Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-07-11


into the discussion Of this gWestioR, a. Of very
little importance to the community in gem
eraP" and yourselves in particuIar"-''eg0 ct
Fe.E DGeuS"-prOpOnnds. his own question,
"The mOney-Whers is it?" as of much more
general and particular importance and more
specially worthy to fill "the valuable columns
Of the Spirit aud Uf course any other paper.
Observer is much Obliged to him Tor his
negative pregnant compliment; aud while he
is almost incOnsOlable for the want of the ap-
probation Of SO distinguished q sayan and
philosopher rs the Editor OF the old .family
journal he, yet hopes to win some Of his
smiles, and 70 obtain some of his pope-like
aud venerable benediction, if he answers his
very important question ..where is money"
reVerseiy aud backwards; and by showing him
Echere Il IS rot.
They earn it, but it fiuds no abiding place
10 the hands ct those producing people, the
farmers, upon whom the Editor Of the Free
Press puts his dependence. IIy the time they
have paid the necessary expenses of raising
their crops, and their enormous taxes, aud
their ten or tttceu per cent. for the use Of
money to exchange them, to railroad -mOnop-
OiIes and money -mOnOpOlies, besides the mer.
chants per Centun, the profits arc all in the
hands oI the mOnOpOlies, and there is precious
little lett ia the exchequer for their most in
dispensable and valuable FREUD OF the Free
Press, or any body else. The columns Of his
own paper, filled with advertisements of lands
to rent and lands for sale, ought to be enough
to convince him not only Of the sad condition
OF the farming interest but of all other pro.
duciug interests dependent upon farmers and
farming. Nor is this the condition of the
farming interest in this section only; but if
the Editor OF the Free Press will turn TO u
letter n iSha haH Rh g a..
18th ultimO from the Cincinnati ENQUIRER,
aud written by farmer, he will not only fiud
out the deplOrable condition Of tho farming
interest in every section of the country, but
he will fnd his question answared, aud fully
answered: Tho mOney-where is il ?" to-
wit: As the Editor of the Free Press seems
to have overlooked that letter, which would
have furnished him important facts for the
benefit OF his subscribers, nine.tenths of whom
are farmers, l will reproduce some portions
Of 1t, that he may still have an opportunity,
as III duty bound, to do so.
The letter referred to, was in answer to u
radical who had indited an enormous lie to
the Cincinnati Enquirer. lie had talked and
written thusly, to wit:
Now We come to the gist Of this matter
In 1860 the war ended. Six years have
passed d,-we challenge all UcOMfr,uIictiOR-
prosperity. Nothing Ike it was ever known"
The reply 10 this enormous lie of tho radi-
cal, by the farmer was:
''Wbat does L. u. y. (the Radically mean
by prosperity aud who is it that is pros
porous 2"
Tue bOudhOlders may be prosperous. The
private money loauees may be prosperous
Bankers, magistrates, and even cOnstabIes nay
be, aud very likely are, prosperous. Real
estate agents are prosperous. But what are
all the holders of the professions have Just
enumerated! Mere parasites on society,"
Necessary parasites, no doubt, but still para>
sites. NOtOmc of them is q producer Of Ice"Lrh.
They hre on other peoples industry, and their
prosperity IL \ sign of other peoples ddcersiLy.
Now let US turn to the real producers of
wealth farmer, man nuiacturers aud merchants.
am \ farmer, and have been one all my
life, and have not made cent in the past six
years. Nearly every farmer round here tells
the same story, and old men who have spent
their lives in improving their farms and in
eudeavorinS to make their homes comfortable
for their old age are o"riOWs TO sell our. l
will venture to assert that not one farmer in
this township, who has owned his farm and
stock clear Of DEBT, has within the past six
years made tlcO per ce"t. per annum on his
investment.
Are manufacturers prosperous? The re-
cent failure of Messrs. Lewis & Eichelburger
(wOOllen mauutacturers) at Lawrenceburg,
Indiana, and the Harrison woOllen factories
being still, do not indicate it. am acquaint-
ed with two furniture manufacturers, neither
OF whom claim to be very prosperous. 1 am
also acquainted with two or three Cincinnati
hard. ware merchants, all of whom said last
January Let that "they wouId be very we'll
haIa fhai L. IN G0A hot
they had got through the past year without
loss"
presume if farmer owns his farm clear
of debt, and makes NO improvements, under
drains no land, buys no agricultural machinery,
etc., in fact lives from hand to mouth, he may
make little money!"
Now. if the Editor of the Free Press will
take into his consideration the facts furnished
to him in the above letter, and which will be
confirmed by all the farmers around him who
support his paper, think he will be candid
enough TO confess that his question has been
answered backwards and forwards-doubly
ansWered-frst, as to where the mouey is not,
and, secondly, where it is" and in whose
hands! Il is certainly not in the hands Of
the farmers, the manufacturers, the merchants,
the day.IabOrers, or any other producing peO-
pie, aud where it ought to be: Aud il is as
certainly in the hands of the above named
parasites, aud of usurers, shavers, bankers,
brokers, rail>rOAd aud other monOpOIies, and
where, in all justice and fairness, IL should
nOtLe
Taking it for granted. then, that the Editor
of the Free Press will frankly and eandidly
confess that has question The mOney-Where
is 1t ?" has been fully and satisfactorily answer
ed, will now proceed to tax-Do. not to tax,
but to afford to it 4 9rdtifcatiOR-his candour
. little further, to wit to confess that there