The Progress., 1892-06-11
A GOOD LETTER
From a Good Friend in the Good Old
Parish Of Webster.

From a Good Friend in the Good Old
Parish Of Webster.
SAREPTA, La, June G. 1892.
Editor Progress:
l have been reading your paper
very carefully for some time with
considerable interest, and, | must
confess, with some suspicion
Though you declared yourself a
friend of the farmer, and have
written several articles advocating
the cause which that class is try
ing to put forward, still | looked
upon your paper at first as one of
those political dodgers to catch us
farmers and use rs in politics. /
am now, however, glad to inform
Won that / have completely
changed my mind, and am per
fectly willing to come forward and
confess my error like a man. -
You have OF course already de-
lcilad that ] am a farmer. If so,
you are correct, aud / am proud
| OF i,. I claim that our class does
more for the country than any
otbsr, and receives less for it,
either in moneycd way or recoS-
milton in politics. But | did not
start out to write about that. /
guess it would have been better
for me not to have attempted to
write for q newspaper at all, as l
understand handling the plOw and
hoe handles much better than ]
do writing. l would not have at
tempted it this time but for the
fact that you have 50 kindly Of
fered the farmer the use OF yOur
columns, and as a considerable
number had taken advantage Of it,
| thought you would not refuse to
mt IT, word from our section OF
the country, especially since now
feel that your paper Is in line
with our farming people on many
questions.
Your position against saloon
politics is blow at our enemies,
as there is no influence which Is
more opposed to our interests than
the saloons. They are trying to
control everything, and of course
when they succeed the farmer
must take a back scat. Again,
your assault Oh the Waterworks
company of your city shows that
you are willing and do make an
earnest fight against corporations
and monopolies, which are like
wise opposed TO our interests.
/ don't exactly like your posi-
tion on the silver question, because
l think that the demand for more
money is 50 great that the bill
should be passed as it is, as the
United States governments decla-
ration that this is a dollar is a SUI
iicient guarantee to make it so.
You are in favor Of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver. That
far you go with us, and we, the
farmers, thank you for it, but after
that you are inclined TO lean tC
the gold-bugs by demanding thai
there should be an increase in
the weight, etc. However, we will
not quarrel about that. l like
your paper, and SO does many oI
my neighbors who read it. They
say that The PRoGREss comes
nearer being the friend OF the
farmer than any paper they know
of which is not published directly
by authority Of the unions.
| / did want to say something
about that 10 cent corn and J cen
pork raising by Practical Farmer
but 1 have already taken up mor'
of your space than l should ask
But if you will publish this 1 vii
try to have something to say OIL
that later. / Wills however, asl
this: Does Practical Farmer reall,
do what be claims can be donei
| / will now close, with thank
for your time. Your friend,
4 WEBSTER.