People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-26
Ono-HOrSe Farmers.

one HOrSe Farmers
dialogue between Sam Jones, a coloreh
man, and his neighbor, Thcs. Smits,,
white man; both One-horse farmerh
with fifty acres of land each: botd
over forty-fve years of age.
Thos. Smith. Well, Sam, where
were you yesterday?
Sam Jones. I went to town to
sell my 500 pound bale of good mid
ding lint cotton for 644-$31. 25-
and to buy my family l barrel best
-four, 1925; so yards Simpson cali
co, 1925; so yards shirting checks,
1925; so yards A. A. S. Id. sheet
ing, 1915; ] pound tobacco, %
cents; l gallon best whiskey, for
medical purposes, So 90; l pair Star
Brogans, 1925; 4 pounds coffee,
S1.00; 100 pounds meat, $1,000;
total, $31.25. And my bale of cot
ton was gone, and I had no money
to carry home to pay boy few
dollars [ owe him for helping me to
make my crop.
mos. Omltn. wei, sam, have
quit my old Democrat party, and
you had better quit your old moss
back Republican party, and let's go
into the Peoples Labor Party, as
that party demands that things
should be put back by Congress as.
they were twenty years ago. Why,
Sam, l was looking over the account
sales of 500-pound good middling
lint cotton, dated October l, 1872,
at 20 cents per pound-$100 90
and the bill of goods [ bought that
October day twenty years ago were
the same items I hear you say you
bought yesterday, and paid for l
barrel best -four, $11.0O; SO yards
Simpson calico, $3.50; so yards
shifting checks, 5000; so yards A.
A. S. Id. sheeting, 1888; ] pound
tobacco, 40 cents; | gallon best
whisky, 81 90; 100 pounds meat,
$500; total, $6O.O5. And / had
left, to take home to Margaret,
my wife, that she might lay it up
for our children, $3O.44. But,
Sam, for the last two years we have
not been able to pay our hired help
from our cotton from our little
farm, and we have been compelled
to spend about all of our earnings of
twenty years ago, and I know, Sam,
that / work myself more than I did
twenty years ago, and my wife never
has a spare day now to go to see the
neighbors, and we have got to where
we don't have anything but the COM
monest kind of clothing to wear out
to church Sundays. I am going to
vote for Weaver and Field for the
presidency, and for the Peoples
Party candidate for Congress this
year. Why, Mr.. Crisp, the biggest
man in the Democratic party, says
free silver is a fraud, when we
poor farmers know that free silver
is not fraud, but simple justice to
the poor farmers and Iaborers.
Now, if the head of the Democratic
party will declare a falsehood, what
may we expect Of the underlings of
the party? Farewell, old Democrat
party, forever !! [ am for Weaver
and Field and the Peoples Party
congressman in November, and
for Margaret and our babies all the
time
Sam Jones. Well, Mr.. Smith,
don't say much, for [ don't know
much, but | am done with the old
Republican party forever. [ am
with you this year. I am going to
take the risk of voting for Weaver
and Field and the balance of the
Peoples Party ticket this year. Ny
old woman is for the Peoples Party
straight, and / must do what the old
woman thinks is best in politics.
She is for Weaver and Field. We
have got us a big Peoples Party
club over at the church and all our
wives are members. Good morn
ing, Mr.. Smith.
GO0d-bve Sam TT