The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-10
RALEIGH, N. c., APRIL 10, 1888.

case in court requires three or four
lawyers on each side, with fee of
from one hundred to five hundred
dollars each If the litigants are men
of means, there may be great assur-
ance that the case will continue in
court till both sides are we'll pleased.
The opposing counsel, as a matter of
Difference to the request of some one
of their number, agree to continue the
case, and his Honor, through courtesy
to the bar, so orders and blandly in
forms the witnesses and parties who
have been in attendance several days
that the case is continued, and that
"they. are discharged till the next
term of the court" Similar expe-
riences are had at subsequent terms
till both sides, badly worsted, either
compromise their case or get a trial,
to the great detriment of all concerned,
except the court and the bar. In
criminal cases the guilt or innocence
of the party is more question of
finance for family infuenee) than of
law or evidence. If the party has
plenty of money, he will be almost
sure to be found innocent; if he has
no money, he will be very apt to be
convicted. sr H.. ~. .. .1.--
In like manner, what a doctor may
charge, if he does not happen to kill
you, will depend not so much on the
labor performed as on the amount he
may happen to need or you may be
able to pay. =.
The salaries paid to some of our
worthy ministers of the Gospel might
lead to the inquiry whether the loaves
and fishes or the pure Gospel consti-
tute the greater incentive to their
work. . .f
In 1885 the delegates to the State
Convention, to amend the Constitu-
ton, fixed their per diem at $1.50.
In 1875 it required the power OF an
amendment to the State Constitution
to restrain our lawmakers from pay
ing themselves more than 81 per day
for their services, and they paid them
selves as high as 81 per day at one
time since the war The same seems
to hold good in the case of all salaries,
fees, &c. In fact, ofhce-holding and
professional service is now about the
only money making business in this
country, except extortion antagonlzed
by law.
The Farmers Association at Green's
boro said: Commerce, with its
steamships, it's railroads, its monopo-
lies, it's syndicates, its trusts, its bank
ing corporations sustained by the
government of the United States has
lowered above every other interest,
and has laid them all PROSTATE at it's
feet. Unless we are paralyzed by the
presence of this giant, we can check
its progress, and unless we intend to
be slaves, we must check it"
Now the greatest trust or combine
that know of is that which consti-
tutes political bossism in this country.
1t multiplies Offices, it levies taxes,
corners the emoluments of every office
and luxuriates in hundreds and hun
dreds of millions of dollars every
year, while the laboring masses of the
people are getting nearer and nearer
to the borders of want and suffering.
1t is said that large part of the pop
ulation Of Europe are born to pauper-
ism; that poverty is their destiny;
made so by their surroundings. How
long will it be before the same will be
the case IN this country? 1t will not
be long, unless you can break the
power of the great combine that is
now pressing so heavily upon the
laboring masses. Over-taxation, and
the permission given in our laws for
extortion are the evils that must be
remedied, and the ballot bor is the only
pover in this country that can remedy
them.
We say the people must be edu-
Gated. Yes, they must be educated,
not so much be levying taxes and
founding schools and colleges as by
leading them to think for themselves
and to vote their honest convictions.
There as no safety IN the ballot bor an
less men, a0iu think and vote snteltsgentty.
The farmers in. their declaration OF
principles, say: "We will seek legis'
| lative relief not through separate party
organization, but through the two
political parties already organized &c
We will present this declaration Of