The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-22
For the ADVERTISER
Hard TimeS-Their Extent and
CauSe-Not Confined to Our
State, and Not Caused by Our
State Governments!

state
notwithstanding there Is now no
election pending, it is nevertheless
right to consider whether we IN
derstand the nature and extent of
our grievances under taxation.
Are u nara times chargcablc to
the State Government" DO
'hard times" result from the waste
fuluess of give honorable gentle
men," who constitute the "BOard
of Agriculture," or the cNtravagant
salaries Of officers or the Universe
ty or the Columbia Canal o. the
State House or tn Common
Schools or an "oligarchy of Law
yers," or from all these combined?
Whether there may rot be some
subjects on which more economy
might be exercised, without
inpairing the efficiency Of the State
Government, is not the question
we propose to discuss. We pro-
pose to take up the question pro-
pounded by Capt. b. II. Tillman ut
LaurcnS, ON the 10Th of August last:
"What is the matter and what is
the rcmcdy?" and we propose to
show that "hard times" are not
confined TO south Carolina, and
therefore not caused by the south
Naro'lna STATE N~oFcrhihcnt. lhat
theE lhard 'inleS) are not conflncu
10 FARMERS, put extends TO all
GRASSES throughput the united
States, excepting only Il few priv
lied monopolistS, and that the most
pronable u Oh Il "Hoy" bn!"s'
Is u ohlleu states laNatloh,
when WreStS from the people or
the ohltcd states hundreds OF
ihiliiohS ol dollarS, under TAX laws
Wlilch tcni 10 make thc "rich
rlcner ana the poor poorer ana
Whlch grlnuS out Oh INC people OF
La"rehS cunt! nuhur"dS OF thou
SANDS or doliarS, an OF winch was
ignored by capt. IS. X. llllmnn.
Let inc STATE ~oVcrninen ne ar
rai@ned ior any ana All Oh us o
coihihGS ana ior any II all or us
extravaganza, Dut WHcn inns Is
uoho, surely 1t Is put riSht una thc
S'a'c NoNerhiicht, III llahiptoh
DcllocracE-,'he ""'tc Pe0Ple ~ t"e
~,>toce-Shoulu pe ellll'lcu 10 Sucii
'rla' as IS accorded 10 the TerieSt
c"lprl' IN I'm" crlmlnal d"cN, I. e.:
ne responsive ior their onh wrongs
nc nor ior O'ner peoples wrongs.
-NolnliS Sc urlcS up 'he sources Oh
'ie prosperity cla people as uhHcc-
cSSarE 'aNa'loll. ana oNer peo-
ii'' oul Noui'E an" our o'a'c,
mere Is iiucl, unnecessary laNa-
'ioh. buIi' docS not come from
our state government.
MS PupilC a'''i''ion haS pceH
aroused &c 'he SuDJcct OF Io'c",t"",
II - ~ ne iioPc'. 'i'al 'i'i9 a''e'llioii
VIZ no. pe cphlllieu 10 "niS IL part
OF II SupIec', p", .na' ,he people,
iar,icrS aiiu "li-"ili hluirc ana
understand no" W"c" we nave TO
pay III 'ore", "hu 10 ""o"'' ana JO|
o""t' ~ "o''"! Gun ~SucceSSIuii!
urea. " pa'ient "it,iout nrst aScer-
,nl'llhs ."'l''' - .hc mayer WIN
nun. Nno 50 Oh any Poii'lcai doc-
tor. An" ~ pe'raEa INC Ero7ScS'
e"P'''c'Sn 'or one WIN" ci'hcr as,
Suliiea or Is 'hIuS' mo y P"ii'''',
senooishl " u]i,u'rtnNe 10 account
loI our ""r" .'WeS ny ltl'Iri"S
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