The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-09

terms. WAT, Gnen, DIN VI GIoV
other principle of our order which
discourages our members from going
in deot and borrowing2
Is let's the people have money at
a nominal COST" says your correspon-
dent. | answer, the needy farmer
cannot get the money without pawn
ing his crop and then only for 80 cts.
when the market would give him a
dollar in cash. And it is a fact that
people who are needy enough to pawn
a thing hardly ever redeem 1t. we
of the South have always denoun ed
the principle of giving special favors
bv legislation TO the manufacturers.
We have Away denied that the gov
eminent has the right to take money
out of the pockets of n class, either
directly or indirectly, and put 1t n
the pockets of another class. But"
says the advocate of this bill, the
government has given special favors
to the manufacturers, and now we
demand special favors for the farm
ers." This is the logical outcome of
the protection theory, bat it is not
consistent with Alliance principles.
We would consider it a great evil
for a mad dog to bite n of our
legs. Would it cure US of hydro
phobia to let him bite the other leg :?
1t seems to US that it would be '.etter
to neutralize the poison with caustic
and kill the dog.
But if the advocates Of this pan
can ignore the principles and Consti
tuition of our Alliance, it would hard
ly seem worth while to mention the
Constitution of the United States, 4"
which expressly declares that nothing
shall be a legal tender but gold and
silver, and which nowhere gives tie
government the right to lend money
to individuals. 1t matters not to him
if it is a radical departure from the
financial principles of the ablest iuau-
ciers among our %forefathers -GalIatln,
Hamilton and Morris. He is willing
to throw aside the fixed laws of politi.
cal economy, the we'll tried systems Of
the greatest and most prosperous
commercial nations of the earth
England, Germany and France, and
risk all upon the untried theory of a
visionary novelist, which will prove
as deceptive as " the baseless fabric
Of a dream"
And the untried theory must be
made the test of our loyalty Men
born and raised on the farm, know.
ing from experience all the tolls,
wants and burdens Of the soil -tiller,
must be pushed aside if they do not
accept this test. Our true and tried
statesmen who have stood in the
" imminent deadly breach" for the
rights of the people, who have never
faltered or lost heart in the darkest
hours of our country's trials, must be
tried by it. Not oy their honor, their
integrity, their experience, their great
talents, nor their great public services,
but by this paltry test must they stand
or fall. France, n hundred years
ago, intoxicated with madness and
led by madmen, destroyed her best
men by the gulllotine. Loyalty to a
Iactlon ana not loyalty 10 country was
the test.
Lavoi sior, one of the greatest scieu-
fists who rel lived, one of the great
est ~ben9factors France ave had, espe
cially to her farmers, was cruelty be-
headed by one of the dominant fac.
tions. One of his countrymen ex-
claimed, "It has taken but a few
minutes to destroy this great life, it
will take a hundred years to make an
other like it." The world felt the
shock and stood aghast in horror, and
France to-day hangs her head in
shame and sorrow over the cruel,
senseless act.
Shall we repeat the folly and mad
ness of the French revolution, and
politically destroy the pillars of the
temple and destroy ourselves in the
ruins?
In my next l will discuss the
"Cald we'll Plan " and answer some of
your correspondents questions.
r. L. BEALL.