The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-04
HOW IS TIP

HOW ID IL
Two weeks ago when we saw the
earnest efforts of one Of the great New
York p%lutocratic dailies to ascertain of
every Congressman where was he
att on financial questions, we stated
that this was a movement at the In
stA nce of the Chief Executive of the
Nation, and that no extra session of
Congress would be called unless, or,
until a majority was found ready to
carry out his views. Good men laughed
at our idea. Now we ask them to read
the expression of a cabinet officer,
of the inside has been heard from, and
the associated press dispatches, pub
lished in the morning dailies last Thurs
day morning, June 29th, as they show
whether we are false prophets or not.
Here is what the reporter credits to
said cabinet officer:
''Still there is no certainty, eve
now, that Congress will repeal the
Sherman law. The House is more
favorable to it's repeal than the Senate.
He intimated that If the President were
convinced that Congress would imme-
diately repeal the Sherman law, that
body might be convened in extra ses-
sion before September; but, he cor
cluded, the leaven is working"
In line with this, we find in the New
York Herald, June 9th, the following:
while popular sentiment has IN
$1,000 n@-1@-1-@h1@ al@~0rA - GnI0~
Of repeating the Sherman law, it is still
a matter of some doubt whether Con
gressional sentiment is yet ripe for its
repeal"
The Herald in the same editorial
says:
"In escaping an extra session 10
March, the country has escaped fnan-
cial, commercial and industrial dis
aster."
But the same contends that the tariff
issue which would have been taken up
then is nov ~''relegated to the rear"
and isnotlikely to be ''tampered with"
Congress should be convened
and 1.-The suicidal Sherman law re-
pealed at once"
Then, again, we take up Hubbard
Price 6 Co.'s Weekly Financial Re
Speaking of the sentiment of the
country on the Sherman law it says:
The sentiment of the East has been
well known for some time, but until
quite recently the silver craze has been
very strong in the West and the South.
r. reports that the President IS
considering the advisability of cauInq
Congress together before September /,
to the evident change of senti-
ment, and it is difficult to understand
why this Is not done If he IS satisfied
with the indications that there UOuId
be no risk entailed. There is always a
that during the next two or
three months an Improvement may
take place in business, and that the
which is now 20 strong that
the Sherman law is the cause of all our
troubles, may have fewer adherents,
making its repeal doubtful, if not i'm
possible"
Can any sane man read these~ex-
and not see that there is dicker-
going on, and that the President is
into the hands of the East?
And when we of the South where there4
only II cents per capita of gold,
wake up to fully realize this, and that
5he administration is nothing for us
out all for the East, where they have
BIZ. so per Captain gold, then will the
south of the Potomac and west
If the Pennsylvania line with one &C.
cord cease singing the praises of the
administration.
The last clause OF the above quota
ion is a remarkable statement. Dan
Danger Of what9 Danger that
IN Improvement mag take place in
business. Read the clause and you will
zee the animus. Some gold came back
rom abroad the other day. That
frightened them. The wheat crop is
'eing rapidly put upon the market.
That may upset their plans. Wall
Itreet must set fat upon all business
With al its weight and take Grover,
With his immense proportions and
'normous averdupois, in his lap. Still,
With all this they fear business will re-
rive in spite of them, and that the SEN
iment they have been trying to drive {
people to may be lost to them, and {