The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-10-12

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arass ", " ws 20 r,al,ina in mennfactnrinC, nc nC,
80 snd rSotoro. W. c oa,, ~ tLo nonsih;Iit,as . .
the future. Nipe.tentis of our peopIt
are farmers, OF one sort or another, anc
all of them, in one way or another, ge
their living out of what the farmers
make. II that interest should langulsf
all others must suffer with 1t, and ne
conceivable motive can be suggested iol
Mississippi to legislate to its detriment OF
prejudice, or not to legislate in its favor
so far as that may reasonably or properly
b, done.
After celebrating this idea and re-
viewing some Mississippi legislation az
iectlng the farming interest the sPeakrl
said if there were no higher cohsldera'
tion to induce our law makers In MISS,
isisipri to foster farming or at least deaI
with it fairly, there IS one which no man
who sits in your legislature, even l, SO
inclined, would dare TO disregard. me
farmers vote VIII promptly anu properly
sweep any pubic man ouI & OF % PUBIC :, ser N +
vice and out OF Puollc slsne wno 10 Is un- m
faithful to their interests anu ne Knows ~
that VIII be the JUST ana cer'a,h penalty
tor bis lnhdellty' but "hen IL coiies W
FEDERAL LEGISLATION
vou have not the same security, however
diligent and faithful your representatives,
tor there are other States in which other
interests predominate as agriculture does
bnre and in some of them the manu-
f.c,nrinc interest for example, is so ex-
tensive and has become so powerful,
through its wealth and influence, and the
skillful combination OF Its forces, mat IL
has been able to fas'en upon our eht"e
country system OF feueral IaNa' ioh
which bears upon Agriculture unequaly,
uniustly and opppressively. There can
be no business question that more vital
affects every agricultural community
in the Uuion, than this, and the fact
that It is a nublic question seems a reas
CON wbv nnbic man, addressing an as
son hI.rs of h;s constituents upon the
;ntarasfo of agriculture nropsrly NAV,
ll'1.SsS .es, H.. orrht n rive them the
anu ei'osp;s p;s ou;n;ous un % tor 3nbo,ever thew
pehen1 VI ms Ipn.o W nor,l, " When he does
may seem " oe "o''h' y,
TINS win periec' iesPecV i'' Gppo'':1i ,;ii
views, those VINO dlner WIN MN "i''
| always cheertully accord MN the a'grs' e,
reasonable measure OF la'l uae' Inc
| material and political interests OF our
country are go interviewer and there l,
| such inter dependence between them that
the discussion of one generally involves
in some measure, the discussion of the
other. This is SO essentially true of tht
subjects of p ..
-,-nr AVN r,x,r,ox
AoNi'Ai NE 49, nla.,.o
in any OF Its forms, that tlie speakel sai.
he could think OF no more aPpiupl,".'
theme to discuss peiole d lneo..nS g.. -, -
Agricultural people than t,'e eleo. upot
thelr calilnR' VI VIC Eo,a",i 49, Gn,orn,nent
on IL ~ 'nu ,.o. ~ ,o,;F tavotior
which burdens, that calling Tor many
years, has been supporting. lie hope(
! his audience would not take fright les
he should infict on them regular tar
iff speech, for the cordial reception the.
had given him certainly entitled then
to immunity from such punishment a
his hands on such an occasion llk
this. He pretended to no great familiar
ity with the details OF the Federal sys
TEN of taxrtion and would parade be
fore them no array OF figures or stats
, tics. but would briefly discuss the sui
iect in a general way, as a question c
taxation. and show how and wher
the farming interest is made th
packhorse to bear the heaviest publ
burdens. He explained the idea {
equality on which the State and ou
counties and cities paid their expense
bv taxing property and graduatin
privileges according to their value, an
stopine when the levies were sutficier
) for public purposes, and contrasted the
! system with the Federal system undt
which the
,,,nos,r,ops APE OFTEN ARBITRARY
g iNi o'' i0-'o '.''
in their determinations and laid n!
] alone for government purposes, put
the interest OF classes, and not Unite
3 to the needs and Obligations oil the 20
III roooo, ot oil foxotion were the san
as far as concerned the excess beyon
! the requirements OF the Government Il
o public purposes and claimed that on u
face of the proposition suce excess cou
;, not be defended in any case. lie sho'
ed the burdens that were needlessIy in
posed on all the articles in common III
y among our agricultural .populatlcI
$ through the invisible taxation OF IL
IS tariff system and illustrated how cottc
Q is loaded down by Federal taxatlo
y from the time the seed is planted t