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Claudius F. Wilson, Editor,
'T-BT ALL l'SIC tiNDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUPTMIY'S, TUT. GOO'S, AMD TRUTHS'.
f a Tear, casta in Advance
I VOLUME 21
WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 19, 1891,
NUMBER 9
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BILL ARP'S LETTER
OVER 200 NEW DOCTORS TURN
ED LOOSE ON THE COUNTRY
BILL ARP HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT
THEM HE GOES jTO ATLANTA
TO SEE HIS SON GRADUATE.
Over 200 new doctors turned
loose upon the country 200
from Atlanta alone and a big
lot from Augusta , besides. I
went down on Monday to see
our boy graduate. His mother
went too, for she believes he is
a natural-b irn doctor and can
cure anybody of anything
whether he hasigot it or not.
When he comes home shewill
get sick Just fcf him to have
inpatient. Old Uncle Sam was
complaining, and she told him
to wait until her doctor came,
She has confidence in his tecb
nical .words, all mixed up with
Latin and Greek' and -other
foreign languages. And then,
there is his diploma that is in
Latin, and it was presented by
Col. Hammond . in a Latin
speech. I suppose this dead
language is used as a symbol of
the doctor's work. Colonel
Hammond spoke in a grave tone
of voice. He paid that the
prophet Jeremiah exclaimed,
'ls there no balm in Gilead, is
there no physician there ?" If
he hart lived in our day and
witnessed the scene before as
he would not have' asked that
question concerning Atlanta.
Hereare eighty-six just made
from one collegeJ And he ad
vised them all to emulate St.
Luke whom Paul: called the be
loved physician. Colonel Haul
mond knows a power of scrip
ture but he dident mention
King Asa; who was diseased in
bis feet and his disease waB ex
ceedingly great, yet he Bought
not the Lord but sought physi
cians and he slept with his fa
thers. Nor did he mention
that certain woman which had
an issue of blood1 for twelve
years, and had suffered many
things of many physicians and
had spent all that she had and
was nothing better, but rather
arew worse. Colonel Ham
mond is an optimist and looks
on the bright side and encour
aged the young doctors. He
looked at the .beautiful bou
quets that were sent upon the
stageh and said ; young gentle
men, these flowers are very
beautiful and very appropriate
for the occasion, but they are
before you. Let your zealy our
study, your skill so inspire your
professional life that you can
look back and see ; flowers be
hind you. Flowers of praise
and confidence from your pa
rents and your patrons.
He then, presented the doc
tors with their sheepskins acd
called eaih one by hid Latin
name and some of them were
so peculiar and unique they
brought down the house, .for
John wa3 Johnanes, and Wil
liam Was Gulielmus, and Ralph
was Kadulphus. It reminded
me of a lawsuit in a justice's
court that happened a long
time ago when Mark Blanford,
who recently resigned from the
bench of the supreme court,
was a devilish young lawyer.
A doctor sued a man for his
medical bill of $15, and the
man employed Mark to- fight
the case, for he said the doctor
was no account and he dischar
ged him. The doctor swore to
his account and Mark called for
his license, qr his diploma, and
made point that no doctor had
a right to practice without one,
and he read the law to the
'squire. And so the old squire
told the doctor he would have
to show up his sheepskin. He
said he had one at. home, and
asked for leave to go after it.
It was six miles to town, and
he rode in a hurry,; and return
ed all in a sweat of perspira
tion, vv ith an air of triumph
he handed it over to Mark and
said, now what have on. got to
say ?
Mark unrolled it and saw it
was in Latin. The doctor's
name was John Williamson
Heade, but the Latin made it
Johannes Gulielmus, Alius, Ca
put. That was enough for
Mark. He made the point that
it was not a diploma, but was
an old laud grant that was is
sued in old colony times to a
man by the name of Caput.
He said he had lead about the
caputs and one of their ances
tors whose name was John Se
bastian Caput discoved Ameri
ca and this land grant was a
bounf yfrom the king of Spain.
The doctor raved furiously but
Mark stuck to it that there was
no mention in the document of
John Williamson Heade, and so
he asked the doctor to read the
thing to the court. Of course
he couldent dolt and so he lost
his case.
The old 'squire said that he
dident know whether it was a
diploma or a patent for some
machine, and if the doctor
couldent read it he wasent fit
ten to use it. And so I think
those eighty-six doctors had
betcer get Col. Hammond to
translate their diploma and
then learn the English by heart
Professor Lane gave the large
audience a rare treat, a combi
nation of art and wisdom rest
ed his manuscript on an hour
glass about four feet high, and
all his serious, scholarly
thoughts were there, but ever
and anon he stepped to the
front and illustrated his wisdom
with humorous anecdotes that
kept his hearers' eyes open, and
their mouths too. He was hard
down upon patent medicines,
and told howYacob Straus got
up a nostrum and hired a fel
low to certify : "This is-to cer
tify that I lost one of my eyes
and two of my legs in the late
war, and after using six bottles
of Yacob Straus' medicine my
blind eye come again and so
did my legs." Opelheimer had
a drug store, too, and a patent
medicine, and when he saw the
certificate that Straus had got
ten up he hired a fellow to cer
tify some for him: "I certify
that Lwas unfortunately born
without a liver or lights and
suffered untold miseries until I
took four bottles of Opelheim
er's medicine, and now I have
as good a liver as anybody and
electric lights."
Professor Lane advised the
doctors to use common sense in j
their practice, and said it was
not called common sense be
cause it was common, but be
cause it was commonly needed.
Then we had a beautiful vals
edictory by Dr, Par, and the
presentation of medals by Rev.
Dr. Anderson, and the last of
all the boys called Dr. Johnston
and the ; benediction closed the
entertaining exercises. I wis
ruminating about those doctors;
how many would Bucceed and
how many wouldent; bow many
would drift away from parental
moorings and become agnos
tics, or skeptics, or infidels ? I
thought how much depended
on their skill and kindness and
how the loves and hopes of fa
thers and mothers was center
ed in what the doctor could do
for the child or some loved
member of the family. They
say that doctors get hardened
to suffering. Maybe they do,
but they ought not be. If I wfs
a doctor I would mafee a show
of tenderness and sympathy
whether I felt it or not. It
goes a long ways with the sick
and the suffering, and with the
family.
How much depends on the
doctor's skill in saving life can
never be known, but a friend of
mine in New Yoik told me that
a very eminent surgeon baid to
him eome years ago. I am res
ponsible for Grover Cleveland's
election. It it had not been for
me he would have been defeat
ed. That man Burchard who
made the speech about Rum,
Rpmanism and Rebellion, was
about to die from kidney dis
ease, Me sent lor me as a last
resort. I cut him open in the
back and took his old republi
can kidney out and cleaned it
and put back again and sowed
him up and he got well and
made that speech that drove
the Roman Catholics away from
Blaine and elected Cleveland.
Don't you see that if I had made
a mistake in my diagnosis or a
miscut with my knife, Bur
chard would have died and Gro
ver would have got left. Eh?
And there was that poor man
Garfield, the president, whom
the doctors killed. An emi
nent surgeon told me that he
was probed to death... They
hunted for the ball for three
days, and bored new holes with
their probes until he was lac
erated all through, and ior no
good. He said that pistol balls
did no harm to stay in a man,
that they became incisted, and
it was better to let them alone
than probe for them; and that
the present practice in London
and Paris was never to probe,
but let nature go to wok at
once to heal the wound. Gar
field would probably have lived
if they hadont probed him, and
if he had lived Harrison would
not have been president, don't
you see? But ' we .can't get
along without the doctors. They
are our comfort and our securi
ty by day and by night. They
are our hope and our trust in
times of affliction and peril.
Then hurrah for the new doc
tors. ' May they live long and
prosper. It is a long ways to the
goal of their ambition, but they
must have patience if they
would have patients.
Bu.l Aep.
Heaven's last best gift, my ever
new delignt, is not my biown-stoae
boose, nor my , carriage' and pair,
nor my tine new yacht, aor tny
prettiest girl, nor my hopes of a
seat in congress, not these, but my
wonderful care for pain. . Salvation
Oil.
TOBACCO.
ENUMERATING GOOD ESSEN
TIAL QUALITIES IN THE
VARIOUS COMMERCIAL
LEAF TYPES.
SPECIAL QUALITIES REQUIRED HOW
QUALITY AND YIELD HAVE DETERIOR
ATED HOW RESTORED AND IMPROV
ED' NECESSITY FOR NEW VARIETIES,
HOW ORIGINATED BY HYBRIDIZING
DEVELOPING AND FIXING GOOD
QUALITIES BY CONTINUOUS SELEC
TION. We wilt esisay to discus the sub
ject in the form of questions and
answers.
Question 1. In the present con
dition of the commercial leaf to
bacco planting industry, what is
most needed for its improvement 1
Answer. Varieties better adapo
ted to the popular classes and
types tiow most in demand, and
better methods in preparation,
cultivation, fertilizing, caring, and
bandliDg the product, so as to in
crease the yield and improve the
quality.
Question 2. What are the spes
cial qualities required in the sev
en! types and classes of tobacco
raised in Virginia to make them
most valaaole and most desired by
manufacturers and exporters?
Answer. For the manufacturing
types and class:
First. For wrappers running
through every shade of color from
dark to bright, fine in fibre, tough
and elastic, so as not to split or
crack under pressure to disfigure
the work.
Secondly. Fillers of a thoronghs
ly matured and ripened product,
possessing oil and gum enough to
work smooth and well, porous
enough to absorb manufacturing
condiments enough to gratify the
taste without clogging, daubing, or
disfiguring the work.
Thirdly. Cutters of high color,
fine silky texture, and agreeable
aromatic flavor.
Fourthly. Pipe smokers, pos
8essing less oil and gum than for
wrappers and fillers, matured mel
low flavor, barns rell, white ash,
and smoke free from alkaloids or
other substance to burn the tongue
and lips.
AH manufacturing tobaccos
should be sound and sweet-flavored
free from any taint or smell of
mould or smoke. -
Fifthly. Dark Export, leaves
large, rich, fat, and gammy, tough,
elastic, and sweeUflavored. The
preference for smoked tobacco is
fast waning less every year.
Question 3. Are the evidences
of deterioration in the '. several
classes and types of tobacco re
sulting from the use ot inferior,
degenerate yarietiesl
Answer. Planters of long expe
rience assert most positively that
many of the old and once favorite
varieties will not no-v yield such a
product as was once raised from
tne same variety, though now giv
en as good soil and under a? favor
ing conditions as they once raised
crops from the same variety.
That varieties of tobauco do de
teriorate, and their - product lose
some of the essential good quails
ties that once characterized them,
is just as apparent in tobacco as in
other crops; and such deterioration
is more apparent in the product of
seeds that are not grown with spe
cial reference toward propagating
from the best, under methods cal
culated to preserve and intensify
the good and lessen the objectiona
ble qualities iu the said varieties,
The use of degenerate, run-down
field wora varieties of tobacco is
the main cause of t-o much "non
descript' tobacco produced every
year. It . is also tme, however,
that wrongful use of his varieties,
even of the finest on soils not
adapted thereto, is apt to produce
a "nondescript" crop, that at best
is only a substitute.
Question 4. In what direction
1 .
can pi&uiers nope ior larger pros
ducts of finer quality in their fu
ture tobacco crops, and what course
ought to be pursued that is most
likely to attain the desired ends f
Answer.-In the direction whence
come larger crops of better quality
in cereals, cotton, potatoes, grapes,
fruits, and horticultural crops
grow better varieties, better fertilN
zed, better cultivated, and better
handled.
It is passing strange that while
great and most beneficent improve
meuts have come through select
old and superior new varieties in
ft r- m . .
an iaim anu norticuitural crops,
looacco nas remained well nigh
stationary as regar Is the introduo
tion and use of new varieties dus
ring the past century. Until ten
years ago mere naa oeen no new
varieties originated by bybridiza
tion, and so far as known to this
scribe, about all the varieties
heretofore in the use came through
gradual development and sponta
neous (accidentally) crosses.
me propagation by commons
selection, will, in time, so change
the characteristics of any variety
of tobacco as to cause it to differ
entiate widely from the appearance
ana naoits ot tne variety in its nat
ural state, is clearly proved, as has
most assuredly been done in trans.
forming the variety known years
ago as Big Oronoko, into the pops
ular variety now known as Yellow
Oronoko. . The latter may be class
ed a a new variety caused by dif
ierenuauon bo long continued as
to fix and intensify certain charac
teristic qualities and cause it to
become (sni ffenerin cfljumnino
prepotency capable ot transmitting
MAJ. R. L. RAGLAND,
OWNEB' AND MANA&ES HYCO TOBACCO SEED FABJ-
its characteristic qualities to its 1
product.
The creation of new varieties by
hybridization opened up a; new
and wider field and more expedis
tious methods for improving the
product by tne use of new va
rieties originated in a way most
likely to combine the desireu char
acteristic qualities in the product
thereof. And since bybridizMig
tobacco is easy, we may expect in
the ucar future tLe introduction oi
mauy new varieties that will ch.mge
for tne better the products of all
classes, types, and grades of tobac
co grown in the United. States.
The demand for new classes and
types to satisfy the popular de
mand, brings forth new implements
fixtures and methods for their pro.
duction, for whenever the demand
is urgent for anything that the in
genuity of man can supply, it ia
sure to come through invention or
development. New methods are
sure to come with new varieties,
for one creates the other, and by
means of both we may expect the
planting industry to kept busy in
efforts to raise finer and better to
bacco, and at prices that will en
courage tne use of the best 8etds
aad the fewest and beat practices.
li. L. llAGI.AND.
SAVE MONEY.
One feature of the thousandi of
testimonials that have been uiven
in behalf of S. S. S. is remarkable
In numbers of instances it is rela
ted that a great deal of time and
money have been spent in a vain
effort to secure relief from disease
in the usual way. A knowledge of
the virtues of Swift's Specific would
have saved the time and the mosey
to say nothing of the prevention of
the suffering. There need be no
such mistakes mad'J now. The
great blood purifier is for sale by
druggists every where, and the 8. S.
S, company in Atlanta wdi seud to
any address their Treatise on Blood
and Skin Diseases' free, and a
pamphlet containing a few thongs
ands of testimonials' they have r-
ctived from those who have expe
rienced the benefits of this wonder
ful medicine.
-,Th9 Art of Drinking;
la a letter by one of Englands
wittiest men, thisu paragraph a p
peared relating to a lately deceas
ed friend:
Drinking is a fine art ainct he
did not know or grossly misunder
stood; thus it led to his ruin, then
bis death. Drinking 'when done
artistically and with taste and diss
crimination is a most attractive
pastime. Never attempt to comv
bine it with anything else; it is in
its nature a thing apait, Drink
ing and busiuess are a mistake.
Drinking and a married life are fa
tal to happiness. Drfnaing aud
gambling are suicidal. So you see
the secret is never to attempt it in
conjunction with any other career
you may have in view. If you
propose to make it your whole exs
istence, it is wonderful how short
and useless your life may be at a
very small expense
SPECIMEN CASES.
S. H. Clifford, New Casse!. Wis ,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Eheumausm. his Stomach was dis
ordered, his Liver was affected to
an alarming degree, appetite fell
away, and be was terribly reduced
in flesh and strength,. Three bot
tles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Sbeppard, Harrisburg,
IllM had a running sore on hit leg
of eight years' standing. Used
three bottles of Electric Bitters and
even boxes ot Bucklen's Aruica
Salve, and his leg is sound and well
John Speaker, Catawba, O., had
five-large fever soies on his leg,
doctors said he was incurable. One
bottle Electric Bitters anu one box
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cuied him
entirely. Sold by A. W. Rowland,
druggist.
There is danger iu impure blood.
There is safety in taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla, the great blood puri
fier. 100 doses one dollar.
NOW TUT THIS. .
It will coat you nothing and will
surely do you good, if yoa have ) a
Cough, Cold, or any troab'e wiih
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. Kifc?s
New 1) sco very for Consumpton,
Coughs and Colds is' guaranteed to
give relief, or money will be paid
back. Sufferers from La Grippe
found it just, the thing and u&der
its use had a speedy nud perfect
recovery. Try a sample bottle at
our expense and iearn for youtseH
just how good a thing it is. Trial
bottles free at. A. W. Kowland'tt
Drugstore. Large bottles 50c and
$100.
ANOTHER STATESMAN'
Has a Flan. For Ths Bshef of
Dear People ' '
"Tha
lion. James D. Richardson,
Repiesentative from the Fifth
Cougr ssiouai District of Tennessee
has introduced a Mil to tax incomes.
The tax is as follows .
Wherea?, The country is suffer
ing under .the burdens of unjust
aud nueqnai tax laws, the consum
ers of all kiodn being forced to con
tribute largely to the support of
Governiai at than those wno own
its wealtli; and
Wnere.is, Such discrimination iu
favor of the rich ai against the
poor by a system of taxation in
augurated iu time of war, aud no
kept np in the interest of pme mo
nopoly and a favored class is an .
warranted by the demands of the
Government for lawful purposes,
and.
Whereas, Such discrimination is
contrary to the genius of our instN
tut'.ous anu destructive of Iovj and
devotion to those ''.institutions .'on
the part of the people ; Now, to
tu end that the taxation upon the
necessaries or life shall be reduced
and the burden more justly' and
equally imposed, aud capital aud
wealth required to bear their pro
portiouate share of the Govern
ment, therefore be it enacted,
That every railroad, telegraph,
telephone, sleeping car, mining,
manufacturing, or other company
or corporation residing or clom'Ciled
in thr United States residing
abroad receiving an annual income
of $5,000 a year aud upward, de
rived fiom any source whatever,
shall be asessed and required to
pay income tax as follows . t be
same to be collected by the collec
tor of the internal revenue an 1
paid annually into the Treasury of
the United Statfs, to wit: .On
$ 3,000 up to $5,000, 2 per centum
of said income; $10,000 to $20,000,
10 per centum of said income; $20,
000 to 30,000, 15 per ceutnm of
said income; $30,000 to $50,000, 20
per centum of said iucome; $50,000
to $100,000, SO per centum of said
income; and all over $100,000, 40
per centum ot said income." -
DON'T FEEL WELL, .
And jet"you are not sick enough
to consult a doctor, or you refraiu
fiom so doing or fear you will alarm
yourself and friends we will tell
you just what you need. It is
Hood's Sar&aparilla that will lift
you out of that uncertain, uncom
fortable, dangerous condition, into
a state of good health, confidence
and cheerfulness. You have no
idea how potent this p?eubar med
icine is in cases liie youm.
How to raakd money in Wall
Street is what troubles the average
flew Yorker, We were troabled
however with c.itarrh until Old
Saul's Catarrh Cure cured us. Sold
for 25 cents.
Nothing stupefying or dangerous
no laudanum or opium, enters into
tuo composition of that famed
remedr. Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup
Price 25 cts. -
The moH reliable agent for des
trojing zat expelling worms from
children and adults is Sb ringer 'a
Iadian Vermifuge, 25c a bottle, -try
it. Every bottle 'guaranteed to
give satisfaction. .
COt. POLK TALKS.
DECLARES THE ALLIANCE A
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
ONLY TWO PARTIES lit THIS COUNTRY,
THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE PLU
.TOCRATS A ..POLITICAL CYv
CLONE PREDICTED FOR
1892. .
Col.
L. L. Polk, President of
the National Farmers' Alll
ame and Industrial -Union
?peae in ..Vvadet-bo.ro, his native
ttfvrn, Feb. 24th. We take from
the Messenger of that place the
following synopsis of hir ad
dress: ' ,'.
I tand up here before my
people and tell you the truth.
Ycu have been humbugged
long enough, you have been taf-.
fled long enough. I have
traversed this country from
one end to the other. I have
looked upon its great "cities.
its magnificent rivers, its busy
hives of industry, but when I
stand in the presence of the
honest yeomanry, the great
middle classes of our country,
who are the palladium of our
liberties, who pay 80 cents of
every dollar of taxes collected,
who cloth the world; the men
Without whom our ships would
rot at their docks; the meu
without whom Jay Gould, with
alt his boasted luilliooa would
starve, I forget all this and re
member that the glory of this
country rests, at last, in the
hands of this people. The
questions which confront our
country at this time require
the sternest statesmanship, the
purest paliiotism, to Bolve.
These conditions which exist
tvd&y show that tbinge are out
of i balance. When, in the
memoiy of the oldest inhabi
ts ut of this count?, re maim
facturing enterncs ;i & more
flourishing condition? Never.
When was the growth and
prosperity of railroad? greater
than now? Never. At what
time in our history xjraa the
-rowth of cities aJ towns
greater? Never. When, in all
your lonj? life, did agriculture
languish so? Never.
In 1850 the farmers of thi
country owned 70 per cent, of
the wealth of the country, and
pa id 85 per eent. of all the tax
eeyiu 18S0 they owned only
cne-,third of the wealth of thn
country, but still paid 80 per
eent. of the taxes. In 1880 the
total wealth of the country
was forty-three billion dollars,
and of this tnm taxes were
pid on only twenty-six biK
Hon dollars, and of this
amount fourteen billion be-
longed to the farmers of the
country. 1 was approaciiea on
the streets of Raleigh last week.
by three members of the Leifis
la ture who asked me v hat they
must do about voting an ap
propriation to the Agricultural
and Mechanical College. They
said that the tax would have
to be increased if so many ap
DroDriations were made, and
they did not kuow what to do
about it. I told them to go
back and introduce a bill in
the Legislature that will' unv
earth the hidden property 'in
North 'Carolina'' and make it
bear its juot share of the bur
dens'of the government, and
then needed appropriations can
not only be made, but taxes re
duced at the same time. - Put a
seal into the hands of tax as
sessors, and let these men yho
own the mortgages and notes
brintr them to him, and let
him stamp upon their face the
word ''assessed." and unless
they are so stamped make
them uucollectable by law." I
am sick and tired of seeing the
farmers carrying the burden of
this country.- Would to God
that we bad a Congress ana a
Legislature that woUlu do them
justice.
V What we need is more inon
ey to transact our business
Political doctors will tell you
that money will buy more now
than ever before, and ask what
are you farmers growling about
anyhow? Others say your laz
ines, extravagance ana- im
providence has brought you to
your present coadition, but
say no clas of men work so
hard, or live so hard as the
farmen 'Mr. Dodge, the stat
istician at Washington, eays
agricultural depression is caus
ed by a lack of diversification.
Mr. Morrill, the father of the
Senate, says the trouble is over
production, but 1 say there is
no over-production as long as
there is a single cry for bread.
It is not over production that
is causing the 'trouble, but un-der-consnmption.
One man tells lis ihat the
farmers are to blame another
that God is to blame, but the
' real trouble is that we
are
' groaning under the most uu -
just financially stem the world
has ever seen. Negro suprem
acy! bloody shirt, the tariff are
jail shouted i our ers to keep
j U3 off of the real 'reason, tha
money question. I an sat
afraid that a nero will evar
rule over L. L. Polk. A fla&n-
cial system has been imposed
upon this country the most
wicked that was ever devised
by the brain of a man. If not
changed it will make ua a
country of million '.ires and
paupers, and nithir million-,
aires nor paupers are friends of
civil liberty. The great mid"
die classes are being wiped
out. The people of this counv
try have arisen in their might
and Hworu that too government
shall be aoioiuisieied in the
fnteiest of fhr tatJiiy.
Millionaires are very com
mon now. The Senate is com
posed of 84 member a&d 46 of
theiu are millionaire. Thirty
one thousand people own over
'naif the wealth of this conn-
try. They did not - get it hon
estly and fairly; they can't do
it. (A voice from the andi-
ce, "They got It by rob
bery.")
We have organized in this
country f orjself-protection noth
ing more, nothing less. There
were eome, when the Alliance
was first organized, both in and
out of it, who thought that it
was intended to uiake war on
the merchants and professional
men. There is not a sensible
man in this country who does
not know that the merchant
and tne farxier are in the same
boat. If one got s down the
other goes down t-ir. I want
to say a word about lawyers, I
have been misinterpreted on
this question. God knows I
have no prejudice against any
one engaged honestly and le
gitimately in any profession or
calling. Soma of Uie greatest
patriots iu all history were law
yers, but there are some little
ones who iinagiue that their
profession contains all the
brains.
I want to say something to
you, farmers, lcere are JUO
lawyers and only 13 1 armors in
Congress. Somebody ought to
growl and complain; yes,
somebody out to uoe a wnip-
piog.
Who's
to
the
blame? (A
voice
from
crowd, "We
all.")
There has never bien a peri
od in our history when the
masses have devoted them
selves to study as they have
during the paat thirty months.
I want to say to the man who
does not study the great ques
tions of the day that he is gos
ng to get left.
They tel I us we ought not to
go into politics. Lit me tell
you officially not ia my ca
pacity as an individual, but as
an official this farmers' organ
ization is as full' of politics as
an egg is of meat. What are
we to do if we are not allowed
to go into politics? Pay your
taxes aud vote as you are told,
is the answer you $t; j
There is a difference in poli
tics and partyism. Politics is'
the science of government, and
I charge you to study politics.
Partyism i9 a collar around the
neck with a brass chain fasten
ed to it.
"But," they cry, "can't you
buy more now than ever be
fore with a dollar?". But where
is the dollar? Where's the dol
lar you can buy so much with?
That's what we are quarrelling
about. But that's not the
question. It's not the purchas
ing power of the dollar, but the
debt paying power that we are
concerned about. Does it pay
more taxes? Does it pay any
more interest oa yoar notes
aod mortgages? K- What's the
matter? The contraction of th"
.currency has placed the power
of controlling the money In
the hands of the plutocrats to
thj crushing of the masses.
We all remember when the cir
culation was $51 per capita,
and we want a Congress that
will give us that amount again
If the present Congress won't
do it, we will elect one that
will.
We believe, as an organ iza
tion, that we ought to have an
open field and a fair ; chance,
1 m 1 9 A TXT
ana we miena 10 nave . wettrtniA
went to Cougress and asked for
renei,
The sub-Treasury bill
nearly scared them to death,
How did they treat, us? They
were the most say nothing set I
ever saw. Finally one promi
nent politician poked his
head up above the waves
and said, "Your bill is uncon
stitutional." The next week
another one did the same
thing, and so on through the
whole list. No two of these de
liverances were made In the
same week. I do not say that
this waa a preconcerted ar
rangement, but, to sayjthe leist
of it, it was certainly a beanti-
f ul coincidence.
JNot one
01
unconstitutionality. They ex
pected you to beiieve it uncon
stitutional because they said
bo When yon finally pin thi m
d pwn, they eay it is unconsti
tutlonal because the govern
ssent has no right to lend mon
ey. Is that so? Let ua see.
In 1876 Congress appropriated
?1 ,500,000, to the Philadelphia
Centennial, When the Govern
msnt demanded the return of
the money, its payment was re
sisted on the ground that it
wis simply an appropriation
and not in the nature of a, loan.
The case was carried to the Su
preme Court of the United
states and it was there decided
that the advance was a loan,
and therefore must be repaid,
Iu 1884 the Exposition ot New
Orleans asked for a loan of
$1,000,000, and the constitu
tionality of the bill was so
plain that it passed the . Senate
by a unanimous vote. And
who voted for this bill in the
House? Hon. Walter L. Steele,
(jf Richmond county, did for
one, and Hon. JElisden Tyler
Bennett, of Wadesboro, whom I
regard as the equal of any man
in North Carolina as a consti
tutional lawyer, did, for anotfc- .
er.
Is it unconstitutional for the
Government to loan money?
Yes when It is proposed to
loan it to the farmers, but it Is
all right to lend it to 319 Na
tional banks at 1 per cent, per
annum. It is perfectly consti
tutional to store whiskey, bat
twfully unconstitutional to
F'ore bread and clothes.
The Government is nothing
viUt the agent of the people. I
uon't believe the G overnment
as any more right to refuse to .
issue money to the people than
It has to come here and put me
lu your county jail to-day.
"Bnt," they say to ua, "your
Mil is impracticable." Well
f appose it is; it is only so. in its
details, and you are paid to
Miake It practicable. You say
lx is unconstitutional; it is your
duty to fix it.
The passage, of the sub
Treasury bill was petitioned
for by over 60,000 men. What '"
has become of the bill and . . the
1 etllions? They sleep the
t ieep or death in the pigeon
holes of the committee to
uhlch they were referred. The '
ulace hereafter to putjyour pe
titions is in the ballot box. '
Tbey will be heard there. ' -
They admit we need relief,
but what have they done? The
eilver bill was passed in the
Senate and we felt good, think
ing it would certainly pass the
House- on a direct vote. Bat
it now sleeps the sleep of Leg
islative death, and your best
chance of relief from this Con
gress is gone. And Mr. Cleve
land, one of the great leaders
of of the National Democracy,
stands over its grave and does
not shed a tear, but smiles at
its downfall,
This Congress has not passed
a single bill iu the inrest of
the people. What are wo to do?
They say we must not jro Into
politics. I believe I am doing
God's work' in advocating the
principles of this order, and I
have consecrated all that I am,
and all that I ever expect to be,
to this groat work
One of the great things to be
accomplished by this organiza- -tion
is the wiping out of every
semblance of Mason and Dixon's
line in Alliance territory Let
me make you a prediction; let
me tell yea what I believe.
You mayeee a third pariy ia
his country, but It will not be
for long. The masses, of the.
Northwestern States, the South
ern States and the Western
States will be arrayed on one
side, and on the other stand
the plutocrats and monopolists
of the Northern and Eastern
3tats. There will be but two
parties the people against the
plutocrats. The contest is
coming, and I eay let it come.
I believe we have God and
might on our side.
Now, my friends, do not be
frightened about this political
question. Sectionalism has
been an issue for the past St
yeirs, but the decree of GoJ
has a one forth that we are one
I want to say that tne
political cyclone is gathering,
and will sweep this country In
1892.
Belief must come from the
National Legislature. To get
it the personnel of that body
will have to be largely changed.
These are plain words, but they
are true words.
Our order was never in a
more prosperous condition
By 1892 we will control, togetb
er with organizations associated
witb-ns, between five and sir
million votes. What is It we
can not do?
Parched ana swolen lips indicate
worms. Shrinner's Indian Veram
rage will destroy and eject these
detestable creatures from the intee-'
lines, thus restoring the child 1
health ana oeaaiy.
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