The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-05-19
SLAVERY LIVING STILL.

been exterminated IN the United
States still finds that credu1ous
people to accept.it as gospel truth.
There are those so blind to enco-
nomic facts that they really can
not see wage slavery is little i'm
provement on chattel slavery and
in some respects works greater
hardships to its victims; but we
should think the most fatuous
advocates of the present econom-
ic system, as affording independ-
ence to and unfolding the dignity
of labor, would see in the follow
ing story evidence that chattel
slavery is not altogether abol-
ished. 1t is told in a special to
the New York Press, from Aug
usta, Ga, and seems to be a
plain and straightforward state
ment, although it does eminate
from a source always open to sus-
picion.
A curious case of boy slavery
has been developed in DeKalb
county, the home of Senators
Gordon and Colquit. 1t is brought
up by the petition of Mittie Jones,
an old negro woman, to have her
son, billiard Jones, aged 10,
brought back from a sawmill in
Wilcox county where he is work
ing as a convict.
Hillard Jones was arrested last
March for stealing a coat. He
was fined S. and costs. The al
tentative was fixed at IL months
on the chain gang.
Under the laws of the state the
county commissioners sold his
time to a lumber company in
Wilcox county for twelve months,
the boy having failed to pay the
fine DeKalb county gets So a
month for him or $72 for the
year.
Mr.. Haden, the lumber lessee,
said: There was nothing irreg-
ular about the transaction on my
part. The lumber company Of
which / am president, buys con-
victs from several counties, pay
ing for them at the rate of So &
month. About the first of the
month three men from DeKalt
county were turned over to me,
among them this boy. / will pay
DeKalb county So a month fol
this boy"
So men and boys are still
bought and sold in Georgia, as
they are for the mines in Tenn
essee! And what better is the
contract system of prisons If
northern states? Let US continue
to glory in our past-we may
we'll be ashamed Of our present.
THE bondholders during the
war lent the government paper
money that was at 80 per cent
discount but demanded payment
for their bonds in gold. Nov
this class of people buy silver
which they say is worth only e
cents on the dollar and get certi-
f1cates for it, dollar for dollar,
and the government pays them
gold for their certificates. This
is the swindle which is again be-
ing perpetrated upon the people,
for the government treasury is
the peoples money. 1t is the
same old game, same old people.
same old story. same old frauds.
1t was hoped that the democratic
party would change this thing,
and it is possible that a democrat
ic congress will when it get:
action omit. 1t is done under {
republican law. But if the demo.
cratic congress does not change
that law so that such frauds il
the interest of the east anc
against the west will be rendered
a little more difficult, the people
will smash the democratic party
as they smashed the republican
party. The people have not for.
gotten the. great greenback fraud
/ whereby the bonds were raisec
in value from 3oto so per cent
This is just the same kind of :
fraud that is now being WORKED
on the people and it is all the
worse that it IS being helped By
a democratic administration tha-
was elected in hopes of honesty
and reform in the government
Troy Times.
A GREAT flourish is made ovei
the nabobs and Potentates, the