The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-11-03
BRIEF OPINIONS.

[liyed in New York, COMMISSIONS
Peck would undoubtedly have claim
led the increase due TO the Mckinle,
Fbill.-Lab0r journal.
Il CAPITAL and labor are brothers
Ee are told. So they are, and "
we're Jacob and Esau. But one OF
Ehe brothers wants the apple OH con
<IitIon that he shall give TO the 9th
IS the core after he has knawed it as
.1<o.e rs he likes.-K. Of l.. Journal.
"ALTHoUGH we have struck the
hains. the fetters, frsm four mill:
'en blacks of the Sonth, there 10 a
monetary system growing mp in
1merica which will sooner or later
/5sten the chains on all the Ameri-
in People.-Abraham Lincoln.
WHESthis nation WAS young and
oak il declared "tbat Congress
shall have power TO coin money and
u regulate It's value" Now it is the
ezeatest nation on earth, and the
Ieaders of the two old parties say we
list have an international confer
r<sce. Shame on the little weak
Ibgs. Where is the spirit of .our
fthers?- Kansas city SIN.
IT is just az dangerous to the state
|<nd ought to be as criminal to Sc
tire votes by lying as by buying.
20 ges votes by lying is the same as
cbtaining goods under false pretenses
xhich ranks with theft in the law
5poks, yet the candidate or political
n,rty that gets votes in this way is
pokcd upon as very clever and ranks
Ugh as an adept in practical poll
|ics.-Pits6urq haasGn.
q The total receipts of cotton ut all
0Drts and interior towns ID already
lore than 500 900 bales less than at
his date last year. The weather has
Len quite favorable for picking all
6scr the cotton belt too. Ii this be
IS indication of the shortage, and it
|8 8rcasonatle to suppose that it is,
Len the crop may fall at least two
0lillion bales short of the amount re-
pprted last year. The price should
81 up correspondlngly, but will it?
3 Progressive Farmer.
LET'S see about this howl shat the
cannot fix values. By
1ct of parliament the bank of Eng
Al lld is compelled to buy all the gold
Bnllion offered at pounds II shll-
Ings9 pence per ounce standard. Is
lis not an attempt to fix values?
Ave they succeeded? Gold is a
product and a commodity; what
other product has been treated thus?
I'd gland has passed this law fixing
<ke price of bullion and says that
81 id only shall be freely coined;
fhat it is the only true basis of val
rs They are responsible for the de-
no aletization of silver in this country
nd say that free silver is in the in
est of the silver kings. Free gold,
however, is not (O in the interest of
I'D kings.-EmDoria (Kan.) 1id-
HE cotton crop of 1878 was A.
10 1888 bales, averaging 4-t4 pounds
The bale, and sold in New York
&z z cents per pound, making the
tnhg little sum of $314.7So, o,SS6,24.
Dis was the year silver was demon
ed. The croD of 1891 has 9,035,
bales of AT pounds each, and
sd in New York at II cents per
z24 nd, makinga a total of 1923, ,240,-
&S6 ~. If the crop of 1891 had
sd at the same price the crop of
30 brought, the amount would
leEfe been $732, ,G7S, ,SSS,21, which
<6oES Il difference of $409, ,43S, POL.
This amount cotton
f4rm mers have been robbed by the de
I0Dnctization of silver, in o2c year
NoS take all the years from 1873 tt
EE present and IL similar calculation
z<)f each will show something of thu
elIormlty of the crime perpetrated OIL
The greatest industry III America b.
this Infamous demonstration act o
I313.-Pr0QreSsiUe Farmer.
Re endorse every word of the ap
ded speech of Wayne Mac Veagl
knows whereof he speaks: "Dur
' the last twenty years, by yer
~ approaches, large numbers o
lthY men in this country hav
p1P Puaded. themselves that they ar
~ liberty to pervert government
81 9an its noble and lofty function
occurring the greatest good to th
attest numner into the base an,
Graded function of taxing the ma
4flty Ia order to hand over thos
<es as bounties to such persons rs
RETURN for those fayors. will con
#|bnte large sums of money to car
elections. | distinctly allie,
they are now making thensclvs
IS to a systematic corru uption =