The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-01
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
Harry Hinton Declares That They are
Simply Scheming--No Tariff Re-
form Expected

form Expected.
MR.. EDITOR: R:-The inquiry among
many is what is the administration do
ing, anyways Why, my good sir,
schemlng, scheming, sir, robbing, and
scheming to commit more robbery,
teaching and per5uading the people to
submit, sir. Is there no doubt about
thls2 Not a particle Of doubt. Are
they not afraid the people will rise in
their wrath and hurl the menials of
tyranny from power9 No, they are
not afraid; because they think them
selves rogues clever enough to conceal
their tracks and with the weight of
Doodle and party get endorsement
again. Well done, good and faithful
masters, since you rob and steal and
conceal so nicely, rob us again. The
repeal Of the Sherman law demone6izes
silver. That is their next grand scheme
Of robbery. This halves the basis Of
money and doubles the value of de DTS.
This is the nice little robbery scheme
the administration has in soak. The
next is to double the interest Of all
public creditors, national, State, and
county, by lending them 800 on every
800 bond deposited as collateral and
at per cent, for them 10 lend TO the
people at s to 30 per cent, No doubt
about this? Not particle. They mean
it for a national State bank system
They are scheming to double the pur
chasing power of all debts and at the
same time double the interest of those
debts. How can they do that2 By
making money scarce and issuing
money to bondholders 20 lend to the
people ana charge them little Or moth
ing for it. Why don't the government
is. ue greenbacks? Simply because
piutocracy cannot rob By that. Why
don't we have. free coinage of silver?
Simply because there is no money in
that for plutocracy. Why don't We
have a revision Of the TARIFF We will
have it when Congress meets on some
farm products, wool, sugar, etc All
the big trusts will not be hurt. None
Esz1 small fry whose complaints VIII
not reach the ears OF power. Well,
don't they propose to pass an income
tax9 What if they do, which is very
doubtful, they will sanction laws by
which these income fellows will make
ten dollars where they pay out one.
The administration is planning and
scheming day and night to rob the reo-
pie through the law, and it will not
swerve one iota from the schemes al
ready made out, except from fear of
a popular reputation. To tell the
truth, thieves, tyrants and pirates
have infested this government for the
last thirty years and the installment
Of a new name has not changed mat
ters. The same treason stands at the
door Of the peoples government to let
the free hooters in. There is no use in
being deceived. There is no use in
mincing matters. This government
has been aud is now ruled by ''gang
of pirates" Everybody can see it.
Everybody can know it, Ifthey throw
aside the papers printed in the interest
of the pirates and gather disinterested
information. You say this State was
ruled badly in '68 and 80. If so, it was
a heaven compared to the management
of the General Government down to
date. How did the pirates manage to
so deceive and rob the people2 By
compact party organization and the
help Of Doodle. Could not the people
disband these pirates owned and con-
trolled by plutocracy? Go ask an army
why it don't disband when the soldiery
are led to fight and bleed and die in a
worthless cause. What keeps such an
army together? The same things
which keeps these parties together to
day. Fighting for their masters, con
fdence and hope in the future The
want of concert Of action. Discipline
Servility.
We want to make a bargain with all
honest, right minded men. Let us all
at once break ranks from any party in
the interest Of plutocracy. AS soon as
we find it is laboring in the interest Of
the money power let us quit. Every
man, rich and poor, high Or low. Let
us quit it. Nobody can hurt you for
it. Ifyou stay you might do something,
If we can agree to this we can bring
the enemies of manhood to their senses.
The pap-suckers, the political heathens
whose party is their best religion, and
the plutocrats who are making the ma
chimes pay, are not invited. want
to see the plurocrats wiggle like tad