The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-23
Communicated.

Well, Mr.. Farmer, what on earth is tie rea-
son Ye5i are complaining so much about your
money being locked up IN I. S. Treasury Why
do You not do something 10 get il out of the
vaults, and have it in calculations Well, you
say, what can do? will tell you. just give
YOUR employees 81 per day and roast beef for dim
ner. Then they will have money enough to
pay you 81 pair for your chickens, 50 buSket
for your wheat. But you say we have an over
production OF wheat, ii cannot be consumed At
home. atnonsense. Just protect the natu-
raj wealth of your hills the magnificent water
powers of your State. cause the Idle money you
claim To have locked up in the L S. vaults To
be shoveled out to your man ual laborer ut II
remunerative price; then will guarantee the
price 1 have named for your chickens your
wheat, or anything else your farm produces.
You will then have that money you say is
locked up in your pockets; it viii he in active
circnlatton and every acre of Vour land willie
in demand at double the value it is now; ii
will invite still more capital; it will invite inn
migration; it will consume your productions:
you will have no aims houses or Jail occupants
which heretofore you have been taxed heavily
to support. Now dear friends, do not let the
taxation occupy the calibre OF your brain. Just
shove it over TO one corner. Say, only use one
fourth of your intellect for the tax purposes,
the other three-fOurthS to the study of some
means to put that money now in the U. y.
vaults into active circulation But what Will
do it? High protection from foreign serfdom
labor. The United States has the acreage. the
natural wealth and facilities of all the balance
of the world combined. My motto is, look To
people of other nations afterwards Dear
friends, look to the few points have given, en-
deaVOr TO advance plans OF your own 20 the
great need of one and all ofus. Encourage the
education of our children to the highest de-
gree. Encourage the development of our nat
ural wealth in our hills, and most magnificent
water resources: encourage every persons
ascendency by his industry. God forbid that
the people Of this country that is, the indus
tries OF the United states should ever come to
the pauperSn, of the old countries. What
didit% Cheap goods. low wages, free trade.
No. | say give the producer his portion, then
we are Il happy people; but if we are not pro-
tected in this country from unjust, unrighteous.
God forbidden serfdom of the foreign nations
we will in short time be compelled to equalize
them in their poverty. Dear friends, think of
this when you go to the polls to vote, think of
this when YOU take hold of the pillow handle.
think of this when You WELD the pick and
shovel, think of this when you strike the ham,
mer and shove the iackplane. think of this
when you weave yard of cloth, think OF this
when you lie down in bed with beloved wife,
if you have one. If you have no work you have
no money, if you have no money you cannot
buy any goods, if they are offered You as cheap
as the dirt in the road. Ii you have good pay
for labor you are sure to have plenty of work
and you able to buy all goods at good
price, and if you have a good price for all your
products you are sure to hire plenty of labor,
but if your goods and products are low in price
you hire as little as you can. SO at this cleo
ton vote to your interests let the party go :;
vote for the future benefits of humanity, pro-
lection agalns foreign labor.
THE ADVICE OF AN OLD MAN.