The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-08
EXTRACTS FROM PRIEST. L. L. POLKS
ADDRESS.
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Every man is in the same boat with the
farmer and when he goes down you will sink
with him. Even Jay Gould with hi, fabu-
iouo ruaisi could 1.-Two twelve .,.n.i.Y
without the farmer.
Mr. Dodge tells us that it is ovcr-produc
| tion that causes the financial trouble among
the f,rmers; that We arc so poor because
| we are so rich: Wonderful logic Laying
| the blame of our trouble, on High Heaven.
God never makes mistakes, my friends.
There is, nor can there 10 ovcr-proluclion
in any country, when there is a siuglc child
crying for bread.
They tell us a dollar will buy more than
ever before. But where is the dollar? \
tramp in n certain city the other day iuquir-
cd where he couli procure his dinner, he
was pointed to an eating house, where Il
square meal could DC had for onLy tccnty.frc
cents. Cling off il the direction pointed he
suddenly turned and asked his informant
where he could procure the 25cts?
When wheat was $500 per bushcl AMI
cotton 2Octs per. pound there was So per
every In tnc lnltet
| states: now when cotton il l0cts. there is
| 81, for each inhabtant. The Kansas farmer
wou'd Willingly sell his cora for l0cts. per
bushcl, but after the X. r. tariff is paid he
| can't realize even that amount.
Icgis' alton for the last - years has been
an iniquitous!y onc-sided atfair-to the III
tcrest Of banks, mOnopolies, trusts and COM
| bines.
You and |, brother Farmers, have had
| aspirants for congressional honors u tell
| us they were devoted to the welfare of the
| people, and all they wanted vas for us to
| place them upon the wa'chtowers the ma
ton and they would zealously guard our
Interests.
We have elected them and sent them to serve
| us, without pariality, rs q common pc )plc
| then after while, as our burdens began TO
be even more oppressive, We would remember
their vows, and expeectantly inquire ct:Lsii,
"aichmln what the night - And thc,r
reply would be. "All is well p low on,
Then, rs oppression WAS grievous
| to be borne, we again would in sup'iant
'"i|c luIulIe Natchiiau what OF the
night: They tauntingly reply "All is
well Flow on.
George Washington sa i "ours is II govern
mcnt Of the people for tho people, AMI by
the people. \ ma Ority of our present law
| makers say a government of the ring. for
the ring, and by the ring.
Let US ever after this, my brethren, elect
| these ring men to stay at home
| Abraham Lincoln said, cit j. possible to
| deceive par, Of the people al the time
and 1t Is possible to deceive all tho p,o.
| pie part Of the time but il was impossible
| I" deceive all the people all the time
And rejoice to know that we can be 10
longer deceived by party pol ticians AID
| lawmakers.
repeat my fricn Is; the contest is to
| prove whether the citizen or the dollar is
S'vcrcign
| AMI we have perfect right TO de
mand the .Subtrcasury plan or something
better; but the little politician cries out that
II Is wrong for the Alliance to mcdllc with
Poi'ncS' that the Suh''reasury lmn IL un.
c'hSh'"''ohai' LATHE poliiician, Who has
| moro r'ght - use p"I'tcs thar the inrmer
| \ ,rp hat lipro e.
ference between the honest politician and the
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