The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-08-05

costs as much when cotton Is selling
at six cents per pound as when it
sold for twelve and one half cents.
His reply was that the cause is at
tributable to the fact that the price
of cotton is governed by the open
markets of the world, and that the
price of domestic is governed by
the protected markets of this nation.
He prophesyed that if there is not
change in the tariff within the
next ten years, q revolution will
follow, during which rivers of
blood will flow. He said that
the government Is our servant and
that it should be given only jeans
pants and brogan shoes, thus con-
veYing the idea that only enough
of taxes should be collected to pay
the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment. In illustrating this
thought he asserted that boy who
is sent to mill should only be allo-
wed to carry his dinner in his
pocket then he would not be liable
to get in bad company. Mr.. Bond
said the object of the force bill is to
put white people under negro rule.
He said that he was in favor of
treating the negro right and giving
him an equal chance in lite, but
that this government was establish
ed by our fathers and their chill
dren will not submit to be domi-
neered over by the African race,
even though we are confronted by
United States troops. The Third
Party did not escape the searching
criticisms of the speaker. He SAID
the object OF its originators was to
divide the solid south. He defed
any one to show him a word EN-.
braced III thier platform condemn
ing the Mckinley bill; but said he,
Mcdowell, the jaw farmer, who
publicly asserted that he is as good
a democrat as anybody, is now going
among the farmers and recommend
ing third partyism as panacea for
all evils. lie pictured Mcdowell
going to the farmer all bent oyer
by existing discri minating la VS.. and
administering to him for relief
with a sYring an injection of sub
treasurYism. and ON the farmer
telling him that the syring pricked
him and the medicine failed to re-
lieve, the former good democrat
then administers to his patient the
opiate of land-IoanIsm IN order to
dull the sensibilities. TO show The
result and workings of the land
loan theory he used personal it,.
lustration. He SAID if such law
was passed the government would
appoint agents for the purpose of
vAluing the lands of those who de-
sire to borrow money. He then
narrated how he would treat such
an agent when he arrived at his
house to value his lands. Said he,
l would have my wife to fix me up
a splendid dinner and in one corner
of the basket | would place bottle
OF champagne, so that while the
agent is engaged in valuing the land
we could eat, drink and be merry.
On our return from the farm, II
would have my daughter to play |
on the piano for the government |
agent, and when he had been wined |
and dined sufficiently the speaker
SAID he would then tell the agent
that the property which he wished
to mortgage was worth $4,000.
The agent agrees with HIM, the
papers are drawn up aud q loan tor
$1,000 is made, for which he agrees
to pay two per cent. interest. On
receiving the money from the gov.
eminent he visits his farm and
tells those who are Iaboring there
on that he has received from the
government $4,000. They ask
him if he will not loan them some
money. He replies that he would,
provided they pay him twelve and
one.half per cent. and give him ad-
equate security. No further com,
ment is necessary to show the ir.
justice of such a measure. Con-
tinuing, the speaker said after
twenty years, he would receive a
notice from the government that
his SIC, 900 mole is due, asking
HIM TO remit TO cover. In answer
ing he would tell the agents he did
not wish to redeem the land. The
would then proceed to
advertise the property which brings
at public sale only $40, 900, a loss
to the government of $4,000. AS
to the government ownership of
railroads, he said that the war debt
was only $4,000, 900, and only one
half of that has been paid, while
the cost of the railroads In the
United States is 81, 900, 900, thus
showing the fallacy of the PROPOSE,
ton to tax the people in order to
purchase the railroads. In conclu-
sion, the speaker said if he were to
strike down the interests of the far
mels his own Interests would go
down, for he is farmer himself.
He admOnished democrats not to
forsake the party which he cOnsid-
cred typical of the goddess of liber-
ty.
After Mr.. Bonds speech, the
Hon. Beverly Robertson, of Ches-
ter, announced himself as q candi~
date for State Senator, from tine
district composed of the counties