The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-05
A BATTLE OF
GIANTS

IN this twentieth %ntu and In
these United States. there has arisen
q tsibe OF giants. that threaten 10
subiugate the masses of our people,
and to place them under a more gall
ing. grinding bondage than Israel SUI
fered in Egypt. Let US not f!atter our
selves. that we have no task-masters-
no titled gentry, no hereditary peer
age. We have all three in embryo.
and unless there be & radical change
in present conditions. our children
viii wear the yoke Of bondage tina
viii demand another Declaration Of
Independence. The writer has lived
through the wonderful period that
has evolved present conditions. He
remembers well the DAYS Of honest
competition, the accumulation
of capital went to enrich the many
and there was a diffusion of prosper
ity that made a thrifty. happy Il
contented people. He has seen the
colossal growth of one trust after an
other. until the formerly prosperous
tobacco manufacturer, cotton mill
and backing has heen swallowed
by a great combination. and the for
mer master of his business has be-
come a hireling. The banking trust
is backed by the United states govern
ment; the railroad trust by a W~ell-paid
lobby, and su~bserviant leg 1tures.
The owner of money seen % be the
governing power in our republic, and
thinking people are beginning to ask
themselveS-Where Will all this end?
The scale Of living among the
thousands Of millionaires in the great
cities has become 50 e-xtravagant, not
the envy, but the pittying wonder
of we DOC rustic folk.
we are told that the coStumer OF
Paris and london do not ask so eC-
of New York. Think of any woman
the vile or daughter of an American
citizen, spending all the way from
$4,000 to $500, 900 eacn year upon
wearing apparel? Think of social
functions, where the jewels displayed
run up into the millions?
Then iii hat one law on our ma
tionaI statute book has made tnis
cyclone Of extravaganza possible, has
SO demoralized our people.
That law is the Dingley Tariff.
Let the thought burn into the minds
OF the American people that this tariff
was conceived in iniquity and brought
forth in sin
Under the specious plea of protect
ing ON manufacturers, and build
ing uD homes for the working man
this law was passed. The nursing bot
tie for our infant industries. has not
enriched the masses, but the classes.
And to say, every protected enterprise
has become a giant, and threatens
with dire punishment, any one who
dares to attempt to TAX away, the
nursing bottle.
Why was William Jennings Bryan
defeated in 90? Wall Street and the
trusts can tell.
Why is Bryan SO hated and distrut-
ed by large capitalists and protected
trusts Simply because he is today
the acknowledged "a of a crusade
against tariff and trusts.
Bryan reminds us of one of the braV
est and most stalwart hero's of Bible
story, Caleb. More than forty years
passed before Caleb claimed the prom
Use that had been made to him, that
he should inherit Hebron. To Inherit
this spot of ground meant a wal with
giants and Caleb was 80 years old.
But he was equal to the contest and
not shrink from graphing with the
foe on their own soil.
Now, these tariff and trust giants
have get to be killed out by somebody
and Bryan has been fighting giants all
these years. Whatever the Democratic
party may say, in their convention
next year, there is no leader more
worthy of following than Bryan, and
we believe he can poll more votes
any other Democrat.
Let all true Democrats who really
wish to see once more a high, pure
administration of the federal govern
ment, and a successful campaign
against the giants, rally to our stand
ard and if Bryan bears that anda
or any other true leader, vote solid.
years to onque and don't forget,
WIN. LAURIE HILL.
NTovtnn NJ ~ nnt %