, 1873-08-09

Lot thoEo oriaop 60 on for tvc yoara moro, ana
thoy will
Of the farmorn Of tho State. It could not, md
should not 10 OF. Tloao crlcH wore hum
bug. Il,oir ton,nn wcro orowdng too m,cl!
corn into Chicngo, moro than Chicago could sontl
proea " wetlt down. Lot tho coru ro'nein In tl.oir
1nrns m. IN Chicago cn,,o to them tor It. Whom
chicago wanted tho corn mud must 1lnyo It, thon
lot tho farmers y!oia up Of thoir plenty, aud not
thcin, and
~ THE 9nY r +, WOULD nr REVERSED.
a thine sSnn12 hS1n will at ,xs4 last b. s1 e1cecs
IN 0 o History ot GSssF s rosd as p'on ~hon Tine ts
tho don,ana. Crho spoakor hore 1~'g gavo
nGvofS n0ofS n 1n sswng tat creator
Or, but tho cloaapneaa would enable tho poor to
buy moro plontifully, aud tAore would DO no
eych u th!ng as surplua IL prlcoa woro oquitn-
bly based on tho roal supply mud real demand;
tho supply OF groceries or othor goods tint tho
far1nor fnrchasod might bo, it vas mover sold at
price tho iarmor could bono0t by).
-, NGxt, !, 70 took up aomo Of tho instances given
Exonn1TANT PRICES OF MANUFACTURED 1MrLE-
| md adyiHod them to tlony themselves roapors
worth $50 that coat $3.50, and sowing machines
on4 other arsies1 IT. m tn tho aae proportion ra
the farmer was onslly Induced by smooth tallsora
| TO buy machines they did not want, and to givo
| notos for tllom, and tho nocossity that arose,
! whom the notos canlo due, Of their selling their
produce at any prlco Il would bring so as to tako
| thom up. 1Io hinlsolf had repaired old imple-
mnnts, and waa now uHing them, rather than
| buy now onoB TINT ho could not pay for. Flo
gave eoVernl skotcheB Of tho woaiti1 of various
! manufacturers and railroal-men, easily acquired
| in a few yoarB, without labor, aud compared
| their condition with tho
| HARD LOT OF TIE HONEST FARMER,
who was doing aomothing wonderful and nm
usual II 10 paid hta dobtp, kept his land unin-
fanfly's united muscle, cxertlonn. and Bolf-do-
nial, continued to put by fcw dollars at tho
| end OF the year.
lIeying proceeded in this strain for 4 whilo,
examples, he wont on to say that, whom ho
took u dollar from man, lo did 40
because llo had givon him tho dollars
worth. nad theHo poopio glyon tho farmora tho
worth Of thoir money? They had never done
SO. AL who did not wore
| nonDERs AND THIEVES.
They clutehod tho wealth Of tho people by
means that arc infamous mud unscrupulous.
Tloy aro beyond tho roach Of the poor, by reason
Of corrupt Judges aud their own yonal creatures
who administer the law. Thoy are as bad 40 tho
man who unexpectedly holds pistol to an nm
ar1nod mans head, and under thront of shoot
ing, Btonls his purse; bocnuso, before they rob,
thoy mako euro+ Us they think, that they have
] taken away the mean8 Of re1resa. It Ia said
| that
| 8EyEN-TEN1nB OF THE FARarH m ILLINOIS ARE
| hlonTaA0ED.
| He Ind been told SO by ono who claimod to
| know; who said, and ho know it was truc him
self, that they mover expected to SEQ their
| money again, and carol not whether they did or
no. They wantod tho farms, not tho money !;
and things wore coming to this pass: Tint
either tho farmers must bo helped, or they will
/ SEQ thoir farms pass away from tllom, and what
was once their own fair lind toy will live only
| to plow for othorB. This In Hcrfdom. This is
tho samo result tint tho DaronB reached
| in foulal dnye: This is what our forofathcra
| fought to nvoid. ThiB is what blood Inns boon
| ghod like water to provont.
| Next, ho went OH with considerable detail to
show, by figures Which ero familiar to tho roador
TINT tho farnor has boon actually receiving only
| twenty conts per bushel for what has cost him
thirty contB to produce, to dononnco tile stato OF
affairs In country like this, that could nsuro
| such result, to show that farmer might as
vol give wny to
HorELEssNEss AND DESPAIR,
II this vas tho ond Of it, and ro1ncdy could
bo found out Of i; and to prophesy that an end
could bo easily discovered II tho farmers woro
truo to themselves. Flo complained that farm
ers worked too many hours TINT they wore up
whom oIhora had sought reposo; that tllolo was
no rest for tho farmer, or His vito, Or hie son. OR
hiB daughter; md TINT. nftor 300-old days
Of such incesaant and wearing toll, that
submit to, ho casno out, not hundreds Of dollars
| ahead, as ono would suppose, but actually in
dobt, although ho himsolf WAS almost in rags,
| Ills family III tho last appearance OF ponury;
| and thoir PLEASURES fow and frugal.
| No1t, he went on to speak Of tho necessity of
| the farmers
! EDUCATING THEMSELVES
by reading tho papers anl curront litoratnro Of
| tho day, to an understanding Of what was boing
| enacted by tho peoples servant In Congress and
in tho Legialaturos. It was because they UNDER
stood 30 little mud intorforod 30 little TINT those
men M, ,a had gopo on 80 long undetorroa and un-
| Look how they mako the taxca. Do they oyor
think Of the mon who arc to pay2 And, on tile
| other hand, do tho farmers over rend what they
| are doing about tho taxos, or anything else
Do thoy oyor scan tho accounts He demanded
| o Bystem Of taxation n ulinoia that permitted
| and also OIL tho mortgage ho owed thereon, and
insisted that tho people will see this iniquity ro-
| nlovod.
Wo aro tho people, said ho and We vote thoso
| follows into office, and
! THEY MUST DO WHAT WE TELL THEM
| We never told them to mako such d tax as
| this, and wo will not put up with it. We mover
| consented to auch MI Infamous tax law, and it
| shall not stand on tho stAtute-book. (1lo pro-
coded to give instances Of tho inequality With
which it worked, and went on J 1a it right?
Why il it that tho man holding tho mortgage ia
| compelled to pay Q tax on tho debt owed
on our land, md we layo to pay it
over again? I Say that. at the next Legislature,
| it shall be changod or I Tor ono, and my HonB.
| will holp to ride Homo Of thom out Of town on
| rail, with
| COAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS.
tMDully for you !" "Gooa OLD fellow ~ We
| aging cries from nll paris Of tho audonee.l
| Speaking Of his correspondence, hc said
| TINT, during tho past month, ho had re-
coyed probably 200 to 800 lottors, nsk-
ing: Shall wo 60 to voting, or wait for
mi independent party? He could only answer
for hi1naolf; and tho answer vas, that 10 should
it. Ho wantol honest candidates, and ho should
yoto for them. Be it remembered that ho spoke
for himBclf alone. These scou,llrols (tho cor
ruptionis.s) will DO burned up by tho fiery indig-
! nation Of nm outraged people. Ito was not going
! to roHt till his mission was accomplished, and
| reform was won. It WAS no use to say yo,1 would
not vote you might US vol try to paddle up
against stream. You might rs we'll give it up.
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