Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-26

aud continue TO create, ''moun
of wealth and deep valleys
Of poverty That we say the
war tariff has been doing for
tu enty-tive years aud is doing
even now. But nobody in Mis-
sissippi gets tie beneiit OF
these bounties SO far rs know
excep: perhaps the very few
manufacturing institutions here
and there ia tie State and even
az 10 these The protection is of
q kind not felt TO any lPpr -
ab,e extent. We a:e an agricul
tnral community ia Mississippi
We will likely always remain q
distiuctively agricultural con
munity. Ne have 10 coal aud
iron ore, 40 copper and metal
minea. and nothing ~ the bow
els II the earth that VIII enable
lis to ever manufacture the
thines that nave made many 9th
or communities rich and power
ful. No intelligent man viii say
that the laws favor classes IN
tl.is State AS matters nov stand
the industrial fortunes Of the
people of Mississippi ere pretty
well linked together. We have
no mountains of wealth among
rs. Iwo men in The city Of New
York own mere property in their
Own right than all the people OF
Mississippi put together. The
cities of the country are full Of
individual men who have more
individual wealth than all the
people of Lafayette county
combined. IL is incidentally true
that these colossal fortunes
have sprung up in the great
manufacturing aud commercial
centres Of the country and ! do
not think ii n matter of much
doubt but that the bounty fea-
lures of this system of Indirect
taxation has operated greatly to
contribute to this result. For
time the financial policy of the
party IN power did much TO bring
about that condition of things
which enabled the few 10 amass
great fortunes whilst the many
could not do 80. | name the
public credit act of 1859 whore
by the holders Of public secuIi
ties of the government had their
wealth augmented largely by =
single stroke of legislation.
THE GREENBACk PARTY
came too late to remedy tho
evils of the legislation imposed
on the people 10y the party in
power against much % which
legislation the greenbackers had
jnst cause OF complaint. The
Grecnback organization was
had after much OF the mischief
had beer done and its methods
Of correction by Initiating the
currency rested upon a fallGcy
and the party soon we I to piec
es in consequence Of it's funda
mental error In this councc
htn II may be well to show that
the acknowledged leader of the
GTeenback organization. It's can
didate for President when its
views we're more popular than
ever before or since, Sir. Weav-
CT. acknowledged on The floor
of tho House Representatives
80 late az July OF this year that
the Democratic party had pref
~ we'll accomplished on fiuan
cial questions AL that could be
accomplished for the relief Of
the people aud that as a party
il stood nearer to the people he
represented than any other or
gaEiZation. But to Teeurto
INEQUALITIES AGAIN,
OF seslth and its distribution
among the people in all sections
OF the country il il now too late
to talk about anything else bu.
the inequalities, determinations
and burdens imposed Mt our
customs houses. Silver was de
mOnetizedand the Democratic
party re meuetized 1T. Black
Fridays enabled spectators to
go out of Wall street with moro
millions and the Democratic
policy in tie treatment of the
finances has well high made
Black Fridays impossible. I'm.
der the present administration
the necessities of the govern.
nent are not the subjects of
speculation as in former admin
situations. But the war tariff.
yet remains. The duties are
highly protective. The SEIZED.
ules are strongly Giscrimina,iye.
The rates are enormously high.
Meantime il is "a deiusion to say
that the workingmen OF the
country North or South, East
or " est, obtain ans Substantial
benefit from a system that rObs
one man to give it TO another in
the name of governmental taxa.
ton and under the false plea of
protecting american labor. The
very idea of protecting heme
labor sounds well bat it is a de-
luslve idea as it is practiced and
VIII inevitably enslave some in.