The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-11-03

Eut the rub CONES wnsn he is
ready to dispose OF mis- product Here
7 is where capitalism steps in and
clutches MIN with grip of steel. For
the products are no longer for coI.
Sumption, but for an extensive ma.
keI, eveL the great world market
Distribution is thoroughly organized
! b. capitaiIstic methods. AT this poin1
ca capitalism hobs and levies its toll
more ineXcrahly in the United States
with its immense distances and its
/ sharp, nerciless capitalistic conbina
items than anywhere else.
Does our farmer produce gam >
The agents OF Ike grain elevators anG
the flour trust are ready TO take Il
at the price settled by their superiors
before ne delivers the goods the rail
roads charge him for freight high
Charges, since they must make money
enough 10 pay dividends and interest
On their watcred stocks and bonds.
The same process confronts tue
cattle raiser in his dealings with the
beef trust. the great and glorious
pa cking industry
The cotton trust takes care OF be
cotton, the tobacco trust of the to
bacco. the milk trust OF the dairy
products. fixing prices. levying toll
on the gateway between the producer
and the consumer. Here and there.
one In thousand may still find q
tiny loophole Of escape. But the ex-
ccptions are rare. and getting more
SO every year.
The truit raiser and track farmer
must sell through capitalistic com
binations and the big trusts to the
markets OF our big cities. Or bow down
mission agencies in order TO reach the
to the capitalistic canning establish
mcnts and accept the prices they Of
Ger.
And always The railroad takes its
toll first
Oh. YES, tle American farmer is
free and independent. He may buy
his fertilizer from the fertilizer trust.
his machines from the harvester trust,
his articles of family consumption
from the various trusts that control
our home market. He may pay the
interest on mis- mortgage TO an indi.
Vidual capitalist or to Il bank or
mortgage company. lie Is surely free
20 do that or submit to foreclosure
and join the ranks OF the care-froe
propertyless wageWorkcr
Wherever he turns. capitalism ron.
fronts him in one shape or another.
II catches mini "a-coming and agoinS."
And here is another point to be
IMPRESSED on the independent p,nitri.
can farmer. His Independence is
merely rosy dream, al least SIS FAR
as staple products are concerned For
IN this domain the sway OF capitalism
is supreme. The cotton raised in
Egypt and India Completes in tne
worlds narkcts With our own. SO
does the wheat grown on the plains
Of Russia, and in India, Australia and
Argentine. Whether We wish ii Or
not! We ave therefore vitality con
ducing class OF those remote c0un-
tries II they are enSlaved and cX-
plotted. the fruit o. .heir toll il apt
to come i'll k@CncSt competition with
our own products and our own pro
duccrS. II the pcdsi.ht5 OF Russia and
India has: to pay more taxes. they
must sell more OF their products,
which enter into competition with
American products in the world mar
ket. HE greater the poverty OF these
peasants. the more are they obliged
to export. Thus capitaiism. wicnuut
i'll the least intending il. works to
make the whole world kin. 1t lakes
tl.n American farmer realize tuat AZ.
is a bloou brother to the feliahin 81
Egypl. TO the ryota Of India to the
victims of Bloody Nicholas. If they
suffer oppression. he Will have TO tax.
p.nSatiOn for his labor Thus CIV
FORMER is deeply intel eS,cu IN inter
national politics. i'll the politics Of
other countries as we'll ,s our coun-
tvy.
Bat here the question arises: how
al this connects our farmers with
Socialism? VIII not regulation Of
railroads and trusts do all that the
farmers need for their relief?
Regulation by whom? BY Congress.
commissions. national boards? I3u,
they are now in the hands Of
at 10 nar,n