The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-09

1875, $50. Every dollar OF this enormous
amount would have to be taxed from
the people to build public buildings
clean out creeks and rivers, n pay
claims of various kinds. we then
transferred our Investigations to the
Senate side for awhile, and we found 1t
richer and richer. On the 18th day OF
April, 1894, we find that that venerable
old Democratic Senator from Illinois,
John M. Palmer, introduced Senate
bill No. 1912 (see page s. which pro
vides as follows:
1. That the government shall loan to
the people, at 2 per cent. interest, three
fourths of the value of all the real
estate.
2. That the government shall loan to
the people, at 2 per cent. interest, on
one 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 thesgovernment 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 prep
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 pur
chase all the gold and silver in It's
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 fat
money and a legal tender for all debts,
both public and private.
When the provisions of this bill are
all figured out it shows that the fol-
lowing amounts would have to be
printed ard loaned to the people:
, l Three-fourths of real estate Std-
tiStiCdL Abstract. ,............... S29, 6ES, 4S ,H9
} | g OOe-half all farm OPOducts mem
toned AgrtcuGturdt RepoT6...:.. S54.69S 45
3. One hundred dollars per capita
to voters of towns and cities 49,. G64, IL, 100
:, road property 7,7o1,7 TX. 78O
!, plan { eward( .......:.......!.: $4,000
6. Gold and silver each year mined 1O6 .697,t 90
ourt......,.. .................. 1000
!, 38,t84,oO8, &c
} This is a pretty snug little sum for
one Democrat" bill, but hold on; we
find that on II 81 day of November,
+ 1898, Il is same Senator, John M.
Palmer, of Illinois, introduced Senate
bill No. 1852, which proposes that the
f government shall appropriate $64, 600,
, 900 to deepen the C annel of the Mis-
sissipi and other rivers.
, Going a little further we fad that
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has in
troduced the Nicaragua Canal bill
= calling for 800, 600, 600.
:. L. F. Livingston, of Georgia, intro,
:, duced Fl R bill No. 8577, calling for
q an issue of $40 per capita annually,
+ which would be 81, 800, 600, 900 annually,
or $28, 534, 900, 900 for ten years. Mr..
Miller, of Wisconsin, on February ii,
1898. introduced House bill No. 1O498,
calling for about $28, 900, 600, 900.
! Then comes the Pacific railroad bill,
which proposes to reloan these roads
a. 2 per cent. per annum 1920, 600, 900,
the mount now due the government.
Let lis 10 IT capitulate and see how
2 the two old parties compare with the
, Pnpulists when it comes t, introducing
. bits.
r Thirteen til usand bills introduced
by the Democrats and Repubii
e cans during the Eifty-SecOLd
!. and Fifty-third COngress...,.,. s 6St3l2E. Ri
= S, nate bill No. 1917, by Palmer, of
Illinois. 1865. 88,9O4
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1Oo.CO ,OC
) of Geor a:..u .-........ 28,524,ONO ,OC
Wiscon5in,. :, ;.."""..... 27,466. 100000
racine railroad GIil. .............. 1A,0O,COC
| Total. observation-disclosures. $OI, 748.O8 Asa
r A great many of these bills intro
+ duced by the PopuliS SITS were introduced
by request, but Mr.. Wheeler did not
mention this fact. He also included
t the FIfty-second and Fifty third Con.
crosses. Therefore, in order to be
! placed on equal footing with the DINO
Gratis and Republicans, we are COM
l PEELED to do likewise-that is, include