The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-17

given our power of attorney for
making laws, controlling the avoca-
ton, trade and profession of all classes
but their own? Angels might not
take advantage of such circumstances
but the non-producer is not an angel!
And it will be no easy task to get the
government out o: their hands, they
will stick to it like "grim death"
and to fail placing it back IN the
hands of the people, is to end all hope
for the wealth producer, and to strike
the death knell of the Republic itself.
If we ever expect to do anything for
ourselves our children or our race
other than leaving an Inheritance OF
serrfdom, the time has come for lay
ing aside party selfish prejudices and
party affiliations for a more
thorough and intimate knowledge
of the first and greatest duty of the
citizens Of this Republic. We know
that our class and avocation are not
represented in the general govern
ment, and what is equally evident, it
never will be till we make representa-
ton the subject of our vote and the
M " inherent right" demanding our
ballot. 1t is the only question worthy
our attention, as it is the only source
through which we can obtain any of
the rights of a citizen. All the dis
eliminating, bad, corrupt monopoly
law, all the wrongs imposed by any
and every legal form, all for which
we are now combining in various
organizations to resist, is the positive
work directly traceable to a fraudu-
lent "bogus representation palmed
off on US by the parties 10 getting
u votes. We will never see a "gOv.
eminent of the people, by the people
and for the people," while fraudulent
partisan sham is filing Offices with
non,producers, that should be filed
oy the producing people of u land,
who are the only true representative
body competent to enact laws under
our Constitution.
Our present mineral system as a
basis of representation was used when
we were all producers. It did its
work right while we remained in that
condition, but now we have three or
four hundred avocations, it only acts
for the three or four and leaves the
hundreds out. It represents nothing
but the debauching of the ballot and
the buying of votes, giving certain
classes power to take the products of
all others without compensation. 1t
sticks to it's class, Representation
based on it's only true logical founda-
Observation-Disclosures and will and
must necessarily, by its very nature
represent all classes of our citizens.
Neither can it interfere with the "just
rights" of any, as it is common prop
erty of the whole people, and in itself
the pure, untainted germ of human
rights. The inherent representative
quality of these rights is all that
makes this Republic different from a
monarchy. And it is this right of
representation that is the common
ground and the common interest that
should unite all farm and labor or
CARNATIONS, as it is equally vital to all
alike to have men of their own classes
looking after their own interests and
having a voice in the making of laws
under which they are to live, repre-
sentation by the ~avocation, trade or
profession of the people, is a plain
practical way out of our difficulties.
Is there any other way? You can
make this a sure, certain and peace
able way out of our trouble as we
have the voting power, and demand
these bosses and we will get it by
voting for or against, with brains and
not with prejudice. The present
numeral system is simply taking the
first principals of mathematics, the
addition table as a substitute basis
of representation, and by partisan
prejudice giving it legal power over
inherent right" by which it a add
the dollars of the producer to the dol
lars of the n~on-producer, till the sum
reaches into billions And the great
problem Of how many more million
aires we can make is now drawing to
an end. Just think of what your
ballot and this precious addition
table basis has accomplished inside
of twenty years :! Six or seven thou
sand milIionaires |! The rest of the
world could not do that in a hundred
years, saying nothing of the paupers
We can show. We can go On firing
petitions, resolutions and remonstran-
ces into Congress till we are too poor
and our credit too doubtful to buy
paper on which to write them, and
your only ansWer will be a couple of
"tarif speeches" the one for Al per
cent. revenue protection, the other
for 43 per cent. revenue without the
protection. Take your choice and
believe the country saved. 1t seems
a very plain a S that the men we
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