The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-02

| VanC0S probable on In0 pflt 0S OF lE
products, and I have no statistics tC
approximate the amount that might be
saved to the army of the nations pro
ducers.
The exigencies of the situation should
now absorb all private considerations
and force our legislators to measures
| of relief, which may save to the people
their homes. They demand this much
and it Is in the province of Congress to
grant it. To loan money directly to
the people would lower the rate of in.
terest. force money to circulate raise
the pri e ofproduce and labor, bringing
happiness and prosperity to all classes
! except the Shylocks. Are we living in
a government that is actuated by the
spirit of love to fellow men? 1t is
true that in our towns and cities, the
lofty pinnacles of churches may be
seen, and the melOdiOuS notes of sweet
music heard; but in sight of these
churches, and in hearing of these
anthems of praise may be heard the
cries of suffering humanity for the
actual ~neCeSSaries to sustain life.
When we remember that 81, 900 peO-
pie who are able to, and do live in lux
ury and extravaganza every day, con
troll and owl one half of all the good
things of this broad land, absorb all
the earnings of the poor, crushing out
their lives to the end that they may be
made richer, the question of whether
we live in a Christian government or
not, IS forced upon us, and we are
bound to ask: Is there any of the spirit
of the meek and lOwly Jesus in a gov
ernment that helps to create million
aires on one hand and millions of
paupers on the other. He was a re.
former, and he overthrow the tables of
the money changers and drove them
from the temple. Now our old temple,
reared by our fOrefathers, is being pros
tituted to avariCe and greed by the
same kind of men, and it is time to
turn their tables if we desire to pre-
serve liberties.
We make no war on the honorable,
good men who accumulate wealth, but
against the vicious ndheartless Oppres-
sOrs, and the systems that aid them in
creating poverty and distress.
The shrewd financiers, like poets,
orators and mechanics, r born so,
and have a natural genius for the &C
emulation of wealth. By intuition
they seem to know when to buy and
when to sell, and by this God given
principle they are prepared to control
the finances of the world, and when
properly directed, they become the
patrons of the social reforms and insti-
buttons which elevate society. To that
class OF the wealthy are we indebted
for our institutions of learning, our
temples of piety, and our houses of
charity, and to them we should look
for help to give direction to the legis-
loE;N,, nf ON ,Ap1Iofr.vr o.,1 NV fO- tho
protection of rights and interests,
SO that all may have an equal chance
in life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness, and that none may be allowed
su'h special favOrs as to enable them TO
crush and bring others to vasalage and
slavery.
Then let every Allianceman invite ali
honorable rich men to aid in this move
meut to alleviate the condition Of the
suffering millions in Il land. to help
drive poverty from their doors, to in
spire hope In their breasts, stop the
tears of anguish and silence their
lamentations.
When these aims shall have been ac-
complished, an era Of prosperity will
dawn. lhe words on the portals Of
the old temple Of freedom will be re-
newed with bright and shining cities.
and with material that it IS hoped will
be forever inde5truchble; and the old
tree of liberty taking new life, will
put forth it's withered branches and
clOthe itself with fruit for the hungry
and distressed, and a beneficent shade
for the weary and oppressed of this
and every other land.
Let us not mix politics with our re-
ligion, but taking religion with us go
to the ballot boxes of our country and
vote for a government by the people
and for the people. Vote for a system
of legislation which will not rob the
poor and oppressed. Vote for system
that will not allow the income Of a
railroad king and stock gambler to
equal the earnings Of $50 skilled
mechanics or 300 school teachers. Vote
for a system that will not license and
foster a traffic that is annually filing
our country with the falling wrecks of
our sons and daughters and dragging
them down to perdltlOn. Vote against
all pernicious plans of legislation by
which legalized robbery is perpetrated,
and then may we hope for a return to
the principles of true Democracy, pro-
mulgated and practiced by Washing
ton, Jefferson and all other great and
good men of the nation who have pre-
ceded us. GoldsborO Headlight please
copy. j.. A. STEVENS, Sec'y.