The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-07-13
WE FARMERS PAY 1T,
No Benefits in Return. Tho
Mlnel s Case.
Car RIpeE, KY, July 3.

EDITOR ZIG SANDY News.
You would h. We me say in mr.
article on the ,5olishment of III,
silver dollar tina; it was done Sept
5, 1898, when il should have rsaC
1878. This was during the reigr
OF King John sherman, thus pro
ducing a money famin, which is
the cause OF our present low prices
Mr.. ]. S. Mill, the great writer OF
political economy, says; If til,
whole money la circulation was
doubled, prices would be doubled
it was only increased one-fourth
prices won d Rise one-fourth and
| if sou will read David Hume as fan
back as 1852, Thus. Tooke, Prof
Thompson, Francis A. Walker you
will find they AL agree upon this
point. Then If this be true-whicl
itis--who is responsible for the
present scarcity Of circulating
medium? why, Senator john
Sherman ana his band Of follow
ers. Then if Mr.. Sherman and
his followers are responsible
for the present money famine, who is
likewise responsible for the prevail
ing low pricesy Why, the sc. O
p" Idont mean by this the usual
acceptation OF these three letters
but this: Grand Old Plutocrat'
the Republican party as now con
troled,
Also in my article on capital and
the farmer you would have me say
that the defendants Of this coun,
try had been led to the slaughter
when | desire to say the depend
enls" OF this county, thus chang,
ing the whole subject meaning oil
that part of my article. Another
error in the same article was this
The tax on coal should have read
75c instead Of 25c per ton.
| heard one man say: what
need we to care il the tax on coal
was $40 per ton we don't have it
to pay" | would like to say to
this much wise individual that
whenever you have bought of a
manufactured article that would
require the consumption Of a ton
coal to make, you have then and
there paid the tax on this ton Of
coal. | will 60 further and say TO
you that you have not only paid
this tax, bnt you have paid the
miner for his labor, as well os the
freight and the operators profit,
Right here, my friends, is the ar
gument OF the Republican party
that when We (please remember
when say I'VE" | mean the farm.
ers, for they are the consumers
have paid this high tax on coal and
other labor products, that we have
enabled the laborer to pay US a
higher price for farm products.
But pray what becomes Of their ar
gument as well as the tax when the
eoal-digger gets My 20 to 40c per
ton for mining? Does the mine
clerk say to his faithful hand on
pay day, Here Mr.. Wallace. OF
Mr.. Vanhoose, here is a surprise
for you. The Republican party in
their graciousness has taxed the
farmer Of this country 75c per ton
on coal that we may pay you that
price for labor. There il $S5 over
and above our contract price for
the 100 tons you put out last
month. Take it, and may God
blees you and the Republican
party. !"
Now, my friends have you ever
heard of such liberality on the part
Of any mine owner? Have you a
record of mine operator paying to
any one cent more for labor than
he can secure the same labor for
from others?. To make the illus.
tration a little palmer, have you evel
heard of company paying 75c pei
ton for digging when he can gel
the same work done for 40cf Have
you on record where the miner paid
TO the farmer mLIe for his products
tbs n a neighbor farmer would have
had to pay for the same article i
in need Of it? No indeed 1t il
the policy of every man to buy fol
the lowest price.
Then under the present tax sys
TEN, who is the gamer and who is
tie loser. The farmer pays the
tax and the mine owner gets it, al
has been most clearly demonstrat
ed by the late Goal strike" Wha'
is true OF this is true of all otheI
protective taxes.
This is the short of the whole o
il, This scheme of the Republi
can party is made up after a fash
ion that just suits the mine owner
Ii is pretty rocky" on the farmer
hut we will be freed bye and bye.
Stand by your colors, men, n,
matter what these Republican
preach.