The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-11
VANCE AT ALAMANCE FAIR.
A Tremendous Crowd Present.A Great
Speech.
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/ tOpeclal COr. OF OTATE CHRONICLE.)
BURLINGTON, N. c., Oct. 9, $780,
The largest crowd of people that ever as
sembled in this county was seen at the
fair grounds to-day. They came from
all quarters and brought their wives and
children with them. This was the day
for Vance to speak, and that added thou
sands to the crowd. Whenever and
wherever this noblest of Southern states
men speaks the people flock to hear him.
The Senator said it looked like Paul
said to the jailer as Philippi, when the
earthquake shook the doors open: ''Do
tbyself no harm, We are all here" He
said "surely there is nobody at home"
He said he was no farmer, but the time
had come when all of bis class prophe-
sled great deal of love for the farmer.
While his speech could not be specially
an agricultural one, he would discuss
those questions of legislation that
affected the farmer most. He would
not speak as a partisan, and would not
say anything to offend any one on ac-
count of politics.
God has done more for this country
than any other. 1t is one of the largest
| Ill d4Cds duu uCS hCCunuldLeu W0dlUu III
an astonishing rate. A few years ago
England was the richest country on
earth, but now our country is far ahead
of England in wealth.
During the premiership Of Lord
Beaconsfeld he inquired as to how much
surplus money was in England, and
found it to be three billions of dollars.
The surplus wealth of the United States
o-day that might be invested is four
billions more. While this is true, it is
also true that all of this great wealth is
owned by few men, and the farmers of
the nation are poorer than they were
ten years ago.
} There is cause for this great differ
ence of conditions among our people, It
} is not the fault of the Creator It is
not the fault of our State laws, for we
are the best governed State in the Union.
What IS the cause? Doyou work less!
No. Do you spend more? Are you ex-
} travagant? No Well then it must come
from the financial policy of our national
> government. What are those laws that
bear so unequally upon our people? First
our tariff laws are wrong, and they get
: worse The recent tariff bill increases
: the average rate Of duty from about 4e
| per cent to about 60 per cent, and or
t many things it goes as high as 100 pei
8 cent and even 400 per cent. These laws
were framed expressly to destroy oul
trade with foreign nations. On; foreign
!. trade has fallen off rapidly since 1880
and especially in those things the farmer
: has to sell. Our surplus grain canno
90 abroad because of those laws that pre-
I'm ahrnaH ani IL
q mains here to glut our markets and lowe
: prices.
Il The farmer goes to Liverpool Wit
= The broker says, Eyes, I'll buy you
per bushel," says the farmer. "Wel
l. what kind of goods do you want e. say
l. the broker. 81 can't take goods, l mus
:, have the gold," says the farmer. I"
.e have no gold, but have iron goods an
wooles goods, you need them, why nc
buy" "Well," says the farmer, "thi
t. is the reason : My country will not le
a. me. Ii were to buy woolen cloth Q
you, say 500 yards, my governmer
would take 475 yards of it for tax; th
tariff is 81 per cent. If l should bu
! $1OO worth of iron, it would take $56. @
of it for tax. [ can't stand it," Til
20 poor farmer has to put his wheat on tn
American market at seventy-fve cents
q bushel, and buys his iron and woole
~ goods of the home manufacturer at hig
n protection prices.
, Some people think England must g,
4 her bread here. This is mistake. OF
he h laws have forced England to encourae
ID the production of wheat, and has grea
q lv reduced the amount she must pu
n chase Of us.
~. We of the South once made be
mistake in supposing cotton was Kin
so and we make another when we thi1
nv the world is forced to get bread here.
IT, The other chief cause of the great
hv preston among the farmers, is the
monetization of silver About the tin
cd our people were recovering from reco
tn struction, Congress in 1872, by tricke
II and dishonesty, destroyed half of O
on money. The price of all our produc
VI vn is measured by all our money, and VIII
art half our money was killed prices of pl
ducts fell at once about 30 per cent. B
,ks that was not all, the value of our mo
,he ey,lgold, which was owned by few me
increased 80 per cent.
to IQlS gave mllllOnS w Cue alioduy liz
m and of course took it from the balance
the ! our population.
Mt. He had not made political speech
ith twelve years in which he had not urg
;es: the farmers to organize. The railros
Der can organize in day. The banks c
aws do it in two hours. The manufacture
ems can do it in two days. And they
the combine-send delegation to Congr
ual armed with false logic and money to
On 1uence legislation. That is what is
ra. matter with US.
the The farmers are making racket, a
ms. l am glad of it. bid you God-spe
,at What will you do with your great org
be ization? Be reasonable, Be caref
am Trust the Alliance to your wise and t
sis men. There is no evil that you compl
of that you cannot remedy.
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