The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-02

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ming ra- anon + l..r,, CONSCIOUSNESS.
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{ --an1o,i:t.o- o.r i-n-tft-tsors uadcca.-
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else were the main thing. Ju~i - II
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.nctt.~ 5rtt ~ banae Of the r4nraa p
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~~CafhoHci-n, in the schools raise (.
dust behind which franchise GTaab+ rs
can "P"ratt' - ~ !
y ~ h. cbapre - ct anax' The pun-
pets Of the Interests from the Town
Council - Congress stand 'oSelheF g
- - nTar+ha
"froubled about many things" divides
on race creed or style, peits the" nom
conformlsfs mere tnah me SINNER. atn
. e.. Th7,s nc wolves hunt
in hacks while the watchSdoGs snap at
one another.
In olden times when Inc ptopIc
cried out against kinGly oppression,
and their demands could not be
drowned by other means, it was inc
royal habit 10 declare war against
some weaker power. In The face Of
. foreign war. the demands for jus
tice could not be pressed. There are
! politicians today-sone right here in
| North Carolina serving special inter-
| csts-who. whenever there is demand
for strict regulation Of railroads rates.
| prosecution Of powerful trusts, and
| the end Of other evils are as dumb as
oysters until they. can invent some
s:dc jssue ana then tbev beat the
! orum and warn the people to arouse
againSt some sidc-show evil. This. in
order Ia divert attention from the
wrongs inflicted upon them by power
ful interests. such political trim
| rers. who invent scare-crow issues
to a the big criminals from the fury
IF The pc.,lc who only want Justice.
have recently sounded the timbrels
ana bca, the drum trying to convince
North Carolina people that the, must
not reduce railroad rates or put hands
upon bic trusts for fear they would
! disturb the business interests They
! are conspicuously 10 the froBt-arc
fI.csc political trimmcrs-when the
issue is one about Which all good peo-
pie must agree and They are very
proper and very righteous ana thc>.
grow very indignant over the little
evils. but say RAILROAD" or Trust
! ana inc tlliltI run INTO IitiI ltptt-
~ - ,,.,rr ,bo,t c.rnr.uip~ maj
We 80 SO" rest Me otiho' dii~e
business interests or "~jeopardize pro
gress' or create party dissensions."
r4asn.t thc ,i,oa na~e.d Cor baoding
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S"ch So-th''cu i"dueiS "io9e S"io
leadership Is TO try 10 make the peo-
rlc 90 into some hy-uath to shoot
robbjts instead az marchfog IN tbo
straight road 10 wage war against the
J real enemies of the business interests
;.ud All oooa mopo
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p4oo H. LIZ P-4'1tc S4tf~@"
~At pubic men cailed "fatuous cru
sadcrS' are not the only men who
come in for crjtic;s,o b,, ~, -,ch
- : olSii1iHe ali liitii SttehSln
in against the MorTnons, the
! undraped statuarv." while the law i
rendered mil hv wealthy cburcn Mon
-"
oei9 VINO sIdo franchises ana de-
b3uch public affairs. Such attitude