The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-04-19

Al O"COCA d1lu 11OlLdIlu GuON have
virtual free trade. Those people have
and education, and MI. Chairman, /
find that in Sweden the people have in
full operation the land loan plank of
the Sub Treasury system, which is
howled at as such a wild ebullition of
crankism. They have general pros
perity. They have nearly a million
children at the public schools free of
charge to the individual; they have a
hourishing trade, both domestic and
foreign; they have a liberal amount of
money in circulation compared to their
wants, they have a production per
capita that is creditable to az Y people;
they have a standing army that is
greater than ours; they have a navy
which is greater than ours.
Since their virtual free trade went
into operation in 1860 they have stead
lily climbed up higher toward prospect
ty, and have more than quintrupled
their foreign trade and their domestic
production. Emigration is light; prop
erty we'll distributed. That is true of
Sweden, and the same is true of Hol-
land. They have in Holland a million
children at the free schools; and in
both Sweden and Holland they have
what a gentleman upon the other side
of the aisle Mr.. Layton called social
ISM yesterday, government owner
ship of railways.
The only debt which Sweden as a
nationality owes to day is represented
by her railway system, Sweden IS a
limited monarchy, where one would
not suppose that socialism" could
have crept in. Holland has very little
coal or iron, yet her manufactures
flourish under nominal duties. She
completes successfully with high tariff
countries. She manufactures cOttons,
woolens. linen, glass, crystal, earUhen-
ware, and many other commodities,
and does so without protection Her
crops and her manufactures steadily
increase, and her labor is well re
warded.
They havea hourishing foreign trade.
Their labor is satisfied. Nobody ever
heard of PinkertOn detectives shooting
down men, women and children in
Holland
Nobody aver heard Of that being
done in Sweden; nobody ever heard of
any great amount of emigration from
those countries In both the land is
divided up among a great number of
| people; property is distributed among
a great numOer of people; money is
accessible TO any good security at low.
rates. All the citizens enjoy the equal
advantages, andin a common prosper
ity they bless the flag that waves over
each nationality. Applause
Gentlemen upon both sides have
adopted a high plane, a patriotic stand
point, in arguing this question. Let
Us carry that sentiment, Mr.. Chair
man. to it's legitimate results. If this
system is destroying the prosperity of a
single section of the country, you gen
tlemen on the other side surely will
not be attached to it in the future. If
this system destroys the prosperity of
the great body Of agricultural prOdu-
GERS.
Here the hammer fell.
Mr.. Simpson. l ask unani nous con
sent that the gentleman's time be ex-
tended 10 conclude his remarks.
The Chairman. Is there objection to
the request that the time of the gentle
man from Georgia be extended
Mr.. Burrows. Mr.. Speaker.
Mr.. Watson. l want only five min
uteS more.
Mr.. Burrows. l have no objection to
an extension for five minutes.
Mr.. Watson. Mr.. Chairman, l say
that agriculture as compared with
commerce and manufactures ought to
have the fairest treatment of any of
the three sisters On whose white arms
are borne up the prosperity Of this
country. Agriculture cannot bring IN
to her aid the principle of division of
labor which you all know so greatly
reduces the cost of producing cOmmOd-
tiles. You should bear in mind that
philosophical principle, the division of
labor, which always fights on the side
Of commerce and on the side of manu-
fact Tres. but never al fight on the
side of the farmer.
Nh. Chairman, l take pride in this
! country as a country. [ love my home
better than any other mans home, but
it is because l love it, that l love the
county in which it is placed and the
State in which the county is fixed, and
the system of government in which
my State is a partner.
And, |. think the manifest position
to take, a a matter of national pride,
is that the American producer, wheth-
er on the farm or in the shop, can
knock the hind sight off the producer
everywhere else on the fac3 Of the
earth. Applause. Let us say we are
not afraid of this 'pauper labor" Sir,
a pauper never wasa strong competitor
in any branch of labor. The impOver-
ished laborer, whether he be aslave or
a beggar. never was worth his victuals
and clothes in any industry. Every
teacher of economies will tell you so. |
have no fears of American pluck and
American intelligence in any contest
with any other people.
1 In tho n0Tnn of OI1Ts ONV0 mon country
all its Sc ;tiOns, all is classes, all its
colors-I ask for free trade and a fair
system of taxation, so that in the days
that are to come the alienated affec-
tions of u people everywhere will
come back to the government as the
wan 1ererS ought to come back home;
| and from nEon- hoarth and hn1SnhnlG