The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-06-28
THE BREAD AND BUTTER DE-
BATE.

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plutocrat having met, the following
conversation occurred:
PlutOcrat.-" This isa glorious coun-
try, all prosperous and happy, a Ooun-
teous plenty smiles over the land OF the
free and the brave. Let us have har
mony and peace"
Lawyer.-"Thou sayest right, pluto
crat. No land beneath the sun has
made such strides in development and
in the use of it's resources. Even OLD
hayseed will admit that"
Hayseed.- We'll admit the resources
of this country are great, the energy
and industry of her citizens have de
veIoped them to a remarkable degree;
but the men who do the work and
make prosperity get none of 1t. How's
that9"
Lawyer.-"Because you're not as
sharp as the balance Of us. Don't you
know that it has ever been so? Fools
do the work and sharp men get the
profits"
Hayseed.-"Let us investigate that
matter. How do you get your bread
and butter, Mr.. Lawyer?"
Lawyer THAT is easily said; on
the crimes and follies of men live
on the fruits Of crime and ignorance.
By wiping the blood from the brow Of
the murderer and by making the hands
of the rogues, adulterers and burglars
as white as snow"
Hayseed.-"Yours must be a fine
art"
Lawyer.-"One Of the proudest pro-
fessions in the land, and one that re-
quires skill and eXpertness."
Hayseed.-"Then if your profession
leads you to make the wors appear
the better reason, and your bread and
butter is dependent on your skill in
this, how are we to believe you when
you talk on politics, especially partisan
politics.
Well, Mr.. Politician, how do you get
your bread and butter?
Politician by working for ny
party"
Hayseed.-"Suppose your party is
wrong in some things and have dis
honest men in some Otfices?"
Politician. THE greater the amount
of wrong, the greater the skill required
in it's defense and we must bear with
dishonest men in Office and give them
all the praise of the purest patriots
until we knowing one can ship them.
1t would not do to let the people know
it. 1t would hurt the party"
Hayseed.-"Now | see your profess
sion is somewhat like our friends, The
greater the skill in the defense of wrong
and corruption, the greater the poll
tician. The party is your client, and
you its advocate, and your bread and
butter is dependent on your skill in
getting it out of scrapes."
Well, Mr.. Journalist, how do you
get your bread and butter?
Journalistic get it by my fine
writing and pandering to the public
taste"
Hayseed.-"Don't you sometimes go
in CO partnership with these lawyers
and politicians and become ~adyocates2"
JOurnalis5.-"Yes, frequently. Yes,
-ciety needs an advocate"
Hayseed.-"You are right there.
But do you make any bread and butter
by your advocacy?N
Journalist Certainly. If we run
a party paper, we expect support of
the partisans and we expect supportin
proportion to our skill in defending the
party and building it up"
Hayseed.-"Then you too are an ad-
vocate for bread and butter, and the
amount you get is depending on your
skill in whitewashing blackness and
healing corrupt sores"
Mr.. Plutocrat, let us hear you.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures hard cues
ton to answer. No need for me to ap-
pear as an advocate. | am a mere
locker on, Selling Or making opportuni-
ties, as occasion will permit. I use
many parties, legislatures, congresses
and governments when I can to pro
mote my interest"
Hayseed.-"I see very well how you
can use men to promote your interest,
but not so we'll parties, legislatures,
etc."
Plutocrat.-"Not so difficult as an
pears at first sight. Half dozen men
frequently mOulds the actions of a
party. The same in legislatures and
congresses"
Hayseed.-"B But suppose you have
laws passed through which the people
are robbed, and you make your mil
lions?"
Plutocrat THE people will never
know it. All the party journals, poll
ticians and party advocates will never
sell it If their party is guilty, you may
be sur Of that; and if their party is
not guilty, they may hollow out on the
other to the day Of doom, and nobody
will believe them, because they are
known as lying advocates"
Hayseed.-"You don't lie Il UGH
yourself"
Plutocr8t,-"No; we have our jour
mas, we have our attorneys, we have
our politicians and we use them.
Through these We rule the people,"
Hayseed.-"It seems that you too
make your money through the ignor-
ance and preiudices of the people"
PIutocrat. Yes, aided and assisted
by money, that proves which will re-
move mountains"
Hayseed-" What do you think of
the Peoples party9'
Plutocrat.-"We think it a danger
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