The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-09
DURBAM, n. O., Jan. 4, 1884

DURHAM, N. VI, Jan. z, 1854
EDITOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
I have been a reader of your paper for
a good while and like it very much
have read many truths that I would
hardly have seen otherwise. l have
always been a Democrat, but was so
much opposed to Cleveland in the last
election l voted only the State ticket;
but when everything went Democratic
I could but feel glad that they would
have one more chance, with all the
power, to redeem all their promises of
so many years, save the country and
Moses like lead us out of the wilder
ness. To listen at some over-conf1dent
Democrats just after the election one
would have thought the millennium
was near at hand. But alas! my hopes
soon vanished, as o as Grover
started out fishing in a Wall street
bankers 'tlittle boat I thought the jig
was up. While Grover was fishing,
Secretary Lamont was specializing in
Wall street, coming money on the
strength of the purport of the Presi-
dents callfor the extraordinary session
of Congress, which al known IN
Wall street long ahead of Washington.
Then came that extra session, and
what did we seer A dictator, instead
of a president of the people, leaning to
the goldbugs of England and Wall
street.-the bought up many with pub
lie patronage and whipped the balance
in line, and instead of measures of re-
lief had silver killed and thus drove
another nail in the coffin of the farmers
of this country. The people made
to believe, by machine papers, that as
soon as the Sherman law was out of
the way that Cleveland had some big
plan which would relieve the money
pressure, but no sooner than his point
was carried in the interest of Wall
street Congress Immediately ad-
journed.
What did we see when Congress con
vened in regular session Dec. 44h9
Why, all the press dispatches said the
tariff would be disposed of and it would
be late in the session if Gt oil that the
financial question would be touched.
Of course not. It was arranged near
enough to suit goldbug Cleveland and
his Wall street allies and that is about
the end of it.
The starving thousands of people can
look up to heaven and cry for bread,
but not like the people who followed
Moses, no water fails from the clouds
when thirst comes and no mamma falls
to relieve their hunger. What a pic
ture do we see in nearly every city of
respectable size. 'Soup houses" estab
lished to feed the hungry, many of
whom would work if they could get
work to do. Never before in the his
tory of America has prostration of
business been so great. Strong men
cannot secure work by which to earn
bread for their children, is indeed a
circumstance that is astonishing.
Watch a prediction: This tariff
tinkering the scapegoat of the politi-
cians) will continue to stagnate every
branch of business, and 1.-The worst is
not here yet" Is it not natural for the
working men to pause and ask why is
all this7 In a land filed with abun-
dance, whose fields have for years
yielded overlooking harvests, whose
waste places have been made to bloom,
The cry of overproductiOn on every
hand, fabulous millions lying idle in
bank and yet thousands are being fed
like hogs from a ''soup house, On the
last election the cry was tariff. 1t is
now in order for some enterprising
Congressman to bring in a tariff bill
on soup houses dedicated to the
memory of Grover Cleveland to pro-
tect this growing industry.
Rest assured, my friend, that the Re-
%publicans and Northern Democrats
(who are one and the same) will not
let any measure become a law that
will tend to relieve the South OF West.
The Wilson tariff bill is opposed by
the solid Republican and So Democrats.
OF what does the Democratic majority
consists Northern Democrats who al
ways vote with the Republicans when
it is to the interest of Wall street gold,
bugs and the high protected Northern
manufacturers.
1t seems to me any man of very ordi-
nary vision could see that Cleveland is
leaning to the Republicans and has
evidently sold out his party. He is to
day holding Republicans IN Office all
the country, the very thing that