The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-17

bic. You cannot gather iresh train ngs on
board the Thistle, or pacify old man Cas-
trio with the empty promise OF cheaper
chewing tobacco. "a
Several gentlemen have invented meth
DDS for the prevention OF rich mems
schemes, by which property may be equal
lied and divided per capita, instead OF per
capital. The result of this could be easily
figured out in advance. Today Jay Gould
would be wealthy and Henry George hun
cry, we will say. Tomorrow Jay Gould
and Henry George would have $50 apiece.
Tuesday Henry George would have $50
and case OF the collie. Jay Gould would
have $50 and be at the head Of Jamaica
ginger trust. Wednesday Mr.. Gould would
have $l30 and an order ON Henry Georges
on anti-poveriy.
II infant industries here arc 10 be fos-
tered and protected by the way, why is
not the American lecturer protected from
competition with foreign lecturers?
Whether you regard an American lecturer
as manufactured article or raw material,
it is generally essentially American, and
ought ii not to be protected? Lecturers
build up town. They make business for
railroads, hotels, opera-houses, newspapers,
lanndrymen, tailors, etc, etc, and II SIC
cessiul they 20 abroad and their lectures
become an export. bringing money into
this country. Just as soon as our lecturers
here produce more lectures than are abso-
lutely required for home consumption We
can send them abroad, but as il is now our
struggling lecturers here are forced 10 COM
pete with foreign lecturers like Wong
Chin Foo, who can live much cheaper
than our native born lecturers, who havo
been used TO dricd-apple pie three times u
day.
How is il with the American farmer?
lie has been driven up further and further
into corner by the legislation OF the past
twenty-five years, and yet because he is
not actually starving to death he is pointed
to with pride. The American farmer con-
tributed more 10 the war than most any
body else, both in blood and money and
really got less in return. lie got the price -
less boon OF liberty, II is true-the liberty
TO pay bigzRar prices for everything he
wanted, and 90 sell his crops ior less and
less year after year, competing with for
eigncrs abroad and foreigners who came
hereto compete with him; liberty to pay
big prices for machinery, help, clothing
and everything else he bought, and then
ride into town on n December day, ac-
companicd by the cold and sill remains OF
an assassinated hog, only 10 be told that
| the threatened foreign war had tlattened
out, and that pork had gone down TO
cents. II IL depressing TO ride in the 40
ciety Of hog that has died by ones own
hand, and every time you look around Ia
see the same frozen smile, with u chip in
| il, while his chest is thrown open in I'm
ingenious way by means OF hickory
stick in order 10 show that his leaf
lard is all that ii has been rep.
resented. II is not cheerful to
ride all the forenoon with no one near YOU
but this cold and pulsccss clay, with no
eye upon you but the leadcn eve Of the
dead. Let the reader who never tried IL
ride sixteen miles when shades OF evening
begin 10 lower, ride over lonely mad.
over bare ground, with pair ol low
browed bobs, green calico comforter over
| your knees. and the clammy features al -
dead and ,lccollete hog in your lap. Then
| IL YOU want 10 feel your spirits sink ont uf
sight, ascertain, after you have laid out AL
the moncy in your mind ON basis of Scents
per pound, that > or 4 cents ans tho
quotations on nm animal that you have
loved in his infancy. hid down cellar ~
you couldn't hear him squcal when lac
was killed and aficrward helped to s,rarc
with case-kniic, 10 that even in death lac
would be source Of pride 10 YOU!
Men tell us that manufactures make
prosperous towns, 70 we must foster mantl-
lectures. On the samo theory violent.
death every morning before breakfast WIS
what made flush times in California.
Nevada and Colorado. In order to have
prosperity we must have more murders
aud lynchine soirces. Why, when n mum
was killed every day or two in Icadyillr,
labocrs got as high rs $40 day. There
fore crime makes money plenty and wages
high.
! do not claim how TO make times moro
prosperous otherwise than TO open my own
whooping Golfers and put in circulation tho
Golfers which have been clinging 10 ~
long have resolved Ia do M. Let others
follow the example. Who will DO next?
Let the government itself fall in. lot us
do good with our riches. lot Us form what
! might term the DO Good party. Mr..
Gould wires me ("collcct' from Romc)
that he will lend his heart and soul. such
m they are. TO a movement OF. that kind,
and ut living rates. Mr.. Gould says that
lac would advise me 10 communicate my
plans-by wire over the Western Union
TO everybody and seek the cooperation of
the government. lie thinks that Congress
would be willing 10 make an appropriation
covering the expense OF telegraph, at least.
Mr. Gould also adds that he would GER
tlinly take an interest in such movement,
and says he would prefer controlling In.
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