The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-15
SENATOR VANCE
Joins the Ranks of the Letter. Writers
upon the Sub Treasury Bill.

Joins the Ranks of the Letter. Writers
upon the Sub Treasury Bill.
TINE National Economist, of last
week, contained the following
comments on the letter written by
Senator Vance concerning the Sub
Treasury bill. The Economist is pub,
| lished in Washington City, and if it
does not safe The case correctly Sen
ator Vance cau correct 1t:
The above letter will indeed be a
surprise to the farmers of this coun-
try, and could with perfect safely be
left to stand or fall on its merits. The
membership have answered and COM
pletely demolished the sophistry and
false arguments of Mills, Carlisle and
the other letter writer's who take the
Wall-street view of the matter, and
would no doubt in time will answer
Senator Vance, but it is deemed best to
here publish the letter in full and
comment upon it fairly, and with
neither favor or opposition to its
author, call attention to the forces
that he and others like him under
present conditions are compelled to
obey.
The Economist has no var to make
on those who see fit to oppose the
Sub, Treasury law; that is not its mis-
sion. It seeks to educate in the prin-
ciples of economic governmt Mt and
contends for all the principles of the
Alliance and such measures as have
been adopted by the Supreme Coun,
Gil. Those who oppose the Sub
Treasury law will find their hands
full in trying to make peace with a
downtrodden and oppressed people
that would be benefited oy it. If
they write letters in opposition to
that measure they may expect an
swers, Sophistry may often sound 50
plausible that it al not be readily an
swered in debate, but when it is writ
ten 1t can be subjected to the lnfex-
IDLE laws of analysis, and always u
cessfully combatted.
The first paragraph of the above
letter shows that it was not written in
response to any inquiry from Presi-
lent Carr upon the subject, but to
silence rumors in regard to the Sen
ator's position and to answer numer.
Gus letters of inquiry. The Senator
very properly concluded that the best
way to answer all the letters that had
come pouring in on him, and at the
same time silence all rumors, was to
address a letter to the President of
the State Alliance of North Carolina
and publish it for the benefit of all
concerned. This is all right and
proper, but it shows that Senator
Vance had kept his views strictly to
himself from the time the bill was in
troduced till the pres INT, and it do s
not seem unfair to conclude that he
remained silent just as long as he
could, because a further silence could
only have been constructed as an op.
position to the measure without the
"Sunday suit" in which he dresses
his views in the letter. The Chair
maj of the National Legislative Com.
mittee of the Alliance recently adj
dressed letters of inquiry on this sub
iect to Senator Vance and Represen-
tative Picker, the following are the
replies received:
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 26, 1890.
DEAR SIR:-Your favor of 10Th inst.
came duly to hand. In reply I will say
that [ am now preparing a letter which
will fully explain my position on the Sub
Treasury bill, and when it is ready l shall
be pleased to furnish you with a copy.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Z. 3. VANCE