The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-09
ASPEECH BY LIVINGSTON
He TALKS FOR TWO HOURS AT
SANDERSVILLE.

He Explains in Detail the Offsets Of
the Alliance - Under-consumptio
Instead of Over production the Cause
of the Trouble-More Money the
Need of tho Hour.
SANDERsvILLE, GA, July S.-Hon. l.. F.
Livingston addressed the people Of Wash.
ington county at the court house to-day.
Five hundred elliarcemen and citizens
greeted him. He explained in detail the OBJ
jects of the alliance, Farmers are depen-
dent and cannot make prices OF any product
Statistics show that agricultural products
Increase yearly. Some claim that over-pro-
duction is the cause of low prices. This is
not true. Fifty thousand people In Georgia
gia are not decently clad. and not
able to buy. Undersconsumption is the
cause. The volume Of the currency is not
sufficiently large The whole country sui.
fers from the effects Of a contracted cur
rencY. With more money the people would
be able to buy, and every branch of industry
would be stimulated. The three cardinal
principals Of the farmers alliance are
organization, education and cooperation.
The farmers are now well organized, and
being educated to the necessities Of to-day,
and with cooperation, are sure to accom-
pills the ends desired
A POWER IN THE COUNTRY.
The alliance is 4 power in this country
that may accomplish much harm il it is not
properly conducted. Men with backbone
are wanted to lead the masses. Stand by the
Ocala platform, though angels fellow and
from above should come mere AID preach
another dootrine. The farmers can't pay
their debts with any product at the present
cost Of production and the ruling
prices. Everything is overtaxed aud adds
to the cost Of all things produced by farm
ers, 1t costa $50 TO raise tale Of cotton.
Reduce the tax on the necessaries to raise
this cotton and its cost will be reduced to
$50 Defy all statesmen to suggest any
other remedy for the relief the people than
that in the Ocala platform-tax incomes.
The whole country stands on a burning
financial volcano. Dependence upon Eu-
rope for money is the cause. The need Of
the country is an increase in the currency.
THE BANKING LAWS.
The national bank system will not allow
money Co be loaned on real estate. The 10
per cent tax levied on state banks prevents
the issuance of a currency that would re-
lieve tbs stringency. Forty-nine billion
dollars Of business was done in this country
last year, and only $l7, ,0O0, 900, 900 was
| taxed. Fourteen billion dollars, or 80 per
cent, OF this was paid by the farmers Thay
| can't prosper under the high tariff, heavy
taxes and q contracted currency. OpDosi.
| ton is no way 60 fight the alliance.
Reason with them. Senator George OF
| Mississippi after studying the sub-treasury
| plan, pra ctically indorseS its OBJ jects. That
| plan puts the people out of the grasp of
| Wall street. Money should be loaned ac-
cording TO the demand. This is the law
| governing everything In the universe. No
man drinks a river of water to slake his
thirst, or a teaspoonful, but enough to
! satisfy the demand. Every class, business
and professional men, as we'll as farmers,
will ue benefited if the Ocala platform is
| adopted by the country.
AN UNEQUAL PACE.
The population and business of the
country has increased. but the currency has
| not. The present situation reminded the
speaker of a l4-year-old boy putting on a
l0-yeRr-old boys trousers He ad yised
young men who are in debt not to go TO
farming. He declared that the Ocala plat
form is consistent with democratic prin-
ciples from core to circumference. Jelfer-
son and Calhoun were quoted to sustain the
feasibility of the plan. Measures, not mea,
should be considered by the people. He
| advised the people to be care
tul that the men whom they
support for political offices will be true to
lieve Cleveland is the right man for Presi-
dent. Col Livingston spoke two hours,
and was listened to with marked attention
by the large audience. His speech was in
tersperSed with amusing anecdotes, and the
speaker was loudly applauded at several
points He created favorable impression
on his hearers.