The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-07

S"sb VI INC OnlO, mas SODDled all the
finances; we find there that million
thousands, while in the South the pau
pers multiply by millions on the road
to tho poor house. What's the reason
OF 1T! One reason is the tariff. They
have manipulated the tariff in a way
to concentrate all the manufactures
up there and by levying an unjust tax
on everything you wear and use-on
cigars, tobacco and whislzcy. You
grow poor while they grow rich. 1t
everything that is consumed in it made
In 1T. 1t is not to your interest to have
these manufactures stopped; it is to
your interest to have just as many men
engaged in manufacturing as possible.
| And while we OF tho South have only
one'GNport crop, cotton, those people
who manufacture beef and other
things are interested in having as many
men engaged in farming rs possible.
IL these manufactures were to Sop
these people would make more cotton,
more wheat, and there would be no.
body to sell it to and Europe would
take 1t all cheap. 1t is, therefore, to
your interest to have these manufacto-
ries continue.
We want some protection for some
industries, but it has been the cardi-
nal doctrine of the Democratic party
that we shall have q tariff for revenue
only, while that Of tho Republicans is
q tariff for protection. What is Con-
gress doing?
A voice: Nothing"
Ah they are up there trafficking in
your liberties, they are there selling
your rights, and the scoundrelly Sena-
tors are there sharing in the boodle
and the steal.
Mr.. Cleveland is the champion of re-
form; in his letter to Mr.. Wilson he
urges Congress to stand by their
| pledges. He turns and tells them to
carry out their contract with the sugar
trust hear it whispered from Wash
lngton that tho reason he is advocating
a tariff on coal is that ho is interested
in the coal mines Of Nova Scotia. You
say Congress has done nothing. 1t has
done most damnablc piece OF villiany
In demonctizing silver that has ever
been perpetrated in this country. II
Cleveland is honest, why did he not
say, Come here and enact tariff re-
FORM" but instead Of that he calls
them together to strike silver down
and demonetize it in accordance with
his contract with Wall Street. He
wants to join hands with John Sher-
man and tho Republican party and de-
monetize silver. Then he wrote an
other letter urging tho formation of
Democratic league clubs to march for
ward in u solid phalanx and defeat our
common enemies.
| that's q dishonest dollar, and the rea-
son they say it is because it has silver
in 1t not worth dollar. Silver is not
money, gold Is not money, grecnbacks
are not money; they only perform
their function from the stamp of the
government, and when they stamp it
it is a dollar. When John Sherman
sneaked his bill through, silver was
worth 103, but now it is worth only
fifty cents, and after all this conspiracy
they have the face TO stand up and tell
the people that's dishonest dollar"
That's detrimental to everybody in tho
country. This conspiracy came about
in 1868, when England had the bonds
OF the world, and she demOnetiZed sill
yer and has been scheming ever since
to make other nations follow suit
Why, she collects five hundred thous-
and pounds sterling every year in in
terest, and she buys two pounds of cot
ton and two bushels of wheat, twice as
much as she consumes, and which she
would get if the money of the country
was on parity. Well, fifty cents will
; buy eight pounds of cotton. AS Il dol
lar it will buy 16. The man who owns
the dollar and makes gold the standard
gets the profit. BY demonctizing sill
YER they have brought people to starva-
tion in some places.
While those Republicans have got
rich they have manipulated the West
shot" and all the while they had their
hands in those fellows pockets robbing
them. But they have brought them
to such pass that they have jumped
out of the frying pan into the fire, they
have gone into the Populist party.
They have lost faith in the Democratic
party, and, tell you the Gods truth, l
have lost faith in it and ! think you
have. But mind you, while we have
lost faith in the leaders-thoy say tho
Democratic platform is good enough to
be elected on, but not good enough to
stand on after you are elected. They
want the women to vote. What in the
name OF God do we want tho women to
vote for when she bosses us already
Every well-regulated house in Green
Vile and elsewhere is bossed by wo-
man. Now let her look after that and
us mer ave a little freedom when we
get out ide, especially in politics. But
l did not mako it clear to you who gets
lief we seek and for which we fought
until we restore silver to It's place on
tho ratio of sixteen to one. Until we
place silver and gold where they have
been since the days Of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob until 1861. "a voice: "Will
you stand right there ?") l will die
right there, and will have pitchfork
in my hand and stick it into any one
who stands in the@way.
J BY the system Of the National banks
the bond-holders deposit their bonds
and get ninety per cent. OF tho amount
then they lend you the money and
make another interest. All the other
Indebtedness we have is based on metal
J The government bought silver and is.
} sued silver-certiticatcs with the under
} standing that it was redeamable in
gold. There are 450 millions in bricks
in the treasury to-day while you are
all starving for money. l have the su
preme Court behind me. They ISSUED
sixteen hundred millions Of greenback,
during the war, there are four hundred
and sixty millions outstanding, ant
they simply issued it based on metal
You old Confederate soldiers know tha
when the Confederacy was nearly ou
1t took two hundred dollars of money
, to buy pair OF shoes. Why was that
Because the people had lost faith in it
and before the Confederacy went dowr
that money did not purchase anything
7 at reasonable prices because the none,
l was too plentiful. Now, as money il
scarce prices go down, as money il
! plentiful prices go up. Now, we mus
L | laye more money. ItS prDnp N N "a,