The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-12

must not pass through another resump-
tlOn act to get gold to resume. We
must rot compel our farm ers to com
pete with ignorant and poorly fed and
pail peasantry Of Russia to get gold to
resume specie payment A country
with high civilization cannot compete
with low civilization Neither can
we'll paid labor compete with cheap
l4oor. AS long as we have a specie
basis we will be compelled to compete
with Russia and other countries for
English gold. It takes one hundred
and thirty five millions in gold each
year to pay English money lords. To
get this gold back, we must compete
with pauper labor of other countries
Exclude spotie as m0ney-make al
our domestic exchanges in full legal
tender i s. notes. Stimulate prOduC-
ductiOn as in France, pay our foreign
debts and free ourselves from English
domination.
Thisgreat trefOrm can only be brought
By a realignment. The industrial class
must be united to succeed. Divided,
y3u are doomed to suffer III the near
future. The Leaders of the two old
political parties are controlled by the
sOl'llesS money devil They are array
ing one industrial class sagainstanOtner
Ttseir study is how to keep the indus
tn 81 class divided, SO as to perpetuate
tn. away of the money kings, Neither
party makes any proposition that
IOt ks to the removal of existing Op
preston The present rObber credit
sy~tem will continue rs long AS the
two old parties of hate face each other.
One party cries protection" when
ttr%ce Is no protection The other cries
'rubbery" when there Is no robbery.
Neither party can be trusted to settle
any question. not even the tariff Ques
tIun 1t Is impossible to concentrate
the industrial class into either one Of
tha political parties This bitterness
and nate has made this imp1ssiDIe
Wpet use have the people for the two
old MA .hineSG The people make par
tl-s, and they can unmake them and
esta 5lish another in their place. One
that has brain and heart that throbs
with their own.
Wh4t can you do with such elements
as Cleveland Hill and hundreds Of
others i'll the Democratic party? When
do they sympathize for yonr woes?
What proposition have they ever made
looking to your relief? Are they not
the champion Of the money devil? This
Is equally true of the Republican lead
ers Not one of them is in sympathy
WITH the producing class. Politically
they are dishonest and treaCherOus to
the wealth producers. Deliberately
for !Office, they cOnspire to sell the
paoPle to the money kings of Europe.
Us labor movement did not come
too soon and it cannot chrystalize its
financial principles into law too soon,
it can only succeed by uniting the in
dustrial class. You never can succeed
by making war on the manufacturers.
Concentrate your forces and crush
the money devil The writer is Op
posed to the whole specie system. He
arrived at this conclusion after candid
and impartial investigation. The
writer's interest lies principally in gold
mines. The reader, knowing this to be
the fact, cannot charge him with
pre- judice against precious metals as
material out of which to make a
medium of exchange. Every position
taken will stand the crucial test We
challenge the worlds criticism. We
have no favOrs to ask IF anyone. In
the IN crest of truth and hum lnity We
will criticize and asSaii h0ary- headed
wrongs
The farmers are being robbed, the
labOrerS are being robbed by this hOary
head sinner the money devil, and the
leaders of both parties and thair organs
have sold themselves for Office and
their emoluments.
Would you be free men? Then seek
your brother lab0rers and council with
them. Extend the circulation Of your
reform papers. Get THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER into the hands CT all your
neighbOrs Make this a specially. The
enemy is powerful and aggressive.
You must be equally aggressive. You
have the truth on your SIDE. All the
leading politicians concede this. They
only fight you because they fear the
money devil more than they do you.
If they believed you meant business,
they would be found to morrow cham
piOning your claims. They have fooled
and cajoled you before in the interest
Of the money devil, and they expect to
do it again. VIII they? We will see.
JAMES MURDOCH
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