The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-13
DIVISION OF INDUSTRY.

plause.]
DIVISION OF INDUSTRY.
There are but three great divisions
or human industry and human effort,
and all wealth grows out of these three,
which is like the limb of tree grow
ing out OF the trunk The first is the
producer; the second, the manufao
turer, and the third one is the distribu
tor. They are the three great trunk
divisions of human endeav0r. There
are but three kinds of commerce to
which this constitution refers, answer
ing to the three great divisions OF hui
man labor. passed through here
when boy, and these mountains we're
inhabited by Indians They had no
commerce. What is the first instru
ment of commerce without which you
can have no commerce2 It s money.
applause That is one of the instru
ments that Congress has the power to
regulate. What is the second instru-
mentG Facility for transportation.
And the third Is the transmission of
intelligence by telegraphy and the
instruments which the constitution de-
oIares Congress shall regulate. ZAP
plause.
Let us see whether Congress has
done it's duty. want in the discussion
here this evening to try to arrive at the
cause of the present discomfort among
the people, of the friction that is
abroad, of the universal upheaval that
% day extends from one side of the re-
public to the other. / have been speak
ing now for the last fifteen years, and
during the last three years on an aver
age every day to audiences, some
larger than this and some smaller.
Those speeches have been delivered
from the Atlantic seaboard to Puget
Sound and from the great lakes to the
gulf. To day we are in the midst of
great upheaval. You will find there is
not country within the republic to
day where there is not this upheaval,
Just as you feel it here. want to know
Why, and in answering this great ques-
ton as to whether Congress has exer-
cssed it's constitutional function in the
defense OF the people during the past
CENTURY and especially the past quarter
of century-has Congress regulated
AID is it now regulating the first great
Instrument of commerce money, and
il not, why nctl
They have farmed it out and rented
II out to SPECTATORS and usurers lap
IL
81 entieEnen IN this country with far
much power. am not fighting
as This arest movement is too big
nlar ar ap individual The
glxn Is COO large 20 shoot at a toIntI5
daughter and applause.
We are nghblng q vicious system.
Congress has farmed out this power
that was imposed on it to individuals
and has given such individuals the
power to issue money and to say when
it shall be reSired and how much shall
be placed In circulation.
APPLICATION OF MONEY.
I will now discuss before you the
purposes of this great movement con
corning this first instrument of com
merce. Some money is required IN the
transaction of business of q great peo
pie like this. That will be conceded by
every body. Before discussing the mat
ter want to say to those who differ
with me, my Democratic or Republi
Can friends, have as much respect for
you and your opinions as claim for
my own / have learned in my brief
public career that other people are apt
to be as honest as am even though
they differ with me in politics I want
30 say further that I am not here to
arraign your party or to abuse or vii
lily them. But with charity for all
and malice towards none wish to get
at the real facts of the situation and to
see what justih there is for this
universal upheaval among the people,
[Applause.
In order that we may more fully un
dergtand the matter / want to ask
favor of this audience This is my first
appearance before Denver audience,
and ask you to go back with me
quarter of a century, back to that
pleasant period in our history when
the bugleS of two armies sang truce all
along the iron front of war; when the
blessed angel Of peace folded her wings
and said to both armes, put up your
swords, do no more harm, the knife.
shall be taken from the throat Of the
brother. Can you not hear now in
imagination the sweet cadence of those
bugles as they poured upon the eager
ears of the world their sweet message
OF pe&ce3 How we'll life did seem worth
living. How brightly the sun did
shine. 1t was welcome day to both
vlctors and yanquished, and now, in
the huahed silence of rushing memories
that come upon our minds, / wish to
ask this audience q few questions.
say no man can understand shis tre-
mendous movement among the people
without going back awhile.
BEGIN WITH THE PEOPLE.
Reform movements always begin
among the people, begin just where
the pot begins to boil, right next to the
fire. How many people had we resid-
ing In the North when the war cloeed9
L,sss than %, 000,000 but call it 25, ,0OO,-
900. How many in the South9 Less
than 10000. 600 but call it $1,000, 900.
Less than 81, 1000, 600 all told residing
both North and South. What was the
financial condition of the people in the
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