The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-12
PIT HIlSHED
HiI.L ARP PUZZLED.
The Georgia Philosopher Somewhat Tan
Slctl, And Wants to Know What
Party He Belongs To.

From the Atlanta Constllutloh.J
Things are getting tangled up in this
r.uutry. The fact is common man
dent know exactly whether Ie las got
ANY party or ANY policy. He can say
he is :, democrat or L republican or an
alliauccman, or that heis for protection
or against it, but the old lines are so
broken up that he can't tell whele ne
belong. He is like the soldier who went
home because he couldn't find his COM
,,any. We are all just waiting for some
thing to turn up and settle down. Inc
farmers are upheaving things power
fully but they are tangled up too. The
Kansas farmers, through the alliance,
have sent their memorial to Congress
and demand more silver coinage, and
more pension money. Their cardinal
PRINCIPLES are to fight railroads, and
punish rebels. The Illinois farmers
have sent their memorial and demand
:, tax upon income-a scaling tax that
will make the nillionaires support the
Government, and leave no excuse for
taxing the necessaries or the comforts
of life. But, of course, they want some
things protected; such rs wool, tor IN
stance. 1t would never do for foreign
wool to come in free, for it would Drlng
the price down so low that sheep
killing dog would quit his business. l
like that scaling tax on income. l dou't
believe . Inan ought to be allowed to
accumulate more than five or ten mil
lion dollars in this republican country.
Not because am envious of his wealth,
but because I am afraid of his power.
If man has accumulated million his
income would hardly be less than $780,
O00. and he ought to be willing to pay
the government $1,000 for the protec-
ton be gets-protection to life and
liberty and property in peace and III
war. If he was worth two million ne
ought to pay fifteen per cent on the
second fifty thousand in addition to
ten per cent on the first. And the tax
ought to go on increasing as his wealth
increased, and when he had got to
twenty millions the tax on the last
million ought to ta he all It's income.
But he would still have a quarter OF
million of income left. That's enough,
! reckon. The wealth OF the country
is concentrating too fast. | is not idle.
Most of it is used for good purposes, but
it gives too much power. The love OF
dominion is as strong a passion as the
love of money, and we common folks
don't want anybody to have dominion
over US or over our children after we
are gone That's what's the matter.
We don't envy the millionaires.
don't, | know. | have rs good clothes
Us he has-at least they suit me as well.
have as good eating at my house, for
there is nothing better than homemade
spring chickens, and wax-beans, and
peas, and onions all from your own
garden. Then there are the strawberries
and raspberries that 1 pick every day,
and it makes me so calm and serene to
bring them in to Mrs. Arp, and listen
to her grateful surprise. Jay Gould
knows nothing about the like Of that.
But where are We Ill anyhow: Are
the two great parties low divided on
the line Of protection or nc protection:
Is the issue made up between the
manufactures and the consumers, or is
the party bigger thing than any
issue: Maybe the issue is going to oe
made by the farmers against Congress
aud they are going to call for new
deal and turn the rascals ont. All the
rascals-democrats and republicans, for
all seem to be opposed to the sub-trea-
sury scheme. | want to see that fight
the farmers against the two great par
ties. If they will turn out the whole
cOUCell We CIS "IiiiiiS ioA WI NStAAo
Gratis to go, but went the North get
alarmed and re-elect every rascal they
have got in, and can a new set from
the South hold their hand with them?
Suppose the Georgia farmers turn out
Crisp and Blount and Turner and Gle
menls and all the rest, and put i'll new
set who don't understand log-rolling
rasc;;lity, will we ever set another
appropriation to clean out Il branch or
build u postot1ice? Of course nobody
expects anybody 10 vote for the sub
treasury scheme, but it is Il right good
horse to ride in on, though think our
aspiring ottice-seekers ought to do the
clean thing and say they want to go
just because they want to go, and be-
cause the inns have been in long enough
That is reason enough. Why give
wrong rr;l>ou for Il right thing: There
is no good sellse i'll the farmers trying
TO make martyrs of themselves. Some
of their organs talk like they were all
pelned up IL Il stockade and the rest
of mankind We're outside pegging away
ut them like paS>el Of Conlanchee |
Indians. Ifanybody has Done anything
to the farmer more than other people |
don't know it. farned for eleven
Years and nobody dose me any harm