The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-07-17
The Farl,,n.S' Alliance.



! when wealth ...'r,iliu .i,ics H!,d m'cE "crav.
Ills false assertion that Tie
farmers &n.' 30 man shall hDld of.
ii"c cxaep. farncT>" false as hell!
Denn-"=',ys. ~ly snsmers, w"o Dc
sire +" keep up III" present 1ySscn'
al lars WIZ stall have their P"r
tinns with hypncritrs IN Il unhcilcv
crs. say i'-nohn}y { Isl.
farmers SLY anl their true friends
say, 10 man shall Iercnftcr hold Of
flee Gf they can help IL who does 80
pay more respect to t!:e:r rights AM
! the rights Of tie wnrkin! cIassc:
than has been p;id to them since the
war.
They sny that monop"lies, created
by The power os ihe money class
/ through the government, has mani
: frstly gotten all u,cir honest toll ant
ether iahorers, in the last quarter I"
Il century. That. while they ar: no
starving. us they arc in Europe. yei
they have few comforts and f9wel
IuXu.i, 8 that W lie thes ough' t.
have surplus, their lands arc almost
universally lnortGaged to bond"old
ing uscrers at TuinOus rates Of inter
est; that while statistics show the
prulits OF labordo noteXcccd three pc,
cent. they pay from e;ght to twenty
to keep off the officers O. the law.
They say-the'r brother labnrer'
say-"this thing shall have m end
that dc .th is preferable to the de
graded life capital proposes labor.
Labor does not force the issne, capi
tai forces it. Let it come AMI God
grant victory to the right!
The farmers wonll not ask loans
from the government if the govern
mcnt was noA engaged in the bnsi'
ness of lending, and has been for
! more than quarter OF a century
without interest. And TO whom
does it lend? 10 the rich only
"Hca-, oh heaven, give car, oh carth.'
! 10 l!.a rich only. AMI what for!
TO lead to the working classes nj
rates Of intercs: the tlev woul''
b!ush to own. Money never b .ushes
& wants more. The farmers want
! to barrow laJncy TO pay their debts
These rici. fellows want it TO shave
! with. Oh! Lnt these r.ch fellows
can secure their debts by deposit
ing Iheir bonds with tile 80, er"ment
Tie working classes have not sot
any bonds. True, but What gives
credit to tie bonds? Who pays tn,
Interest on the bonds? who pay:
lLv ;hoals themselves finally? D.
not The sons OF toll? Government
lends to the rich class to lend agan
Why not lend to the working CLASSES
to pay their iebts-ycs, to save Iron
the hammer the r iIom esteads, aroun'
which Cluster all the noble emotion:
OF wife and children and home. Arr
bonds more secure at near J whol'
value than homesteads at hall val
ne?
1t is nonsense to talk about th'
greater seclr....y Of tie bonds. Why
not loan on rea! estate, and why NJ.
give to its owners tue right to banl
als,,2 NJ man living Can give @ rIa
ron except that it would cheaper the
rate of interest aud stop the cnor
mous profits OF this opp esSive an,
detcstablc monopoly, which has al
ready pretty well absorbed the wealt!
Of the who's country.
The government not only lends tt
The ich ONLY, but it exempts the
property (the honds) from taxation
Bonds create no wealth; lands art
the Foundation of all wealth Bonds
in Their interest quality, weigh Ike
lead upon the whole people. II any
thing ought to be exempt from taxa
tion it Is land engaged in pro !uc'
i've industry. Give farmers. as s
class. the same rights which are
r:ven to bonlhoIdiny bank RS, and
instead Of mourning and want an'
woe, our beloved land from Ma ne t'
Louisiana, and from the Atlantic t'
the Pac'fc would snrpass Ed-n II
plenty, bcanty and glory.
God has given to MS a bcau'li"
world, and to the Americans Tie
lovelicst of all lands. and the i!ees
of al governments.
Covetousncss, contr ! ing govern
ment, if not arrested, will make II
rs it las in Europe, the chaFnc' house
of misery and The graveyard OF III
Lor.
More anon (whcn the true Demoo
racy gels ont its candidatcsl OF tht
question to- whom 10 lend money and
who should make the whiskey, Il
anv is made and ON bolnties TO beet
roots. anl sugar cane, and pensions
tn second widows Of soldiers whc
"Enunh!. blcd ana died 10 save the
cunnt,.' AruuSrUs r. WEIGiT
S0mherh CnNicutor.