The Jasper news., 1908-03-12
PEOPLE TO BLAME
HAVE THoueHTLEssLy AIDED IN
cENTRALtzINo INDUSTRIES.
EVILS NOW CLEARLY SEEN
UnequltabIe Distribution Of the Earn.
lngs Of the People inevitably Fol-
lowed--Growth Of Small Towns
and Communities Retarded.

and Communities Retarded.
During the last few months Of 1907
the people had striking example OF
the effects Of too much Capitalization.
While all over the United States there
was prosperity, few embarrassed
concerns In Wall street, New York,
brought about a financial stringency
that became generally felt. For years
the agricultural sections have beer
sending money by the millions to the
great financial centers. Here 1t was
used for the building up Of great
trusts and combinations, which were
greatly overcapitalized. On i this
watered capitalization the people have
been compelled to pay ponderous divi
dends.
One natural law Is that Of concentral
lzation, segregation, and in these mat
tiers Nature carries on its work well,
but unnatural concentration, like 9th
er infractions Of natural laws, bring
quick punishment. The GENERALIZATION
of industries which has been going on
since the trust era started has
brought about an unequitable distri
button of the earnings OF the people
1t has retarded the growth of towns
and communities 1t has brought In
Its wake many evils that affect work.
ers in every field. Yet for these evils
the masses OF people are to blame
Every man, woman and child who Ia
bors and who sends the products OF.
that labor to other places than the
home community assists just SO much
In Capitalization of business and
finaQcial power. Every resident of
rural community who sends his dol
lars to the large city helps along the
trust builders and the centralizers
The commercial enterprises are the
life elements Of the rural towns
When these enterprises are destroyed,
the town deteriorates. With the dis.
appearance of the town goes the home
markets, the good schools and the
churches and the other public con.
veniences that the town affords. With
the going down of the town, real es-
tate values are deprecated, and de-
preston comes to ALI the community.
How would the farmers fare II the
towns We're wiped out and only the
large cities allowed to exist? What
kind of markets would the farmers
have for all their produce? How does
the average farmer find dealing with
city concerns at the present time;
When shipment of eggs is made to
the city commission man, does the
farmer get as good returns as he does
from the home dealers? How about
other produce? 1t Is the home mar
kets that afford the growers Of pro
duce protection. When the calm
thinker who is engaged in agriculture
considers all. these little matters, he
will find that In home patronage lies
the keystone of his success. How
would the agricultural districts be as
living places were there no home
would be If all the people of com
munity sent to some foreign place foi
all the goods required.
Home is a word dear to all good
citizens. That man lacks patriotism
whose inclination 1t is to opposs the
progress OF the place where he re-
sides. BY making better the home
town, we are improving the com
munity OF which We are 6
part. We cannot improve with
out benefting ourselves. We
cannot give patronage to concerns
In the large cities without giving just
30 much help to the trust builders
and the business centralizers. All
these things are worthy of the most
serious consideration OF every citizen