The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

amount would have to be taxed from
the people to build public buildings.
clean out creeks and rivers. and nav
claims of various kinds. We then
transferred u Investigations to the
senate side for awhile, and we found it
richer and richer. On the 17sh dav of
April, 1894, we find that that venerable
old Democratic Senator from Illinois
John M. Palmer, introduced Senate
Dill No. 1917 (see page s. which pro
vides as follows:
1. That the government shall loan to
the people, at 2 per cent. interest, three
tourths of the value of all the real
estate
q. That the government shall loan to
the people, at 2 per cent. interest, on
ne,half the market value of all the
wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, hops.
rice, cotton, hemp, jute, tobacco, open
Kettle sugar, and sugar house molasses,
or the drippings from sugar, all kinds
of nuts, pindars, castor beans, indigo,
olive oil, coffee, and all kinds of dried
fruit.
8 That the government shall loan
to the people Of Incorporated, cities,
towns, and villages, at 2 per cent. in
terest, for sewerage and other sanitary
work 800 per capita for their voting
population.
4 That the government shall loan
to the railroad corporations three
fourths of the value of all their prop
erty at the rate of 2 per cent. interest
in order to cheaper railroad tranepor-
tation, etc.
5, That the government shall offer a
reward of $25, 900 for the best plan of
sewerage and water supply.
6 That the government shall u
chase all the gold and silver in the
United States each year.
z. That the number of Justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States
shall be increased to thirteen.
8. That the government shall have
all this money printed at the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing at Wash
ington, D. G, and that it shall be fiat
money and a legal tender for all debts,
both public and private.
When the provisions of this bill are
all figured put it shows that the fol
lowing amounts would have to be I
printed and loaned to the people:
l Three-fourths of real estate GStd-
2. v 6neCba hHs ali farm i1' products men :SS''@ S'4O0'24
Attoned agricultural Report. 800. 854,698 475
8. One hundred dollars per capita
To voters OF towns and cities 49,. G64, Z. 100 |
road property.""%""::."~."+.. 1901, 7a6, $50
plan 3 eward5 ..,...:"..."..:... 5000
8. Gold and silver each year mined 1O6. 697I 90
Z. Four more justices of the Su-
CourI'''''''''''' '''..''...'...... 4O,OOJ
$685. COS, go |
This is a pretty snug little sum for
one Democratic bill, but hold on; we
find that on the Sd day of November,
1893, this same Senator, John M.
Palmer, of Illinois, introduced Senate
bill No. 1852, which proposes that the
government shall appropriate $64, OOO,
600 to deepen the channel of the Mis-,
sissipi and other rivers.
Going a little further we find that
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has in
troduced the Nicaragua Canal bill
calling for 800, 900, 900.
L. F. Livingston, of Georgia, intro
duced 81. R. bill No. 8577, calling for
an issue of $40 per capita annually,
which would be 50, 800, 600, 900 annually,
or $28, 534, 900, 900 for ten years. Mr..
Miller, of Wisconsin, on February IA,
1898, introduced House bill No. 1O498,
calling for about $28, 600, 600, 900.
Then comes the Pacific railroad bill,
which proposes to reloan these roads
at 2 per cent. per annum 1920, 600, 900,
the amount now due the government.
Let us now re~capitulate and see how
the two old parties compare with the
Populists when it comes to introducing
bills.
thousand bills introduced
by the Democrats and Republi-
and Fifty-t6ird Congress........$ 6,84a,125 $50
Senate bill No. 1917, by Palmer, of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000 900
OF 9s iii No. i0..93, by Miller, Of N0'o'f'OvO'VOO
Pacific ifcG Railroad bill .......: N''l 100000
Total. ..u-..,........ $'O1, 1850 34.4 asa
A great many of these bills intro
dueed by the Populists were introduced
by request, but Mr.. Wheeler did not
mention this fact. He also included
the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Con
crosses. Therefore, in order to be
placed On equal footing with the Demo
Gratis and Republicans, we are com