The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-04

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the vote of the State and find II. Poled
now have a clear majority over slsg
parties of II, 24O voters. Loud Oh Doth
People r asking what all tbis
1t is simply that the people ara saaa
religion with their politics, and 81
ing to vote hereafter for hon. 80,
country. Prolonged cheering and
Colorado we went to Nevado tOa
spoke eight times in one dav .. We
place, There is but one electoral - upe
in the field there-the PEOPLES s'
plausel Senator Stewart, Of Zap,
State, is now working in the into~
of the reform party. From NoU0s
we went to California. At FraoUo
addressed 5000 people; at OaLT.%
1000; at San Francisco we snoLo
10, 600; at Sacramento we had q
crowd. We then went to Port1aSs
Oregon. At every depot alone a.
route great crowds met us and prootaS
us with cheers and flowers. In o.
gon our audiences were countod ~
by numbers but by the acre, Will
in that State I received a letter f,ons
the Democratic Governor of Oragon
saying he regretted that business nv,
vented his being with us on the tour :.
the State, but that he was with lis and
would soon take the stump for on,
ticket. He said: L am a Democrat
but if the party gets my vote it must
make Democratic platforms and nomi,
nate Democrats. prolonged applause
At Seattle, Wyoming, in Montana and
Idaho we had large audiences and
much encouragement. Then we cana
to Kansas, then to the South. We have
been through Arkansas, Texas, Louis.
lana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida
and Georgia. VIZ had large audiences
at nearly every point.
1--WE are now with you in North
Carolina, at the former home of Col
L. L. Polk, who did more for the peo.
pie Of the United States than any man
who has yet lived. He did more to
bring about reconciliation between the
estranged sectors than any other man.
His work still lives. I fully believe
that his noble spirit hovers over the
people of this great country and guides
and inspires the people in the reform
movement. Long and loud applause.
II am here to talk about our pres.
ent and future welfare. We must soon
pass away and leave the affairs of this
country to our children. Why all this
great uprising among the peoples Like
all great movements it began among
the masses. The pot always begins to
boil next to the fire. Farmers are next
to the fire. The reform movement be-
gan in North Carolina by one farmer
talking with another. They each de-
cided that something was wrong. The
result was a further discussion and
finally the great Alliance organization,
Discussion has gone on until ONE Of
the remedies and the way to carry
them out has been found out.
lone thing has been learned That
is the fact that there is no overproduc
ton. A boy produces very little from
his birth until he reaches his majority.
He is a consumer much of his life. A
vast proportion of our people are con-
sumers all their lives, hence there IS
no overproduction. There is no natural
cause for the low price of cotton, gram
or live stock. On the other hand q
man has only a few years, while in the
prime of life, to accumulate property
consequently the m~illionaires must geI
rich entirely too fast. His riches come
from the profits of labor. The labor
Of this country supports the man!
towns and cities, factories, RAILROADS
schools, the trades and professions. y
is not true that the people do not WofA
1t is not true that the masses are e
travagant. Even the oxen gets y
feed; the birds of the air do not sumo
but thousands of farmers and LAHORE.
in this country are starving a1
naked. Talk about the overproduc1S
of cotton. 1t is not true. have So
enough half clad people in the SOU
alone, who, if properly clad, oOa
wear all the surplus cotton Id
country to day. We must study
ourselves. If we continue to vote
these swindlers we may expect %
swindled."
Gen. Weaver then proceeded @s%
that the Omaha platform is consp-
tional, and the only party plau
that is The Constitution defins
duty of Congress very plainly.
gress has the power to regulate
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