort or luxury without doing so upon
the terms dictated by the Manufacture
ers' Association. The Manufacturers
Association has been taking farmers
into their family, and yet every one Of
Harvie Jordan's conventions have
been more or less dominated by mem
bers of the Manufacturers Associa-
ton. Now, if it be such good thing
for the manufacturers and the bank
ers to come into the cotton growers
association to direct it's movements
why should not we have some reci-
procity about it? Why should not
some of you farmers be taken into the
bankers and manufacturers associa-
ton, and why should not they put
you up as speaker at their national
conventions to tell them how to man.
aue their business? 1t is all nonsense
to say that spinner and grower must
get together. The interests of the
two are competitive. In the very ma
ture of things, there is struggle be-
tween the two. When the <manufact-
urer comes into the cotton growers
association, he has the cotton growers
at a disadvantage. Why? Because
the manufacturer will be looking into
your hand and seeing what cards have
been dealt to you, whereas he never
lets you see his cards. He will always
know what is in your hand and you
will never know what is in his. Do
you think you can win the game if
you play it that way?
systematic your buying and sell
ing Bring into the business the CO.
operative principle which has worked
such wonders in certain parts of Eu-
rope Let each buyer and each seller
among the farmers have behind him
the strength of all the buyers and all
the sellers. Learn to move with pre-
cision, like soldiers of an army march
ing under uniform orders to a COM
mon objective, rather than as detach-
ed individuals moving without plan or
purpose, never accomplishing what
would be so easily done if you would
do just as the other classes have done
organize along the line of class in
terest.
Study the labor problem Watch
these negro secret societies. Compel
the legislature to pass a law requiring
each society," white or black, to take
out a license from the ordinary. Re-
quire each society to make a sworn
statement of it's purpose. Give to the
ordinary visitorial power. Let it be
within his province to supervise these
societies and to call in the aid of the
sheriff and a posse whenever it be-
comes necessary to break up night
meetings of suspicious character.
This thing of holding night meetings
among the negroes, with armed senti-
neIs on the watch-out, should be
stopped. No civilized community
should tolerate conspirator-Ike meth
DDS of this kind. CompeI the negroes
to do their political talking in public,
just as we do ours.
Study the immigration question. Do
not allow the steamship companies to
make of the south a dumping ground
for the pauperism. anarchism and the
criminality of Europe. Rather than
have certain kinds of immigrants
come here to the south, to make war
upon all established order and to de-
moralize our social organization, |
would rather see one-haIf of the south
arrow UP in old field pines to enrich
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