The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26

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and fool the greatest number to keep
his satanic majesty in power to OPP
press, Is entitled to the spOils That is
all the difference. Any man or ALI
anCeman may in a local campaign
where no great issues are at stake, be
carried away by partisan feeling, by
his likes or dislikes, and nothing be
lost. But when he allows his inherited
Democracy or Republicanism to be
taken advantage Of by a set of spoils-
men and politicians to perpetuate a
paternal government for plutOcratic
monopolies to further oppress the peo
pie, he gives a willing hand to increase
the distress Of those that have to labor
for a living and adds another rivet to
the shackles of serfdOm. Where are
the statesmen of either party, bold
enough and willing to attack the whis-
key ring or the mOnopOlies in their
various farms? Or where is the pOliti
Cal leader who would dare to advocate
| the repeal of the laws under " hich the
national banks are operated? Where
is the politician who for a moment
would attempt to demand the govern
ment ownership of railroads and SO
adjust the freight rates that Southern
| farmer could ship a few bales of cotton
to New York and get the market value,
or a Western farmer could ship hun
! dred bushels Of grain to an Eastern
market and not come out a lOser7 Are
such in the Democratic party? Please
answer, you editors of country week
| lies, or you village politicians and
statesmen, with more brass than brains,
that know so much of what is false and
too little Of what is true; you fellows
that hang around the lamp-pOsts on
the sidewalks and buttOnhole every
| Allianceman that comes to town, to
| tell him that relief must come through
the Democratic party. You that on
all occasions berate the Alliance de
mands and quote Vance in support of
your opposition; you that gesticulate
and shout and work yourself into a
Democratic frenzy, but hardly ever
| know what you are talking about, will
you please tell of the advantages and
measures of relief the Democratic
party has to offer as compensation for
! the Alliance vOte7 You Say tariff re-
form. Very well. The two old parties
are a unit on the financial question and
labor hard to have it thrust to the rear.
! They will talk about nothing else but
the tariff They havebeen at this for 25
years on a dead pull apparently each
are against the other, and are farther
away from settlement than ever. Are
not the manufacturers of cotton goods
in Georgia as much prOtectiOnists as
, the manufacturers Of the same articles
in Massach usetts or New Hampshireg
or are the iron makers of Alabama less
in favor of high protective tariff than
the iron kings of Pennsylvania? They
can we'll afford to smile cOmplacently
over all the Democratic tariff tOmfOol-
cry; knowing we'll enough that when
the time for the passage of any laws
adverse to their interest should arrive,
they can interpOSe another John Ran
dali to divide the party. The manu-
featuring and mOneyed interest knows
no sectiOnalism. They are a unit on
all measures pertaining to their in
terest. The money lenders of the
South are as much opposed to an in
crease Of the circulating medium as the
ShylOcks of the North. SectiOnalism
is only known to the poor ignorant
fools that can be led by their noses to
the polls, not to vote like freemen in
their interest, but like party slaves, to
record the dictum of the party bosses
and their henchmen.
The farmers are at the mercy of
monopolies and a lot of greedy gamb
lerS, which have with arithmetical ac-
curacy figured the cost Of raising grain,
cotton or tobacco and which take all
their profits to themselves and like
the slave masters Of old, take care
that we shall have no more than is ab-
sOlutely necessary to keep life in our
bodies. Nobody minds or ought to
mind to work, no matter how hard 1t
is if it only comes to something. But
if it is hard and comes to nothing, if
all our hopes are blasted, our joys
stolen and our bodies stunted for the
benefit Of the millionaires to build
more towers to their castles, that is a
cruel thing for the worker.
Shall the time never come when the
member of Congress shall receive less
than S., 600 for doing nothing or the
railroad presidents less than $50, 600
per year for doing little and the man
that plOws his own land with his own
team q little more than so cents per
DAY? We want the man that does the
work to be paid. The farmers ask for
no favors, 10 class legislation; they ask
for justice, and justice only.
Yes, it is true, Capt. Alexander, Mr..
Carr and few others have declared
that relief should come through the
Democratic party and the partisan
press revels in high expectations that
these quandom leaders may be able to
lead the Alliance into the Democratic
camp. Relief must come through
that party, and that party only, which
will accept the ALLIANCE planks and put
them into her national platform,
whether it be the Republican, Demo
cratic or the yet unborn third party.
The Alliance is not so much the re-
suit of leadership as Of logical aff1lia,
ton. She has been the means Of bring
ing the farmers in closer socia! relation,
to discuss matters concerning their ma
terial welfare. They have adopted
some demands and have been led to
firmly believe, that if enacted into laws,
will give them an equal chance in the