The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

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The President Creates More Trouble
Barbarians and Humanitarians.
B.-"HeIol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Hellol Major. Where did you
get that sad voice4"
B.-"Preserdint Cleveland is rec
sponserable fer it. l use ter say 1t
wuz on ackount ov lazness that the
folks komplain so much but l bleeve
the Preserdint an Kongress hez a lot
ter dew with it."
R.-"How and why is the President
responsible for your sad condition.
B.-"Well, you see Betsy wanted a
new dress fer Easter. She wanted ter
go to church Sunday an sorter make
the other sisters enviOus, L reckon.
Anyhow she wanted a new kaliker
dress, an lowed she hadn't bought a
new dress sinse before last Easter. l
tole her money was too skase, that sill
yer wuz demoneytized, wheat de
moneytlzed, korn demoneytized, an
that she would have ter wait till the
clouds roll by"
R.-"You ought to get your wife a
new dress at least once a year."
B.-''That is whut Betsy says. She
Y I voted ter have silver, wheat,
korn and everything demoneytized,
an that I orter have my neck broke
fer helpin' to cause SO much sufferin'.
I believe Betsy Is a barbarian"
R.-''There are TWO sides to this
question. Mrs. Bilkins thinkaa man
who causes so much suffering, even In
an indirect way, isn't fit to live. You
say she is a barbarian. The man who
hires another to commit murder Is as
much a murderer as the man who does
the killing. Power ear be used to com
NIT murder and every other crime. If
"a judge sentences a man to death con
trary to evidence In the Case he Is q
murderer. President Cleveland and
his Congress are responsible for every
suicide, every crime, all the suffering,
all the business failures and ~beartaches
resulting from the demonstration Of
silver. The National Bankers Associa
ton, individually and collectively, are
accessories before the fact" in that
they stopped ~discounting and called in
One-third of their circulation"
BIS all that true9"
RI defy you to bring a nan who
can c~Ontrovert it. These men, or devils
in human form, mentioned ablvA, are
responsible for your troubles in that
they have carried out policies previ-
ously inaugurated and have adopted
new ones TO rob. If wheat was selling
at 81 per bushel a year ago and is now
bringing so cents, it is clear that the
President and Congress are robbing
you of so cents on each bushel of
wheat. They, are not putting it in
their W pockets, but are robbing
Bob! you are a bad one. You
ort ter hev the prayers ov the church.
Ifyousay the Presidential his KOngres
hev robbedt the wheat raiser ov so cents
On each bushel, reckon you will claim
that they have ROBBED the cotton raiser
oY the difference between 81 a hun
dred just after the election an Z now.'
RI mean exactly what I say. 1t
is highway robbery pure and simple.
Instead of holding pistols to u heads
and taking the money, they have held
pO1Uer, the power for evil. We can go
further. The mercantile agencies re
port business about 30 per cent less on
an average during the past six months
as compared to same period last year.
The President and his Congress have
robbed the business men of one fifth of
their business"
B.-"Say, you are gittin' too deep
fer me. [ didn't think it was so bad
to rob a Teller if you didn' do it with a
pistol at his head. God bye"