The Harrison times., 1911-02-25
To the Farmers OF Arkansas.

Brother officers, and fellow work
men: Circumstances are shaping
themselves 50 that | feel warranted
I'm sa, INC. that our interests are the
same in more than one way. May
| cal Your attention 10 conditions
a. I see them. And upo" which |
ground the toregolps statement:
The trusts are trying every means
bv which they can to control the
universe. They co'trol most of our
factorie, Thev have forced OUT of
business nearly all the independent
factories. Encou aged by such sue
cess. they attempt TO control our
spindle factories They have tor the
past few years forced upon the peo-
pie the cotton reports as being the
true government reports and the
cotton association ha> already set
thc price upon cotton tor the tall
and winter Of 1911. They can al
most force out the honest factories.
How: BY hiring women and child
reu to whom they pay a starvation
price for their labor
Ia opposing all this we are
entitled to and should rec i've the
ear est and loyal support Of all
friends AID believers in Individual
freedom aud liberty in trade and
commerce without restraint from
unscrupulouS criminals, trusts and
SOUL, IS corporations who have no
thought for the welfare of the great
masses Of our citizens; and whose
only concern is in the plllng up #
great fortunes. To accomplish this
they will walk over the PROSTATE
bodies OF men, women and children,
and will stop at no means, no mat
ter how foul to accomplish their
greedy end We have seen the trust
method put into successful opera
ton by the Standard Oil and Cor.
dage trust and in controlling the
steel and iron industy of our count
re-, and YOU know and the whole
universe knows how successful they
have been in the formation OF the
beef trust, and to what disadvan-
tagcS they have placed the farmer
and stock growers ct this country.
It is known fact owing to the un-
scrupulous methods employed by
the beef trust that they can 60
among tn farmers OF this country
and sell them cattle for less than he
can afford to sell them for 1t is
reported by the press that trust or
syndicate of wealthy capitalists
have for some time been going
through this country buying and
obtaining land by fair means or
foul, 1--WE know this to he fact,
These farms and timber tracts it
controlled bv trusts, will be operat-
cd by the latest and improved ma
chncry for the sole profit of the al
ready wealthy capitalists, and to
the consequent detriment and in
competition with us and all other
hard working industrious farmers
By buying everything for use in
large quantities and making secret
rates with RAILROADS and other in
stitutions OF which they are stock
holders they will be in position to
more than successfully compe'c
w tn us and destroy your business
or reduce YOU to serfdom. All this
however can be avoided if we will
simpl, be aroused to our own in
tcrests and unite ourselves together
Let's lay aside this sectional and
class hate; we are, or should be
class bound together for our own
collective benefit Let's bask in the
sunlight OF intelligence and human
love. The long denial of those just
lIlNdSUlNS Nv NpliSlNSS ~ "''NS'hS
the vigilance and determination of
the people. Laboring men are now
organized all over the world, the
farmers of the south are aroused as
they never were before and the +,
l.. & (. L of A. and the Society of
Equity of America, are organiza-
tons, not for political purposes, but
for the purpose of demanding and
securing fair prices for the products
of their sweat and toll. They are
numbered not by thousands but by
hundreds of thousands
They are moved to this action by
as lofty and sacr d a patriotism as
ever inspired our iore-iathers in
their struggle for liberty and free
government. rhev are determined
that the stock gamblers shall cease
to monipulate their prices of cotton,