The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-11
AMEND MMIGRATIONLAWS
TOBULDUPOURFARMS
Let Only Those Who Till The Soil Enter Our Country
This 1t Is Held Would Reduce the High Cost Of Iiv-
ing AS There Is a Lack of Farm Labor and Cities Are
Over-CrOWded
tBy Capt. g.. NJ. Mul:en.)

ballot ia 1854 for Abraham Lincoln
while | was in the service Of the gov
crnmcnt filling "A mans position on a
government owner steamer, operated
under the direction of the quarter
master general. NJ. G. Meigs, and en-
gagged ira carrying medicines. roops
prisoners OF war. exchange prisoners
and other things needed by the army.
The transport men Of ne Civil War
never received any recognition from
the government they faithfully served
during hat dark period # our his
tory. There are none of them getting
pensions. therefore ! arr not a bench
cary OF the tvernment | served 10
the best Of my ability at that time. l
have been md am now very much in
tersSfed in the future of our country.
believing that we should set an eX-
ample to- all nations and all creeds;
that W. are adherents of and beliey-
erS ira the Doctrine set forth by George
Washington. Thomas Jefferson.
James Madison and the other pa
trjots who proclaimed the rights OF
man throughout the world. For be it
known to YOU that the people of the
world look tn Americans to liberatc
them from business bondage as they
liberated the slaves from human bon
dag ti~fty-oue years age.
Therefore | deem ii my duty IS a
citizen to address YOU on "A subject
which is At this time disturbing the
pal lie mind and engaging tn atten-
ton of the Congress; and Senate 90
tn United states. and Incidentally
The business interests # the cOuntTN
are more or .eSS aTectei-by the asi-
tatIon of these questions which con
Germ the general industries in which
the American peopie nave an inter
eSt.
The uncertainty of les ;islatlon rA
tards progress and prevents us from
eoine ahead with our business. If We
must have laws enacted which have
to do with buying and selling goods
or merchandise. The Sooner We have
those laws put Oh our statute books
the better it is for business, as the
wheels OF industry move in regular
order again when the matter is set
tied E
The questions If tariff reduction
and trust regulation nave been POM
pertly before Tho Public for many
years. The people ct both lea5ia:
parties have advocated d revision Of
tho tariff downWardS, and they also
urged the enactment Of laws tina
would control the trusts and monopo-
lies. which. by general consent, were
said to be responsible for the high
cost OF living. Cold storage and
kindred methods of preserving food
stuffs were blamed for high prices.
To a certain extent il as true that the
preservation Of food-stuffs has had
its effect on prices. But we may ask
what has cold storage to do with the
price of hard coal, which has ad-
vanced 100 per cent. n thirty years
Ia IN nyy uNIViduaI t-n-UIal 20 , l.
our estimation cold storage has be-
come a necessity and tends 10 loTer
prices. As the God of creation in His
wisdom SurperviscS and controls the
seasons. which regulate the growth of
the material on which we live. can
not he influenced by trusts.
lies. human legislation or human te-
sires. The nultitudes of mankind who
arr dependent should seek the source
OF all weaith-"the farm"-Where
Cod reiSnS supreme and become in
dependent of all trusts and monopolies.
and thereby regulating by the natural
law OF supply and demand the prices
OF all produce which is now CONTROL
cd by combinations of capital. Inst
a. long a. the demand continues inst
80 hong will high prices prevail and we
must pay the high price asked for
what We consume or Starve; there is
n" other alternative. 1t is a business
proposition-put up or shut up. o.
eo To the charity organization, which
makes A pauper of a free man. and
the charitabiy disposed people are in
deed imposed on by fraudulent pro
feSsional beggars. These conditions
i'm this land Of freedom require seri
oos thought and deep consideration
by the lswmaking branch of our gov
ernnent. Our President has complied
with the demands of the people who
elected him AZ far as he could go
The Congress has passed the down.
ward revised tariff law the currenc,
law has been enacted: the regiona
banking system. the tax on incomes
the parcels post law has become a par
of the law Of the land and now IN,
Senate il at work on the trust laws.
All these laws were demanded b,
the people who nominated and elect
ed MIR. Wilson president and so IA,
lac has not betrayed them.
Before his nomination and election
a claim was made 10y enthusiasts an
WiseacreS who should have known bet
ter. that Ii we elected Mr.. Wilson tn,