The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-19
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thaa ever before. TAess are. aow-
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have spent thesr easily earne4 .aoaey
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ing aside sank aecosns. .aa also
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business plan OF method esa BE In
angarated and properly aaaaoss.
Whether or not such . plan can b
worked out successfully st these far
mers' meetings depends largely spoa
the wisdom OF those who attsnd The
meetings. II IL noticeable. however.
that every person Who faTors holding
cotton IL looking for some plaa hy
which their cotton can BE stored in
warehouses. and By which the farrn-
era can then borrow as much money
az they may De forced 20 uss upon
their warehouse receipss
sab-Tr.asury Plan.
This plan. erudeiy stated. Il nosh-
ing more or less than the sab-treas-
ury plan worked out and advocated
by the Farmers Alliance q number
of years ago. And IL the sub-treas-
ury plan had been adopted and vas
now IN operation. IL would not be
necessary for farmers to-day 10 be
holding meetings TO try 10 devise
ways and means for holding cotton
for a better price.
II have seen IL stated In certain
/ quarters that the farmers. in holding
/ such meetings. are making them
selves liable to prosecution under the
Sherman antitrust Law. In this con-
nection. we are reminded Of the
threat made by the last Democratic
! - al
mill men of the South with view
| to prosecuting them under the Sher-
man antitrust Law. because IL was
/ reported that there had been a meet
| OF the mill men for the purpose OF
| comforting and agreeing as 10 the wis-
dom of not loading up their ware
/ houses with high-priced goods when
there was a threatened danger OF
having the wall OF protection re-
moved. The men who made that
] threat against the mill men could
with equal propriety make the same
| threat against the farmers for hold
/ ing the meetings that are nov adyer-
tised to be held at an early date.
II admit that such farmers or
ganizations and meetings may be
/ technically obnoxious TO the letter OF
/ the law. but every one knows that 10
| was never intended that the Law
/ should prevent such measures on the
part OF farmers and laborers 10 rgan-
ize and properly protect their inter-
ests. The fact Ii that the sherman
| law was drawn for conditions a. they
| existed In this country thirty-three
/ years ago. Since that time there
has been o wonderful evolution I'm
our commercial and Industrial life.
The Sherman Law. while containing
the seed and essence Of o great anti
trust law. to-day should be remodel
ed so as to strike more effectively
against the criminal trusts and mon
| opolies. and at the same time prevent
| IL being used to persecute the farm
ers and laborers. Of the country and
other people who unite their thought.
energies. and capital for honest ane
legitimate purposes which would hurt
no one, but bless mankind.
Need Proper Regulatton.
What We need La proper rexuIa-
ton and control Of these corporations
by the State and Federal Govern
ments- The frst and greatest reform
to prevent the abuse of corporate
power In TO prohibit any Individual.
irm, or corporation from owning or
controlling any natural monopoly
which In an instrument or commerce
A natural monopoly I'm the hands Of
any one individual or any corpora
ton In sure TO be -s5used. and be-
sides the individual .,r corporation
having control OF such q monopoly II
liable to become more powerful than
! the Government itself.
The solution In to have every nat
urai monopoly taken charge of and
used as public function for the pub