The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
SILVER RESOLUTIONS.
The Banner Township in Edgecombe
Speaks Out in no Uncertain Way.
SAND LEWIS. n. @.


being present at a mass meeting Of the
citizens and voters Of the banner Demo
cratic township Of Edgecombe county
August 10Th, 1898, which made the sill
yer fairly ring; but Judging from the
Jingle, it was more from the mouth in
favor of silver than the pocket contain
ing silver. All with but few excep
tions said silver had been their fe
long friend, that they had always stuck
to silver and they believed that Was
the reason silver had always stuck to
them and you could hear them say Il
have quarter Or two left and it is just
as good money as l want" The only
objection found to silver is that there
is not enough Of it, and they still want
more to the extent Of free and unlim-
tied coinage, 16 to 1 ratio.
This body OF patriots passed the fol
lowing resolutions by a rising vote:
ResoIued, That we, he citizens and
voters Of Lewis Township, do hereby
urge our Representative in Congress,
the Hon. T. A. Woodard, to vote for
the free and Unlimited coinage Of silver
at the constitutional ratio Of 16 70 l,
thereby restoring silver to the position
it occupied for eighty years prior to
1873, when it was steaIthily and fraUdu
lentIy demonetized.
ReSoI0ed, That a copy Of these reso-
lutions be immed ately forwarded to
the Hon. +. r. Woodard, also to the
New8 Observer Chronicle with the re-
quest that the same be published
Re8OIUsd, That we extend our heart
felt thanks to cur wise and patriotic
Senator, z 3 Vance, for the manly
and brave position he has taken in be-
half Of the people against the pluto
cratic power oG this country, and we
earnestly hope that he may be spared
to make a most gallant fight for
the suffering and oppressed people
throughout the land.
Now, Mr.. Editor, the question is fre7
quently asked why are the people hold
ing mass-mcetinGs at q time like this
when there is 10 campaign and out of
season for politics? Simply because
the money farms of this nation have
fallen far short in products of supply
ing the great needs of the mass Of peo-
pie Of this government, and they be-
lieve there is something wrong in the
public machinery of the money farm
Of this nation, or their public servants
have not been or are not doing their
duty, and they are simply getting up
on the watch-tower so they can super
intend or see for themselves if these
servants are doing their duty; and if
they find that they are not, the people
are preparing for the greatest rev0lu-
ton when the campaign opens, or it is
in season for politics, you have ever
heard of. The people don't intend to
serve or be nnisled by their public ser
wants any longer, but these servants
must obey and serve them. The peo-
ple-the farmer and laborer of this
country-are aware Of this fact: that
in the past they have had a season Of
prosperity and happiness. Was this
prosperity and happiness Of the Ameri-
can farmer and laborer brought about
by the scarcity of their products which
life subeists upon2 If so, they better
practice idleness and extravaganza un-
til they work off some Of the surplus,
which is commonly called overproduc-
tion, more especially if this is the great
evil and cause of the depression and
suffering Of Wall street and the na-
tional banks, which some think i5 so
important to the salvation Of the coun-
try; but this don't look reasonable that
| Wall Street & 90. should be suffering
and breaking from the cause of over
production Of these necessaries Of life,
because they neither produce or handle
them direct; they produce and handle
money. Now is it possible that they
are suffering from overproducti0n of
| money, like the farmer is his products,
or is it possible that they are breaking
for the want oe more money, like
! the farmer? These banks are the money
farms Of this nation, and if they can
not supply their own needs with money
how does the farmer expect them to
furnish money for the whole people, or
how can they favor such a system or
tenantry or supply this nation with
money! The farmers are not suffering,
nor the people, for the want Of more
products the necessaries Of life, but
for the want of more money to give
exchange of these necessaries of life
from one person and section to another,
according to decree Of an alwise God.