People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-06
A New Years Greeting.

Well, what of 1892? In the main it
has been like other years that have come
and gone never to return. Its IabOrs
and tolls; its successes and failures; the
ioys and sorrows; the sunshine and
shade; the sad bereavements and per-
picking cares that bear 80 heavily upon
us, will soon be over and gone, never
again to darken our pathway. We have
much for which we should be thankful !;
murmuring and complaining will do no
good it will not undo the work OF the
past or tighten the task of the future
Let us remember that troubles and be-
reayements are common things to man !;
but agaiG the darkness that surrounds
our patti ay, the sunshine oftens enters
TO scatter the gloom. The portion OF
good things that have fallen in the lap
of the tillers of the soil have been
gathered in, and in many cases deOts
remain unpaid which give employment
to sheriffs and bailiffs. The future, to
many, is dark and gloomy. Debts past
due are hanging over them; IN many
cases the home hangs trembling in the
balance. Children are growing up With
out education pinching want is SEN
eiblv felt in many family circle many
ore destitute Of the common necessities
of life. while many abound, and their
seyes stick out with fairness" But,
shall we conclude that g beneticent
Creator has decreed that few should
he very rich and the many enjoy all the
poverty-if they can? No; not under
s1ch vicious class laws as now disgrace
orr n1blic records But the President,
after carefully or otherwise surveying
the field, says;
"Tt is one Of the unfav0rable Incl
dents of agriculture that the farmer
cannot produce upon orders. He must
sow and reap in ignorance of the aggre-
gate production of the year, and is pecu-
liarIy subjected to the depreciation
which follows production.
I am inclined to the opinion that If the
President could see things as they really
are in thousands OF families all over the
land he would not be guilty again OF
ever writing such glazing and decep-
tious falsehood. Misrepresentation" IN
deed But says another
stYou farmers had better work little
harder. and economist a little closer,
and quit dabblipg in politics and com
planning"
Must we. here in free America, So
called, dig and toll and be all our hyes
subjected to all sorts OF ''untavoraole IN
cidentsF" But, our freedom was PAID
for in "blood, aud we do not propose
to surrender it without protest. MANY
would make us believe that all things
are moving on lovely that the farmer
is doing Wonderfully well, and that he
ought to Quit complaining and let we'll
enough alone. But, here is something
that Is pretty near the truth-at least
think SO:
"'In a country possessing boundless
natural wealth, tramps and paupers
have become common. The nation IS
scarcely producing more now than the
necessities of life. And yet the people
are told that the present condition OF
affairs is due to over production, and IKE
causes. The only over-productlon that
is troubling the nation just now is an
over-production of fools and rascals-
rascals who teach such nonsense to Oil
vert the public mind from the true
source of the trouble and fools who be-
lieve it," (The money question. BY
w. A. Barkey, page 243.)
But, what of the great work Of re-
form2 Shall we leave Off the work and
submit to our taslx-masters without fur
Their protest? It is for each one of you
to say that the work shall go on, or sur
render ANONYMOUSLY TO the money
bosses. Surrender who will but l will
never without protest. And | see not
how any farmer, wage-worl1er Or any
class of lab0ring men and women can
thus submit
But the acts and doings Of the people
in 1892, like those Of all bygona years,
are past and will soon be crystalized into
history. And I hope the readers of the
PEOPLES PARTY PAPER will all stand
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they have enlisted, and. thus cheer and
encourage our patriotic leaders. Let us
stand together We have all had ample
evidence of the bitter and persistent Cp-
position to the Peoples reform in the
late campaign, which is but the begin,
ming of the end, or what may be ex-
pected in campaigns just as long as the
people remain the willing tools of the
money power
But, happy New Year to all re-
formers and may the year 1893 witness
a grand work in the cause of reform.
Let every one do what he can over
against his own house. Let us encourage
the circulation and reading of reform
literature among the people. The old
party press is but deceiving the people
now, as it has been doing for fifty years
back. Let us ever be true to God, to
our country, and to each other in all the
relations of life.
Our cause is just, SO onward with the
fight;
Always trust in God. and ever do the
rightl
Now is the seed time the harvest will
come in due time so let us not be weary
in well doing. for
beyond the waking and the sleeping
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
We shall be soon"