The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-07-19
FARMERS AND TARIFF.
THE FARMERS AND THE DEMOC-
RACY STAND ON THE SAME

m n fAhMEtSS AND THE DEMOC.
RAGY STAND ON THE SAME
Platform. The National Farmers Al
liance, tho Interstate Farmers Com
vention and the N. @. Farmers Con-
ton all Endorae Exactly the Princi-
ples of the Democratic Party.
Especial Correspondence to the Sentinel.l
EDITOR SENTINEL.-Itis is very graf
flying to see that the farmers of the
country are declaring against the
thieving tariff. They have paid in
direct taxes long enough and they are
beginning to say so. Republican
speakers and editors claim that high
protective tariff benefits the agricultur-
al classes but the farmer, and any one
else for the matter of that-fails to see
any benefits derived from it. Hear
the farmers Themselves ON the subject.
At the National Farmers' Alliance
which assembled in Shreveport, La,
early in the year, they passed the fol-
lowing resolutions unanimously, to-
wit:
14th. That in view OF the fact that
the delegates to this body represent a
majority of the cotton producers of the
cotton belt of America, which belt
produces over two thirds of the cotton
of the whole world, and in view of the
further fact that two-thirds of the cot
ton in the cotton belt is demanded and
used for export to foreign power,
which fixes the price on every pound
of our cotton and in view of the fact
that the said power is debarred from
returning to this country a single yard
| of manufactured cotton, thereby max
ing said power interested in crowding
down to the lowest figure the price of
cotton we hereby demand that the
U. S. Government adopt speedy sys-
tenn of reduction of the import duty on
manufactured cottons, in such a way
as to do justice to this, the greatest of
all classes of producers.
We demand such a revision OF the
tariff as will lay the heaviest burdens
on the luxuries and the lightest on the
necessaries of life; and as will reduce
the incomes from imports to a strictly
revenue basis.
There is no uncertain sound about
that. The farmers demand "a revis.
ion of the tariff" The Republicans in
their Chicago platform and by their
course in Congress, oppose any "revis
ion of the tariff" The Democratic
party, on the other hand, is pledged
by its St. Louis platform and its course
in Congress to wise and much-needet
revision. The farmers cannot mistake
where their interests lie and which
/ party';s .hair friend. Rn. hear tn.
farmers again. At the Interstate
Convention of farmers which met IL
Atlanta, Ga, August 10th, 1887, th'
following resolution passed that BODY
and it is sound doctrine:
Resolved, That we demand of tn,
Government of the United States
financial policy that will cease hoard
, ing unbounded wealth in our Nationa
Treasury, thereby holding the rate o
taxation above the needs of govern
ment and the ability of the people, an
: depriving us of just amount of circu
{ lating medium.
: In the convention Mt which tn
above resolution was passed ther
were intelligent representatives fror
all the Southern States and they un
, questionably voiced the sentiments {
: the thinking farmers everywher'
d There were money delegates fror
: North Carolina and the resolutions W
f have quoted were heartily endorsed b
: the Progressive Farmer, the organ ,
the farmers in North Carolina.
The farmers of Iowa, in Conventio
assembled, unqualifiedly endorsed M
Cleveland's tariff reform policy. /
our own State Convention of tarme
. which assembled in Greensboro, SON
time last January, the Drawn an
brain of North Carolina expresse
their open hostility to system
:. laws that have inaugurated and mail
: tanned long train Of evils, systema
lt ic robbery and indirect confiscation
the peoples hard-earned dollars. B
cause our farmers had the manhoc
,r to express their honest convictions c
!. great economic question, the Green
q boro North State and Winston Rep.t
n liean because sorely displeased, b
4 lowed and paved the earth worse tn.
a Mexican bull. If our farmers h,
declared in favor of protection tho
papers would have been praising t
u convention until now But we are
= the opinion that the great farmil
Vi class will believe the words of intel
gent and disinterested representati
farmers rather than the partisan *
re torials of Republican newspape
ID Farmers of North Carolina, vote t
IN Democratic ticket and assist in
e. permanent overthrow of the Repub
of can party whose policy and princip
ne are inimical to your interest and 81
g. versive of popular rights and constit
tional liberty.
TARIFF REFORME
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