The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-13
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sENAToR SHERMAN spp,
PLUTocRAcY AS ST1ssvssrae

PLUrocRAcY AS GUssv UsT7
PETER Introduces a Bill c.r;-
vestigatiOu---Kilgore T ar1a for an In.
on nt5nI p Ialk:ng About ensi Ons Great
Especial Cor. PRooRr,srun
WASHINGTON, D. G., Mara aS!
For four days Senator sb m q 10.
been the block in the way yI Of t5a has
sage OF the Bland seignorage biz GI we pas
time it comes up Shermon 'ln' Every
almost begs for a little longer rise rises and
bill itself is so unimportant .'Ie' The
Senator won't lose many friends Ina at The
count OF his opposition. 1T 10 &C.
principle of the thing" said Is the
known Congressman yester5.a a well.
al! know Sherman is the leader :. We
gold bugs, and his mouth il q VI tie
ing against anything that cont. ySso'
bit of good doctrine. ''H'alnS a
MI. PETER offered a oraarp.
resolution in the Senate yesterda1 and
citing the circulation in tho ay' fe
rural newspapers of the stot aaa
that Senators, making Use of tb o;u
cial knowledge, have been ono..V Un'
on the Stock EXCHANGE in tho r. "'lg
the sugar trust and that manv NJ tS.v
have thus acquired large Soin. "uSl
profits; and directing the apnointn aua
of a select committee of five seratau'
to investigate the subject. He asEas
that the resolution lie on the tahIo ~
the present. !"
Senator PETER stated that he had r.,
personal knowledge of the matter hut
thought such a serious charge OUGHT ~
be promptly investigated.
Congressman Kilgore, of Texas On.
up a little furry in the House weston,
day by rasping the metropolitan psnsr,
generally. He said he had never known
them to fail to advocate any scheme
gotten up by spectators or other mi,
vate individuals to loot the treasury.
Blair, of New Hampshire, tried Ia
call Kilgore down, but he wouldn't
down and repeated: 81 make the
charge distinctly that they are corrupt
and that they have advocated everv
corrupt scheme that has been intro.
duced in Congress to plumber the treas.
ury for private interests. As long as
the metropolitan press are the subser.
Went tools of the aggregate wealth Of
the country, they are not entitled to
the confidence of the people, and that
is the condition now"
During the week there were several
little pension spats in the House. This
Congress has made an extremely black
record on the pension question and
ought to let the matter drop. Thepen.
sion robbery was legalized before the
extra session adjourned last fall andi
going right on. The less said abOutit
the better it will be. This Congress
will pass no pension reform bill.
Hatch sputters about his little anti
option bill now and then. The bill lisa
right good one, but as long as members
of Congress. and Senators are the big
gest gamblers in the labor of the farm
ers outside of New York, no anti option
bill stands a ghost Of a chance. The
want to buy some more sugar
margins and will, nc doubt, increase
the tariff on sugar as long as the trust
enables them to make fortunes IN a
day.
The tariff bill has been reportea.
There will be a duty on sugar, ltonanu
coal, but little change in the duty Cd
wooden goods. Iron ore will pay aduy
of 40 cents per ton, coal 40 cents per
ton. Sugar an average of one and onS,
fourth cents per pound. That is tarin
reform with a vengeance.
DAvY CROCKETT
LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN