Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-27
s';;e Financial Question Again,

REG s'fh..IGi;E question Again.
r. Mc t,lt!or cf tic AletNnt}rln Gu:ctie.
The writer Of tL;; arti,lo some time siaee
tock up tbs rls:stlor OF his own responsibility,
cousuEl!og GU one Gu the subject, avoiding even
the congressional debates thereof, and wrote
cut his 0~n Thoughts ca The subject. This
was published in t&o papers ia Alexandria at
Ito time, AID. IL reviewing tbs essay at this
time, car SIC no reason to change my opin-
lcG, an,i Will DOW rcDr0duce the substance OF
that article (as the same financial difficulty still
coniiauca, liis the hope that some mcro Of the
most Interested parties may DO moro fully
awakened 70 consider tho subject. and act &C
cAi1!asly, that : remedy msy be found aud put
Ia operation.
Faarc,, 10 ti.e opIniou Of The writer Of this
is system G! representatives Of value, 10 O
cenycnGnS aud portable form, 10 be used liz the
| Interchange OF commodities, and in rewardng
the producers for their labor iu feeding and
| clothing The whole commuf:ty For it ls the
producer that feeds and clothes the whole pop
u!ation Of the globe, and at the head Of these is
| the Grltl7atOr OF tho soil.
| A recent writer says VT Is thu, The happi-
ness aod prosperity Of . nation depends upon
the unijn and harmonious deVelopemeDt OF
every ya:i,ty OF Industrial pursuit.; but the
gt@uad work and the pillar Ct the civilized s.
cI2ty, ca which is prosperity, its so!ldty, aud
It's glory nu7i Ultimately rest il agriculture,
the !rodu: in apd the lncaug OF sustaining Q
rapidly growing population.
"IummcrcG draws lta lic-bood from this;
n .t3u features grow cut OF it. They all stand
tcge.hcr. like pillars 10 cluster, the largest in
tie oentIc, and that largest is agriculture.
Tho HcrlcuIturlst, therefore, should Be the
llGst largely consulted on the subj 4ct OF tlaance,
alcing be las to feed End clGthe the Whele race
and ut, he ~ Tie least Consulted. the least
USED aa.! vet, the mes. Interested CT any. W nc
arc oar members ct Congress and State !cglsia-
tors who arrange all these matters OF tlnauc;
Ihty ere !awyet5 and other professional men
who know comparatively nothioz Of the actual
lies 0! business life, and they lcgislate for them
s,vps. aot ignore the hand that feeds them,
ard i: is quite lInc, U lder the eXl:t!og llraly
za!j0n Of the filauces OF the country, for these
IL 0st iotercstcd parties TO take the matter i0tC
their eva hands, fer they arc able to 10 it, both
| IS regards uumbcr and .oegeGce.
lit them 20 10 the ballot b1X and sweep the
beard clean 0! those who ore lc2islallng io!
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themselves double pay, where they had NOR;
than they earned before, AID stealing it from
the national treasury Just because taey could
do il: and who pays it all? Why, the prcdu
Ger. Ii producers will s3ud such az thcmselvc
to make The laws, and let the paorle, (ior this
is government Of the white panp!al is.u: 81
the circulating i:cluG! gold, silver or pip2r
backed ny the whole people, All payable and
also receivable Tor everything. then there Wou!t
hc no speculation 10 money. LIT the peopic
lave thyir choice, whether 10 rgCslga gold, sill
Tcr or paper. Let the government 1.-THE people
lend to the people who wish to Improve thelI
laud moocy 1t :, very low interest, as they IL
10 Prussia, then the country would be lnpr57
Cd, ard DOT lay waste as 8. present 10 fl!gso!a.
| it1n mare tbX:s would be received, and tht
public debt paid oil, Or iesscned to very noder
ute an mt, but .: the present rate OF double 10
tcrest, II colcy has to be borrowed from banks
national barks as they are called, and so they art
30 iar na,iooal as to shave the people of the IA
ton twice over, FIRST, charling / 80 per cent. OF
,hc bonds and then banking 90 the same bonds
aud charging zsan for the same m)1cY 9 pei
ceut in adVauca, m2kiGg Il 20 IS per cant. pei
:orupI 90 !ilG same money, under which nc
zI!ar can Afford to borrow TO inprov: worn out
l4nd vr Any other kind, 80 mu3h OF which Is at
present laying waste ia Virginia and elsewhere.
And il agriculture is paral, Zed every other bus
incss is paraiya~d with it, and heoca he pre-
san. dag!;s-r: aHc Lc!augel coodition OF the
iiG.ncca OF tic cpua;ry. Anc the difficulty IL
A redress OF ttcse grievances is 10 make the
whole people understand their rights. end TO
| fulfil their .itlIica at the ballot box, aai saud
! Practical business. moral ncn to represent them
in Congress and he State legslatur's. uhtr>
| these iaanti i arrangements are made ADD 10:
send !r.ompeicnt5 or those VINO are solely iD!en
upon selfish cId3, e!5a the same trouble viii
! uarlluur. 1. =.
Aecotiul:, Va.