The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-10-26

$50 zen n. tnat Il sHald les ~"H
..s.-. Pc @ps I" gave away. theN
SAT: a. d n.-uy 80 the banks anu
their ir,sna, accompany fh'> sPP*~'
wlth a threat snd say ''if v"u d" h'''
give away, we w4il give anoiei 'af"
Ia the screw zssd w- siIl brihg ."
the hard times agar and increase
them
Thes. declarations. feIlow-eiilzens
are proof posiuy. that they pro
duced The other panic. sud ~h.h
they reiterate these threats the das-
position of strong independent men
Is To resist them. But II Is hard 10
resist the claim that the money III
terests are suffering beyond any
other. The trouble II. fellow-eIfi-
zens, that the bankers and the bro
kers and that kind "f men make the
most noise when they are hurt and
YOU hear OF IL The farmers suffer
IN silence. And they tell You. and tell
You truly. that the whole community
ought 10 prosper together; that II the
bankers and the brokers prosper the
country will prosper, or rather the
country Is prospecting; that the bank
.rs and brokers and money dealers
prospering is evidence that the coun-
try is prospecting. Well. there rs
something in that. And let me tell
you another great fact 10 be consld-
cred in this connection, There new
dition in your life, where the banks,
and the railroads and the manufac-
lures or any other institution suffer
ed If the farmers were prosperous.
You never heard II in yur life II
the farmers products find n ready
sale NJ good prices, every other in.
stitution in the land is prosperous,
because the farmer is the foundation.
Now if a house needs repair and the
foundation is giving away, and the
roof is becoming rotten, and the
weather boarding is coming off, and
the doors and windows rattle in the
wind, and you come along with q
carpenter and you tell HIM your
house needs repair and he must re,
pair the roof first and if ne repairs
the roof the foundation will be al
right; and if he makes the door.
close tightly and the windows cease
to rattle, that the foundation is
bound to be all right, if the root
and the windows and the doors pros
per, that is not exactly according tc
the common sense that characterize
the people of this country. You car
get the commonest mechanic in
Wake county, or in North Carolina
a fellow who will mash his thumt
and lose religion every time be
drives q nail, and he will tell You t
fix the foundation first; the roof il
bad, it is true, and the doors and
the windows needs fixing, but my
dear sir, if we fix them ever so good
and the foundation gives away, tn.
Now, the farmers interest is the
first in this great land. The farmers
interest Is the foundation of al
other interests. Without the cotton
and the wheat and the beef and the
hog products which grow in tn.
South and upon the Western plains
the sails of everey snip in our har
bors would flap idly against the
masts; every railroad would &C ase to
run freight train; every manufact
DRY in the cauntry would discharge
half of its hands, If it did not shu
up altogether, if it were not for tn.
products of the farmer, but when
ever they are abundant and a ready
sale at fair price, they furnish life
and vitality and energy like the
circulation of the blood into the re
hottest fibres of the whole socia
structure, and all flourish together
Therefore, in selecting the remedy
for the hard times, and in providing
against the recurrence of them
say, we should consider the needs O.
the agriculture classes of the com
munity first and when they are Sc
cured, all other good things will fol
low. 1t they continue to languish
II the farms continue to be
covered with mortgages, if the
homestead continues to dwindle in
means and prosperity, then every
thing else will languish also, excep,
the auctioneer, and his business will
become enlarged and wax greatly
Those are the ideas / have of these
things.
Fellow citizens, know you have
got too much sense to suppose that ]
came here to talk to you about ag
rlculture. l don't know anything