People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-14

He must have profit on his money
after paying eight per cent. He is
Obliged to charge you profit. So
you see that the banker gets the
money at one per cent. He charges
the merchant eight per cent. Pie
farmer and the laborer have to pay
the merchant his per cent, and still
the farmer and the laborer have as
much right to that money as the
banker or the bondholder. There
you see one class of men are granted
the right to tax the farmer, the mer-
chant and the laborer.
Now, what do you propose to do?
The tenants are increasing. Home
owners are decreasing enormously.
We propose that this money of the
people shall be issued in sufficient
volume to do the business Of the
country on a natural basis, allowing
the commodities of the people to
bring their full value as decided by
the requirements of the world for
that article and the amount of labor
expended on it. That is the natural
price Of any article, and the price
will gravitate to these natural require
ments as naturally as the needle gray
itates to the pole. Here is a man
who has more land than he can han
die. 1t is run down. You say :;
"Boss, [ want thirty acres of land. [
can get little money on the cotton
when it is made. | can borrow from
the government at 2 per cent" You
sell the land. Both are benefited
Why? You can pay off laborers In
cash. The storekeepers will not boss
that man any more. That man will
boss the storekeeper. Why? He
viii make competition between mer-
chants. q did not say that in an Of
fensive sense) Why? The mer-
chant will do quick business with
certain profits, instead Of slow bust
ness with uncertain profits. There
fore, the man who buys thirty acres
Of land by means Of a government
loan, instead Of paying two bales Of
cotton rent, he will pay half bale
as interest, and save bale and a
half of that cotton. In less time than
you can shake a rabbits foot he will
have that place paid for. The GER
tainty of reward inspires him. There
never was thing that will jerk gold
and silver out of these hills SO quick
as to fill them with men and women
working with a knowledge that they
are going to have a chance in the
race of life for home and happiness.
The happy home taking the place Of
the rented cabin. There will be the
golden fruit hung in the orchard,
flowers at the door, the outhouses
carefully kept and filled, and every
thing bright and happy. Why? 1t
Will be inhabited by the man whose
toll has produced ia man who will
say, " | am monarch of all / survey"
It is under the care of some good
woman, under whose roof her children
are born and reared, That is our
ssSsss'a~y, eslIa Z 10 nUo asA..4z4o 10 o;wr i
anywhere. 1t is our policy to en-
courage the people to buy the land
and establish homes, a nd give them
fair opportunity to pay for those
homes. (Applause.)
Now you boys here are told that
the Australian ballot system will
keep the illiterate man from voting.
At present it is well known that the
Democrats want to prevent any one
from voting who will not vote with
them. Why, down in the Tenth Dis
trict they make no hesitation In say
ing that Watson has the votes, but we
will do the counting. Now we want
every voter to 60 into little voting
booth where he can select whatever
ballot he pleases and go out and
vote it, and there is not a man who
can interfere with him by persuasion,
or threats. But they say that if
You cannot read, you cannot vote.
That is a mistake. Each political
party viii be represented on the
board of managers, and if you are a
Democrat, you will ask the Demo
cratic manager to select your ballot,
and if you are a Peoples party man
you only have to ask the Peoples
party manager to do the same thing.
The law can be so made as to pro-
tect the ignorant. 1t is the same
way if you are a Republican or be-
longing to any other party. The
voter,say III the approaching election,
can get any man to explain which
the Cleveland, the Harrison or the j.
3. Weaver, electors are. l will
wager that there is not q white or
col0red man in this crowd, but can
tell the difference between Cleve-
land, Harrison and Weaver by see
ing the name on the ticket.
A voice. Hurrah for Cleve-
land
Mr.. Watson. And burning up
the greenbacks. Why did you not
aut that III? Naughter.)
Not only that, I believe that the
man who cannot read and write
would be willing to go to the trouble
Of learning If by that price he could
get an absolutely free ballot and fair
count. Why? Because the greatest
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