Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-16
A VERY RACY LETTER,
Louis" Is Again in State oil
Perplexity,
And Turns to Buck With Recital o
His Woes-He Asks the Latter
Some Knotty Questions.


trouble, but / hope not. 1t was writ
ten by me after having been talked
to by three or four straight Demo
Gratis, and / was worried. hope t,
he If from you in few days. Whil
you did not say anything in you
platform about the sub-treasury, lanC
loan and railroad purchase, our folk
down here still stick to the old plat
form and are insisting that it is al
right. am called upon frequently
to give my ideas about these things
but have not the information at hant
and wish you would furnish me
with the outline of your argument
on these measures. A few days age
/ was waited upon by four men and
did not discover until the next day
that trick had been put up on me
by some of the regulars. The first
man was railroad man. He told
me that he wanted to know no " tc
vote, and desired to talk with me on
the subject. / agreed to give him
light He said he wanted to know
something about the sub-treasury
and land loan schemes. / told him
that the sub treasury and land loan
schemes were the greatest things
that ever evolved from the brain Of
man. Says l.: "You see my land
around us? Under the land loan
scheme l can mortgage this land to
the government and get money at 2
per cent. You see those cattle, that
crop of tobacco out there =? Well, il
the sub-treasury bill is passed / can
get money on that and will have to
pay no interest and hold it until the
prices 60 up; then can sell it for a
big price. You see l can hold it un-
til they are forced to pay what l ask
for it. And so it is with my wheat,
my corn and other products. "About
the time l reached this point in my
argument one of my tenants came in,
also hired hand, and with them a
small farmer in the neighborhood,
and they said they also wanted some
political sunshine. / went over the
same ground covered above, and con-
tinuing, said: cor l can borrow
money by giving personal security,
direct from the government at per
cent. The first man said: "But
will you please explain where l am
going to come in? l have no land,
no crops and no one to go my securi-
ty." thought 1 would put an end
to that line of argument, and said
"but your employer will be able to
pay you better wages" He ans
wered me: "No, prosperity doesn't
always beget generosity, neither does
success in any shape bring with it
always disposition to help the
needy He said; "Several years
ago received one dollar and twenty.
five cents per day from the railroad
corporation / n now working fol.
1t employed eight or ten men to do
the work it makes four do now. l
have seen its road increased from a
few miles up into hundreds, and have
read where they are paying larger
dividends each year. Its stock,
which few years ago was worth
only 25 cents on the dollar, is now
worth so cents, and yet am receiv-
ing only ninety cents per day for do
ing now what two men used to do; my
wages have not been increased, and
l don't see what good l am going to
receive from these things you favor"
My hired hand asked: "Please tell
me where l am going to come IMP"
l have no land, no crops; / am work.
ing for $1,000 per month. i can't
borrow money from the subtreasury,
for | can't give personal security. 1
tried to get you to go my security
for few dollars the other day and
you refused to do so. / have
no friend to sign my note" "Well," "
said 1, shut l will pay you better
wages" "No," said he, "you used
to pay me $15 per month when you
had 100 acres, two horses and a few
cattle; now you have five times
more land, you have many
horses, you have become in
better circumstances and / pay
you just as much for what buy from
you and receive $5 per month less.''
My tenant then put in and said to
me: "Why never could get my
crops into the sub-treasury, for you
own one-half, and my bills
for meat, bread and clothing
at the end of the year are
more than my crop is worth, and
you make me sell to the first buyer
that comes around and pay you, and
then / have nothing left. The sub
treasury won't do me any good.'
My neighbor, the small farmer, said
"I could not mortgage my farm, for
haven't enough to mortgage, and
If l was to mortgage it and spend the
money in pa ing high prices. there
wouldn't be anything left. would
need money again after awhile and