The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-09

cnances to come along. Every new wrinkle.
no matter what, is temptingly dished up
anu o1fered the farmer Why2 Recsuse
ne Is SO easily fooled and imposed upon
Inc farmers, as class, are a hard working
ana discontented set, and with the hone
porn OF poverty and desperation they flock
10 every new scheme offered il it contains
GUNNER or prospect OF relief A few
pad seasons, poor yields, distant markets.
nigh trelghts and low prices naturally dis
couraged them. In that condition Of affairs
along comes some journeyman politician
ana with flourish and hurrah proceeds TO
SOW the seeds OF anarchy aud discomfort
with the government. as il the government
had any hand in his troubles. With a new
pohtlcal scheme, with platform embody-
ing lot of absurdities, he is asked
70 cast his lot and to desert the party which
since 1t has been in control Of the state gov
eminent has passed countless laws In the
interest OF and for the protection of far
mers. Why any sensible farmer can for
one moment be caught with such bosh as
government control of railroads. telegram
and telephone Is beyond me. Much use has
he for telegraph and telephone. He wants
the currency increased to 800 or SO per
capita, aud by some hook or crook to be
distributed pro rata among the farmers
lie would get only what he was entitled 10
under the natural law of trade aud finance
y, bosh! am disguised and sick of the
whole thing. Let US stick to the grand old
Democratic party, which can be depended
upon to do all possible and reasonable
for each and every class. Stick
to the Democratic party, and uphold its
sound and sensible principles, and give no
ear to the howlings Of such a lot of fanatics
as are now gong about the state enticing
you farmers from your only safe political
anchorage. They promise what no polit-
lcal party on earth can gain. and what no
sensible and thinking man would demand.
Cease planting cotton for two years, aud let
the surplus be exhausted. Stop even one
year.
II If were possible for the alliance or
Peoples party either to have passed such
laws as some that they demand, it would
work their ruin. If the farmers Of Geor-
gia could borrow money from the governs
ment on their farms, they would in a few
years be homeless, and the lands would be
again owned by che government This
ability to borrow money on landed property
has already ruined thousands Of once pros
porous farmers, and they should be warned
in time.
AS l stated in the beginning, farming is
not weather producing vocation, but it is
a safe and independent calling, and farmers
| ought to be the happiest class OF people on
earth. Instead of being legislated against
they are, if any class is favored, under the
law. l admit that reform is urgently
needed In some departments Of government,
admit that the farmer hos very hard
lot In many instances and that there are q
few directions in which the agricultural in
terest could be aided aud relieved, and if he
will consider calmly he will find that it is
all to be found in the platform of the old
party in its tariff reform plank. Tariff res
form would be tae greatest good to the
agricultural class
To sum up let me advise my fellow suf-
ferers and fellow laborers to listen to no
third party twaddle. for in the name of all
that is sacred what can it do for you? Be-
lieve the third party leaders if you will, but
the ills the farmer has to complain Of can
not be remedied in the political laboratory.
Free coinage, government ownership Of
railroads, telegraph and telephone lines
would not raise the price of any single one
of your products.
The next fool demand the third party
will make will be, suppose, that the gov
eminent shall purchase all his product at a
stipulated price and 60 into the wholesale
provision business
Now stop, fellow farmers, and
seriously consider the situation for one
moment. Think of the result to your own
state and to your own interest if you once
by your votes place this fair state in the
power Of such party as the Peoples party
is, Judging from its leaders The situation
is fraught with much danger to you and
me. IL did not think so | never should
have left my pillow long enough TO jot down
these hasty and ill-arranged sentences.
Disrupt the Democratic party and per-
petuate the republicans in power aud the ills
you now complain OF will be as nothing 10
what you will have to endure.
A FARMER.
Dorchester, Co., Mdu6