The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

! increasing the supply Oh What VIZ nave
to sell, and increasing the price OF
what we must purchase and should
produce ourselves, forces us TO take
less than cost Of production for what
we sell and pay a good profit on what
we purchase and should produce at
home. This is a very unWlse course.
So then we should diversity our crops
and produce all we need from the
smallest vegetable up, and from the
chicken up. Have something COM
ing in at as near all seasons as posi-
BILE. The real law that should gov
ern prices is supply and demand TINS
| you stand for. The farmers union is
agricultural products. n have de-
nounced such as all lovers Of our great
country should. The farmers have a
just right to protect their interest and
should stand firm for their own rights
as all other industries. Aud such
gambling we cannot condemn too
strong and let the world know that we
are not going to allow others to en-
rich themselves at our expense.
The farmers number about 35 per
cent Of this great country, and cannot
afford to not stand for the above prin-
ciples, and all lover of justice will
surely support the same. 1t seems
from the best testimony we car get,
h laws are not leing executed
against WrongdOers as it should be and
only a selected few prosecuted and
fewer punished, and hundreds go on
in ~defrauding the rights Of the people
or violating the laws without restraint
in any way. | see from a speech
made in the Senate of the United
States on May the 4th, 1910, that the
Farmers Union from nearly all over
the agricultural sections are sending in
their complaints to Congress request
ing some steps to be taen to eradicate
fho~A uron0~ ~ d. 49,
people will see these money changers
put out. | hope. Thus we nave two
things as a great people to do: Act
wise and produce our support at
home, and never cease until those
gambling dens are cleared out If
the present men in charge will not do
the job, put some there that will, Lat
them see that good men that dare to
do the right shall be the of
his great country. Stand firm for
the right, and against gambling in
n you produce. And when l re-
member you are the sons and daugh-
ters of the honest yeomen of this great
country and are that class that make
good soldiers, jurors, neighbors, with
willing hands and love your
let me be at your feet and may have
you near in old age. My father was
a farmer, may l at each opportunity
say a word or do a deed in the farm
AoI "aAt( ~ & Vic
day / will not STAND with the farmer
in all that is grand and noble, and as
a people they will not stand for any
thing lawless. l hope the farmers
will move along right lines and be sue
cessful in educating themselves to
higher methods Of farming, and the
farming industry enjoys equal liberty
with other industries in our great
country. When the farmers Of my
country are engaged in any thing /
feel sure there is a good work going
on.
Stand together for all that is Just
and the upbuilding Of the farming IN
dustry. And | desire all people whose
churches have their scruples about Sc
cret orders to respect their churches
as something higher. But stand firm
for the best interest of your country
as good men and show you love the
church, country and your ~neighbors,
and that you are willing to do as you
wish others to do unto you. In con-
ciusion as one that wishes all of our
industries success, and all prosper
alike, as one great people, with good
wish to all, i'll feeling to none.
l remain a friend to the farmer.
JAMES d. DRAUGHN.
White Plains. n. c.